Sugar. Sugar everywhere...

When I started this challenge of no added sugar for thirty days I thought the hardest thing would be chocolate. It’s my favourite thing and I would gladly eat it morning noon and night. But cutting out sugar means so much more than cutting out chocolate and biscuits. Sugar is EVERYWHERE. The thing is; I knew this already. I knew cutting out added sugar would mean cutting out 99% of processed food, but I think the reality of it is just starting to sink in.

Today on the bus I passed our local takeaway and thought ‘my god, I could really do with a pizza sometime soon’ – and it hit me that the only way I’m having pizza in the next few weeks is if I make it myself. Now I make a mean pizza, but it ain’t the addictive heavy greasefest we all need now and again. But like I said, added sugar is everywhere, and the only way to avoid it is to make nearly everything from scratch. I had a big panic this morning that my soy milk I have every day in smoothies would have added sugar in it, but I was lucky! Aside from that, I can’t really buy anything in a packet. 

Of course, you can always seek out the 'no added sugar' products - thank the lord for sugar free peanut butter. And when I eventually do feel like if I don't have chocolate I will die, I can always get these babies (so, so good) but a lot of them do come at a bit of an extra cost. 

Ultimately, the fact that I have to cut out most processed food is a good thing. I don’t think there can be any better diet than this. Pretty much everything bad for you has sugar in it, so cutting out sugar means cutting out most ‘evil’ foods. I’m already feeling rather light on my feet! At this stage, it’s probably not weight loss, but the fact that I’m not feeling that sluggish heavy feeling you get after a sugary snack. Still, it’s a good feeling! So for anyone out there that wants to feel a little bit better on the inside (and get a little trimmer on the outside) I would definitely recommend doing this challenge. Sugar is the enemy!

Let’s just hope I can keep that positive attitude for the next twenty six days…