Dessert Free Challenge!!

Well, Katie, if you're going to cheat might as well do it right!

Well, at least the scale was down! Today isn't going to be easy for me cause I have to make toppings for the ice cream social we're having on Saturday... so I'll have to be "taste-testing" but hopefully I will be able to exercise a lot of self-control! 

I'm really kind of over this challenge.  I really want to bake and eat something. Or ice cream. But, I feel like I'm losing weight and I know I need to do it so I'll stick with it.

How's everyone doing?

Wow that is awesome Erin! And way to go Katie for trying again! 

I've been doing so/so this week I made a bunch of stuff for our ice cream social so I did a lot of "tasting" but I was expecting that so I don't feel too bad. Now I just have to get back in the groove of not eating it! I lost 1 lb, but other than that I don't think things have changed much.

Sorry you're feeling discouraged, Brittany!

i resisted. i'm getting kind of into it -- getting some sort of willpower thrill i haven't ever had before. if i'm this far in Im feeling like i could do the whole month.

DH fell off the wagon - chocolate ice cream cones right in front of me, i had to hold it while he got in the car -- but he's getting rightbback on.

You know, for a moment i had just a glimmer of what it might be like to be anorexic -- but without the warped body-image problem! I was sort of grooving on the control factor there.

Had to cheat today out of necessity. I ran at the gym and hadn't eaten enough I guess, felt really sick and dizzy driving home and I was worried I would pass out so I found a granola bar in the diaper bag and ate it. NOt even a good cheat! Oh well, I felt better. Next time I will plan ahead and eat something before or take a snack with me. Or I should have grabbed a juice from the vending machine or something.

Yeah, you being at the gym gives you enough points to have one granola bar.  I decided to not exercise this week and see if I'm still at the same weight... that'll be interesting. I ate ice cream tonight cause we had DH's family over and I'll probably be having more stuff on Friday and Saturday since we'll be doing several things and staying over with some friends. I think it has really helped me break the habit and caused me to choose healthier snacks over chocolate every time my blood sugar goes down, so hopefully this will carry over into normal life after the challenge is over! We're about half way done now, right?!

WTG Katherine!

I am failing again I had friends coming over who love sweet but healthy treats and I made comletely raw mounds candy! I even made the chocolate from coconut oil, raw coconut nectar and cacao. They are relatively low sugar (and coconut nectar is low glycemic 100% natural unrefined raw) and healthy imo. I have them here and hopefully will just stick with those as my treat instead of anything else. EXCEPT I am doing 2 small wedding cakes- a bride's cake and groom's cake- for my friend's wedding on the 17th. She is seriously allergic to dairy, not just sensitive, and hasn't really eaten cake in years?! I am doing a devils food cheesecake covered with ganache for the dark groom's cake and she wants one covered in white roses, so I will have to do some trial baking and testing to get a good cake for her without any milk or butter! I know that is impossible for me to do without tasting along the way.. and to add another toughie, we are going on vacation next week! I am not sure when I will be 100% with no sugar, so for now I am working on lowering it and keeping it as whole/healthy as possible.

Erin, are you getting enough calories and carbs? I know you said you don't snack much if you're not snacking on sweets, maybe you should get some carby snacks to keep your bs and bp up while nursing and exercising. dizzy is no good! but that's awesome that you're sticking with it so hard core.

Well....my mom brought us an ice cream sundae to celebrate our house sale going through (she didn't know I gave up sugar) so I had a few bites. Funny thing was after a few bites I was really done. So that's great! I think this must really be helping!

Woohoo! Great job Erin! I've been really, really bad and cheated a lot since my Grandma was here and we've been eating at other people's houses a lot. It really has helped me choose better snacks throughout the day though (I eat a ton of cheese sticks now) so I'm still glad I did it, it was just hard with everything we've had going on lately. I hope everyone else did better than me!

Congratulations ladies! We are almost done with our month of travel and birthdays, so I will be starting my own stricter no-sugar routine on Monday. I'm both dreading and looking forward to it, but I really, really need it after the last few weeks! I'd love it if anyone wants to stick around with me. 

Erin Horsey I am hopping on this one! I am *almost* done, I have the wedding I am making the cakes for next saturday so I have to do some trial frosting- vegan cream cheese?!- this week but I will try to send the cake- chocolate zucchini, made with yogurt and coconut oil- off after we have some.

Erin Chelsea, what are you making for your first sweet?!