Still going...minus one meal

I did the sugar fast for one whole week and then a few days. But last night, I made pancakes for dinner. (Whole wheat buttermilk pancakes. Yum!) I justified the pancakes since they have brown sugar, and come on, they're whole wheat. But I couldn't justify syrup. So I just ate them anyway. I decided not to say I was breaking my sugar fast, but taking a pause for one meal. It's still going well. I definitely have moments when I seriously want chocolate. Like yesterday from 3:30 to 4:30. It was one of those hours. But I powered through it and didn't snack at all during that stressful hour, and lo and behold, I'm still here. I weighed in this morning, and I'm 10.8 lbs from my goal. I haven't weighed in otherwise, so I'm hoping it's pretty accurate of the last week and a half. I've decided to keep it going. If it can keep stimulating some weight loss, I can sacrifice some more time away from my beloved chocolate. It's good for me to get away from it for a while. I need to learn some balance and moderation. And I can't help but feel a little healthier for staying away from sugar for a while. :)

Sugar Fast Day 5

I know, what happened to the first 4 days? 2 sick kids (especially one whose coughs wake her up multiple times a night) has kept me on minimal mode, sleeping as much as possible (not much, let me tell you) and stil trying to be productive at home during the day. I've not had a mind for blogging. But since we cleared the house of sugar over the weekend, I really had no good reason to delay starting my sugar fast. So far, I can say it hasn't been all that bad. I have to know what I'm eating for breakfast. And as long as there's no sugary cereals at the house, I'm okay. I've been using small bits of honey to sweeten breakfast too. I've found that I hit a munchy stage in the afternoon when I tend to want to snack on sweets. But if I keep busy during that time and have good alternatives, it's not a problem. The first 2 days during the afternoon were the hardest. But not all that bad. The evening is a little hard too. I'm used to having some sweets after the kids go to bed, like ice cream. But I've managed too. Less snacking at night is probably another good spot for me to trim calories. I still occasionally have some popcorn with the hubs, and I'm going to get some all-natural applesauce which can curb my sweet tooth too. It's all about good alternatives. And self-control. I can honestly say I've only had one thing with sugar as an ingredient. But it was a homemade loaf of bread given by a friend. Couldn't say no to that. And I'm sure sugar wasn't a main ingredient. You can't mess with sugar and baking. I did bake some bread today. 2 loaves of whole wheat. They came out awesome. And they have honey, not sugar. If I can get a good habit, I want to become a homemade bread family. The kids loved it, I love it and the hubs does too. I'm sure it's probably cheaper and I know every ingredient. So that was a fun addition to the sugar fast today.

Hopefully I'll be able to keep my good habits over the 3-day weekend. Sometimes weekends are harder since the hubs is home and my normal routines tend to go out the window. Self-control! I can keep this up. I'm going to weigh in Monday after it's been a week. I don't know if it will have made a big difference, but for now I plan on continuing. I can do it!

Sugar Fast Prep

I'm totally gearing up for this sugar fast business. The hubs has been super supportive and is removing a ton of candy from the house by feeding it to his seminary and spanish students. This past week I've been trying to get rid of sugar from the house. I have to admit I got rid of most of it by eating it. Boo. So I may have an extra few pounds to lose at the beginning of this ordeal just from my getting ready for it. I just can't stand to throw away things. *groan* But the house is virtually sugar free. No ice cream, no cookies, just a small stash of things for Moose's school-lunch and most of it is stuff I don't want, so it's no issue. But I've been thinking about this sugar fast a ton this last week. I think it's going to be hard, but soo beneficial to my daily nutrition. The more I think about it, the more I realize that sugar has been a total issue for me. Not so much in the processed boxed foods, but in snacks. I'm a snacker and they tend to be sweets. So that has to stop. I'm mentally prepping to have healthy snacks available. I've got a bunch of almonds all ready to be eaten. :) I don't think I'm quite ready to start. But I've decided to start earlier than the end of the month, because I don't want to wait that long! But I don't know how long I'll do it for. Especially with Valentine's Day not too far away. (I LOVE Necco Sweethearts. If anyone finds them, let me know! Couldn't find them locally last year. Just about cried.) But if I do allow sugar for V-Day, it will be limited and in small quantities. No large bags of candy at my house! I'm stocked up on good breakfast alternatives. (A weak sugar-spot for me.) I'm kinda getting excited. I want to get healthier. I think this will be a good way for me to get some bad things out of my diet. I am mentally prepared, too, to not substitute salty foods for my sugary foods. Don't need that either. Well, I just had to share my mounting enthusiasm. I'm totally getting hyped for this! Anyone else wanna try? :)

Sugar Fast

I haven't completely fallen off the face of the earth, it was just the Christmas holiday. Include a 2 week school break where the hubs is sick, and I don't get nearly as much done as I would have liked to. But I'm glad he was sick over break and not during the school week. So I haven't gotten in much running, but I'm not phased. My weight's remained pretty steady at around 13.5 lbs above my goal. I'm going to continue to squeeze in some running time now that our regularly weekly school schedule is back. But in addition to that, I'm considering doing something different. Okay, at first I thought it was crazy. And to me it still is a bit. But I think it could be extremely beneficial. I have some cousins who do a sugar fast for a month at the beginning of each year. I haven't decided yet if I'll go the "absolutely no sugar" route or the "no sugar in the first 3 ingredients" route. But either way, I think I'm going to do it. But since doing it for the first month of the new year isn't an option, I think I'm going to do it for the 30 days before my birthday. So I'll be starting at the end of this month. And that gives me time to clean up and get rid of leftover goodies and sugar packed treats from Christmas. I've started unloading some of them onto the hubs for his classes at school. Those kids can eat anything. So hopefully by the end of the month I'll be ready to go sugar-free! I really don't know how I'll handle it. I'll be blogging it, don't you worry. I totally nickel and dime my diet with small treats. I don't doubt that's why I can't lose this last 15 lbs. It should be really interesting. So now, I have about 20 days to psych myself up for a sugar fast. 20 days and counting.