Goodbye, Sugar

A cou­ple years ago, I decided to elim­i­nate added sugar from my diet from the week­end after Kael’s birth­day until Thanks­giv­ing.  It was won­der­ful.  It was hard, but it was good.  It came to a point where instead of feel­ing deprived, I chose each time to avoid the sugar I felt stronger.  I felt like I was mak­ing a choice at that moment that I would appre­ci­ate far into the future.  I made smarter choices about the food I ate.  I had more energy.  I just felt better.

So, I’ve decided to do it again.  With Hal­loween and Kael’s birth­day being in close suc­ces­sion, I find that our house becomes like the witch’s house in Hansel and Gre­tel.  There is sugar every­where.  Some­times, I think if I took a drink of the water in the shower, it might actu­ally be Sprite!  :)  I’m kid­ding but only par­tially.  We have a lot of sugar and treats around here.  It’s time to take a break.  For me, the best way to do that is to go all out.

In case any­one is won­der­ing, I plan to avoid added sugar, arti­fi­cial sweet­en­ers, and as many nat­ural sweet­en­ers as pos­si­ble for the first week.  After this week, I think I’ll prob­a­bly add in a lit­tle honey or maple syrup to my diet.  Since I’ll be blog­ging every day this month, I’m sure I’ll have plenty of time to talk about how it’s going.