Holiday Sweets & My Sugar Addiction _ YIKES

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The reverse culture shock of coming home - has been complicated by a resurgence of my old sugar addiction. After having lived in various Asian countries for the past 12 years - I had set down (for the most part) my addiction to sugary sweets. In South Korea for example - the pizza dough is sweet, loaf bread tends to be sweet yet the breading of cake is nearly sugarless & the frosting made from buttercream! YUCK to all of it!! Chocolate in Cambodia & Thailand tastes waxy to me & made with some-kinda sugar substitute that leaves an aftertaste. In Malaysia - the spicy foods were quelled with sugar (cups of it in a single entree!) more so than in South Korea. And just to twist chocolate in another knot - there is the ever popular (in Asia) chocolate cheese slices. Don't ask & Don't taste - you won't be able to erase the experience from your palate. Now that I'm home - my BFF made some decadent Butterscotch Clusters. She uses premium butterscotch chips, melted down & drizzled over little scoopfuls of peanuts, pecans & potato sticks. The salty flavors from the nuts & potato snack balance the sweetness of the butterscotch. And I've already eaten 5 pieces! No matter how much I like these treats - I simply can not indulge like this! I think I've already gained 10 pounds in the month I've been back! Oyie! So many forgotten foods are now readily available - will I be able to keep my figure trim? I better Zumba my way though :)