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--->90 DAYS NO SUGAR CHALLENGE<---

Discussion in 'Events & Challenges' started by Future role model, Apr 2, 2018.

How often do you eat sugary foods?

  1. every day

    62 vote(s)
    53.4%
  2. 2-5 times a week

    32 vote(s)
    27.6%
  3. once a week

    7 vote(s)
    6.0%
  4. few times a month

    5 vote(s)
    4.3%
  5. once a month

    3 vote(s)
    2.6%
  6. almost never

    7 vote(s)
    6.0%
  1. 38/90. One week left until I’m halfway :)
     
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  2. I think I really need to take this challenge. As turning to porn is no option, I'm in greater danger of using sugary foods and sweets as my coping mechanism with stress.

    For years I've known how shit it will make me feel to binge on sugar. But somehow I have kept fooling myself, thinking that maybe it will make me feel good this time. When I get my hands on sweets, most often I can't really control it.

    The most important goal for me is to not buy any sweets, sugary foods or drinks. I'm not completely against sugar, so it's okay to consume it a bit if I'm being served something, or if I'm cooking a meal where sugar is used moderately. But I try to avoid it as much as possible.

    To get going, I set an easy enough first goal. So I'm trying to go for one week first.

    0/7
     
  3. 42/90

    Maybe ten years ago, I had quite good control over sweets. I never bought sweets and only ate home baked cakes during the weekends and the cakes were usually made with half the amount of sugar. Then my wife and me got kids and suddenly we started to have more sweets at home... my sugar consumption grew a tiny bit every day without me noticing it. Before I joined this challenge 72 days ago, the consumption had increased so much that it could happen that I took an ice cream right after I had left the kids at school.

    That said, minimising the consumption is indeed a good idea. My blood sugar level is more stable and I eat more proteins and so on. It's a nice way of living the life. 41 days ago I changed my rules a bit: I am allowed to eat sugar when my wife bakes something but only then. I also stay away from salty snacks and alcohol... which I miss a bit :D

    For me the toughest period was after the first two weeks. Then I felt like this challenge was boring and that I made my life less joyful by skipping sugar. This was only my sugar mind that tried to play tricks - after three weeks it felt better than ever.

    Nice to have you here @Rising Force !
     
  4. I noticed that my mind is already planning what kind of sweets I will buy. :) I don't want to keep distracting myself like that.
     
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    Okay, I start this challenge.

    Small, baby steps:
    - 3days,
    - then hopefully another four days and having 7 days,
    - 14 days,
    - 21 days,
    - 28 days, etc., with the goal to get to 90 days.

    Today 0/3
     
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  9. Back for another fresh start. Sugar free days and those with moderate consumation have been very good for me, while stuffing myself with junk instead of eating properly or as a kind of emotional compensation is what I want to stop.

    90 days in a row is too difficult. So I rather aim for 90 days in total (fail days accepted). If I can realize that in this year yet, I'm content.
     
  10. I think this can be a useful mindset. I mean, we really get challenged the moment our streaks happen to end. If you can then just pass the urge to start bingeing, you're doing pretty well.
     
  11. DAY ONE nearly finished.

    Thank you @Rising Force !
    I'm not really a binge eater. Well it happens that it goes so far that I replace proper meals with candy, but that's only when my routines are down the tubes (somtimes literally hahah - :confused:).

    I think this is all about planning, consistency and trick oneself.
    Or what do you think @Force Majeure ?

    Hey, we have two Forces here now :D

    That's pretty normal. Try to replace those thoghts with better ones, in a way that you still can feel good.
    impresssive!
     
  12. Today:
    candy: no
    fast food: no
    coffee: 1
    alcohol: no
     
  13. I see. What I meant is that so often when people try to change some bad habits, one slip up kind of makes it allowed to slip up some more.

    These are great reasons to do this challenge, and I want to tackle these as well.

    4/7
     
  14. 46/90

    In my opinion, the most important thing one should do is to develop a healthy and sustainable way of taking challenges. What I mean by this is that one should make it a habit to succeed as much as possible and do whatever it takes to succeed with all the challenges one has signed up on. If one takes on a too difficult challenge and fails, I think the risk of failing in other challenges increases as well. If you have failed in all challenges you have taken the last year, imagine what would happen if you would take on a too difficult challenge by mistake. You would fail... you would not be strong enough to really give that extra effort it takes for you to succeed. On the other hand, imagine what would happen if you have succeeded in all challenges you have taken the last year, then you take that challenge that you realise is too hard afterwards. You would refuse to give in! You're not letting that challenge kill your spirit, no, you will gear up and finish that challenge that is far outside your comfort zone... and you will succeed.

    Ultimately, this is where you want get. If you can take challenges this way, the challenges in themselves are not actually challenges anymore, the only challenge that is left is to make the decision to actually start the challenge. When you have made the decision, the fate will not control the outcome. The future is non negotiable.

    So coming back to your question. If you want stop eating sugar and/or anything else, make the rules well defined so it is impossible for you to cheat. Do not make the challenge too hard, make sure you will succeed with the challenge. So if you think 90 days in a row is too difficult, shorten the challenge so that it feels comprehensible, nothing is stopping you to extend the challenge afterwards. Or come up with a rule where you are allowed to eat sugar only on Saturdays or whatever. The goal would be to create a challenge for yourself where you are not going to fail. Once you have completed the challenge, you are free to eat sugar if you want. You have given yourself the freedom to decide that the day when you complete the challenge. So if you want to, go ahead, you have still not failed. If you think you can struggle a few days more, extend the challenge a bit more and challenge yourself.
     

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