Thanks for reading and showing up here pal -- your long lived readership means so much to me. It's been going well so far, only a week in though. Even more exciting is that a few others have joined me which is super cool to see. Interested to see how I'll feel at the end of the month!
I’m with you Jack. As I age, I don’t have any ‘binge behaviour’ in me anymore. But I do remember it. The stress of corporate life was my driver. even now I can still conjure up the morning after feeling if I am tempted to indulge. But now I have to deal with the ‘where’s the fun gone’ feeling.
I'm slowly getting better at avoiding bingeing with age too -- though I wouldn't consider myself free and clear of the temptation. It's difficult. Millions of dollars are spent on creating hyperpalatable foods and millions more on marketing them to us. It takes a strong mind to create a life where you keep junk food out of your house because the default for most is to let it in.
You make a really good point on emotional eating too. I don't think I've even begun realize how much my food choices are driven by emotions. Stress, worry, anxiety, doubt. Thinking about the morning after is a great strategy. When you indulge you feel poorly about yourself but when you resist you feel great the next day. I'm going to use that strategy next time I'm tempted.
Thanks for reading and showing up in the comments here, Robyn. Always great to get your thoughts. I appreciate you.
Ok, what about sugar from fruit. I eat a LOT of fruit. If I could keep the fruit I'd love to join the April challenge. And re getting sick from the sugar, it's taken many years to start to see that my emotional/psychic state plays a huge role in my health. I'm wondering if getting sick might have been induced by the hit you took to your sense of identity/purpose/discipline and how that made you feel, which is no small thing in the health department.
Great question, Rick. Please allow me to answer it in excruciating detail...
There are three key variables that determine the impact of sugar, consumed through fruit or otherwise, on our health: density, volume, and velocity.
DENSITY: Compare dried mango to a whole mango or a prune to a plum. The density of sugar contained within the dried fruit is much higher because you have the same total amount of sugar as the whole fruit at a lower total volume.
VOLUME: The quantity you consume. Eating a gram of dried mango will do you no harm but downing a bag of it per day will wreak havoc on your body. Same goes with consuming excess quantities of whole fruit.
VELOCITY: This is the speed at which sugar leaves your stomach and enters the first part of the small intestine (the duodenum). An example of when velocity is an issue is with fruit-heavy smoothies. If you load up a smoothie with fruit that would otherwise be impossible to consume in its whole form, not only are you consuming excess volume but the velocity at which the sugar is traveling through your system is tremendous because of its liquid state. Another example is dried fruit. Not only is it an issue because of its high sugar density, but by consuming it over opting for its whole fruit counterpart you’re also changing the speed (velocity) at which it might hit the liver. Volume wise, you can also consume much more dried mango than whole mango.
The whole fruits that will have the smallest impact on your blood sugar are blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, kiwi, lemon, and lime. Things like grapes and mango tend to have big blood sugar spiking effects. But of course every individual will react differently.
The last caveat I will add is there is a difference between how a healthy person should eat and how someone who is in a diseased state should eat. If you're trending towards type 2 diabetes should you eat an apple? Maybe not. If you're in great metabolic health, should you eat an apple? I don't see why not.
I hope that answers your question :)
And in regards to your note on psychic state, I think you are absolutely right. When you see yourself as a healthy person but engage in unhealthy habits, there is a cognitive dissonance going on that disturbs your sense of identity. It certainly impacts me negatively when I do things that don't align with the person I want to see myself as.
Thanks for reading and for showing up in the comments. I would love to have you join me in the challenge.
Wow, fabulous info in response. Thank you. My fruit sugars are from whole fruit each morning. Usually a banana, frozen org cherries or blueberries, yogurt and nuts. That's breakfast. If I can keep those then I'm on board for the sugar free month!
My pleasure, I enjoy talking about this stuff! That all sounds pretty good to me. I eat bananas and berries most days too. I would double check the yogurt to make sure it's greek or plain as some yogurts have an astronomical amount of sugar. But I know you know that already. Welcome to the challenge… I’m excited to see how we all feel at the end of the month!
Few this one a lot. I am an all or nothing guy when it comes to food. If it’s not in the house, I have no problems finding something better to eat. This month I’m tracking “no chips” and “no sweets”.
I am exactly the same, Jeremy. A lot of men seem to struggle with this. In my experience at least, men tend to be worse at moderation than women. Though not always the case of course. I’m sure societal pressure plays a role but that’s a whole other topic for discussion.
