Challenge #1 No Added Sugar, No Alcohol

Starting Mon 2nd November for five to seven days.

This couldn’t be much simpler...in theory. This is a good experiment to see how well we can handle being without sugar, and will likely give us a near perfect week of nutrition. 

No added sugar, so naturally occurring is ok, though obviously go easy on it as we’re trying to really drop our total amount of sugar over the week. One piece of fruit per day (serving size around a handful). 

No alcohol of any form. 

Try to eat meals and avoid too much snacking, and eat plenty of protein to help control sugar cravings.

Helpful foods include pesto, homemade salsa and guacamole for sauces, nuts and nut butters and rice cakes for snacks. If using honey or maple syrup, try to stick to a teaspoon per serving. Watch out for store bought sauces and meals, this will challenge you to cook from scratch and go back to more basic snacks such as nuts, fruit and vegetables.

Let me know how you get on! Especially any useful tactics you find. I’ll be really interested to hear if your energy improves and if you have less muscle soreness.