The other day a friend posted on FB (sidenote AWSL has a FB page!!! Welcome to the 21st century lil' blog o' mine!) a link about SUGAR!!! This comes coincidentally after a "Paula Deen has diabetes news cast." I have very passionate feelings about the S word. My sugar limitations are strictly a personal eating belief, that even in moderation- you can still have TOO much. We don't drink sodas, rarely have juice, and stick to desserts made in someones kitchen-mainly around the holidays. It's pretty easy to weed out the major sugar sources from our home BUT we do love our craft beer, red wines, dark chocolate, and Agave nectar. With debates surrounding agave and its likeness to High Fructose Corn Syrup, I feel like I am a hypocrite when I use it in coffee, oatmeal, or to sweeten up a smoothie! Why have one but not the other? To shake things up this week I'm taking the classic avoidance approach with the sweet stuff. Coffee will just be blonde, not sweet! Chocolate will be unapproachable, and red wine will have to just gather some dust in dining room for a bit longer.
- this mornings smoothie had no extra sweetness added, just the fruit!
This also means no more granola bars for breakfast, greek yogurt without honey, and paying extra attention to anything not homemade. EEEK!
Why this week? Why this challenge?
Why not?! No sense in putting something off, when motivation is chomping at the bit for a good personal challenge! I've nixed the major offenders- soft drinks, lil' debbies, juices, daily desserts- but that doesn't mean I can't make my diet even better!
Cheers (tap water in a wine glass of course- you can't buy that kind of class!) to a challenge!
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