30 Day Sugar Fast

That's right. NO Sugar. For 30 days! 


Anyone that knows me, knows that this is a HUGE challenge for me. I love sweets! Cookies, brownies, cupcakes, candy, ice cream, pie you name it!! On top of that, it is even MORE challenging because I am doing this right in the middle of the Holidays. But Honestly, I couldn't have picked a better time. No sense putting on the pounds during the Holidays and feeling so guilty in January. Besides, I would then come up with a resolution to loose weight that would turn into a resolution to fail at healthy lifestyle.


So, on top of not eating sugar I am changing EVERYTHING. Here is a list of what I am doing...

1. Counting calories. Never in my life have I done this, mostly because its tedious. My daily intake is around 1500.
2. Working out everyday except Sunday. I go to the gym, run my heart out (not literally) for 35-40 min and do some ab workouts.
3. I'm getting 8 hours of sleep.
4. I'm packing my lunches.
5. I planned my meals for the whole week so I KNOW what I am going to eat. This is excellent because instead of pacing back and forth in the kitchen and finally settling for something incredibly bad for me, I have a plan. So I know when I go the kitchen I have to make THAT meal. Plus it has me cooking again, and I have been bad at cooking for the last year.
6. I am also going back (yes, I used to be really good at this) to little to no processed food, and mostly locally grown organic food.

At the end of 30 days I am not let off the hook. My reward is a small......... slice of ONE pie at Thanksgiving (yeah, I planned it right end of day 30 is Thanksgiving day). My calorie intake will stay at 1500 until at least March 22, 2012 (My Birthday!).


Goal #1: Loose the 40 lbs that I started gaining May 18 2007 (yes, my wedding day).
Goal #2: Be healthy enough to have a baby
Goal #3: Be happy and do the things I have ALWAYS wanted to do but couldn't because of my insecurities with my body image.
Goal #4: Lower my risk of heart disease, Diabetes and stroke. Its in the family.


There is only one thing I ask of all of you to help me through this... hold me accountable, that is all.