Tonight we celebrated my step-grandson’s birthday.
He wanted to have dinner at Chili’s, one of his favorite restaurants. Commence the sugar rush.
I’m a type 2 diabetic and most of the time I watch what I eat. That doesn’t mean I don’t crave things that are bad for me. Like chocolate. And Dr. Pepper.
For a long time I craved chocolate the way vampires crave blood. I wanted it all the time. I thought about it all the time. And I would eat more of it than I should. Then I found out that I needed more magnesium in my system and that desiring chocolate all the time was an indicator for that deficiency. I started taking magnesium supplements and my chocolate cravings went away. Now I crave Dr. Pepper the same way. There are times I want to chug a two liter bottle of the stuff. I wonder if that is an indication of some other mineral deficiency in my diet? Anyway, I limit myself to one Dr. Pepper a week, on Fridays.
Anyway, we’re at Chili’s and I ordered the chicken bacon ranch quesadillas. I love quesadillas. The drawback is that the flour tortillas raise my blood sugar. And since today is Friday, I had my weekly Dr. Pepper too. And we had chips and salsa as an appetizer.
When dinner was over, we had birthday cake – chocolate cake with chocolate icing. Yummy!
I know I was bad and had way more sugar than I should have eaten. But it was my grandson’s birthday. Every now and again you just have to cut loose and indulge. I know I shouldn’t do things like this all the time, and I don’t. If you can’t enjoy the finer things in life on occasion, then what’s the point?
I know I’m going to pay for this tomorrow. When I overindulge in sugar it leads to me feeling ravenously hungry, or at least more so than usual. And I’m going to be sluggish. I’m going to want to sleep and not do anything. Sleep is always in short supply for me, so this will just add some extra stress. And I’m going to feel like I need to drink a gallon of water every hour.
I’m already feeling the aftereffects of the sugar rush. I’m tired and ready to drop.
Have a good night, my Hordeling. And remember – all things in moderation, including moderation.
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