Lennyx

This is me Trying..

No Sugar. Day 5. 

I want to write every 5 days about how my "no sugar" experiment is going. It has been about 3 1/2 years since I have tried any kind of specific diet. I used to have food issues and get so upset with myself every time I ate something unhealthy, and I would constantly think about it and not be able to sleep if I thought I'd eaten too much that day. I got over all of that sometime in the last 6 months of my mission due to a lack of control in what I was fed, learning about what really matters in life, and finally letting go.

Since then I have still tried to maintain a good diet, eating lots of fruits and veggies and drinking tons of water. But I haven't cut anything out. I have kept everything on the table because I didn't want to be worrying all the time about what pop tarts or pizza were doing to my body.

I still don't want to worry so much about those things. I still want to be able to feel comfortable enough with myself to allow myself to enjoy food.

But. I am at a place right now where I feel ready to let myself be better. I feel ready and capable of replacing junk foods and quick fixes with holistic options, and to prepare my own food instead of going out all the time.

I don't want to depend on bad sugars and processed foods for my energy to live. I want to live at a higher state and have more self control!! So 5 days ago I decided I was going to cut out all sugar and processed foods. I love chocolate too much to keep this up forever, so I am just doing it for 30 days. But at the end of the 30 days I still want to replace junk food with better, homemade foods. There are so many holistic replacements for any kind of craving, and I want to get into the habit of choosing the better thing instead of the easy thing.

So far I have felt slightly fatigued, but mostly happy and in control. I've been eating plenty of delicious meals and snacks because just cutting out sugar and processed food  leaves room for other really great things!!

I'm also not eating red meat and pork, which is pretty typical of me to do when I am paying close attention to my health.

So here I am at the beginning of this journey, and I'm hoping to become more in control of myself and to gain a higher confidence and energy level because of it!