I promise I'm not going to bore you with keeping up with the daily differences in my head, heart, and body now that I've given up added sugar. In fact, I'm not going to talk about it much unless and until I see a real change in the way my clothes fit.
Since I refuse to weigh myself, I'll never know exactly how much weight I've lost. I'm around the 200 mark, but I'd be devastated if I got on the scale only to see that it was more. So, because I don't like feeling bad, I won't step on a scale unless it's one that tells me how much weight I would weigh if on the Moon. I like that scale. I even like the European scales because I can take a higher or lower number - before I do the conversions.
I'll weigh myself AFTER I know I weigh somewhere in the 170 mark, and then I'll start there and say I've lost this much, plus whatever I was before. I'll even cap it at 200 so I don't hate myself, and that way, I'll still be able to impress my brain and live within my skin all at the same time. It's a thing -- I like myself, I just don't particularly like the body I'm living in. I do have to keep it for a while to come yet, but when Jesus decides to take us up...yeah, that!
OK, so it's been three whole days that I've gone without added sugar, and truly, I could say it's been three days without any real sugar at all other than natural sugars from fruits and such. I've been a label reader to the max, and even going so far as to give my kid all my candies, snacks, and junk foods. I told her she can eat it or throw it out, I was not going to judge her either way. I just don't want it staring at me. I've been telling myself that it's poison; this way, I can be in the same room with it, and nothing happens. My hand does not reach for it. This is a win.
I read a lot of articles about what changes your body goes through during the first stages of the fast or, in my case, the new lifestyle I've chosen. There hasn't been anything negative whatsoever in terms of physical withdrawal headaches, fatigue, or foggy thinking. I've not noticed any real difference at all. I'm not thinner yet. I'm not more mobile. My son has asked me twice if my joints hurt less; honestly, they hurt the same. It's only been three days! If better-feeling joints are something I have to look forward to, I can certainly give up the donuts!
Let's see, for me, it has been morning snacks that have added sugar, candy throughout the day, chips, or the wrong type of juice. If it doesn't say 100% juice I'm not drinking it, and I still check the label for how many sugars are in it. It must be under 5g, or I'm not doing it again. I'll eat an orange. Instead of grabbing a granola bar with 13g of sugar, I can grab a 1/2 handful of almonds or dried goji berries. I'm a tea drinker during the day, so I drink another cup of hot tea and add lemon or lime to it. I'm good!
I own three pairs of sweatpants that I bought when I weighed 160 pounds a few years back. I bought them, and I wore them for over two years; I kept the weight off for a while. From March 2023 to right up to the end of 2024, I gained it back; not all of it, but enough. I tell myself that when I can wear those sweatpants again, I'll know I'm around the 160 mark. I want those sweatpants to become my "fat" sweatpants, the ones I wear when I'm heavy -- this means I'll need to lose another 10-20 pounds once I hit that goal.
I don't follow actors, but if you noticed the weight loss of one or the other of them and you go online and see what they did, most of them say they gave up added sugar - alcohol counts as added sugar. You'd be surprised what you consume and later find out just how bad it was for you -- for me. I had my daily dose of Turkish delights; they're gone. I had a Tootsie pop in the evening; no more. I'd grab a half-hand full of M&Ms now and again -- I've substituted those for unsalted almonds.
My creamer had sugar in it! I had the Coffee Mate original flavored, nothing fancy -- sugar! I use half and half now. If I can do it, I hope you can do it if you want to. It's not easy, but if you're the one who buys the stuff and you're in charge of whether or not it comes to your home, pantry, or freezer, you can say no. You just have to want to, and I really do want to. Like I said, if having better feeling joints was the only reason to do it -- I'd do it.
I will keep you posted, but not on a weekly basis. You'd get tired of listening to me go on and on about it anyway -- I know I wouldn't want to listen to me either.
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