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Refined Sugar and Me Week 20 — Social Eating

Welcome to week twenty of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017! This morning I’m again holding steady at a total of 13 pounds down from when I first started avoiding most added sugars and processed foods at the end of December 2016. Just like last week, though Monday finds me a couple pounds …

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Perpetual Salad Colander — a fun DIY gift idea!

Last week I was walking through my local produce store and saw that they were selling “snip ‘n gro” salad colanders for $15.99. What a cool idea, right?! So, I thought it would be fun to put together a perpetual salad colander as a super useful and easy DIY Mother’s Day gift this week. (Or hey: …

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Refined Sugar and Me Week 19 — One Thing or Another

Welcome to week nineteen of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017! This week I’m holding steady at a total of 13 pounds down from when I first started avoiding most added sugars and processed foods at the end of December 2016. Today I’m actually weighing in heavier than I was earlier this week, …

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Refined Sugar and Me Week 18 — Sugar Substitutes

Welcome to week eighteen of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017! This week… well, who doesn’t hate weeks like this, but I seem to have gained back a pound. So, now I’m back to a total of 13 pounds down from when I first started avoiding most added sugars and processed foods at …

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Sugar Free Strawberries and Whipped Cream — No added sugars (or sugar substitutes!)

A couple of you who have been following along with my quest to avoid refined sugar this year have asked what I eat when I am craving something sweet. Usually I just grab a piece of fruit (which, by the way, starts tasting soooo much sweeter after you stop eating sugar in desserts and processed …

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Refined Sugar and Me Week 17 — Deserving Dessert

We’re now up to week seventeen of our ongoing series about refined sugar & me in 2017! (Sorry I skipped last week — life got away from me, but that’s bad for both this series and accountability. There’s a reason Weight Watchers has meetings, so thanks for being my virtual support group, guys! 😉 ) But anyway… …

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