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.
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.
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”.
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 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!
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.
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.
...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 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
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 (:
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.
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.
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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”.
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 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!
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.
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.
...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 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
Let’s go!