The Marie/Maria Project

“Hi, my name is Marie de Haan and I have fallen off the bandwagon.” This is what I would be forced to say if I actually made it to a Sugar-a-holics Anonymous meeting. Thirty-four days; that was how long I managed to refrain from eating sugar. Neither one of my sugar sponsors know yet. I […]

My sugar sponsor #1–her name is Bobby–and I went out to lunch at Mexico Cafe today and not a moment too soon. For the past week or so, I’ve been very close to throwing in the towel and eating sugar. Lots of it. There are several reasons for this: 1). I just plain old feel […]

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my time over here in Richland at Adriana’s NWAACC basketball tournament, even though the Haagen-Dazs ice cream is tempting me big time. I’ve been taking the side entrance to the Hampton Inn just to bypass the gift store where the Vanilla Swiss Almond is calling to me at all hours: “Maria, chocolate-covered almonds swimming in vanilla […]

I advertised for a sugar sponsor on February 26 to help me with my little addiction. What was I thinking? Not only did my old sugar sponsor snap back to attention and start doing her job, a new one also volunteered. Now, I’m getting emails, texts, and comments on my blog at all hours of the day: “Good for […]

  “Hello, my name is Marie de Haan and it has been 18 days since I last ate sugar.” This is what I would say at a Sugaraholic Anonymous meeting if I were to attend one. The last time I advertised for a sugar sponsor was back on November 5, 2010. Cathy volunteered for the […]

I don’t know what I was talking about when I said I wasn’t working very hard on losing weight. Adriana and I went hiking this morning. She meandered along, young whipper-snapper that she is, while I panted and paused and almost passed out on the way up. To make matters worse, now that she’s taking […]