Welcome back for another week of trying something new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week: No added\nsugar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ever since we were little, we are conditioned to love sugar.\nMovies, books, advertisements about candy are geared towards children. The\nsugar becomes more and \u2018refined\u2019 <\/em>as we get older to be delicious desserts\nand delicacies, but sugar has become more and more mainstreamed into our diets\nrather than desserts. It is genuinely amazing to see how much added sugar is in\nfood. If you read food labels anytime soon, it can be shocking. We know that we\nare not supposed to eat A LOT of sugar, but it can sometimes feel like we don\u2019t\nhave a choice. Sugar is in everything. I have heard that it can be good to cut added\nsugars out, so this week I tried it. Here were the results: <\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. What was the biggest change\/effects I noticed? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n First and foremost, cutting out added sugar was much easier\nthan I thought it would be. What was completely bizarre was the cutting of\nweight. I dropped 3 pounds eating my normal diet, doing my regular exercise,\nbut I just cut out foods that had added sugar. I felt more focused when I woke\nup and more consistent in my energy level throughout the day rather than having\nspikes after I ate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. What were minor changes\/effects that occurred\nthroughout the week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the quarantine life where food is not as abundant as it once\nwas, I noticed I just ate what was available. I found that whenever I craved\nsomething sweet at night, I was able to substitute that for something like\nbread and butter and I was fine. After a few days. vegetables had so much more\nflavor to them because my sweetness threshold got so much lower. I love food\nand I love to cook\/bake, but I noticed more flavors in food when sugar was cut\nout of the normal diet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Was this health habit enjoyable?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This was a totally fine habit. It was easier in quarantine because\nI\u2019m not going out. I\u2019m not having any mixed drinks with soda at the bar or\ngoing to grab some late night ice cream or desserts. It was enjoyable when I\nlook back at how much consistency in energy I had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. How can this health habit sustainable in the long\nterm?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is completely sustainable to an extent. I would never\nwant to become that killjoy who won\u2019t go out or eat somewhere because they are\ndoing \u201cno added sugar.\u201d I\u2019m not going to avoid treats of life because of this\nhabit, but I would like to continue to cut out sugar as much as I can in my\nnormal diet because I think it was more beneficial than it was a burden. If you\nare interested, I would just say to not tempt yourself and buy snacks that are sugary.\nYou can\u2019t eat what you don\u2019t have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I really liked this habit and it gave me recipes to research\nother than just researching for school work. I think everyone should try it at\nleast 1 week in their life. I know for some people, it really helps their skin,\nsuperhero celebrities do it for their diets, and it has made me enjoy food so\nmuch more. For me, I was the consistency in energy so I can be prepared for\nanything the day throws at me because ready or not,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Life Willkomm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome back for another week of trying something new. This week: No added sugar. Ever since we were little, we are conditioned to love sugar. Movies, books, advertisements about candy are geared towards children. 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