The Substitute

So now that we have gone a few days sans sweets, how are you doing? Me personally? This is not easy! I have a sweet tooth that is very serious about sweets. I admit that I have messed up already a couple of times. (Yes, I know, I owe $2 to the pot! Dang it!)

So I want to know what you all are using as substitutes?

I love to eat fruit leather. Don't knock it till you try it :) The brand, Smooshed Fruit is my favorite. Sprite Zero is also something I have kind of turned to. There is something about drinking a soda, even without the sugar, that makes me feel a little rebellious and like I am actually still getting a sweet, so that helps. Tell us so we can try your tricks!

Success...

Well it's a start at least---

I was super stressed when my husband mentioned that we don't have any milk. He followed that statement by telling me that he was SOOO tired from working a 12 hour shift and that I was going to have to get it. Top that little statement along with the fact that I have spent all day with my 3 little kid and that I had just spent 3 hours of my night babysitting my friends 4 children (who were good, but 7 kids make a lot of noise).

I was stressed out by the little request.

As, I marched (grumpily) into Kroger all I had on my mind was how much I deserved to get some swedish fish. I love those red little candies (yum). I walked towards the candy isle and the thought of all of YOU came to my mind.... "Micaela, do you really want to have to admit to your girls that you messed up AGAIN?" That thought, along with, "You know that sugar is going to go right to your butt!" really helped me walk right by the candy section without stopping. But then I thought, "I'll just get a little snack at the check out stand, that way I can still get some well deserved candy but it will be in a smaller package." I got to the checkout stand and I couldn't do it. Knowing that I had you all to face on Tuesday helped me through this weak moment of mine! It's only one success, but I have to start somewhere! :)

The Money Pot

Ok, so here is an idea, tell me what you think.

Jackie came up with the idea of a money pot, just to help us be a little more accountable for our actions. Each time we slip up we put $1 into our money pot. Obviously we are going by the honor system here, but just let me know and I'll keep track of what we have on the right side of the blog. Once we are finished with our goal we can all go out for a girl's night out on the money! Hopefully there won't be TOO much money in there :)

Tell me what you think! I personally think it's a great idea!

The Challenge

Alright ladies! Here we are... a little crazy and a whole lot of committed!!! If you are seeing this post then you have accepted my challenge to either stay sweet-free for the month of September OR candy-free until Christmas!

We have made a great choice to do this! We all know that when we eat crappy food we feel crappy... mentally and literally :) It's no fun! I have taken out sweets before, and I can tell you that when you clean up your diet (there are plenty of ways to clean it up, we are just focusing on taking out some of the sugar) you will have more energy (for zumba :) plus you will feel SO MUCH BETTER!

We can totally do this!

I seriously need you all for support and I will totally be there for you all too!

Please feel free to leave comments and even make your own posts, just e-mail them to me and I'll post them! This blog is here so that we can virtually give out high fives and push each other through the hard times when all we want is that dang chocolate! Let's stay updated!