The beginnings of a sugar free 8 weeks…
I’m excited peeps! Having talked endlessly for many years now about how much sugar in our diet is causing an array of health issues from the most obvious in diabetes to more subtle in chronic anxiety, IBS and low levels of arthritis. I say I am excited…I am also a little ashamed, and this blog post is a little confession.
Over the past few years I have found myself being seduced by the white stuff in the most convincing of guises…’Sugar free’ chocolate brownies…smoothies…raw honey…agave…gluten free, sugar free chocolate cookies…the list goes on. I was sucked into the most beautiful marketing heist and found myself eating nearly 40-50g of sugar a day (conservative estimate) – we are meant to be eating 25g! I salute you ad agencies, however, now I am going to react.
I picked up Sarah Wilson’s ‘I Quit Sugar’ book and when I read that she, like me was a ‘healthy eating’ sugar addict I decided that I really had to do something about my own sugar addiction. Currently I absolutely HAVE to have something sweet after meals, I will reach for ‘healthy’ sugars the moment I feel blue, frustrated, let down, lonely, stressed etc… basically any emotion that I feel I am unable to cope with in that moment and I my mind will wander to food and always the sweet stuff.
Along with this annoying addiction that controls my mind, I have a series of health issues that really don’t need sugar messing with them further, but more of that in the blog posts to follow. So this is a commitment to doing Sarah’s 8 week Sugar Free Challenge and we will see how I get on. I need to start practicing what I preach!! Let the games begin…
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