Fat-Free = Sugar-Full?

What a great day….

Ella had school from 9-11. I had coffee in bed, and my husband {who I don’t talk about on my blog} took her to school...bliss.

I picked her up at 11 and went to the park with a fabulous group of women for a picnic in the sunshine…bliss

I did wonder at what point my legs had gone from white to translucent…I could actually see through them to the other side…

Then we came home and ate peanut butter sandwiches…these are a treat for my family, kind of a hidden treat, since peanut butter has become somewhat like smoking and it is only allowed at home, and very frowned upon in public.

And now, Isaac is swinging away in his sleep, Ella is learning Spanish and I am drinking coffee {again}. It is so chalk full of International Delight Fat Free Hazelnut that it tastes like hot candy in a cup…..one last time I will use this word…bliss.

Ok, so I just went and looked at the IDFFH cream, and maybe not so blissful after all…There are 5 grams of sugar per tablespoon! I have about 4 tablespoons per CUP! And, I have about 2 or 3, ok 4, cups a day! WOW! Do the math…wait for it…80 grams of sugar, in my coffee, a day? Is that bad? Probably not, right? Because even if I shake and can not really form a complete sentence or thought, at least I’ll be fat free…right? Is that the “reality” I am supposed to buy into when I buy fat-free-sugar-cream? Yikes…I think I will be switching to regular cream and sugar. There’s gotta be less sugar in regular sugar than in fat-free-sugar-cream right? Someone, anyone, please email me on this one and let me know!

Ok wait…I also just looked at my fat free good and healthy skim milk, and there are 13 g of sugar per cup (250 ml) I drink A LOT of milk too..I have to; I am a new Mum, for the second time…Hey, maybe that’s why my KIDS ARE SO SWEET!! You are what you eat and my babies start life eating sugar milk! WOW! Ok, now you think I am mental….As long as I can justify it to myself, it is all good.

So ya, today has been great. I am full of sugar, the sun is shining, and I love my sweet sweet family. Yay sugar.

Ha!

*Liz