The 40 Day Sugar Fast Experiment
My first experiment of 2022 is very similar to an experiment I did in 2019.
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That was my 30 days trying the carnivore diet.
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I lost 12 pounds but two months later, at my annual physical my blood work was the worst it's ever been. (it's a happy ending...to see it, click the link above.)
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Anyway, cousin Nancy was gifted a book called, "The 40-Day Sugar Fast" and was going to do it, so I decided to do it too.
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The interesting thing about that 220 page book is that there are only, literally, 3 pages devoted to food suggestions. The rest is about replacing sugar with "the sweet presence of God in your life."
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Regardless of your feeling reading that last sentence, cutting out sugar is generally thought to be a good idea. And since I'm about 10 pounds over my ideal weight, I'm in.
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We started on January 10th and will go to February 18th.
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I'm just cutting out processed sugars...no cookies or cakes or breads or pasta. Some of these diets discourage fruit but I'm allowing it.
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I won't be perfect...I'm having dinner at my sister's tonight and it sounds like lasagna is on the menu. I don't want to be THAT guy at parties and I don't have to be. I'll eat the delicious lasagna and skip dessert.
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I'm attending a birthday party for a cousin on Sunday and I won't have any desserts nor drink anything but water, but if there isn't anything with no sugar, I'll do my best with no guilt.
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I weighed myself at the start on the 10th and Wednesday the 12th...already down 2.5lbs....moving forward I'll do my usual Weekly Wednesday Weigh-in and add the results to this post.
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UPDATE: 1/19/2022 - Down 5 lbs since the 1/10 start and I'm happy with that.
FINAL UPDATE: 2/22/22 - The official 4o days ended on 2/18/2022. I finished the experiment down 10lbs or right were I was in high school. I was far from perfect, particularly the last week. Most likely because I was down about 11 pounds on the 16th so I "took my foot off the gas". In this case that means birthday cake, M&Ms, cheesecake & Pizza. It's clear cutting out sugar and bread "works" for me in terms of losing weight. Last I checked with Cuzzin Nancy, she'd lost 1lb. .
