My Sugar Experiment
Maybe you read my post from yesterday where I was talking about addictions and how to get over them, but I haven’t told you what I’m addicted to. Well, I’m addicted to sugar, it started in my childhood when I used to receive sweets after dinner and that habit stick to me since then.
It may sound unbelievable to some but yes, sugar is addictive, and everybody is on it. When you get some sugar, your brain reacts to it in a certain way, releasing dopamine that makes you feel good but it’s only an illusion. If you haven’t eaten sugar for a while, the withdrawal symptoms will start to kick in, making you want to eat some.
I’ve done a little experiment in September, for one week I didn’t eat any sugar, and in the beginning, it was hard as fuck, but with time it got easier even if the withdrawal symptoms were pretty hard. And I only eat some sugar now and then, imagine how hard is it to get over something like this if you’re eating a lot of sugar.
The problem with it
You see, sugar seems innocent because everybody has some now and then, but it’s far from being that way. I’m seeing kids loading themselves up with sugar like crazy, and it is hazardous because those little guys will probably get diabetes or at best obesity.
Sugar acts like cocaine because it releases dopamine and since it’s so addictive some food producers are even filling up their foods with sugar, so it gets at that sweet spot, and it has a powerful effect. If you want to know more about this, I urge you to watch That Sugar Film.
I'm not in the situation that sugar is destroying my life, making me unable to function properly, I'm on good terms with it for the most part, but lately, I feel like I had too much of it. The thing is that my body doesn't need sugar but still, sometimes the cravings seem pretty powerful and since I understand that I'm not just my body and I don't want to be controlled by a substance I decided to quit sugar.
In September, I was sugar-free for about one week, but then it was 
Taking up the challenge
Maybe most of the times you hear me talking about commitment, fucking exceptions and getting shit done but besides my Steem success, I haven’t shared any challenges from my personal life with you. Anyone can just talk about stuff, without accomplishing anything but I’m not like that.
I am a firm believer that leading by example is the best way to teach people, so I’m going to take up the challenge, I’m going to quit sugar once again. Everything’s going to be documented on the blockchain, and I will be honest about the process. If I fail, I fail, but I would not dare lie to you about what’s going on.
This is only the beginning because I’m going to take up another challenge soon, I will make a post about the progress and how I feel sometime next week.
For how long I’m going to quit sugar? First I want to note that sugar is in everything and it’s going to be hard to cut it all out but I will not eat any sweets or stuff that I know is filled with sugar. I even cut sugar out of my coffee and tea today.
I’m not going to eat sugar for one month starting from today. Not tomorrow, today, so that would be until 25th of February. Tomorrow I’m going to be posting about a different type of addiction that most are not even aware of so make sure to stick around.
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