Like you, if I can keep it out of my house I’m okay. I’m tracking every day as well as part of this challenge. Hoping to go 30/30 in April with my no sugar challenge. Would love to hear back how you found the month with no sweets and no chips.
Thanks for reading and dropping in to the comments here.
I wish you well on your 30 for 30! I forgot to add that I also have a no soda challenge too. This one is tougher with a number of conferences coming up because most of them only have soda - and these being healthcare conferences make it that much worse. So far I’m 4/4 on both.
Regarding your observation about men versus women and their ability to moderate, I think you’re spot on. I wrote about something similar related to goals and how men don’t stop even when death (like an Everest summit) is on the line. I think I shared it previously here so I’m not going to relink but there is something here.
Thank you! Sounds like you are enduring a similar challenge so I wish you well too. Are you trying to avoid regular soda? Or diet? Or both? If you're in the process of kicking regular soda out of your life, I don't think diet is a bad alternative. There's some talk about the artificial sweeteners and their negative impact on your gut microbiome, but I would take that over +30g of sugar in regular pop. Soda water, although an acquired taste, it my go to.
It is a shame that there is soda at healthcare conferences... you'd think that's the one type of conference where everyone KNOWS the negative impacts of those products. But having the information often sits far away from implementing it.
And yes, I believe I read that piece. Men do really stupid things in groups because no one wants to be the one to back down. Although I'm sure there are many factors at play there. And feel free to link your work here! I take no offense to others sharing their writing on my posts.
All soda. It’s a gateway to eating crap. And I honestly think regular soda with actual sugar (rare to find) may be better than diet. I love seltzer and only drink soda if it’s around as the only option. But really water is always an option.
I’ve always been anti-fake-“food” in theory (harder in practice). Things found in nature are in in my mind better than things make in a factory in New Jersey. It may be misguided. Also; there have been studies done showing that switching from regular coke to Diet Coke doesn’t change someone’s weight: the sweet flavor still triggers you to consume more calories.
For me it's the processed stuff that makes me feel sick, not so much sweet things in general - does anyone else experience that? I've been off processed foods with added sugars for three years now, I still have a freshly baked chocolate croissant at my local cafe, sometimes cheesecake, I also bake once in 3 weeks or so and that never gives me that kind of sickly over satiated feeling.
I completely agree with that. I was talking about this exact thing with my friend on the phone last night. You feel completely different after eating a homemade cake versus eating a greasy Walmart cake. And the more packaged/processed it gets, the worse it tends to make you feel.
My historical problem with sweet things is finding my off switch -- it doesn't seem to exist. I admire those who can eat treats and sweet things in moderation but to date, I am not one of those people. It sounds like you have a great relationship with sweet things and have found a wonderful balance of moderation and enjoyment -- please keep doing what works for you :)
Thanks so much for reading and leaving your thoughts here, I appreciate you.
"I started seeing packaged processed crap less like food and more like chemical compounds you might find on shelves at The Home Depot."
Jack, this perspective is going to have me eating less crap going forward. I loved the analogies throughout this piece. Rocks in the gas tank? Totally made it relatable!
Thanks so much for reading, James. Makes me happy to hear you found this relatable -- I'm striving to be more human in my writing, sharing the honest struggles I encounter and how I'm trying to navigate them, often imperfectly. If this piece results in just you and me eating less crap, then it was a success :)
It’s almost the end of April but I am always trying to stop sugar (and lying to myself that crackers and pretzels don’t just immediately turn into sugar). I like your idea of breaking the day into quarters. That way you don’t have to be “bad” the whole day into night after one lapse. But I am allowing myself one egg ‘Kosher for Passover’ matzoh a day for next week. It’s in my plan, will not count as a break that leads to binge. My other idea is try to keep sugar 1/3 protein. It’s hard for me to get 60 gm protein, but if I could, 20 gm sugar doesn’t seem that terrible. And might be easier to stick to,than ZERO.
Thanks so much for reading and for your thoughtful comment. It sounds like you have a great plan going forward to limit sugar. Breaking the day into quarters is a really useful strategy -- I'm so glad that you found it helpful. I love that you're cognizant and aware of a break that won't lead to a binge. Having a plan and being aware of what we're doing is most of the battle. I hadn't heard of egg matzoh before so thanks for sharing something new with me :)
My sugar intake hasn't been ZERO for this challenge. I still consume sugar in other forms such as moderate fruit intake. For me it was about cutting out the added sugar sources (plus things like honey and dried fruit) and other junk/processed food.
