- Sprinkle Cupcake Gelato at Sucre in NOLA
I have a confession to make.
No, it has nothing to do with Bryan Cranston (although I am a fan of his). I am a serial failure at will power challenges. I have never been able to successfully complete a fast or diet. I have fallen off the will power wagon so many times that I eventually stopped getting back on it. So why try again? Because I want to break a bad, albeit delicious, habit. The older I get, the more aware I am of how well (or poorly) I take care of my body and I want to do my best to create healthy habits that I can later pass on to my future offspring. I know I have the ability to stick with my goals, I just haven't quite found it yet. I thought it might be easier if I blogged about my journey and therefore had to be held accountable to someone (yes internet, I mean you) other than myself. Because not only do I not give myself enough credit, I also tend to let myself get away with giving up too easily.
Today is the first day of my 21 day challenge of not consuming any sweets or desserts. I chose this challenge because I have a pretty mean sweet tooth. Sugar can be like a drug to me, and at times I feel addicted to its sugary seduction. I've been pretty good lately about not having any sweet cravings during the day, but at night it's a totally different story. It's as if my taste buds put out an APB* on all sweets and I feel like I NEED to ingest chocolate, cake, (or even better, chocolate cake), ice cream, Girl Scout cookies, or any other type of delectable sweet in order to satiate my cravings.
Thankfully, today passed uneventfully without so much a craving. Then I ate dinner. Immediately post dinner I was filled with a craving for dessert. I found myself thinking of what we have in the house that I could eat. Then I remembered that I'm doing this challenge and made a conscious decision to chew a piece of gum instead. I read somewhere that in order to successfully break a bad habit, you need to substitute something else for the behavior. I decided that I would eat a piece of sugar-free gum or drink of cup of tea whenever I started craving something sweet. So far, the gum did the trick and my craving is now dormant.... for now. It's quite possible in twenty minutes, I'll want to bake chocolate chip cookies just so I can eat one... dozen or so. I have a feeling I might go through my entire pack of gum sooner than anticipated.
Fingers crossed, I'll just forget about sweets for the night. A girl's allowed wishful thinking, right?
My Challenge: Do not eat any sweets of any kind for 21 days.
My Goal: To break free of my dependence of sweet things throughout the day, especially after every meal (double especially after dinner), therefore creating a healthier lifestyle.
*All Points Bulletin
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- Tempura Ice Cream
