The 'Towards a Sugar-Free Future' Challenge

cookie02

It is almost 4pm and I'm not feeling sugar-cravings today 😮 .  I'm not sure if this is just luck or if the protein experiment is starting to work.  I had some cheese and an egg for breakfast and another egg and some stir fried veg for lunch.  Our family dinner will be a chicken casserole.  I don't feel hungry, nor do I feel tempted by any of the Christmassy cakes and biscuits (and that second part is definitely the bigger achievement for me - as Pollybear pointed out before, being hungry isn't normally what drives the sugar gremlins!).  I really hope this holds for the rest of today and isn't just a one-off thing.  

Hope everyone is having a good day and staying safe in this snowy weather.  

Honey_Bear

Congraulations Cookie!  I'm so glad you're not feeling the cravings today after two proteiny meals.  I'm at my desk doing my accounts for the past 10 days and came across the amount I spent on my absolutely favourite chocolate which means I have chocolate on my mind but until then, like you, I was fine!  (Cottage cheese for a very late breakfast and a couple of chicken drumsticks I found at the bottom of the fridge for lunch.)  I'm steaming Christmas puddings today which is taking forever, so I think I'll pop downstairs and check them and help myself to half a dozen Brazil nuts on the way.  So far so good though.

Honey_Bear

Today was a binge day.  I've had this under control for a little while but I knew it could happen again, and sure enough it did.  I was very, very cold and knew that a bar of chocolate wouldn't make me any warmer but it would make me feel better, so I indulged.  Being tired, being cold, being upset about something - all triggers.  But today I was just cold.

Makingabobor2

Know how you feel @Honey_Bear. I'm not doing very well at all this last few days with this bitterly cold weather.  I have had biscuits, stollen and tea cakes!!.....hanging my head in shame .  I have actually had boiled egg for breakfast and then salmon sandwiches for lunch, so obviously not enough protein. Will try extra hard from now till Christmas. 

Honey_Bear

Making, please don't be so hard on yourself.  No matter how good our intentions we all slip from time to time.  I'm not going to beat myself up about binging but I am going to ensure I don't allow myself to get that cold again!  We all weaken occasionally and eat things we'd be better off not eating.  It's not the end of the world, is it?

Makingabobor2

Honey_Bear said:

Making, please don't be so hard on yourself.  No matter how good our intentions we all slip from time to time.  I'm not going to beat myself up about binging but I am going to ensure I don't allow myself to get that cold again!  We all weaken occasionally and eat things we'd be better off not eating.  It's not the end of the world, is it?

No, you are right, but it does make me feel bad. Think I'll just forget about today and start again...

Pollybear

I really don't think it's possible for people like me to stop binging completely, it's how I am, but if I can cut down the number of times I do it then that's got to be something.  I hate the feeling of guilt and disgust that comes after but obviously not enough to stop!

Honey_Bear

Polly Bear, I feel your pain.  We know we shouldn't but can't stop once we've started.  I used to binge every day, but I think that's the first time I've really gone overboard in a few weeks.  I just felt I needed chocolate because I don't really do being cold well.  I could beat myself up about it, but given that I didn't binge yesterday I count that as a real result and I'm happy with it.  I'm sorry you feel guilty afterwards, I don't any more because I don't do it as often as I used to.  That's progress.  I don't expect miracles but I'm chuffed with progress.  I hope you're at least pleased with yourself the days that you don't binge. 

Pollybear

I do feel pleased when I don't binge but I wonder if I actually feel a bit smug and lower my guard.....

Honey_Bear

I'm sure it's not smugness Polly Bear.  In my case it's relief when I don't and I'm chuffed with myself.  I've just finished the last remnants of yesterday's indulgence, so today won't be sugar-free but it also won't be the same binge as yesterday as I'm about to hop in the bath for a good soak.