End of Week 5 - 7 kilos down

There's not much to report on a week by week basis, but I plateaued after losing the first 5 kilos in the first two weeks.

Now at the 5 week mark I have started losing again as I have been combining sugar free with some other disciplines like fasting days (unintentional ones as I have been out and about being busy) and not eating after the evening meal (totally intentional).

Feeling thinner and healthier again which is nice, and am making more meals myself so I know exactly what goes into each one.

The only real temptations I have had have been Pineapple Lumps (the kids were eating them) and they smelled AWESOME, and the Toffee Apple flavoured M & M's which I wanted to try so much.


But did not on either count and feeling virtuous for it :)

End of Week 2.

The thing about sugar free is the lack of snack foods and junk food, so sugar as something in and of itself may not be so bad. However it's presence in foods of all kinds does tend indicate the food should be avoided. Am snacking less and less, and avoiding eating at night.

All the credit can't just be for lack of sugar but it is a catalyst for me to eat better all round.

Weight this morning exactly 100.00 kilos.

Weight lost in two weeks 5.6 kilos.

Going out to dinner tonight and will be relaxing the no-sugar rule. Where the sauces and the sides will not be examined too carefully but the obvious sugars will be avoided. (so no dessert then :( )

Sugar Free Week 2

My sugar free year is not 8 days in...

Week 2 starts here

It's been a bit of an up and down week this week as I am getting used to being sugar free again, I have definitely lost weight, my final weight for the week 102.5 - about 3 kilos lighter, mostly from the fact that I over indulged in sweet and fatty sugar rich foods in a last ditch farewell to rubbish food.

I got down under 102 at one point during the week but that was due to being out and not eating all day as I had run out of time to do so, a feat I rarely replicate (nor want to).

But apart from people offering me treats, which it's easy enough to decline, it's as always the hidden sugars that get you.

My top 'denied' food for the week?

Bacon.

Dammit.

A Year Without Added Sugar Starts Here

2 years ago I stopped the dieting as a serious proposition and over that time I have regained about 24 kilos of the 46 kilos I had lost.

Lots of reasons why that happens, mostly due to eventual slacking and loss of discipline, and the proof that if I do not take it seriously then I will put on weight again.

So this time round, 2 years I have decided that one of my biggest enemies is definitely sweets and sugar contained in foods without my realizing, or caring to be honest.

So this time instead of a month without sugar, it's time to go hard or go home and try living without added sugar for a whole year.

Much harder but I know it can be done.

I read 52 books, lost 46 kilos, wrote 750,000 words, have run over 750 kilometers and all by sticking to the discipline of a years commitment and being bloody minded enough to take it one day at a time and just stick to it.

I am also doing two other projects this year, a manuscript submission per month and a piano lesson/practice every day.

Rules: No Added Sugar in anything I eat. So if it says 'sugar' as an added ingredient then it's a no, regardless of the percentage. Naturally contained sugars are fine, like in fruit or milk, but not if it is an added ingredient. Also excludes sugars under a different name like Dextrose, Maltodextrin etc...

Current Weight Day One: 105.6 kg

I'll update here as I progress, and detail some of the surprises I find along the way.