Last Week of the Sugarfree Nightmare I'm living In!

So, I must come clean...I have allowed sugar to enter my life once again!  But this 30-day Candy ban has definitely been eye-opening as to what presence sugar has in my everyday life. 
I didn't decide to do this because I wanted to lose weight or go on a diet.  I just knew that Candy is one thing that has a grip on me in regards to my diet.  I can eat pretty clean most of the time but no matter what would not give up chocolate.  So I took Hersheys, Mars, and Cadbury on all at once!

What's interesting is how aware I became of my habits.  I found that it had become habitual for me to eat a little or a lot of something sweet after dinner.  If I was tired halfway through the workday, I would grab some sugar or caffeine.  I also found that after a long day or week, I had earned it!  This is pretty ridiculous if you think about it, but I felt like I had worked hard and I deserved to eat some candy/brownies/cookies/etc. as a reward.  It is good to reward yourself after meeting your goals or after a great week of workouts or eating healthy.  But these rewards need to not be detrimental to your goals!

The point of this exercise is to take one thing in your diet that is not considered positive, eliminate it and then become aware of the situations that you eat this item.  I don't intend to eliminate sugars completely from my diet, because...let's face it, I love sweets!  But the idea is to eat them sparingly.  If a portion of your diet is not in sync with the rest, eliminate it for a few weeks and then (within reason) you can slowly add it back in. 

Enjoy eating healthy!