Blog or no blog, project or no project, I had planned to do a no refined sugar fast at the beginning of the year. I have done this before, the longest being in 2008 where I had no refined sugar (that I was aware of) for three months. This is a hard thing for me, the sugar addict to do. It is also hard because there is refined sugar in EVERYTHING. Salad dressing, bread, pasta sauce, bagels, crackers, basically anything that is processed probably has sugar in it. It certainly makes me pay close attention to what I eat and eliminates a lot of empty calories and unhealthy stuff. For now my goal is just this week, but in the back of my mind I'd like to do it for the whole month of January. Thankfully as I've done it before a few times, I know I can do it and it gets easier as time goes by. I love sweets though, specifically cookies and cupcakes, so much of it is just breaking my habit of putting those things in my mouth. So far today I've had a banana, sweet potatoes, cheese and almonds. I must get some bread without sugar in it so I can eat sandwiches and toast.
There are many ways to still get a sugar fix though, raw sugar, honey, and fruit sweetened foods are 'allowed', I just have to shop at the more specialty stores to find some of these things. As I keep my kiddo pretty much free of any sugar at all, I guess I should just eat like her! The big difference is that she doesn't know what cookies or cupcakes or candy is yet, so she doesn't know what she is missing!
Happy new year everyone, my best to you in your resolution keeping and healthy lifestyle changes!
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