Day 1 - Going Sugar Free ... or so I thought

Well going sugar free wasn't exactly the success it was going to be but at least the first steps towards a healthier lifestyle has begun.

It's 10:00 pm and I'm about head to bed but let's have a look at today's food journal:

• 4 x White Tea with 1 tsp Sugar
• 6 x Buns - 2 x chicken, 1 x cheese, 3 x honey
• 1 x Triple-Decker Egg and Ham Sandwich
• 1 x Chicken Panini
• 1 cup Chicken and Vege Soup
• 1 x Tapsilog - 1 bowl of Rice, 2 fried eggs and beef strips
• 1 x Banana Smoothie
• 1 x Honey/Apple Cider Vinegar/Water Mix
• 6 x Dried Mango strips
• 6 x Dried Papaya cubes
• 1/2 cup of Nut Mix
• 2 x White Toast w/Margarine
• 1 x Chamomile Tea with 1tsp Sugar

Downside to doing this

• Always feeling hungry - which is kinda normal but its the thing I'm trying to kick the most
• Spending money on things I normally wouldn't e.g. Apple Cider Vinegar, Honey etc.

Upside to doing this

• Buying alternative snacks to choc bars and sugar drinks like Nut mix and dried fruit
• Reading and understanding food labels a lot more now
• Not sure if it was the Chamomile Tea but slept really really well last night so now its my pre-sleep routine

Things to do

• Still A LOT of research to do but learning A LOT every day
• Not only is refined sugar the enemy but also fructose (fruit sugars). HOWEVER when eaten in its raw state, where the fiber is present, fructose can be a good thing
• Need to do a weigh in and get some measurements done to start tracking progress
• Food benchmark has been set - now time to improve on that and get results!