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"So much for trying not to eat anything white. I pigged out on French fries last night, and they weren&amp;#039;t even worth it. I didn&amp;#039;t enjoy them that much (tasted stale, a bit soggy) but ate them all anyway. But still, I&amp;#039;ve had no refined sugar for a month or more! Haven&amp;#039;t had any, don&amp;#039;t want any.  But I did have a few sugar-free treats.  There&amp;#039;s a candy and nut store near my home, and I wandered in there on a whim the other day. They have an entire wall devoted to sugar-free sweets -- hard candies, gummy bears, chocolate/pecan clusters, caramels, you name it. I&amp;#039;ve never seen so many things that were sugar-free. I was so happy. I felt like a kid in a candy store -- literally!  After this discovery, I stopped myself for a moment because I knew the situation could get out of control quickly. I grabbed a small white bag and a pair of tongs, and told myself I was only allowed to buy 5 pieces. Only 5! I figured that would mean an indulgence every day this week. I chose:  a &amp;quot;turtle&amp;quot; - a cluster of caramel, nuts and chocolate an extra long piece of black licorice  a super-sized caramel  a dark chocolate covered marshmallow coconut and milk chocolate thing  On the way out, I also grabbed a handful of lemon &amp;quot;chews&amp;quot; that were somewhere between a JuJu bee and a gumdrop. (So much for only five.) I got home and downed the turtle immediately. It tasted exactly like the real thing -- I literally didn&amp;#039;t notice any difference between this sugar-free one and a real one. I was surprised at how delicious it was.  Then I ate the caramel. And then the marshmallow.  I felt guilty at first but rationalized that at least I got the chocolate ones out of the way. I&amp;#039;d wait to have the other treats the next day.  Little did I know that that night, I would end up with stomach pains. In fact, I was so sick that I ended up spending up all night in the bathroom. Why? I think it might be because the sweets weren&amp;#039;t sugar-free after all. There was nothing else I ate that was out-of-the-ordinary. They sugar-free candies had to be the culprits. I confess that I didn&amp;#039;t think to look at the ingredients before buying -- I just took the hand-written sign as truth. It&amp;#039;s ridiculous because I know better. I know to look at ingredient labels. My stomach has officially punished me for being so irresponsible. I&amp;#039;m never allowed to go into that store again! How I was good today: fruit for breakfast How I was bad today: Ate three spoonfuls of peanut butter out of the jar for no particular reason. What I avoided today: Having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. After eating PB off the spoon, it made me crave a PB&amp;amp;amp;J sandwich. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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