Happy Thanksgiving!

For many people across America, today is a day to pig out (and be thankful that you can). Perhaps you have been participating in the 2011 Holiday Sugar Challenge, in which case this is the day to eat whatever you want before we abstain from sweets until New Year’s Eve.

If you’re not yet participating in the Holiday Sugar Challenge, there’s no better time to join us!

Sugar Pushers

Recently, Meredith on Twitter asked me if she should continue without sweets or if she should give in to the stress and eat junk. It’s a loaded question and one I have trouble with. Of course I think she (and anyone) should keep trying to abstain from sugar but I don’t want to force anyone to do something they don’t want to or are not ready to do.

Food Police

Sometimes at dessert in social settings, folks suddenly begin confessing their guilt to me or justifying why they’re eating what they’re having. “I really usually don’t eat that much sugar,” they’ll tell me. I don’t care. I mean, it’s not that I don’t give a crap—I’m just not an under cover food cop.

It’s not my job nor is it my interest to follow people around and make them feel guilty about their food choices. So, when I spotted Erica tweeting about her giant slice of cake breakfast, yes I poked fun at her (she said she’d join the Holiday Sugar Challenge) but ultimately I don’t want her to feel badly. I want her to feel good because she’s off sweets.

Intervention

Sometimes it takes an intervention to get someone to change their behavior (but they still have to want to change). I’ve been blogging for six years about the benefits of a sugar free life so of course I want you to stop being sweet. But I’m not going to chase you. Luckily for Meredith, her friends replied to her question about giving in to the stress and eating junk. They encouraged her to stay off sweets and she obliged. That taught me a lesson. Maybe it’s not a bad thing to gently nudge someone in the right direction. So I’m nudging you, dear reader, to join the Holiday Sugar Challenge.

Catch Me If You Can!

Though I considered eating sweets this Thanksgiving, I have decided to stay on my usual sustainable sugar abstinence plan. That means I’m going straight through the holidays without sugary desserts and will continue abstaining until Halloween 2012. I DARE YOU to join me.

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