Breaking the Refined Sugar Addiction
As I mentioned in my previous post, I plan to lose 1.5 pounds per week in 2009. That’s 78 pounds if you’re counting, but the total poundage I want to lose is 73, which is 1.4 pounds a week. But let’s not split hairs. Sheesh.
At first glance, that might not sound so difficult. But let’s get real. My ideal weight is 200 pounds. I haven’t weighed 200 pounds since my senior year in high school, which was 15 years ago. In other words, I’m planning on undoing 15 years of damage in 365 days. Are you starting to understand the challenge that I’m about to face? Damn. I sure am.
The first step is to redesign my eating habits. For the entire month of January I’m going to deny myself the pleasure of eating refined sugars. Why so drastic? Man, I want to start this off with a bang. Not to mention I’ll still be doing my walk/runs during this time.
While I’m not following a diet per se, I am going to use the principles laid forth by the editor of Men’s Health Magazine in his book The Abs Diet. Not because I think I’ll end up with killer abs, but because the plan seems to make sense. Not that I won’t bastardize for my own uses. The plan focuses around eating lean proteins, but it never says to kick refined sugars for a month.
So what happens on February 1? Hopefully I won’t crave chocolate and crap like I do now. Hopefully I can focus on eating what’s healthy, but we’ll jump that bridge when we get there.
