In the beginning....

Hello.

My name is Sophie.

I'm a sugar addict.

My earliest memories of food gravitate around desserts, or as we coined them in my home, "Last Things." Last Things were always sweet, always anticipated, and always relished.  And I'm not talking classy desserts, no scoop of Vanilla or Neopolitan Sandwiches.  I enjoyed what could be described as porn desserts.  Breyer's Mint Chocolate Chip Icecream with Butterscotch sauce.  Pillsbury Funfetti Cake with Funfetti icing.  Rice Krispies Treats with Peanut Butter Chips.  Breakfast was Lucky Charms.  After school snack was a tub of M&Ms.  Oreos were eaten straight out of the bag next to a huge glass of milk and Cremello Pumpkins were popped like prescription drugs.

Not to give the impression that my parents somehow neglected my diet.  I had the metabolism of a hyperactive kid who never stood still and didn't have to worry about such things.

Plus I ate most of it out of sight.

Now?  Well, though some may question my actual maturity level, I am far from being a hyperactive kid.  And for some time, and based on my history, I've had the nagging suspicion that my sugar cravings crossed the line from want to need. But how to prove or disprove that theory?

Try to quit.  Cold turkey.  For 30 Days.  If I don't have the willpower to stop doing something, anything, for 30 days, then it's time for some serious self examination.  It's not forever.  It won't kill me.  In fact, like most addictions, the benefits will far outweigh the costs.

And thus I pledge, with you the masses of the internet, as my witnesses, that starting tomorrow, October 25th, 2012, I shall no longer eat Sugar for 30 days and 30 nights.

And now, the Q&A:

1)  Sophie, are you serious?       Yes, I am dead serious.
2) Are there any exceptions?      Yes.  I am a cyclist, and so I won't give up eating sugars when I'm on a long ride.  HOWEVER.  I will not eat any super processed artificial sugars, and will be making my own PB&J sandwiches as energy food made with no sugar PB and no added sugar natural Jam, both of which I will purchase at an exorbitant price from the Whole Foods down the street.
3) You do realize that Halloween is coming up, don't you?    REALLY???  I had NO IDEA.  Thank you very much for cluing me into the fact that a sugar addict's most sacred religious holiday is soon upon us.  
4)  What about Diet Soda?       Good question!  I will also give up Diet Soda. 
5)  You do realize that means Diet Coke as well?   
6)  Will you eat fruit?  Yes, I will eat fruit, as that has natural sugar and also has a natural consequence for overdose which I will very much want to avoid.  
6) Do you know the numbers are all messed up now?  Yes, but I'm too lazy to go back and fix it now.
6)  What about Alcohol?           I will enjoy a nice glass of white wine every now and then, but no more than I usually do.  
7)  Do you know that you didn't answer #5?   ....sigh..... cremello pumpkins.....
7)  You do realize there are so many food blogs and quitting blogs and quitting food blogs that at this point another is meaningless and perhaps even trite?    Yes, but everyone has a story to tell, and I don't claim that mine has any special power or point.  I just feel like telling it.  How can being meaningless matter when I disavow any meaning from the start?   
8)  What will be the first thing you eat that has sugar?  A piece of Apple Pie a la Mode at TGiving Dinner.
9) Does the fact that you already know exactly when where and how you will break your fast give you any more reason to think that this is a really good idea?  No.  This is a terrible idea.  

Fortunately, many amazing things in my life began with terrible ideas.

Stay tuned for tomorrow.  Day 1.