Making some changes!..Like for real!

Ok guys.. If you really know me, you know how I feel about food. Sugar in particular. Anything that starts or ends with pie or cake is my favorite food. Not so much chocolate... Just SUGAR! The more the merrier. I know for a fact that I'm addicted. I have claimed for years that God has given me what I like to call a "dessert pocket". Yep! That's right. A little pocket that sits on the side of my stomach so that I can eat all the lunch/ dinner I want and still have room for dessert. It's my love, and it's terrible for me. You also may know that we recently went on a gluten free kick. I wasn't seeing much of a difference with Noah, and I started getting terrible indegestion after everything I ate. So I stopped. We started eating it again, and I felt better, and Noah actually started behaving like a new kid. Then something happened. Noah suddenly started morphing back to his old ways. He is easily distracted, can't sit still, zones out, and the incredibly impulsive behavior came back. Nothing else has changed! He never saw a behavior specialist, no more trips to the dr, nothing life changing with parenting has happened either. The only thing we can think of was gluten. After slowly adding it back, he has slowly started getting back to being out of sorts. I LOVE to research food. I am a FIRM believer that tons of illnesses and diseases can be helped from diet changes. So, after a lot of research and prayer, we have decided to do a little detox! Nothing too crazy. We are for sure going back to gluten free, which surprisingly wasn't that hard when you eat at home and prepare yourself. I also need to figure out what it is that gave me indegestion! Also, a sugar detox. I'm super anxious about this one concidering my absolute addiction to it! I cannot control my need for it when it's in front of me. I can't just eat one cupcake. Not just one brownie! And I know it's too much because of how my body reacts. Within an hour, my heart is pounding much harder than normal, I'm tired, and I feel like crap. I know better, but it's so hard to say no. I've learned that your brain on sugar reacts the way it would on cocaine. So, it's a real addiction for me. I need to put an end to this. I want to stay as healthy as possible for my family! I want to be around for a long time and teach them how to make good choices. I want us ALL to be healthy. I've seen the statistics and I know that sugar is a huge culprit with many cancers and we all know I'm not going there. So, tomorrow marks day one of my sugar detox! Not going to make it too crazy since I need lots of energy with these little monsters. Luckily the book I got has a section for extra energy and a level system. I figure I can always try the crazy diet a little later when I'm not afraid of murdering my family. Luckily Jason is doing this with me! He's not so bad with sweets, but the love of sweet tea and dr.pepper is a bit out of hand. My plan is to blog an update everyday!! Yikes! Praying that I can do this and make some major changes for us. Getting as healthy as possible is what I want for my family! I have no plans to rid myself if sweets forever, but if I can the cravings and the need for it, I will feel like that is a huge change. Prayers are appreciated on this 21 day journey! Mostly for the kids! Haha! Until tomorrow.....