Breakfast: Leftover oatmeal. Cressida doesn't like leftover because you have to "break it up." I offered Cressida sugar and raisins and she said, "Only raisins." Then she asked if raisins were basically just sugar. So, we talked about it, because the answer is yes, but in a less refined form. Cressida had the last of the raisins. Phyllis skipped sugar. Dai had oatmeal with brown sugar.
She decided that she will go sugar free until winter break. I reminded her that there would be a party at school and asked how she would handle that. It didn't seem to phase her. We shall see how it goes. We talked about not being preachy - so hopefully it goes well. I will ask her how she feels about day 10 (if I remember.) That was the day I really noticed a difference. Phyllis read the mini bagel bag and realized that it had sugar. She asked me to make homemade bread since that has honey. I will. She read the box for the cream cheese and saw "xantham gum" and just about freaked out. We talked about that I cannot make cheese, so she just had to eat store bought cheeses and that so many things have preservatives. Let's just focus on sugar to begin with. I pulled out some wheat bread from the freezer that may or may not have sugar - but it is from a bakery so has no ingredients list for her to inspect. Have I created a monster?
Lunch: Cress and Dai had bagels and cream cheese. We are getting low on produce. Cressida had pickles, prunes and a mandarin orange. Dai had a couple mandarin oranges and prunes. Phyllis finished the pickles. This is good because Dai didn't like that particular brand but Costco didn't have theirs. Recently they had theirs again so now we can open those. I ate Vietnamese food for lunch.
Dinner: bean burritos with all the trimmings.
She decided that she will go sugar free until winter break. I reminded her that there would be a party at school and asked how she would handle that. It didn't seem to phase her. We shall see how it goes. We talked about not being preachy - so hopefully it goes well. I will ask her how she feels about day 10 (if I remember.) That was the day I really noticed a difference. Phyllis read the mini bagel bag and realized that it had sugar. She asked me to make homemade bread since that has honey. I will. She read the box for the cream cheese and saw "xantham gum" and just about freaked out. We talked about that I cannot make cheese, so she just had to eat store bought cheeses and that so many things have preservatives. Let's just focus on sugar to begin with. I pulled out some wheat bread from the freezer that may or may not have sugar - but it is from a bakery so has no ingredients list for her to inspect. Have I created a monster?
Lunch: Cress and Dai had bagels and cream cheese. We are getting low on produce. Cressida had pickles, prunes and a mandarin orange. Dai had a couple mandarin oranges and prunes. Phyllis finished the pickles. This is good because Dai didn't like that particular brand but Costco didn't have theirs. Recently they had theirs again so now we can open those. I ate Vietnamese food for lunch.
Dinner: bean burritos with all the trimmings.
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