Not All Sugar Is 'Sweet'!

     For the past, several, days, I have been eating-'clean', for the most part; eliminating, some, certain, foods, that don't serve my body well, yet, some that I LOVE! It's a bit of a 'sacrifice'; However, after, only, these, few, days, I, feel better, ALREADY! Naturally, having endeavored, similar, dietary-discipline, over the years, I am not, at all, surprised, with the results, but, am, as in the past, amazed at how, quick, my cravings for the 'culprits', which, mess with my metabolism, diminish. I am not, really, a 'sweets'-eater, at least, not, in the traditional sense. Dessert(s) can, typically, 'take a back-seat' to other, foodstuffs that I enjoy. I am, however, a 'carbo-holic', and, consume 'sugar', by way of the 'flour-based' refined-foods, that I ingest. Our bodies cannot tell the difference between a slice of 'white-bread' (French/Italian...NO Sunbeam, for this gal!) or a 'slab' of cake, it's all the same to the physical and chemical processes in the body that convert our food into energy. It's, simply, that, excessive 'carb-consumption', when, NOT combined with, enough, exercise, to lessen the, excessive-'burden' of their 'benefit', act as sugar, in one's body, and, if not 'burned', as energy, turn to stored-fat. Add to this the fact that 'sugary'-foods satisfy the brain's 'Happy-Place'- sensor, similar to, other, 'drugs'; and, as with any, other, 'intoxicating-substance', the more you 'use' the more your body desires of it's effect. So, 'in the same-vein', as with, other, addiction(s), once the 'drug of choice' is eliminated from the body, the tendency is toward desiring it less, at least, from a 'physical-perspective'. For, addiction can be, and, frequently, is, one of a 'mental'-state, as well. It's a different, 'ballgame' altogether, dealing with this, for, we MUST have 'control' over our thoughts, with the 'belief', in place' that we're 'better-off' without the 'substance'. And, inasmuch, as I love food, in general, and, will, NEVER, 'starve', trying to convince myself that I'd prefer to eat salad, while others around me are scarfing-down pizza...well...this MAY be a bit harder that I thought! Just Sayin'...