As I predicted, going without coffee and creamer was almost impossible! Sometimes that hot cup of sweetness is all that gets me out of bed in the morning so I don’t expect this to be a habit that I will continue after this week. Coffee and creamer may have to be my one guilty pleasure - life is too short to cut out everything you love!
But I feel that I am going to be able to cut out or find substitutes for a lot of other sugary temptations! I already found two great drink alternatives:
Sugary Soda > Carbonated Club Soda
Junky Juices > Fruit Infused Water
For lunch, I had a homemade chicken and white bean enchilada with a side of salty chips! It may not look the most appetizing but it wasn’t half bad!
After lunch I took some time to relax… after all, it is a cold and lazy Sunday! What better day is there to stay indoors and chill? Of course, relaxing and browsing the Internet brings about a craving to snack… and snacks tend to be high in sugar! I chose to have a small bowl of frozen mango - it was very sweet and the cold made it feel like I was eating a dessert/popsicle!
Dinner was baked chicken, roasted potato slices, squash from the garden, and fresh strawberries!
After dinner I reflected a bit about my day and what I discovered. One thing I learned is that tastebuds can become desensitized much more than I realized. What I mean by this is that naturally sweet foods like fruit can taste less sweet when you are accustomed to eating artificially sweet treats. I noticed when I ate some fruit that it didn’t taste as sweet as I feel it should have and I think that’s because I am so used to sugar being in my every day food (even if I don’t add it personally but it is made with sugar). I’m looking forward to seeing if and how my tastebuds change over the course of this week (and hopefully beyond)!
Now I’m off to bed! Sweet dreams (but not too sweet)!
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