Sugar free 2022

[Lazyi]

Anyone fancy joining me to do 60 days sugar free starting now?

@Lazyi I had just pulled up in the supermarket car park ready to cave in and get some sweet stuff when i thought I’ll just check Mumsnet first. Then I read your message and felt so guilty 🤣 and thought oh I can’t get any sweet stuff, so thank you for that!

So this is day 4? for me, I’ve decided to make more interesting meals, perhaps I won’t be so reliant on sugar if I’m more satisfied by the meal itself???

And is it tomorrow that Lent starts? So it’s always a bit easier when lots of other people are giving up various things too, and hopefully by Easter the craving will have stopped for me.

@WindyHail - perhaps that’s too little??
@OnlyClothes - I had a horrid day yesterday and caved. Eating marshmallows and chocolate. So back to day one today. But you have encouraged me to get back on the wagon and not go on a 3 day binge as I normally might. Now I need to get rid of the marshmallows!!

We can all egg each other on, this is a thing I REALLY need to conquer.

Yesterday I made myself a really nice dinner. For me, to make more effort to cook nicely is really helpful. I’ve also recently given up butter (because I was consuming phenomenal amounts, really unhealthy amounts) but I will use ghee to fry spices if the recipe calls for it. But no butter on toast .

I’m also pledging to use the word ‘really’ more sparingly.

I think I’m on day 7 now, I’m not going the artificial sweetener route, I want to cut my craving for the sweet taste as much as I can. I’m eating fruit which is sweet obviously, but that’s it.

Although there’s some muesli in the cupboard, I decanted it into a plastic tub weeks ago so don’t know the ingredients but that might have sugar I guess???

But making more interesting meals seems to be the way for me.