#22 FOLLOW A SUGAR FREE DIET FOR 30 DAYS
Why did I include this on my Bucket List?
Originally I had put 'follow a gluten free diet for 30 days' on my bucket list because I thought it was possible that I had a gluten sensitivity. However, after doing some reading and research, I decided that I didn't think gluten was my issue after all. Instead, I began thinking that my body was having a hard time processing sugar. So I decided to go sugar free for a month to see how I responded.
Was the experience what I had hoped it would be?
I'm not going to claim for a second that eliminating sugar from diet has been easy! It has taken a lot of time and effort to do this, but it has been well worth it. Since giving up sugar, 100% of my digestive issues have been eliminated, and I feel about a thousand times better.
The details...
I spent a few months leading up to this eating change as I slowly eliminated the prepackaged, processed foods from my kitchen, and began replacing them with more natural foods. Eventually, I managed to eliminate everything containing sugar from our house and replace it all with non-sugar varieties where possible.
I'm not going to claim that I've been perfect in my efforts, though. I've eaten out a few times in the past 30 days, which is a guarantee that the food I ate contained sugar. I had a few sips of soda on two separate occasions, but much to my surprised, it tasted completely disgusting, like it was full of nothing but chemicals. And I did cave in and have some frosted brownies, which sadly, tasted like pure heaven on a plate, so clearly my tastebuds have a way to go to adapt to the reduced sugar. However, since I'm not eating processed foods all that often, it's been crazy how salty things are starting to taste when I do indulge.
As I mentioned in my recent self-portrait, it is my intent to make this a permanent lifestyle change because of how much better I feel! Not to mention how much healthier it is for me.
Do you want to see my entire 2013-2014 Birthday Bucket List? You can find it here. Did you miss my 2012-2013 List? You can find it here. Or my 2011-2012 List? You can find it here.
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