Baby Crawls

Okay, a progress update.

No candy is going great! It's still hard to me to resist but there have been a lot of baked goods around the house lately (thanks to two birthdays) and that's keeping me satiated.

No dyes is also good. I'm concerned that manufactures are starting to call these 'colors' on labels. That's something I'll have to look into. But so far no reds, blues or yellows.

No high fructose corn sugar is easy as pie. There are plenty of things out there for me to eat besides. Though I must tell a quick story. My dad, bless his heart, was out looking for ice cream a few weeks ago. He came home pleased with himself telling all of us "I even read the labels and found one without high fructose corn syrup!" Thinking nothing of it we all ate it (this was before the new year, mind you). The other day as I was looking for something to fill my ice cream craving I ran across the ice cream he had bought. Reading the labels I found in the ingredient list "corn sugar". I must let you all know that this is EXACTLY the same things as high fructose corn syrup. Those tricky labeling batards! I'll have to find a way to bring this up in conversation around him sometime. I did avoid that particular ice cream :D

Here's where the real problem comes in. Refined flour. YIKES!! Do you know how incredibly tricky this is to avoid? I've definitely slipped on this one so far. You try going to an Italian restaurant and avoiding this! So, I'm letting these little missteps by for now (it's birthday celebrations!) and I'll just keep SLOWLY working on trying to eat other things and avoid it when possible.

I feel pretty good about my progress so far. I really think there are so many tricky labeling issues out there it looks like I'll need to do quite a bit of research. I guess that will give me something to do while I'm jobless.

For now, good health to you!