Alright here goes....

24 days without sugar
It wasn't my goal (my goal was 30) but cheers to 24.

The down fall, baking. When my friend asked me to make her two year olds birthday cake I couldn't refuse and as any good baker knows you need to taste your products before giving them out. So yep, I had to taste my chocolate buttercream to make sure it was perfect. It was in fact delicious. Did I over indulge and lick out the bowl and spatula, no but did eat sugar yes and buttercream has a lot of it. So cheers to 24 days of no sugar success.

I have again started this journey for making it 30 days (I am currently on day 4). Why you might ask? Because I noticed a HUGE difference with my body when I don't eat the stuff.

For example, when I took a bit of my daughters "Kids Cliff Bar" which is an organic 'healthy' alternative for granola bars I immediately felt my mouth salivating and wanting more. I not only wanted more of her bar but I wanted more of anything sweet. You know that craving you get once you take one bit of ice-cream or chocolate? You want more. Kids Cliff Bars have 12 grams of sugar per bar. If you look at the size of the bar you would figure that about 1/5 of it is just sugar. Too much for me.

When you eat sugar it makes you want more sugar. The first 3 days of the challenge where the toughest. Your body wants and craves those sweet treats. I usually had my cravings after dinner when I am accustomed to treating myself to something sweet. By day 5 I could tell a difference in my cravings. Where they still there, yep but they were much more mild and easier to resist. By day 20+ I didn't even think about having something sweet after dinner. Dinner was dinner and I was done for the night. I love not having those sugar cravings. I love not 'needing' something sweet after dinner. So heres to another 30day journey.

For anyone wanting to do a 30 days no sugar challenge here are some of my tips:

1. Stock up on yummy fresh fruit - when you get a sugar urge eat a piece of fruit
2. There is no added sugar to fresh vegetables, fruit, meat off the bone, fish, nuts etc... eat clean natural unprocessed food and say bye bye to sugar
3. Read ALL labels - things you think wouldn't have added sugar typically do and lots of it

Good Luck!

Remember, your body is your greatest investment. Treat it right and it will take care of you. 

Eat healthy Eat Clean. 

Say NO to Sugar