Of course, I have none of your personal metrics (height, weight, activity level, etc.) but for most people 60g of protein per day is probably not enough to fend off sarcopenia (age related muscle wasting). If it's helpful to you, I wrote an article on protein consumption that might be worth skimming: https://www.longevityminded.ca/p/the-scoop-on-protein?
Thanks so much for reading and leaving a comment. I might continue this no sugar thing past April so you won't be alone. If I can help support or provide any additional resources please let me know!
Just seeing your reply now and you’re right, I think I’m really supposed to have 100 gm protein to fix things (5’6” 112 lb w out trying but this happened later in life - would have killed for this wt as a 142 lb - zaftig was putting it kindly - 17 yr old) Re activity - work out but lost the sports I love thx to bone density problem and afraid of the drugs - thus motive for trying to limit sugar (triggers bad guys, the osteoclasts), and increase protein because apparently bones need that, the biz about it making women too acidic and turning bones to Tums not proven.
This sounds so similar to a day in my life it felt like I was reading my own journal. I also tend to struggle with moderation. Especially when it comes to chocolate covered almonds!!
I need a sugar free year to detox most of it out of my body. But im super pumped to hear how this month goes for you.
Same here, Arman. It works in both directions: the same instinct that gets me to push hard in the gym and on runs also struggles with moderation in the kitchen. Although as I write this I realize it may not be healthy or productive to tie those two things together.
It's going well so far. Having the iron rule of no sugar makes it so much easier. There's no question in the grocery store of whether or not I should buy that bag or candy or chocolate bar... it's an easy no because I committed to this challenge.
I don't expect to feel drastically different because aside from the occasional binge I already live a pretty healthy, low-sugar lifestyle. But eliminating junk food in its entirety feels really good.
Thanks so much for reading and dropping in the comments here. Appreciate you.
...super interested to hear the results of a sugar free month...i'm not sire i could pull that off which probably means I should try and pull that off...
I wrote about going caffeine free for a month the other week… I’m not sure I can pull that off which means I definitely need to try to. Even worse, I convinced myself that I don’t even need to try to pull that off because it’s not a problem for me.
And to be honest, I’m not sure I’ll be able to pull the sugar one off either. It’s a challenge, but shoot for the stars and you might land on the moon. Would love to have you join me, should the spirit move you.
Thanks for reading and showing up in the comments here. I appreciate you.
I thought it was just a psychological response when I feel sucky after eating a bag of junk food or a handful of sweets. Turns out life does feel better with a sugar detox!
I LOVE how you're doing a 30-day challenge on this, Jack. Reminds of me Matt D'Avella's habit challenges which inspired me to do my own a while back: https://youtu.be/Ufm0yPA-kWc?si=znrqfJZyIUGkdJYe
It absolutely does! I think there is a psychological and physiological response to junk food/sugar. Thanks for sharing the video... I'll check it out for some inspiration!
Curious, what habit challenge did you do? And does that mean you're joining me on the no sugar April challenge? We have a few takers already :)
I did a bunch of stuff but most of it are common habits like reading, cold showers, exercise - it was an experimental phase of my life and I did it for two years.
Now that you asked, I think it would be interesting to be more intentional with my sugar intake. Yeah I'm up for it!
Awesome! Glad to have you join me and the others — means I can’t fail now.
Those are great challenges. I hate cold showers but force myself to do them every day. They get easier with time. And exercise is still a daily grind but is such a staple in my life I know it’s not going anywhere.
Also I watched the video you linked. It was the affirmation I need to stick to the challenge. Will definitely pull that up again on nights where temptation is strong. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, the challenges always do get easier the more you stick around with them. I just rewatched the video as well, and now I'm pumped to stay away from sugar. Earlier I was in the supermarket and I was sooo tempted to buy biscuits - but I remembered committing to you and he others, so hopefully we could crush the next 30 days!
Awesome! I love it. Having a group to hold you accountable is such a game changer. I need to infuse more of a community aspect into my health and fitness. It makes it so much more enjoyable and easier to stick with. This group challenge is a great place to start.
Loved this Jack - pleasure reading your stories. and way to go setting a goal to go sugar free. Can’t wait to hear how it goes & your findings (:
Thanks for reading and showing up here pal -- your long lived readership means so much to me. It's been going well so far, only a week in though. Even more exciting is that a few others have joined me which is super cool to see. Interested to see how I'll feel at the end of the month!
