Are you a sugar addict? I am.
In 2005 I vowed to quit and began
writing about life without sweets.
This site contains a forum,
product reviews, my journal,
educational Sugar Challenges,
and the Stop Being Sweet ebook.

The Beautiful Truth

December 14, 2011 • Comments (0)

This film explores how advertising, companies, and legalities have messed with our health. The amalgam mercury filling scene alone is worth the watch. Then it goes on to discuss food additives, including aspartame. Then they talk about chemical companies in the food business.

The presentation is heavy handed, but worth the watch because it contains a lot of food for thought.

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Sugar Challenge: Play the Sugar vs. Me Game!

December 12, 2011 • Comments (0)

We’re rolling along with the 2011 Holiday Sugar Challenge. Whether you’re participating or not, you can easily play the Sugar vs. Me game anytime of year. Here’s how it works:

1. Determine a time frame to play the game. For example, one day, week, or month.

2. Every time you are faced with the choice of whether to eat sweets or not, consider it as a single bout in the larger game.

3. Make a note with sugar on one side and you on the other.

4. Keep score. If you eat sweets then Sugar gets a point. If you avoid sweets then you get a point.

Whichever side has the most points at the end of the game duration is the winner.

Have fun!

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How to Quit Sugar

December 10, 2011 • Comments (2)

I recently found this video, How to Quit Sugar, from Lucas Rockwood on Vimeo. He talks about the glycemic index, replacement foods, and explains the overall process very clearly—including what to eat and what to avoid. Watch it!

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Two Angry Moms

December 06, 2011 • Comments (0)

If you’re going to watch, click the WATCH THE ENTIRE FILM link because the display above will only give you a sample.

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Avoid Sweets, Save Money

December 01, 2011 • Comments (4)

When you stop being sweet you must undergo an identity shift. It’s the kind of thing you can decide on very easily. The decision is simple. The practice is what’s difficult.

For example, you can decide today, right now, that you are going to become proficient at saving money. It’s easy to make that choice. However, tomorrow—no matter how hard you try—you will not suddenly have a month’s worth of extra cash in your pocket. Choosing to do something is easy. Following through is where we get lost. Saving money is something you can certainly do. Doing it well is a skill that takes time and repetition. Becoming proficient at saving might take a year or more of dilligent practice.

Getting off sugar is the same. For example, you can decide today, right now, that you are going to stop being sweet. It’s easy to make that choice. However, tomorrow—no matter how hard you try—you will not suddenly have a wealth of sugarless time behind you. Choosing to do something is easy. Following through is where we get lost. Avoiding sugar is something you can certainly do. Doing it well is a skill that takes time and repetition. Becoming proficient at avoiding sugar might take a year or more of dilligent practice.

The trick to avoiding sweets (and to saving money) is to do it a little bit at a time. Whenever you are presented with the opportunity to make a choice, choose the action that supports your preferred identity. The more times you make a choice that reinforces your preferred identity, the more you are what you chose to become. Eventually you will wake up and realize that you are the person you once wanted to be.

(PS - Avoiding sugar begets saving money.)

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Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on 12/01/11 • Comment