Sugar-Free

I just have to make a clarification (for my blogging buddy, Jenny).


I have actually been sugar-free for over 11 months now.  My 1 year anniversary is April 5th.  (I cut {cold-turkey} sugar out of my diet the day after Easter last year.)  This started out as a 2 week goal, and then a month goal, and then I didn't really miss the sugar, so I decided to make it a 1 year goal.  But now that the 1 year is almost here, I think I will just continue.


And by sugar, I mean white-refined-granulated sugars.  If a food has 1 gram or less of sugar per serving (and sugar isn't in the top 5 ingredients), then I usually will eat that food.  But when I bake/cook, I do not add sugar.  I use honey & have used Stevia  a little bit also.


Then in January, we (the family) got talking about drinking pop--and Brienna didn't think I could give up my diet pop (which has been my "sweet" treat since giving up sugar).  My 2 favorites:  Shasta diet root beer & caffine-free diet Dr. Pepper.  So of course, I had to "prove" to Brienna (& myself) that I COULD give pop up.  So I decided to give up pop for 1 month--but I'm going strong and have decided to see how long I can go without my diet pop.  


So in January, I drank all the diet pop that I had bought, and my first day without pop was February 1st.  I do have to say that there are times (especially when I'm driving back & forth between IF & home) that I really miss my pops, but most of the time I don't even miss it.  And I am saving $!


So I guess I should thank Brienna for the "double-dog dare" to quit drinking pop!