I’m sure you’ve all heard about Kayla’s Sugar-Free Week, right?
(If you haven’t, click here to learn more.)
To be honest, when I first heard about this sugar-free week thing, I wasn’t going to do it. Afterall, I had a sweet tooth, I knew it, and was content with it. Until I researched it more. Turns out sugar is some pretty bad stuff if you eat too much of it too often. Long story short, I’m doing 2 sugar-free days instead of an entire sugar-free week.
Why?
Just because I don’t want to do an entire week of sugar-free. Plus I’m planning on making a really good full-sugar muffin recipe on Friday and I’m not rescheduling it! 
Stubborn much? Tell me something I don’t know.
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Now let’s let the sugar-free food do the talking! 
Breakfast:
1/2 cup oats cooked using the Voluminious Oatmeal Trick topped with Artisana macadamia butter, strawberries, kiwi, and cinnamon
Lunch:
Turkey and TJ’s Roasted Garlic Hummus on Bran Bread, a Braeburn apple and a Babybel
Snack:
Green bell peppers with TJ’s Roasted Garlic Hummus and a Cinnamon Roll Larabar
Dinner:
Veggie Scramble (Egg, carrots, onions, broccoli, spinach, mustard, cheddar cheese, garlic powder and pepper)
Snack:
Last slice of Alex’s Grain-free Sugar-free Banana Bread and an Adora Calcium Disk*
*The Adora Calcium disk was the only exception to the “No Sugar” rule. I need to get my calcium in and it’s a vitamin so I wasn’t about to give it up. It only has 2 grams of sugar anyways.
Other than that little slip-up I think I did pretty good on my first day of sugar-free eating.
I didn’t even miss sugar!
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Now let’s move onto the second part of the post. One of my New Year’s Resolutions - setting monthly goals! 
February Goals
- Do at least one fun thing every weekend! Preferably with friends since I’ve been neglecting my 1st New Year’s Resolution.
- Eat less sugar! Remember I’m not cutting out sugar! I refuse to. I am a strong believer in the phrase “everything in moderation” and love my weekend baking extravaganzas. I just want to stop sweetening things that don’t really have to be sweetened. (Ex. I always add ~1 tbsp. sugar to smoothies and greek yogurt even though they’d be sweet enough without it.)
- Stop procrastinating! I’m a terrible procrastinator. I procrastinate with everything: homework, studying, cleaning, working out, etc. This month I want to start my homework right away, stop dilly-dallying when I clean my room, and get off my butt and outside to run. (Yep, that’s right! I’ll be able to run in a few days! I’m healed!)
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Questions of the Day:
- Sweet or savory?
- Do you set short-term goals for yourself? If so, what are they?
Have a great week! I’m hoping to have off the next few days – we’re expecting 6 more inches of snow! 
