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Sugar Smackdown/Detox Week 1

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About 7 years ago, I did a form of the South Beach Diet and felt amazing!  I lost 50 lbs! 
Last week I joined a support group with a coach to take me through the 21 Day Sugar SmackDown! 
This is not the same thing as South Beach or Atkins.  There is still natural sugar in the diet (in the fruits, veggies and dairy I am eating).  But it is all whole foods and full of nutrients without the empty refined sugar and sugar substitutes.
I’m now on day 5, and have seriously lost 9 lbs!  I started the program weighing 188 (bashful blusing going on) and now I am at 179.  I was not doing this to lose weight (although it is an added bonus)!
I feel amazing!  I have energy, I can think clearer, and my sugar cravings have gone out the window (along with that bloated feeling).
Here is what I did/ate this week.  The exercise part of it is not part of the program.
DAY 1
Exercise – 6 am – 30 day shred level 1 and leg lifts/sit ups
Breakfast – 2 poached eggs with 2 pieces of nitrate free bacon
Lunch – grilled chicken with green beans
Aft. Snack– 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt with 1/2 green apple and cinnamon sprinkled on top
Dinner– Baked Salmon cooked in a tiny bit of butter and shallots and green beans
Evening exercise– Ran/Walked 2.5 miles


DAY 2
Breakfast- 1 cup of decaf coffee and 1/2 green apple
Lunch- Salad with tuna/mayo on top, feta cheese and mushrooms, with olive oil and apple cider vinegar
Afternoon Snack – 1 Hard boiled egg
Dinner- Taco salad for dinner – salsa, meat, and sour cream, little bit of cheese
Done with food @ 6:15 pm.

DAY 3 
Breakfast– leftover taco meat in 3-egg scrambled with a tad bit of cheese and sour cream
Lunch– 3 pieces of cut up nitrate free bacon with sauted Brussel sprouts in butter!- YUM!
Aft. Snack – Celery dipped in HUMMUS
Dinner– 2 turkey burgers with a think layer of cheddar cheese and leftover brussel sprouts
Exercise– 30 day shred level 1, leg lifts, sit ups


DAY 4
Breakfast– 1/2 green apple dipped in whole fat organic greek yogurt, with cinnamin sprinkled on top, 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch– Salad with tuna (mayo and dried minced onions), feta cheese, mushrooms, and apple cidar vinegar and olive oil drizzled on top
Early Dinner Snack – hummus with celery and nitrate free turkey bacon


I will do an update each Friday and give you my overall results at the end of day 21!

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Comments

  2. Love it. Love it. Love it.

    30 Day Shred is so great, bc it is quick, but you still get a good workout!!!

    where did you get the nitrate free bacon???

    love the pics and i could benefit for a sugar detox. KEEP SHARING!!!

  3. Wow, first of all congrats on the weight loss, although I think you were gorgeous and perfect before! 🙂

    I love that you posted your menu’s today…maybe it will give me some incentive and ideas for those last 5-10 I would love to lose before the holdidays!

  4. Tracy, yes!! keep sharing. I did the Atkin’s 6 years ago and shed 56 pounds very quickly and felt so great and kept it off…. smiles 🙂

  6. Thanks for sharing! It really motivated myself to start getting serious about my health. Keep up it up i look forward to next Friday post.
    ~Amy

  7. Seriously, it’s absolutely MIND blowing and eye opening when you feel the difference in your energy level and moods, and when you see that scale move.. it’s like your body says, “THANKYOU!! Thankyou for letting me show you how great I will feel when you let go of that sugar!” It’s such an addictive substance…just in it’s nature and molecular structure… and to let it go, and take the leap of letting it go for just a small time, show’s how powerful it is. LOVE LOVE LOVE this! You know me, and you know how all over this in every way that I am.. I love doing 14 day challenges like this every so often as a cleanse and detox.. it really resets your body and it works and runs soooo much better!

    Way to go, mommas on Day 5!!!! Been thinking about you and praying for you.. hugs.

  8. Yay! Good for you, Tracy! I’ve been on a journey to better nutrition since July, replacing low-nutrient non-foods with nutrient-rich whole foods. What a difference it makes! I was the sugar addict of all sugar addicts before. I love to bake, I mean love it! Did I mention that I absolutely love to bake? And, on top of that, I love to eat baked goods – cakes, pies, cookies, scones, any desserts. What it left me with though, was a series of headaches and tiredness from all those sugar highs and crashes. All I craved was sweets, and nothing satisfied anymore. I think my tastebuds literally got dull, and I’m smelling and tasting food better now! Keep it up, Dear! I’ve also used the 30 Day Shred, but fell off the bandwagon recently, so thanks for inspiring me to get back on. Keep me accountable! My littlest guy will be 6 months old in 5 days, and I’m 2 lbs lighter than I was when I got pregnant with him, weighing less than I have since my sophomore year of high school. Feels great to have all the energy! Love your blog, girl! Wish I had more time to do it myself.

  10. Congratulations, Traci! You are on the right track for sure. As a way of life you might read Body by God by Dr. Ben Lerner. It’s a serious life change that goes along with what you are doing now.
    Keep up the good work. I know how difficult it is!!
    ~a

  11. Wow! Good job! Can’t wait to hear the results next week. Sounds like something I should do, I could use more energy. I also love the 30 day shred!