21 Day Sugar Detox

Thanks to my sister Addie for suggesting the 21 Day Sugar Detox to me. And I'm thanking myself in advance for accepting the challenge. I was actually ready for it. When she mentioned it to me a few times before I laughed and said, "no way." I wasn't ready. Now..I'm definitely ready. I'm not dragging my feet, pissy, mad or saying that I got "roped" into this. I accepted the offer to go on this 21 day adventure and I'm actually pretty excited about it too. 

My sweet tooth has morphed into sweet teeth, as I usually refer to them. I know my sugar habit is an addiction. I know it's bad. I know it's out of control. I've never really cared enough to do anything about it. I never really made the connection that it is an issue. But, stepping back and looking at the bigger picture, it really is related to many things. 

So yes, it's time. It's time for me to do this. It's time for me to shrink this monster. 

And  now for my thoughts about Day 1: 

I thoroughly prepared for this. I printed program materials, made sure that I went over the food list and picked out the things on there that I felt like eating for the next week or so and went shopping. 

So starting today, we ended up sleeping in really late..so that was beneficial for me since we don't normally have that luxury. 

I'm not a fan of whole eggs. Not because of the calories/fat content but because I'm a vegetarian and I prefer not to eat whole eggs. I'd rather eat egg beaters instead of cracking open eggs and seeing the yolk, etc..I could go on and on about my issues with eggs, but I'll leave it at that. But, after I did some research about the benefits of whole eggs with this challenge, I decided that I would suck it up and eat whole eggs for the duration. So eggs for breakfast cooked in a bit of butter. Eaten with a side of raw carrots and green peppers. I've become picky about my carrots too. I don't buy baby carrots anymore..they seem flavorless compared to whole carrots. It seems that my kids eat carrots alot more now since I made the switch too. 

Almond butter and almonds will be another staple for me. Cheese will be in there as well too. Black beans, chickpeas, lentils, pinto beans and quinoa are also on the list but those are "limited" so I will do as such. Those things are a main part of my everyday diet already, so it's nothing that I don't already like or have on hand. It's just a little less variety than normal and definitely less variety being vegetarian on this detox. There's only so much you can do with eggs..but I'm not complaining. I'd rather work with less variety than more. I thrive on routine, restriction and rigidness. It's how I lost all of my weight originally. And now I'm going to do the same way with this challenge. 

So overall, today was good. It's definitely a challenge for me, I'm not gonna lie. I need to tap back into my willpower bucket. It's been about 2yrs since I've been maintaining my weight loss. I've fluxed here and there but nothing too big. It's crazy to think that it's been that long--I knew it was a lifestyle change that I made, but it's so odd to look back and realize that so much time as passed. I haven't had to really step up and do that in quite some time, so it'll be difficult but good for me at the same time. 

I'm going to try and do a recap for each day or at least write something each day. I'm going to be doing pictures as well, but not sure if I'll be making those public or not.

Until then...this sugar monster is well past her bedtime.

SWEET DREAMS.