The most important step to solving any problem is admitting you have a problem; I have a problem. I am addicted to sugar. I looked it up, and it is a thing. No, I'm not at the point where sugar is taking over my life and I'm losing friends because of it, but I definitely have more of it than I should.
Yesterday, I promised myself that I was going to refrain from sweets, in particular coffee rolls and doughnuts from Dunkin Dounuts. What happened today? The second DD that I passed I walked in and bought myself a coffee roll and enjoyed the hell out of it. They are soooo good! Recently, DD has been a problem for me. I found out that in late evenings that doughnuts are buy one get one free. Why would they do such a thing?
Therefore, for the last couple of weeks I have been on a binge. Coffee roll, red velvet (no even fair to make that a doughnut), chocolate frosted, and others I have been devouring with no regard. To under estimate, I consumed 18 of those in one week. At least twice last week I ate four in one day, and I didn't lessen my regular eating either; the massive amount of rice and meat was still there. What did this terrible diet do to me? I lost almost three pounds. I weighted in at 182.5 lbs. Not bad considering, but my body fat has gone up to almost 9%. The sugar blast my body endured could have hurt my muscles, but I'm not sure. It had been a while since the last time I checked my body fat.
America doesn't make it easy on people. The food that is terrible for you is readily available and cheaper than healthier options. For instance, a 6 oz bag of spinach cost $2.99, which equates to $8 a pound. All most every type of chicken meat and pork, and most beef is less than that per pound. Mind you, honeybuns which I love are 4 oz and only 50 cents, which means a pound of honeybuns is only $2 dollar; and under no circumstance should you consume a pound of honeybuns in a day; doing so would probably be your worst decision of the day.
By now, we should all know that most fast-food chains make terrible food and sell it for a cheap amount. Grocery stores for the most part are not downtown in a city (Boston does have a Trader Joe's on Boylston Street which rocks). They are not accessible like fast food restaurants, so while bananas and some other fruits are 99 cents a pound at grocery stores, when out and about, they are 99 cents per or more. And people might say, bring your lunch or food with you, but face facts. In a society where our cell phones are almost as thin as our teeth, the only thing people want to carry is a skinny laptop bag to work, therefore, carrying a lunch bag in addition is not going to happen for the masses; fast-food places know this.
I am hopeful that one day there will be a fast-food place that sells healthy food at a cheap price. Subway was suppose to be that chain, but that didn't last. It is JanuANY which great, but a place that sells apple, banana, and peanuts for 50 cents would be great, and more choices too. I'm not saying that this would make me give up the coffee rolls, but I might be able to substitute a few of them out for some natural sugar.
Mr. Felder
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