Healthy and Happy Habits :)

Today is the first day of my 11 week "diet" WITHOUT SUGAR!! Ahhh!! It's not really a diet though.....it's more of a healthy lifestyle change. My friend is a personal trainer and she got a bunch of us on board. The goal is to produce daily habits and if you practice them long enough, they'll just be your lifestyle. I think this is a great idea.

Now natural sugars in fruits are completely fine and this "diet" is more towards you avoiding sugary snacks and sweets. This includes sugar cereals or anything sweetened with lots of sugar (like craisins). My goal is to do this mostly sugar free and avoid anything with more than 3grams of sugar. That doesn't sound hard but go to your pantry or fridge.....go on.....look at the labels and read the sugar content. More than you thought, huh?

Most things we have in the pantry and fridge have more than that, so I will be cooking every meal. This morning I had eggs. Lunch, I had a healthy rice and black bean quesadilla. Dinner...hmmm....maybe some chicken....any ideas?

Justin is not very excited about me making sugar free or very low sugared treats. haha. It'll be good for us. :) The hardest thing for me will be no chocolate! Chocolate is my good friend who I won't see for 11 weeks!

We have sheets that we use to track our points. (At the end of this, there will be prizes and whoever gets the most points, gets the prize of their choice. Which we each had to submit one.) So everyone will go away with a prize.

There are certain things that you get points for, if you do them daily.

Here is the list of daily habits:

1.) 48 oz. water

2.) 30 minutes of exercise

3.) No soda

4.) No sweets

5.) No fastfood or unhealthy snacks

6.) 2 servings of fruits and veggies

7.) No eating after 8pm

8.) Read 15 minutes

9.) Write in your journal/blog

10.) Personal goal



So, stay tuned to see what tasty sugar-free desserts I make....because I'm going to have to learn. Life without desserts makes me stressed! (desserts spelled backwards) haha.


If you are interested and want to check out all the rules and guidelines, here is my friends blog.