Day Six: No Sugar

Ines de la Fressange.  I don't think she eats sugar.

I know I�ve just written about this recently, but No Sugar has been such a huge part of my health and happiness that it has to be included in the Thirty Chic Days list.  Contrary to what you may think, No Sugar doesn�t mean absolutely no sugar, it means mostly no sugar.  But if I called it Mostly No Sugar then I�d see a loophole and just eat everything.  Mind games is how I get through life�

Here is the version of No Sugar I have come up with that works for me.

Because most of my meals are prepared at home or work (on a normal week it would be 19 or 20 out of a possible 21 meals), when we do eat out I pretty much have what I want.

The main focus is not purchasing and bringing sweet items into the house.  If they�re not there I won�t be able to eat them.  Being an adult, I am always free to go out after dinner to buy something sweet if I want.  But I�m too lazy.  The sofa is so cosy, we�re watching tv or I�m reading a book, so I have what�s there (the default dark chocolate which is always in the pantry).

I don�t really restrict myself in any other way, however cutting out the bulk of my sugary consumption has helped me choose healthier options.  It�s when I�ve been eating lollies and chocolate that I want junky meals.

When I picked up my library books today, one of the lovely librarians (he�s about my age) came over to tell me I �look fit�.  I think he meant �fit and healthy� rather than �fit� in the English way.  He�s such a honey.

I admit at that time I had been teetering on the edge and coveting a bar of something sweet for the afternoon, but after our thoughtful librarian�s comment I remembered that I enjoy being slimmer and looking nicer in my clothes.  He saved me from myself!

I definitely haven�t been perfect and I�ve slipped up a few times since I decided No Sugar, but the taste wasn�t worth it and I felt physically horrible and racked with remorse.  The thought of those sweet items is definitely better than the reality, which as time goes on and I have less of them, gets easier and easier to instantly remember.

I still do like sweet things though, so here are my treats which are manageable for me:

- An icy cold can of Diet Coke (although I don�t drink it from the can, of course I have a champagne flute)
- Two squares of Whittakers Dark Ghana 72% chocolate 
- Jarrah coffee mix (usually as a hot drink after lunch)

I generally have these things once a day, most days.

Do you trick yourself?  What about sweet treats that don�t set you off, do you have any?