I’m with you Jack. As I age, I don’t have any ‘binge behaviour’ in me anymore. But I do remember it. The stress of corporate life was my driver. even now I can still conjure up the morning after feeling if I am tempted to indulge. But now I have to deal with the ‘where’s the fun gone’ feeling.
I'm slowly getting better at avoiding bingeing with age too -- though I wouldn't consider myself free and clear of the temptation. It's difficult. Millions of dollars are spent on creating hyperpalatable foods and millions more on marketing them to us. It takes a strong mind to create a life where you keep junk food out of your house because the default for most is to let it in.
You make a really good point on emotional eating too. I don't think I've even begun realize how much my food choices are driven by emotions. Stress, worry, anxiety, doubt. Thinking about the morning after is a great strategy. When you indulge you feel poorly about yourself but when you resist you feel great the next day. I'm going to use that strategy next time I'm tempted.
Thanks for reading and showing up in the comments here, Robyn. Always great to get your thoughts. I appreciate you.
Ok, what about sugar from fruit. I eat a LOT of fruit. If I could keep the fruit I'd love to join the April challenge. And re getting sick from the sugar, it's taken many years to start to see that my emotional/psychic state plays a huge role in my health. I'm wondering if getting sick might have been induced by the hit you took to your sense of identity/purpose/discipline and how that made you feel, which is no small thing in the health department.
Great question, Rick. Please allow me to answer it in excruciating detail...
There are three key variables that determine the impact of sugar, consumed through fruit or otherwise, on our health: density, volume, and velocity.
DENSITY: Compare dried mango to a whole mango or a prune to a plum. The density of sugar contained within the dried fruit is much higher because you have the same total amount of sugar as the whole fruit at a lower total volume.
VOLUME: The quantity you consume. Eating a gram of dried mango will do you no harm but downing a bag of it per day will wreak havoc on your body. Same goes with consuming excess quantities of whole fruit.
VELOCITY: This is the speed at which sugar leaves your stomach and enters the first part of the small intestine (the duodenum). An example of when velocity is an issue is with fruit-heavy smoothies. If you load up a smoothie with fruit that would otherwise be impossible to consume in its whole form, not only are you consuming excess volume but the velocity at which the sugar is traveling through your system is tremendous because of its liquid state. Another example is dried fruit. Not only is it an issue because of its high sugar density, but by consuming it over opting for its whole fruit counterpart you’re also changing the speed (velocity) at which it might hit the liver. Volume wise, you can also consume much more dried mango than whole mango.
The whole fruits that will have the smallest impact on your blood sugar are blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, kiwi, lemon, and lime. Things like grapes and mango tend to have big blood sugar spiking effects. But of course every individual will react differently.
The last caveat I will add is there is a difference between how a healthy person should eat and how someone who is in a diseased state should eat. If you're trending towards type 2 diabetes should you eat an apple? Maybe not. If you're in great metabolic health, should you eat an apple? I don't see why not.
I hope that answers your question :)
And in regards to your note on psychic state, I think you are absolutely right. When you see yourself as a healthy person but engage in unhealthy habits, there is a cognitive dissonance going on that disturbs your sense of identity. It certainly impacts me negatively when I do things that don't align with the person I want to see myself as.
Thanks for reading and for showing up in the comments. I would love to have you join me in the challenge.
Wow, fabulous info in response. Thank you. My fruit sugars are from whole fruit each morning. Usually a banana, frozen org cherries or blueberries, yogurt and nuts. That's breakfast. If I can keep those then I'm on board for the sugar free month!
My pleasure, I enjoy talking about this stuff! That all sounds pretty good to me. I eat bananas and berries most days too. I would double check the yogurt to make sure it's greek or plain as some yogurts have an astronomical amount of sugar. But I know you know that already. Welcome to the challenge… I’m excited to see how we all feel at the end of the month!
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Welcome! Happy to have you join :)
Few this one a lot. I am an all or nothing guy when it comes to food. If it’s not in the house, I have no problems finding something better to eat. This month I’m tracking “no chips” and “no sweets”.
I am exactly the same, Jeremy. A lot of men seem to struggle with this. In my experience at least, men tend to be worse at moderation than women. Though not always the case of course. I’m sure societal pressure plays a role but that’s a whole other topic for discussion.
