Just one of those "I'm curious" surveys!!!!

[rinaina]

I was never a huge sweet eater but I did eat sweets from time to time. I am particular about what goodie I will eat though. I won't waste the calories on just any old sweet treat. I probably now have some type of dessert about 3 times a week though but sometimes that can be a piece of fruit, big on berries and watermelon and grapes, and as we all know, fruits have a lot of sugar in them. I think the old rule about anything in true moderation is wise. Portions are important too. But don't leave the pan of fudgy gooey brownies around me because they would disappear in no time flat! I don't bake because of that.

[Bev]

I didn't eat many sweets prior to BC. Worked out lots, normal weight, ate salads and protein, even salmon, and olive oil. As I am slightly perturbed that that lifestyle didn't work out I am eating chocolate with abandon. By the way, fruit does convert to sugar. Will eat fruit but chocolate makes me happier. I think chocolate covered strawberries or broccoli is the answer.

Not my fault, Grace! I am going to make up for chocolate for- gone in the last 48 years. BB

Actually, there's lots of evidence lately that eating chocolate is good for us, particularly dark chocolate. So eat away. I love chocolate and I eat it whenever the craving hits! If anyone wishes, I have a great recipe for chocolate mousse, very easy to make.

[Chelee]

I've never been a soda drinker. I am a major water drinker. I have been for a good 15 plus years now. I've been told I drink too much water. (Not) lol Other then water I have my tea in the mornings, and when I'm out its ice tea. As to cooking dinners for me and hubby we WERE the meat and potato kind of people, but then I did cook a variety of other things. Including veggies with all our meals. Lots of fruits throughout the day. Big cereal eater in the mornings...be it boxed or oatmeal, malto meal, etc. My boxed cereals are NEVER suger coated...can't stand them. I ususally have bran flakes, Corn flakes, Shredded Wheat. Now I will sprinkle a tiny bit of suger on top along with a cut up fruits. My *worse* habit *was* ice cream. I got to getting into ice cream more then I should late at night. It got to be a BAD habit which I can now stay I don't touch it since I was DX. The other major player for me as Rhonda mentioned is stress. I have had far too much stress in my life...one thing after another. Major stress, not little stuff. I use to always tell everyone the stress alone was going to kill me.

Plus I was disabled before bc due to a serious back problem which seriously keeps me from the exercise I need so bad. But I did ride my bike often and used my pool throughout the summer. But exercise I feel is so important. I was the first one in my entire family to ever be DX with any type of cancer...I was in shock. But then I did wonder if the over exposure to repeated x-rays of my back for scoliosis from age 5 to 15 yrs old wasn't behind it? Guess I will never know. Susan Komen site mentioend the excessive x-rays.

But this is an intersting and fun post just to see if we can see any type of a pattern here. But when it comes to sweets, I don't think I really over did it. Maybe at *times* during Christmas & Holidays if someone bought me some See's candy or something yummy. But I was not one to just sit and snack on donuts, cookies, candy bars. Again, my worse thing was my ice cream.

Chelee

[Mary Jo]

Such great responses and it did prove the point I was after. That being........................................... that we all did something different. Ate different. Different stressors. It didn't matter. Here we are. It was just something I was curious about. You read so much about the different correlations but honestly, none of them seem to make sense because we all know someone who did the things the "experts" say we should do and still got breast cancer or another cancer.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not blaming myself. Not at all!!!!! HOWEVER you can't help but wonder if certain habits could have contributed. You can't help but wonder with all the speculation out their. But, deep down I know, it's what was meant to be. For whatever reason, and I accept that.

And Jean, I love your comment "that's why God put erasers on pencils" Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Thanks everyone. It was a fun post. Hope more people respond.

Stay happy and eat that chocolate.

A hug to everyone.

Mary Jo

[skeetur]

I joined the Breast Cancer Sister Study last year after my sister was dxed. I had to fill out tons of questionnaires about diet, habits and environment from ages 10-12 (I think) and now. Diet as in foods eaten including fats, processed meats, etc. Habits as in makeup worn, deoderants, lotions, etc. Environment as in living proximity to chemical plants, gas stations, tanneries, etc.

Unfortunately, being dxed this year myself... I'm out of the study.

[vickie h]

I lived on sugar in one form or another.......potatoes, bread, pasta, candy, pastries, grains. They all turn to sugar.....and the pancreas can't tell the difference. I had alot of sugar and fat (lots of soy, too, everyday) and I was a vegetarian! I have cut all soy from my diet and cut down on the carbs considerably. When I was at the Kushi Institute (macrobiotic) they said that there is a correlation between high carbs and cancer because they noticed that people on the Atkins regimine were not getting cancer. Interesting.....Vickie