Nutrition is something that’s been on my mind a lot lately because my body’s ravenous cravings for sweets are becoming unbearable. Anybody hear me?

 

My boyfriend will laugh as he reads this, since he’s the one constantly busting my closet sweet tooth and joking that I might need directions to the gym in case I forgot how to get there. In our world, going to the gym three times a week makes me a “huge slacker,” he says with a grin.

But in all seriousness, gym sessions aside, it seems that lately the more junk I eat, the more junk I crave. Yikes!

This recent change in diet is not good for a girl whose lost 20 pounds over the last two years by switching to more nutritious meals and grueling workouts that leave her short of breath.

I’ve got to say that being healthy and active is a huge part of who I am today, but lately I’ve been on a bender with my old pal Mr. Sugar and I have to come clean.

After all, admitting that you have a problem is the first step to recovery.

So I’m off to a rather slow start, but the amusing part here is that I have an audience to share my secret with.

Now if that doesn’t make me accountable then what will? And since it hasn’t worked for Oprah yet, I won’t bet on it working for me either.

Most of you probably had no ideal that March is national nutrition month. When I started gathering insight on the topic by heading off various gyms and nutritional outlets around town, people seemed clueless to what I was talking about.

It got me thinking about what we’re all doing this month to aid us in our nutritionally challenged, North American ways.

And don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about. Fast lifestyles make for fast food and no time for the gym.

I don’t think that one month out of 12 should be a time to focus on nutrition; rather nutrition is something we should strive for every day.

According to Stats Canada, in 2004 the average score of Canadians aged two or older on the Canadian Healthy Eating Index, was 58.8 out of a possible 100 points, and, at all ages, women’s scores exceeded those of men.

I remember doing some research last year and stumbling across an old lecture series they had at the university about sugar addiction.

I remembered being a bit shocked at the time, but the more I thought about sugar being addictive the more I seemed to agree, that sugar sure seems to be something I can’t get enough of.

The worst romances are the ones that never satisfy you and I realized that breaking it off with Mr. Sugar has to be done. Snap.

So, next week I have decided to cut the white stuff out for a 10 day, sugar-free cleanse and I encourage any of my readers to try it, too.

Email in your story or just let me know your thoughts in general on nutrition this month.

I’m hoping that cutting the junk out for a bit will help me work it back in healthy moderation, since total deprivation will only lead to guilty feelings should one