Like you, if I can keep it out of my house I’m okay. I’m tracking every day as well as part of this challenge. Hoping to go 30/30 in April with my no sugar challenge. Would love to hear back how you found the month with no sweets and no chips.
Thanks for reading and dropping in to the comments here.
I wish you well on your 30 for 30! I forgot to add that I also have a no soda challenge too. This one is tougher with a number of conferences coming up because most of them only have soda - and these being healthcare conferences make it that much worse. So far I’m 4/4 on both.
Regarding your observation about men versus women and their ability to moderate, I think you’re spot on. I wrote about something similar related to goals and how men don’t stop even when death (like an Everest summit) is on the line. I think I shared it previously here so I’m not going to relink but there is something here.
Thank you! Sounds like you are enduring a similar challenge so I wish you well too. Are you trying to avoid regular soda? Or diet? Or both? If you're in the process of kicking regular soda out of your life, I don't think diet is a bad alternative. There's some talk about the artificial sweeteners and their negative impact on your gut microbiome, but I would take that over +30g of sugar in regular pop. Soda water, although an acquired taste, it my go to.
It is a shame that there is soda at healthcare conferences... you'd think that's the one type of conference where everyone KNOWS the negative impacts of those products. But having the information often sits far away from implementing it.
And yes, I believe I read that piece. Men do really stupid things in groups because no one wants to be the one to back down. Although I'm sure there are many factors at play there. And feel free to link your work here! I take no offense to others sharing their writing on my posts.
All soda. It’s a gateway to eating crap. And I honestly think regular soda with actual sugar (rare to find) may be better than diet. I love seltzer and only drink soda if it’s around as the only option. But really water is always an option.
That's interesting, what do you think is better about sugar containing soda than diet? Always curious to get different perspectives on this.
But completely agree that both are probably better avoided, I don't drink either... for me it's water, soda water, black coffee, and tea.
I’ve always been anti-fake-“food” in theory (harder in practice). Things found in nature are in in my mind better than things make in a factory in New Jersey. It may be misguided. Also; there have been studies done showing that switching from regular coke to Diet Coke doesn’t change someone’s weight: the sweet flavor still triggers you to consume more calories.
For me it's the processed stuff that makes me feel sick, not so much sweet things in general - does anyone else experience that? I've been off processed foods with added sugars for three years now, I still have a freshly baked chocolate croissant at my local cafe, sometimes cheesecake, I also bake once in 3 weeks or so and that never gives me that kind of sickly over satiated feeling.
I completely agree with that. I was talking about this exact thing with my friend on the phone last night. You feel completely different after eating a homemade cake versus eating a greasy Walmart cake. And the more packaged/processed it gets, the worse it tends to make you feel.
My historical problem with sweet things is finding my off switch -- it doesn't seem to exist. I admire those who can eat treats and sweet things in moderation but to date, I am not one of those people. It sounds like you have a great relationship with sweet things and have found a wonderful balance of moderation and enjoyment -- please keep doing what works for you :)
Thanks so much for reading and leaving your thoughts here, I appreciate you.
"I started seeing packaged processed crap less like food and more like chemical compounds you might find on shelves at The Home Depot."
Jack, this perspective is going to have me eating less crap going forward. I loved the analogies throughout this piece. Rocks in the gas tank? Totally made it relatable!
Thanks so much for reading, James. Makes me happy to hear you found this relatable -- I'm striving to be more human in my writing, sharing the honest struggles I encounter and how I'm trying to navigate them, often imperfectly. If this piece results in just you and me eating less crap, then it was a success :)
It’s almost the end of April but I am always trying to stop sugar (and lying to myself that crackers and pretzels don’t just immediately turn into sugar). I like your idea of breaking the day into quarters. That way you don’t have to be “bad” the whole day into night after one lapse. But I am allowing myself one egg ‘Kosher for Passover’ matzoh a day for next week. It’s in my plan, will not count as a break that leads to binge. My other idea is try to keep sugar 1/3 protein. It’s hard for me to get 60 gm protein, but if I could, 20 gm sugar doesn’t seem that terrible. And might be easier to stick to,than ZERO.
Thanks so much for reading and for your thoughtful comment. It sounds like you have a great plan going forward to limit sugar. Breaking the day into quarters is a really useful strategy -- I'm so glad that you found it helpful. I love that you're cognizant and aware of a break that won't lead to a binge. Having a plan and being aware of what we're doing is most of the battle. I hadn't heard of egg matzoh before so thanks for sharing something new with me :)
My sugar intake hasn't been ZERO for this challenge. I still consume sugar in other forms such as moderate fruit intake. For me it was about cutting out the added sugar sources (plus things like honey and dried fruit) and other junk/processed food.
