Processed Sugar & Toxic Red Dye

Michelle & I are living large tonight; propped up in bed watching a British Comedy marathon on PBS. The only suspense is which one of us is going to fall asleep first. I hope it's me, I hate fishing around in the covers looking for the remote.

Now that we're two days removed from Halloween, I think my blood sugar should be returning to normal. I haven't eaten a fraction of what has been my normal capacity, but a few bites here and there add up. When it comes to processed sugar and toxic red dye there isn't really an acceptable limit, it's all too much.

It's ironic I've become the guy who paces himself one or two M&M's at a time.I used buy the Costco bag of M&M's and call it evening's work. Ironic yes; funny no.

Now that we've survived Halloween, up next is Thanksgiving. Anyone who's been around me at all knows Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Food, family and not a single trip to the mall for one more gift is how I've always sold it. It's going to be interesting fitting the main meal of the year on a salad plate. It's going to be heartbreaking fitting the dessert course on a saucer.

This has been the year of change. Thanksgiving dinner on a salad plate is just one more.

Change is good.