The Sugar Crashthrough

Day One

3pm: Feeling agitated and ferociously hungry. Would normally have had my post-lunch sweeties by now. Having an artificially sweetened hot chocolate, and wondering if imbibing a carcinogenic is a good substitute. Hard times, hard measures.

7pm: Cooking dinner. Yes, delicious, starchy pasta. I’ve discovered my lazy-girl pasta sauce has sugar in it. Dang. Not feeling virtuous enough to make something else so I’m telling myself it will be a small amount. Besides – you wouldn’t want me going cold turkey right?

10pm: Yogurt, more artificial sweetners. You can taste they’re not good for you – funny aftertaste.

12.30am Cranky, sleepless, hungry.

Day Two

11am: Got stuck at the supermarket behind a ditherer… Stared down the chocolate bars. They were real scared.

2pm: Skip the macaroon with my afternoon coffee. Don’t feel too deprived.

4:30pm: Weak, headachey, cranky. Apparently normal.

8pm: *Several* glasses of wine. I’m fallible.

4:30am: Wide awake, sightly hungover. Apparently, once alcohol is metabolised your blood sugar drops, and as a result you wake up. Seeing as sugar highs and lows are not the aim of the game, I might have to avoid this stunt while I’m testing the sugar theory.

In other fun news, here’s a page detailing 113 ways sugar will ruin your life, steal your boyfriend and publicly humiliate you.

Day Three

Over this sugar free thing now. Combined with forgetting my medication I was a tired, cranky puppy today. And sweaty… ewwww. Everything has sugar in it! Have you looked at the ingredients lists on food packs recently?!

Read a blog from a fellow sugar-free traveller for tips. She recommended prayer. I prayed for better advice.

3pm: Want cake. Need cake. Major lethargy.

4pm: Break through! A new friend told me she and her partner gave up sugar 18 months ago and have seen major changes in their moods and health. Hearing a bit of real-life testimony has inspired me. And I’m assured the low energy and crabbiness will lift soon. Hallelujah!

Day Four

12:30pm: Feeling good. Not so tired. Not so narky. Mildly anxious about eating out tonight – so much sugar hidden everywhere. I’m becoming paranoid.

1:30am: Dinner was fine. Lovely even. But massive sweet cravings chased me afterwards. Solution: muchos popcorn.

Day Five

A few cravings, but managed to curbs with some sugar free dessert recipes.

Day Six

11am: Awoke to discover my detox written all over my face… in acne. Funnily a swollen, red face isn’t helping me feel better about this project.

10pm: Staving off sugar cravings with spoons of coconut oil as recommended by Sarah Wilson. Wonder if that’s where the acne is coming from?

Day Seven

Made it!! And you know what? Not so hard.

In fact, I’m going to keep at it for a while longer. I cant say how it’s improved my mood as yet, but my energy levels have definitely been improved in the last few days. And that is reason enough.