I am wondering about rice drink (Horchata). Would that be safe to drink? Usually you would add sugar or condensed milk to sweeten, but in this case would it be ok to only blend the rice with water and add milk? What sweetener would be good to use?

Can I have monk fruit on a no sugar diet cause I like to bake and I would replace the sugar with monk fruit

Hello,

Thanks for sharing your story.
If you get rid of added sugar you will certainly lose weight. Plus, you will have a much better mood and more energy. Once you start feeling the benefits I’m sure you will have more motivation to keep on track and avoid all kind of high sugar foods and beverages.

This is the inner conversation I have with myself when I struggle with added sugar, sweets, candies, ice cream etc

“It will take time, sometimes you’ll go off track, that’s all part of the journey. We all go off track once in a while and that’s ok. The most important is to never forget your goal, and why you’ve started the challenge. That’s very important so on the hard days, because there will be tough days, you don’t give up and keep on track. When off track, remember why you started to ditch sugar of your diet and get back on track. No shame. Small failures help us to make us stronger and get back on track to achieve our goals. We all fail, so you will eventually fail one day, the most important is right after the failure you get back and continue the journey.”

Once you’ve almost reduced added sugar from your diet, start to ( I don’t know your habits so I will just give some ideas) prepare your own meals. Homemade meals, fresh ingredients, no more processed/junk food. If you don’t like cooking, no worries, cooking is easy, just put a little bit of love on what you’re doing, and soon you will find the love of preparing something for you and your wife made of only fresh ingredients and the most beautiful intention of enjoying a lovely meal together. That’s lovely. You probably already know, but here are more than 250 recipes all for free.

Next step I would say, have 3 meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. No more snacking. Eating all the time raises our insulin levels and puts our body on “storing energy” mode all day and we can’t burn the excess of energy. So, 3 meals a day to allow the body in between meals to burn some extra energy (glycogen) and doesn’t produce more fat (weight gain). Your tummy will probably make sounds and your head maybe will hurt, don’t worry you will not die, or be undernourished, that’s only your cravings screaming and playing their tricks so you have some processed/junk/high sugar food.

Cravings or hunger? When Ask yourself, is it cravings or am I hungry? If it’s hungry you would eat anything, like for example raw carrot or lettuce, are you in a hungry for carrot? If your answer is something along the lines “no, I’m more into a cookie or some bread with something”. That’s cravings.

Once you’re comfortable with 3 meals a day. You can try some low carb meals to reduce the amount of sugar, or go for a daily walk, or try some running or skip breakfast (intermittent fasting).

Hope I’ve helped. All the luck for your journey.

Hi Heidi. All the luck for your journey. if you would like, share your experience to motivate yourself and others. Have a great day.

Hi Pooja,

The idea of this Challenge is to avoid any kind of added sugar or artificial sweeteners for 20 days. The goal here is to get rid of the sugar addiction and sugar cravings. Embrace the no-sugar mantra, with no jaggery or any kind of added-sugar for 20 Days. All the luck.

Hi Mansi,

Thanks for your kind words. Have a great week.

Thank you so much 🙂
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