Little White Lies we tell ourselves
I try not to lie to others… Sure, we are all guilty of “little white lies.” (usually when you can’t bear to hurt another's feelings) But for the most part, my communications with others are honest. Lying to myself, however, is an entirely different story. For over a decade, I lied to myself about using drugs and alcohol… Crashed a car and nearly killed my friend. Got arrested while lying on the gurney in the hospital. My solution? Don’t drink and drive for another five years! (Just drink). I wet the bed because I drank too much beer… Solution: Drink only vodka. You get the picture. When it came time to look seriously at my sugar addiction, I had similar “workarounds” mentally… Maybe you have them too: - Drink diet soda - Use other artificial sweeteners. - Eat only dark chocolate. - Cut way back and try moderation. - Hypnotism - Prayer - Quit the sugar, but the flour is OK. - Every supplement under the sun - Every diet ever written - Fasting - Weird (and, come to find out - dangerous) cleanses of all types like: - Candida Die-off cleanse - Master cleanse - I now know why that thing has maple syrup in it! - Again, you get the picture… It took me over two years of “trying” to get sugar-free finally. 1. I was ashamed to open up to another because I didn’t have anyone to talk to about it. And B. Because I was in denial that it was “that bad.”(it was) So what about you? If you are like most of our clients, you have had this “issue” on the back burner for decades… Since high school, you may have gained between a pound and three pounds yearly (sometimes much more) and have never had any health issues. Now, the weight will not come off no matter what diet you try, and little health things are coming up… Like: - Pre-diabetes or flat-out diabetes-two - Of course, the weight - sometimes substantial weight - Skin issues - Brain fog - Rheumatoid arthritis