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A new year, a new resolution?


A new year, a new resolution? 

 Not really.

 For the past few years, I have been on a mission to eliminate unnatural/added sugar from my life.  Like any normal person, it's come in peaks and troughs.  Through learnt discipline,  I would say now in more peaks than troughs.

 Many people ask WHY? Why punish yourself?
Many people say Just enjoy life.  You only live once.  It won't kill you. Relax.

 So why? Amongst many other reasons such as......

 1. It's unnatural.  Our bodies weren't designed for the amount of sugar consumption that we are exposed to every day. 

 2. Most of the things that sugar comes with aren't good for us either.

 3.  It contains zero nutrition.  It actually does nothing positive for our health.

 The MAIN reason in my fight against the sugar is how it makes ME feel as an individual.  Over the years I've learnt that my body doesn't respond well to refined carbohydrates/added sugars.  White bread, white pasta, sweets, chocolate, cake - I quickly resemble a geriatric with Parkinson's.  The shakes.  Once the shakes begin (hands quivering, legs trembling) I then start to feel lethargic, dizzy and at times, to the point where I black out.

 Hangry is a common occurance when sugars involved too.  The high, the low.  Everything just goes wrong.

 I write this as I sit in Laos on my Christmas holiday... after just 3 days of over-consumption of baguettes, sugary coffees, cakes and crepes.  Constantly feeling as described above... all the more reason to embark on this journey.

 I've battled with the "rules" of this year - as I do most years on how as to do this realistically.  To a point where I am disciplined for it to benefit my health, but not to the point where I have no life and become "that person" that doesn't eat this, or doesn't eat that.  

 So why am I writing a blog?  By writing a blog I'm hoping to be more accountable.  Accountability I believe is something so important to success.  I'm not making a promise to blog every day/week or month at all.  It's about sharing experiences where I struggle, where I succeed or perhaps where I fail.

 It won't be easy.  But I do believe that the benefits outweigh the struggle.






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