Photo Credit: Uwe Hermann
On Sunday I will start a month-long journey of giving up sugar. Why? I have become lazy over the past year and let sugar creep back into my diet. Too much into my diet! I know friends and family already feel like I don't eat that much, but I do. And I can feel it. I don't like the way my body craves it for a pick-up in the afternoon or the example I set for my kids when they see me eat it. I don't like the few pounds I have gained because of it. So the time has come to give it up for another month.
This isn't the first time I have given up sugar, I did it back in November and it was a good experience. So I will do it again, but with a difference. This time I would love to have people join me on the journey. So I would like to invite others who would like to do this with me to guest post on the blog about your experience. Why are you giving up sugar? How is it going? Why do you like it? Why don't you like it? How do your family and friends feel about your decision?
Is anyone with me?
I think giving up sugar could look different for different people depending where you are at right now. Maybe some people do it for a week, maybe two. Maybe you give up all sweets, but don't worry about the sugar in your pasta sauce or hot dogs.
To me a Giving Up Sugar in May means:
- * No sugar.
- * No corn syrup.
- * No sweeteners, fake or real, of any kind in the ingredients list of anything I buy.
- * Naturally occurring fruit and milk sugars are OK - but I will limit fruit to no more than 1 per day.
So if you are interested in doing this with me, send me an email at j m a g r o @ g m a i l . c o m (remove the spaces) and let me know.
