Being Sick - an update so far.

For the past month (yes month) we have all had various colds, throat infections and ear infections. I've been particularly sick the last few weeks and have had trouble shaking it off. Probably due to being pregnant.

Because of my pregnancy I am unable (and unwilling) to take most medication. I finally had to take panadol and a short course of antibiotics but up until then I was easing my symptoms with the usual cough lollies and hot honey and lemon tea. All of which contain sugar!

Vicks vapor drops, butter menthols, lemsip and even homemade honey and lemon tea all have sugar and that was really all I could take. Now that I am slowly getting better and am beginning to be interested in food again (I haven't been able to taste anything for 2 weeks), I am craving sweet foods.

Even when I can't taste anything I eat I was still searching for sweet things. Is this because my desire to eat sugar is purely in my mind? Perhaps. I have no scientific evidence to back this up. This is purely anecdotal evidence based on me. But, it does help me to understand my sugar addiction and my bodies response to it.

I am only having a couple of cough lollies a day now and over the next couple of days will probably no longer need them. After that I will have to go through the process of ridding my body of sugar (again). I don't feel so overwhelmed by this and I don't think it will be the same as the first time.

I think some of the reasons are because of the habits we had begun to put in place before becoming sick:

• There is no sugar/junk/processed food in the house.
• I am still in the right frame of mind to avoid sugar.
• We no longer eat take-away or fast food as a regular meal (less than once a fortnight now)
• I can comfortably say no to food in a social setting.

And I know it will only be a day or two before I no longer crave sugar. Also I must admit the craving is not as intense as before I quit sugar and it is quite easy to distract myself for the feeling to pass.

We are doing well.