40 Days Toward Sugar Freedom · Week 4 Last week, I noticed my brain starting to do something very familiar: look for the next thing to give up. Chips were an obvious candidate. I’ve stepped away from desserts, candy, and the sweet treats that had become such a regular part of my days, so it […]
When Sugar Feels Harder Away From Home
40 Days Toward Sugar Freedom · Week 3 I knew spending several days at my mom’s house might make this sugar experiment harder. Her house is full of foods I love. There are candy dishes sitting around, cookies nearby, and lots of ice cream in the freezer. I was also heading there on about three […]
What I Reach For to Feel Better
40 Days Toward Sugar Freedom · Week 2 Earlier this week, I made three separate online purchases in one day. That little spending spree stood out to me. My husband recently retired, our budget is tighter, and I haven’t been spending much lately. This wasn’t a normal shopping day for me. It was also a […]
Sugar-Free Isn’t Sugar Freedom
40 Days Toward Sugar Freedom · Week 1 On Day 1 of this 40-day journey toward sugar freedom, I opened a carton of lavender oat milk I’d been excited to try and happened to look at the ingredients. Cane sugar was second on the list. I was annoyed. And for a second, I felt almost […]
4 Ways to Quit Junk Food When You’re Home All Day
Whether you work from home, spend your days raising kids, or seem to be in eternal lockdown from these crazy times we live in, junk food can quickly become a problem. For those of us who are in our houses most of the day, it’s easy to use those highly processed, incredibly unhealthy choices for […]
5 Lessons from 20 Years of Sobriety
This week I will celebrate 20 YEARS of sobriety. Honestly, I didn’t know this was humanly possible. I was born an addict from a long line of alcohol loving people. Around the same time I found alcohol at the ripe old age of 13, I discovered drugs and was immediately hooked. Those little substances took […]