Of course, I have none of your personal metrics (height, weight, activity level, etc.) but for most people 60g of protein per day is probably not enough to fend off sarcopenia (age related muscle wasting). If it's helpful to you, I wrote an article on protein consumption that might be worth skimming: https://www.longevityminded.ca/p/the-scoop-on-protein?
Thanks so much for reading and leaving a comment. I might continue this no sugar thing past April so you won't be alone. If I can help support or provide any additional resources please let me know!
Just seeing your reply now and you’re right, I think I’m really supposed to have 100 gm protein to fix things (5’6” 112 lb w out trying but this happened later in life - would have killed for this wt as a 142 lb - zaftig was putting it kindly - 17 yr old) Re activity - work out but lost the sports I love thx to bone density problem and afraid of the drugs - thus motive for trying to limit sugar (triggers bad guys, the osteoclasts), and increase protein because apparently bones need that, the biz about it making women too acidic and turning bones to Tums not proven.
This sounds so similar to a day in my life it felt like I was reading my own journal. I also tend to struggle with moderation. Especially when it comes to chocolate covered almonds!!
I need a sugar free year to detox most of it out of my body. But im super pumped to hear how this month goes for you.
Same here, Arman. It works in both directions: the same instinct that gets me to push hard in the gym and on runs also struggles with moderation in the kitchen. Although as I write this I realize it may not be healthy or productive to tie those two things together.
It's going well so far. Having the iron rule of no sugar makes it so much easier. There's no question in the grocery store of whether or not I should buy that bag or candy or chocolate bar... it's an easy no because I committed to this challenge.
I don't expect to feel drastically different because aside from the occasional binge I already live a pretty healthy, low-sugar lifestyle. But eliminating junk food in its entirety feels really good.
Thanks so much for reading and dropping in the comments here. Appreciate you.
...super interested to hear the results of a sugar free month...i'm not sire i could pull that off which probably means I should try and pull that off...
I wrote about going caffeine free for a month the other week… I’m not sure I can pull that off which means I definitely need to try to. Even worse, I convinced myself that I don’t even need to try to pull that off because it’s not a problem for me.
And to be honest, I’m not sure I’ll be able to pull the sugar one off either. It’s a challenge, but shoot for the stars and you might land on the moon. Would love to have you join me, should the spirit move you.
Thanks for reading and showing up in the comments here. I appreciate you.
I thought it was just a psychological response when I feel sucky after eating a bag of junk food or a handful of sweets. Turns out life does feel better with a sugar detox!
I LOVE how you're doing a 30-day challenge on this, Jack. Reminds of me Matt D'Avella's habit challenges which inspired me to do my own a while back: https://youtu.be/Ufm0yPA-kWc?si=znrqfJZyIUGkdJYe
It absolutely does! I think there is a psychological and physiological response to junk food/sugar. Thanks for sharing the video... I'll check it out for some inspiration!
Curious, what habit challenge did you do? And does that mean you're joining me on the no sugar April challenge? We have a few takers already :)
I did a bunch of stuff but most of it are common habits like reading, cold showers, exercise - it was an experimental phase of my life and I did it for two years.
Now that you asked, I think it would be interesting to be more intentional with my sugar intake. Yeah I'm up for it!
Awesome! Glad to have you join me and the others — means I can’t fail now.
Those are great challenges. I hate cold showers but force myself to do them every day. They get easier with time. And exercise is still a daily grind but is such a staple in my life I know it’s not going anywhere.
Also I watched the video you linked. It was the affirmation I need to stick to the challenge. Will definitely pull that up again on nights where temptation is strong. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, the challenges always do get easier the more you stick around with them. I just rewatched the video as well, and now I'm pumped to stay away from sugar. Earlier I was in the supermarket and I was sooo tempted to buy biscuits - but I remembered committing to you and he others, so hopefully we could crush the next 30 days!
Awesome! I love it. Having a group to hold you accountable is such a game changer. I need to infuse more of a community aspect into my health and fitness. It makes it so much more enjoyable and easier to stick with. This group challenge is a great place to start.
Let’s go!
Thanks, Chris! Does that mean you are joining me on this challenge?
Yessir
Awesome! Glad to have you join. Love to hear it.