A Sugar Story

      Hey all! Its been about 3 weeks and all things considered, i'm doing pretty well!   I should have maybe measured myself before so that I could see if there were any physical changes from the start of my month without sugar to the end but oh well.  The biggest change i've seen in myself is that the intense longing for dessert after dinner has subsided!  AT LAST!  It feels like it took an eternity for me to not feel like a sugar craving monster.      At the beginning of this whole thing it was about myself and my cravings but soon I turned my attentions to my gal Lucy. When people would give us tasty treats I would feel bad throwing it away because someone spent either money or time on it, so I would let Lucy eat the snack because she lovessss any form of chocolate (a girl after my own heart).  Then I took a moment and thought, why should I be so focused on getting myself healthy while I let my little girl eat all of the sugar ...

I ate my feelings yesterday.  That is all. 

       Has anyone else found that when you're trying really hard to stay away from one thing that you unknowingly find something else to substitute for it?  And its usually not a good thing?  A while back I read a blog about not eating sugar and it had some things to watch out for along the way.  I didnt even notice till a couple days ago but as Ive been staying away from sugar, i've been gravitating towards any other form of junk that I can find.  Steve's mini bags of chips for his lunches, more carbs like bagels and cereal, and i'm not gunna lie...I picked some m&m's out of some trail mix yesterday haha! So my goal for this next week is to be all around healthy, not just staying away from sugar but also eating more veggies and fruit and less pastas and carbs.  If you have any snacks that you love, leave me a comment! I'd love to try them! Movie update: Steve and I went on our date to see Beauty and the Beast and we were a touch late w...

     This month of no sugar is not just about sugar.  As I was laying on the couch last night thinking about brownies (yes it has been about a week since I have gone off the sugar train and I still want baked goods) my husband reminded me that I hadn't worked out yet.  I tend to skip my strength training days when i'm feeling lazy because I don't see them as being as important as my running days...or maybe its because they take more brain power and planning.  I then started thinking about my level of self-discipline.  My main problem as to why I love sugar so much goes hand in hand with my slightly impulsive nature.  I see something that I want and I tend to go after it right away!  I usually just call it excitement because I hate admitting to myself that i'm more impulsive than patient.      Ive been noticing how my use self-discipline to not eat sugar has been affecting my choices in other areas of my life as well.  Ste...

          Okay, so here's the deal.  I would say that I MOSTLY survived Easter while being sugar free.  Im being totally transparent here with you guys.  We had a delicious dinner lots of salad, roasted veggies, meat...mac and cheese *cough*......and deviled eggs because...EASTER DUH.  Anyways you wanna know how I survived dessert...well we (my sister-in-law and myself) are both trying not to eat sugar SO we, in all of our wisdom and me in my weak self control, decided not to make any! BOOM! But you know the kids still had a little Easter egg hunt.....and where there are Easter eggs...there will be candy.  There was my cute little daughter sitting on a swing, eating some mini peanut butter cups and the primal animal in me took over.  I prowled my way over to her swing and plucked a mini peanut butter cup from her basket in a way that only the Grinch on Christmas could have done.  You better believe it tasted good. I told myself...

     Dinner is over, which means that its time for DESSERT!  Does anyone else's mind work that way?  Most people that I know will want to take a small commercial break between dinner and dessert, but not this girl!  I'm all systems go, all the time, if there's a cookie involved.  My dad always likes a nice glass of milk with some Oreo's after dinner, bless him.  That cookie jar was the gift that kept on giving, never empty, always accommodating, totally satisfying.  Im drooling a little thinking about it now.  This is going to be the hardest habit for me to break.      Its only day 2 for heavens sake and i've already caught myself a couple times today premeditating my attack on a couple of my daughters easter egg hunt candies.  She cant eat jolly ranchers anyway...one couldn't hurt >:) Then I took a couple soothing breaths and told Mrs. Hyde to take a walk. Just then the delicious bunny peeps started looki...

          Ive gone over it in my head about half a dozen times.  What is it that makes me feel like junk....then it hit me...its JUNK!  I've tried a lot of different dieting trends over the past couple years after having Lucy.  Ive tried to find my groove and find that version of myself that I used to really feel comfortable with.  Its been hard.  Exercise has always been a pretty good constant for me but the food that I eat has not been constant at all....unless being consistently inconsistent counts.             Recently I tried something that really made me feel great!  I ate strictly paleo for about a month and finally dropped weight that I could never lose and I felt way more energetic and overall happy and at peace.  It was really hard to do consistently but it paid off and I have since eased back on it a bit, but I have taken away a lot of recipes and meals that I can and do incorporat...