CHALLENGE UPDATE: Day 12

Looks like milk, but they're actually just pouring straight sugar. Enjoy!

Reach into the pantry for a breakfast bowl. Meijer off brand Raisin Bran. High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Excitedly awaiting a single serving of Yoplait yogurt. High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Someone is handing out delicious birthday cupcakes and has saved one for you. High Fructose Corn Syrup.

HFCS is like a Herpes flare up at the most inconvenient time... so I'm told. While I have started out strong and Wife has kept vigilant, HFCS keeps flaring up. I'm beginning to think people are purposely putting it in their food now just to make life difficult.

I think the most deceptive is my morning cereal regimen. Those who have been around me in the morning know I don't like talking, moving, breathing, or thinking before cereal. If I could figure out a way to do my morning pee and eat at the same time so I wouldn't waste precious seconds before breakfast, I would. Certainly, the last thing I want to discover is that the cereal I'm about to eat is something I can't eat. So, I've loaded the pantry with safe cereals. As it turns out, they were the opposite of what I was expecting.

Here's a fun quiz. If you had Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and Kellogg's Low Fat Granola with Raisins on your shelf and you had to choose the one with no HFCS, which one would it be? If you chose Granola, you are terrible at this. Seriously, see for yourself. Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Corn Pops, and Honey Smacks all have no HFCS. That's not to say there is no sugar; sugar is actually the main ingredient of most of these cereals. But processed high fructose sweetener is absent from these products. Now compare that to the other side: Raisin Bran, the aforementioned Granola with Raisins, regular Granola, and freaking SMART START. What kills me is the Granola with Raisins, which is a cereal that already has a prominent fruit in it and still needs a fruit sugar substitute! WTF?!

And those damn Oreos are STILL THERE.