What changes have you made in your diet recently?

I didn't give up chocolate or candy for Lent like some of my friends did (I mean, c'mon), but I recently decided to try to reduce my sugar intake. I looked at the ingredients on the loaf of whole wheat bread I just bought and saw that sugar was like the third one on the list! Scar-y. Picking out bread just stresses me out--I never know which one is the healthiest, even after studying each kind. Do you go for the one with more fiber, but more sugar? Or less sugar, but also less fiber? I don't know!

So I decided to start with a change I could make easily: oatmeal. My beloved oatmeal. I used to get the packaged flavor kind: apple cinnamon, banana bread, maple syrup. Yum, yes. Healthy? No. I let words like "low sugar" and "weight control" fool me. My body doesn't need those artificial sugars! Now I just get a big jug of the plain Quaker Oats (it's cheaper too!) and add in cinnamon, skim milk and a banana. It's obviously not as sweet, but I love the clean, fresh feeling I get after eating it!

So, this is a step in the right direction. I'm also forever trying to control my Diet Coke intake. I want to be one of those people who thinks it's disgusting to put so many chemicals into my body, but...I'm not. Not really. Sometimes nothing tastes as good as an ice cold DC! Ahhh. But remember, I also recently made a healthier switch in froyo. Remember when I wrote about The Lite Choice here? Mmm. I want some. Now.

An.y.way. Have you made any changes in your diet recently? How do you try to cut back on sugar?