Mmmmmm, this giving up sugar thing isn't as easy as it sounds!

So, I have decided I want to give up sugar!? Why? I hear you (and so many others) ask?

The idea came to me when a friend mentioned a book she was reading called THE SWEET POISON QUIT PLAN, which argues that we should all quit sugar.  In it , the author says EAT ANYTHING YOU LIKE, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T TASTE SWEET.  EAT IT WHENEVER YOU LIKE AND EAT AS MUCH AS YOU LIKE, JUST STOP WHEN YOU EAT FULL. SIMPLE. Mmmmmm I thought, that sounds simple, well yeh it is, but it certainly isn't easy!

My name is Mandy Miller and I am a sugar addict!  I love sugar!  I love sugary sweets! I love chocolate! I love, love cakes! I love, love, love biccies, I love going for a coffee and eyeing up the cakes, deciding what I'm going to 'reward' myself for! 

Up until about three weeks ago, I just couldn't resist going to the bakery by my house to buy myself a treat.....EVERY DAY!  I'd spend hours thinking about my 'treat', then do something really weird....I'd 'hoover' it down.....so quickly that I often had to ask myself  'did I eat my treat, or is the lady bringing it?' Then, I'd beat myself up for consuming 300 calories and not even enjoying it! 

Then I made a promise to myself,  get 'the treat' and eat it s-l-o-w-l-y and stop eating it when it isn't enjoyable.  A few times I did this and left half of 'the treat' behind because I honestly wasn't enjoying it, which begs the question: 'why do I do it?`

Why do I buy a packet of chocolate digestives (my weakness) and promise myself that I'll have a couple here and there only to find myself eating them all before the day ends cause I don't wanna wake up the next day with them in the house ( the last pack got covered in olive oil and chucked)  I had to face it, I was addicted to sugar! (see definition below)

So, admitting that I was (am) an addict, my friend reading the book (see below) , me trying to reach certain fitness goals, the fact that I'd love to work in the fitness industry and help others reach their goals, the fact that I am attending a course to study all about nutrition, the fact that I wanna maintain my weight, the fact that I'm sweet enough! all screamed one thing: MANDY MILLER, YOU GOTTA KICK THIS HABIT, YOU'RE NOT IN CONTROL, IT'S CONTROLLING YOU!

First, I stopped drinking tea (yeh, yeh, everyone says the same thing, carry on drinking tea, just cut out the sugar) but for me, tea is drunk with sugar! And that said cuppa is accompanied with cakes (and /or) biccies, so I had to cut the tea right!? So, tea got the chopping board.  My daily muffin/chocolate croissant/pretzel habit has gone (I 've had two in the last two weeks) and do you know what; I have to say.....I didn't even  enjoy it that much! Wow! who said that!? Now when I go with Amelia I have a coffee and I'm fine with that, ( I still look at the cakes and imagine what I would order)

Today I have had the following:

• Brekkie : porridge with nuts and a scrambled egg
• morning snack : Greek plain yoghurt with quinoa
• Lunch: a ton of veg, brown rice, lentils, diced red pepper and a turkey breast
• afternoon snack: more porridge with a chopped date
• dinner: salad and turkey breast
• glass of red 

 

• oh and I ......
• did a 22 minute h.i.i.t and went for a 30 minute run!  

So, how will I do on this jourey?  Keep posted to find out!