SUGAR FREE and buying a smaller size

As I close the book on Chapter 16, or should I say...as I watch the sun fade into the Western sky at the end of my 16th SUGAR-FREE day (much more poetic and does it ever paint a picture) my mind, body and soul feel really good. The first day was easy because there was no withdrawal...yet. Fast forward to the end of Day 3. The dull pounding in my temples only reminded me that this was my body's way of scolding me for bulking it up into the fluffy and bumpy shape it had become. That only lasted that evening...and after 2 Tylenol PM I woke up fine the next day. Fast forward to today. I have lost 13 lbs. Now let me quantify that. The weekend before this began I ate so much sugar that it registered a bit high on the scale of the morning of day 1. I remember looking at the number and thinking...you really did enjoy your 4th, didn't you? I think I may have high fived myself at one point...I JUST DON'T CARE...13 lbs!!! I can't lie though. I have an unhealthy adoration for sugar and I MISS IT!! Seriously, if I see another commercial for the Wendy's berry ice cream concoction, I may just blow my brains out. No wait, I have one better...every time I have to lap it at the gym, I have to gaze across the road at a Checkers, knowing that tonight I will NOT be having the Cookies and Cream shake. I actually really love that I eat mostly salads and I don't care if there is regular vinaigrette on it. I can always order a salad...no matter where I go. I have found I am not eating as much bread either (I KNOW...it's got sugar in it!). My only 'cheat', if you will, is YoBlendz or D-Lites froyo. I can't resist...so I will take 2g sugar an ounce over Ben and Jerry's or McDonald's. I could do this for the rest of my life...with the occasional fill-in-the-blank thrown in. Meat, fish, veggies, fruit, olive oil, nuts, heavy whipping cream in my coffee, froyo. Not a bad general guideline for me. I am shopping the outer edges of Publix these days. I don't want to be so rigid that no one ever wants to go to dinner with me. The sugar fast officially ends on 8/3. When I go to New England the day after that I make no promises to stay off sugar. Live a little. This Crossfit gig is NO JOKE. I am tired!!! You know when I started this blog entry??? Day 10. No lie...the first thing I did before finishing this was change the numbers in the first sentence. When I get to Boston, I will check out the local Crossfit box and make some new friends. Hopefully they have FROYO there!!!

Seriously though...To anyone out there struggling with letting go of what holds you so tightly...you can totally do this! You just have to commit to the first step and if you want to move forward you take another one. It's easy math. Anything in life that is really worth doing takes nothing but hard work. There is no magic pill. Remain encouraged. Believe in yourself and know that you are more than capable.....

XOXO