This photo, showing amounts of sugar in certain foods has been around on the internet for a while now. Every time I see it, I feel horrified and it always makes me think of going sugar free again, as I do from time to time. But I’m not so stupid as to think that […]
I Quit Sugar Week 3
Week 3 I Quit Sugar was all about reading labels and checking out the amount of sugar in foods. Although I regularly read labels, I did find it horrifying to see exactly how much sugar is in some foods we regularly consume. Particularly the sugar in foods that we wouldn’t expect to contain sugar. These […]
I Quit Sugar Week 1 & 2
So week 2 is done and so far I’m having no sugar cravings at all. I’m following Sarah Wilson’s 8 week I Quit Sugar program and doing exactly as she says. It’s a bit of an experiment, just for 8 weeks, in the hope that it will cure my ever increasing sugar addiction. secretly, I’m […]
Sugar Free Recipe for Chocoholics like me
I have had Sarah Wilson’s book, I Quit Sugar for a while now and have read it thoroughly and for a few weeks followed her no sugar program. Without a great deal of success, mainly because I’m a bit of a chocoholic. Today I made her Raspberry Ripple slice and it turns out to be […]
Chart – Activating Nuts
Sarah Wilson, in her Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar program, stresses the importance of activating nuts. This is something I’ve heard of, but have never done. I eat nuts very rarely, as I find them difficult to digest, so have been missing out on a great source of protein. I’ve tried many times to snack […]
The Muesli – Sugar Free
Recently I purchased a small sample of sugar free muesli from a company called The Muesli. I’d heard great reports about it from friends who were trying to go down the ‘no sugar’ route. As is usual, I knew best, and made up my mind about it without trying it. I was sure it would […]
Introducing my training buddy Nadine
Introducing Nadine, my good friend and training buddy for the 100kwalk from Melbourne to Sorrento coming up soon, and the Camino de Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage trail across Spain which we have planned for 2014. That’s Nadine in the pink with me at 6am getting ready to take off on our hike of the Bellarine […]
Day 1 Sugar Free in February
February is here and that means Day 1 of going sugar free in February. This came about because friends were doing Feb Fast which really isn’t a challenge for me. But going sugar free is a huge challenge. I’ve done it before for Sugar Free September, but found it really really difficult. I didn’t do […]