Are you a sugar addict? I am.
In 2005 I vowed to quit and began
writing about life without sweets.
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educational Sugar Challenges,
and the Stop Being Sweet ebook.

Weekly Sugar Challenge: Week of June 21, 2010

June 21, 2010 • Comments (3)

candy This week’s challenge invites you to avoid sweet stuff until Friday night. You can eat whatever you want on Friday (6:00-12:59 PM) so keep that in mind whenever you are tempted during the week. After Friday night return to avoiding sugar for the remainder of the weekend. The “after Friday” part is important. Do not eat sweets on Saturday or Sunday. It’s only one week. You can do easily this and it should produce interesting results that will teach you about yourself and your relationship to sugar. Give it a try!

Posted in Sugar Challenge on 06/21/10 • Comment

Do Not Eat Maltitol Sweetened Foods!

June 20, 2010 • Comments (0)

Last night I was feeling desperate for something sweet. We were at the store and so I caved and got some sugar-free chocolate covered pretzels. I ate them when we got home, before bed. They weren’t even good. Maltitol sweetened chocolate doesn’t taste like real chocolate.

In the middle of the night I woke up with my stomach feeling like a balloon inflated to the point where it was about to pop. Thank goodness I was so tired that I managed to fall back to sleep and remain unconscious through the majority of the war in my belly. I feel better this morning, but PLEASE learn from my mistakes!

DO NOT EAT MALTITOL SWEETENED FOODS!
DO NOT EAT MALTITOL SWEETENED FOODS!
DO NOT EAT MALTITOL SWEETENED FOODS!

Temptation Never Goes Away
Maltitol Sweetened Godiva Chocolate Taste Test

Posted in My Personal Journal on 06/20/10 • Comment

Nutrition 101: Breakfast and Carbohydrates

June 18, 2010 • Comments (0)

...with Joan O’Keefe, RD

In this 4-minute video, Joan O’Keefe, co-author of Forever Young Diet, clearly explains why you crash after eating a breakfast that’s loaded with sugar. (I have not read her book.)

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on 06/18/10 • Comment

I Love You (But Only When You Give Me) Cookies

June 16, 2010 • Comments (0)

Our (children’s) relationship to sugar begins at birth. Kids are fed sweet stuff from the start. Sweets come in fun shapes and colors and in large boxes containing bite-sizes to fit in small mouths. Think back to your own childhood and I bet you have countless positive experiences surrounding sugary sweets. Can you remember any negative associations with sweets from your childhood?

6 More Unbelievable Sugar Ads
Little Sugar Addicts, Why You Can’t Quit Sugar

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on 06/16/10 • Comment

Weekly Sugar Challenge: Week of June 14, 2010

June 14, 2010 • Comments (0)

This week’s challenge requires you simply to count.

1. Count how many times you are presented with the opportunity to eat candy. It could be at the check out, in a bowl at work, an offer from a friend, whatever. Count up how many times candy could (or does) get eaten by you.

2. At the same time, count how many times you get the opportunity to eat vegetables. It could be as part of a meal, you see some for sale at a convenience store, someone cooks for you, or you make them yourself.

At the end of the week, compare the candy opportunities and the amount of times you ate candy to the veggie opportunities and the amount of times you ate veggies.

Let us know what you find. Good luck!

Posted in Sugar Challenge on 06/14/10 • Comment