Hello all, I just joined and need some help! I realized back in September that I needed to go mostly sugar free, and somehow was able to not eat sugar for a week and a half (that was a BIG deal for me). I then added it back in but for about a 2 months I was able to stay in control and not eat it every day. And then I don’t know what happened, but I completely lost control and have been pretty much on a month long sugar binge, with a few scattered sugar free days as desperate attempts to go sugar-free again. I want nothing more than to get it out of my life! I HATE how I feel right now. I know you all understand. I reached a point last night where I decided I was going to just start my abstinence TODAY (as opposed to waiting for the holidays to be over), but then I went to a work party and gave in to a tiny piece of cake, and promptly came home and ate the entire container of cookies a co-worker gave me today (ahhh…holidays!). I would really love to hear people’s advice on how to get started and if I should start NOW or just wait until the New Year. I really don’t know how to replicate what I did before when I was able to stop for a week and a half. But I felt SO good when I did! I feel like if I could just get through a couple weeks then I would be less inclined to give into temptations because I won’t want to mess up my streak. As it is, if I mess up then I never actually “started”. I just need some advice to get through the initial detox, because I feel totally strong at the beginning, but then I usually make it through 2-3 days and I feel good, so I think I can handle having sugar (why I think this, I have no clue, because truthfully I know better…it’s the sugar demons talking). Thanks for any advice!
Advice on STARTING?
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Hi Aguia4, That’s how it goes. You get off for a while, think it’s all worked out, then BAM! You’re in the gutter with a box of cookies. To replicate what you did before means you have to be committed. With the holidays here it sounds like you’re understandably not totally ready to go full force. Perhaps you might get started now with the understanding that you are “in training” for 2012, which is only about ten days away. It’s not too late to join the Holiday Sugar Challenge and see how you do over the coming weeks. What’s more, the good news it that you’ve already started! By posting here you are taking action! |
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Thanks David. I think I will join in the Sugar Challenge. I know that my head is not 100% in it because of all the holiday goodies right now. But perhaps I need to get out of the all-or-nothing mentality. If I can have a few sugar free days before the end of the year, that is better than none! Already I ate a banana while staring at the leftover red velvet cake from the holiday party last night, so today it’s sugar-0, me-1 so far. I really love baking, and it’s definitely part of my holiday traditions, but perhaps this year on Christmas I will experiment with sugar-free baking using fruit juice concentrate. When the New Year comes I really want to eliminate it until April 7th (the date of my next marathon), because marathon training does not mesh well with this sugary diet, as I’ve learned (this is what initially motivated me to cut sugars back in September, and my training did a 180 from awful to amazing!) Well anyway, thanks for the encouragement and advice, it helps to just connect with someone who understands this problem :-) |
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Make up your own parameters for the Holiday Challenge. Perhaps only eat sweets during the family party you mentioned? |
