I don’t know how else to say this. Sugar is poison. Its feeds cancer. Your body has no use for sugar. It destroys your teeth, affects your mood, suppresses your immune system, sends your blood sugars through the roof, floods your body with insulin to compensate for the sugar rush (until the pancreas is shot and you possibly become diabetic). Then, in simple terms, your body burns sugar and stores the undesirable fat.
Sure it might taste sweet as chocolate fudge or shortbread cookies, but sugar doesn’t look so sweet when it’s plastered on our thighs and staring us straight in the eye.
“YIKES! Where did you come from?” we wonder.
“Um… you ate me, it replies.”
Don’t get me wrong. I love mastering a melt-in-your-mouth shortbread recipe, making rum balls and delighting in a great piece of chocolate. But, the body has a way of revealing how you treat it.
It’s time to beat the sugar fix. You are sweet enough.
For the next 30 days, I’m challenging you to cut your sugar intake waaaaay back or be so daring to eliminate it entirely (except from natural sources like fruit).
This doesn’t mean switching to diet drinks and loading up on artificial sweeteners. No, I’m talking coming back to whole food goodness. Fresh veggies, fruit, lean proteins, whole grains and water. Oh, water, we miss you!
Ready to give this wellness goal a shot?
Great, me too!
Stop buying any more sweets and treats.
If you have treats in the house, consider giving them away. Or be bold and toss it in the garbage. (It’s either garbage in the trash can or in your body!) Avoid cakes, pastries, cookies, candies and sugary cereals.
Replace all pop and flavoured water with REAL water.
Not juice that can be high in fructose. Good ol’ water – what 60-70% of our body is made of. If you need a change, ask me about Tea-It-Up — a fabulous green tea powder sweetened with natural plant-based Steevia that you can mix with water. It creates a refreshing drink that gives you wonderful health benefits and fuels your metabolism.
Eliminate or reduce all added sugar.
Reduce how much you put in your coffee, your oatmeal or on your pancakes as syrup. Use steevia in your coffee and fruit for your oatmeal. Avoid jams with additional sugar.
Be on the look-out for the hidden sugar.
It’s amazing what foods have sugar to make them taste better — breads, ketchup, peanut butter, store-bought salad dressings and other condiments, yogurts, canned soups and more. When sugar is showing up as one of the first few ingredients on a food label, you can be assured it’s too much sugar. You are better to make you own dressing and start with a plain yogurt and add fruit. Or start with a plain veggie broth and add to it so you can control the ingredients.
Does this take more time? It might. But you are worth it. Your health is worth it. And some simple meal planning on weekends can ease you in.
You can do this. Your sexy curves say so.
Paula
