June No Sugar Added Challenge

[Colonel Angus]

Ah, okay, fair enough! I don't know how comparable it is to what we Americans call 'juice'.

Yeah, fruit juice in America is basically as bad as eating a candy bar or just drinking a soda anyway xD

Ocean Spray has a cranberry juice that's 100% natural, no sugar added. It's pretty good.

[Shorty]

Ugh, now I am craving sugar. At work I can stay busy and focus elsewhere but right now I just want to shove a massive piece of cake into my mouth.

[Formalhaut]

It's day... damn, I've already lost count. What are we, day four?

No matter, my no added sugar challenge is going well, so far. Nothing really much else to report. You can do it Shorty!

[Shorty]

Thanks, Formy!

gah, the weekend was so hard. My mom and sister and I went out to eat yesterday and dinner was fine, but afterward I wanted to dessert. We went back to my mom's and my sister had ice cream and bah Before dinner, mom wanted us to go down to the Coeur d'Alene boardwalk to have ice cream the size of one's head (click at your own risk). I protested, and thankfully after dinner everyone was too full to do any walking anywhere xD

Somehow the weekdays seem easier, for some reason. On the weekends, I just want to be fat and lazy and stuff my face with fatty fat fat sugary snacks and desserts and alcohol I suppose that is the whole reason I am doing this! Still going strong, though. It has gotten easier as time goes by, though. I imagine in the next week or two it will be even easier.

[Formalhaut]

It's day.. I give up on days. Anyway, whatever the day is, I really fancied a soft drink, so I went out and bought a diet coke.

Does this make me a bad person?

[Matt_W]

I don’t have a sweet tooth and I eat healthy during summer so I’m kinda doin’ it…
I know it’s a challenge and your goal is to avoid any added sugar for a month but I think every once in a while you should have a little something (but keep it reasonable), like once a week maybe, just to alleviate the craving and also enjoy it, it’s sad to be ashamed to eat ice cream or anything.
Anyway hang on and good luck for your challenge guys! I always support someone trying to eat a little (or a lot) healthier ‘cause it’s so hard sometimes and I guess most of us have bad eating habits so let’s support each other !

Formy -> only good people wonder if they are bad people

[Colonel Angus]

Thanks for everyone's support! Still going strong. Been relying on mangoes when I'm looking for something sweet once day but other than that, it doesn't seem to be affecting me much in the sense of withdrawals.

Been tracking my intake on fatsecret.com and my sugar count for today is 13 grams, which is all from fruits and vegetables! Feels pretty good.

Shorty Costanza

[Night Fury]

I found myself a great substitute for soda in sparkling mineral water I sometimes squeeze in a little lemon juice for a zing lemonade it's good!

[Kalevala]

Went to the grocery store to grab some sushi and decided to check out the nutrition facts on a local brand of fruit punch that I used to drink a lot of. 23g per 200 mL

[Shorty]

Worse than coke products, jesus.

[Kalevala]

You just had to bring up Vanilla Coke.

[Shorty]

It hurts you more than it hurts me, friend.

[Kalevala]

It hurts so much

[Shorty]

I mixed up you and me. I would murder someone for a vanilla coke.

[Formalhaut]

Ugh, don't remind me of Vanilla Coke...

One thing I love doing is mixing soda water with fruit juice, for the times when I really crave fruit juice as opposed to squash.

Really gives it a nice texture, and means I only drink half as much juice.