Clarity Wellness

According to Gretchen Rubin in her book Better than Before , there are two types of people: abstainers and moderators.  Abstainers do better with an all or nothing approach to life, while moderators function better with the freedom to have a little of everything.  Knowing your tendency helps you build successful habits into your everyday life. I personally am an abstainer when it comes to sugar.  I have never understood the people who can have a jar of candy on their desks.  If there is candy in my house it calls out to me from wherever it is hidden until I succumb to its siren song.  If I start eating the sweet stuff--even just a little bit--I start craving it constantly and have to remove it from my environment (usually by eating the rest of it!)  It's much easier for me if I just never have it.  Now I'm not saying there are no sweets in my house, they just belong to other people, and as long as I understand that, it's not a problem.  The proble...

  Are you struggling with sugar?  You know it's bad for you, but you just can't give it up? You stop eating it for a few days, and then your daughter decides to make brownies, or your friends bring over cookies, or you go to a birthday party where, of course, there is plenty of cake.  And boom! You're back on the sugar train. Sound familiar? Sugar is like a bad boyfriend.   You know the one.  He's bad news, but is oh, so charming!  You break up with him and swear that this time it's forever, until he shows up at a party and you have a great time together, rehashing old memories. Of course, the next morning you feel terrible and regret letting him back into your life.  Then he shows up again when you are feeling a little down, he smiles at you with those adorable crinkles at the corners of his eyes, and yes!  You're gone again. Prey to the knowledge that he will make you feel better--if only for a little while. Sugar gives us a dopamine rush , sim...