Sugar Fast February 2024

      Tomorrow, I will begin the journey to wean myself off of unnecessary amounts of sugar.  Here are some things I will not be eating. Absolutely no sweets (cookies, donuts, cake, etc.) No sugar in my coffee No milk.  Too much sugar. Alternatives for Salad Dressing, Peanut Butter, Tomato Sauce, etc. No chips or late night snacking after 8:30 PM I will eat fruit and maybe honey. I will be taking my weight and blood pressure every day and journaling on blogger. Hopefully it will not be full of fear and self-loathing.

      It's good to have some goals when going into something like this.  Something to shoot for -- something to remind me what I am doing this for to help give some conviction for keepin on keepin on.       Here are some of my goals -- 1)   Weight loss -- I don't want to put a poundage goal for this -- too much pressure if I look at the scale every day, which I plan to do.  It would be nice to lose some weight, but this isnt my main goal in doing this. 2)   Form better eating habits -- Not having to have something sugary sweet every day, no eating after 8:30 (when I usually get in trouble with snacking), drinking more water to help keep me satiated, making good choices what I eat and when I eat, no stress eating (or when I do it will be healthier choices.  Basically reprogramming my body to crave the things that are good for me 3)   Losing that mental fog -- there are days when I just don't think as clearly as I used to -- recall of names is especially difficult these days.

             I'm nervous... and I'm not sure why. My sugar fast doesn't even start for another week and yet here I am, creating a blog post about how nervous I am just thinking about it. So what am I worried about? Not really sure right now. Maybe I'm worried I won't be able to finish the month out the way I had originally planned, that I will hit a wall one day and consume a dozen bonbons after convincing myself that one bonbon won't really hurt me. And who would know anyways? #whatsabonbon? Perhaps I am concerned that this fast will be a total waste of time and won't accomplish what I want it to accomplish (accomplishment goals will come in another blog post very soon). That does kind of scare me. Maybe my goals for myself are too high. We'll see soon enough.      Maybe I will miss the freedom to eat whatever I want, when I want. I will miss the sugar in my coffee and the ability to celebrate with others with a decadent pastry or two.