Motivation to keep going!

If you are considering a sugarless diet, this will win you over!!

60 min segment on Sugar being toxic

Step 1: Awareness!

Ok, so I decided I had way to much sugar and I should try to detox*, I don't really like the idea of cutting fruits and things in general from my diet but the more I read the more I thought I should, for a short period at least.
The first thing I did was eliminate anything that had sugar, I found this list on this link: Sugar on food labels

• Agave Nectar
• Barley Malt Syrup
• Corn sweetener
• Corn syrup, or corn syrup solids
• Dehydrated Cane Juice
• Dextrin
• Dextrose
• Fructose
• Fruit juice concentrate
• Glucose
• High-fructose corn syrup
• Honey
• Invert sugar
• Lactose
• Maltodextrin
• Malt syrup
• Maltose
• Maple syrup
• Molasses
• Raw sugar
• Rice Syrup
• Saccharose
• Sorghum or sorghum syrup
• Sucrose
• Syrup
• Treacle
• Turbinado Sugar
• Xylose

I also eliminated anything that was made of white flour. Here is why:  "When you eat something made from white flour, your body doesn't have to do much work at all to access the sugars (energy) that the food provides. As soon as it hits your stomach and intestines, the sugar molecules are absorbed across the skin membrane as glucose into the blood, leading to a huge blood sugar spike." Full article

I made simple adjustments such as: 

• Eating plan yogurt (It's hard at first but after a few days your pallet will get used it) 
• Drinking unsweetened almond milk
• Not adding anything to my coffee
• Always having nuts in my purse to snack on
• Drink more water!
• I tried to avoid gum too but sometimes it helps to have a piece

In terms of fruit, the more reading I did the more I leaned the amount of fruit I ate in a day added up to a lot of sugar (or fructose) so I decided that for the first few weeks I would give up on fruit (except green apples, I have a small one a day) and lastly no alcohol for the first couple weeks (the end of the semester is almost over so I might need to be flexible on this).

Thank you to all the resources that helped me throughout this process!

My sweet indulgences! Sugarless!!!

Ok, so being the sweet tooth addict that I am today I made it my mission to have something sweet like that would suffice my desire for chocolate.

I am not a soda fan, but if you are Zevia is a soda sweetened with Stevia. Also a spoonful of unsweetened peanut butter will do the trick for me.

As for the coconutty bites, I made these up tonight. And they worked for me! 

Keep in mind, the sweetest thing I've eaten in the last 10 days is a green apple! This is how I made them:

I melted coconut oil in a pan then added some unsweetened chocolate (tried it on its own and it made me sad to know it was very unpleasant tasting), a pinch (it's really sweet) of Stevia and some unsweetened peanut butter until it was all melted. Then I turned off the stove and added brown rice crispies and stirred until it was all mixed. I set it on a plate and let it cool.
Once cooled I used a little bit of coconut milk just enough to splash the brown rice crispies then added a tad bit of coconut flower to thicken it. I added some coconut flakes for extra coconut. I put them in the freezer for 10-15 minutes to hold its shape and cool down faster, but I actually enjoyed it cold.