In retrospect, that's what was happening.

Hi, 

I'm writing this from bed because my new year is starting with a whimper. Specifically, me, whimpering because I have a cold/flu/who knows what, and I feel icky.

To that end, the Big Sugar Workshop is postponed until next Saturday, the 10th. 

Until then, I'd like to share why I start with sugar in my weight loss programs. Sugar sparks hunger. 

Hang on, let me go a little further back.

When I quit diets for good seventeen years ago, I had one goal.

1. Eat when I'm hungry.
2. Stop when I'd had enough.
3. Have that produce a healthy weight.

From that starting point, hunger goes from a nuisance to a guiding light. Anything that corrupts hunger or overrides it becomes suspect. 

Enter, sugar. 

Sugar makes you hungry. This isn't hunger because you need to eat; this is compulsive hunger. The kind that has you reaching for food even when you're full, grabbing sweets wherever you go, and eating something when you don't even want it.

Now, juxtapose that with the modern diet. 76% of any food put into a package has added sugar. Most people start their day with something sweet. You can't even go to the hardware store without walking through a candy aisle.

We expect ourselves to 'quit sugar' because we tell ourselves to without making one change to our thinking or environment. 

Not gonna happen.

But if you start seeing when and how you're being undermined and take active steps to correct it, real change with lasting results can happen. It becomes a bespoke operating system.

That's what I did.

Slowly but surely, I rooted out and dialed down my consumption until I could listen to my hunger. I felt better within days. Within weeks, I had no sugar before noon, no afternoon dip in energy, and I began losing weight.

Now, seventeen years later, everything I learned about myself and sugar is still in daily use. It's real clarity about my body, when I can tolerate sugar, and how to avoid the triggers.

That's what I'll help you uncover in the Big Sugar Workshop.

You don't need another diet; you need a new lens.

I'm doing a Big Sugar Workshop for the community on January 10th to help you uncover what's triggering you, overly tempting you, and causing the cravings you're battling.

We'll go step by step through the life and dietary choices that are upending you and discuss strategies to create lasting change. 

Next steps:

Step 1: Listen to this awesome episode of Hidden Brain for a contextual understanding of living with constant overabundance.

Step 2: Join the newsletter community if you haven't already. This workshop alone is worth the admission price.

I want to eat less sugar.

Yours in joyful living,

Rebecca

PS. How confident are you in what's ultra-processed?