That's awesome Julie! Your post came at a good time for me...

I was at the tennis on Saturday and decided I would have an ice cream. I did it for a few reasons - one to see if I still liked it (1 months fructose free today!), two to see how I felt after eating it and three because I wanted to.

My answers: I do still like ice cream but it's not the same emotional love affair that it once was. I got half way through it and realised that I didn't really want to finish the rest. Within 15 minutes, my tummy was a bit sore, but it faded quite soon after.

I wanted to experience that "oh my god it's so sweet it's unbearable" feeling which to be honest I didn't. It got me thinking that perhaps - even though I have de-fructosed - I'm still not doing it right.

However, two things have since made me think differently. First is the fact I didn't love the ice cream and it used to be my favourite! I think I've gotten to the point where I recognise that sugary things aren't my friend and I can remove the emotional connection I had associated with them. The ice cream satisfied my curiosity and just that. It didn't make me crave more sugar and it hasn't dominated my thoughts in recent days.

Second was your post Julie. I've only been doing this for 1 month, compared to your 5 or 6. It made me realise that perhaps when I am that far down the track, I too will have the same experience you did.

For now, the ice cream experience is enough to keep me focussed on staying fructose free.

I have been sugar free for nearly 4 weeks, and last week my daughter bought me a mocha coffee, I had one little sip, and it was sooooo sweet, alarm bells went off in my head.  I had about 4 tiny sips all up then really had to put it in the bin, it was way too sweet for me, and i knew that if i drank it i would prolly end up with a whoppa headache.  It was a really good test for me, and havn;t been craving sweet stuff at all!! :)