LOL, so the reason why month is in quotation marks is obviously because I totally failed at this monthly challenge. I broke this weekend. Broke in half like a dried out chicken bone.
Instead of my month without dessert, I will tell you about my 11 days without dessert.
I began this challenge on the very first day of March to challenge myself to resist desserts. Not all sugars, because even I can acknowledge that that would be damn near impossible for me to do right off the get. But things that I was previously eating in abundance, that were obviously sugary and bad for me.
Donuts. Cookies. Chocolate. Candies. Cake. Cupcakes. Ice cream.
You get it now? I would literally have a donut for breakfast, six cookies when I got home from work, and four Reeses cups in between teaching dance classes. Not to mention my addiction to sugary iced coffee syrups. I weened myself off that awhile ago but I used to get an iced coffee from Dunkin almost EVERY DAY over the summer.
So yes, the challenge commenced on March 1st. And I was actually doing a great job!
What worked for me was that I completely avoided looking inside places that had the forbidden food. I didn't even open the cabinets in my house once in 11 days. Because that is where all the gross processed food is usually kept! So I'm actually sure I also ate a lot less processed food in 11 days too.
One that I noticed was that I didn't crave it too much. But I was slightly irritable. I got my period near the beginning of the month and struggled through that to resist eating comfort food. I would say that I definitely noticed craving other foods more strongly. Like cheese, for example. And pasta. So things that are also not so good for me, but not as terrible as sugar.
What broke me was Lucas's mother. His annoyingly retired, blissfully baking mother. Who cooked the most moist and delicious looking Guinness brownies on Saturday that I literally could not resist. I had ONE BITE. And that was a slippery slope that led to two brownies for breakfast, chocolate lava cake for dessert after lunch, and two Reeses Christmas trees before dance class yesterday.
I'll be honest. It was a sweet relief to eat something delicious and chocolatey again. But after having a couple of bites, I didn't go back in for more (AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE) like I usually would. I think once your body is off sugar for a little while, it realizes how overpoweringly sweet the taste is and it's a little overwhelming. Almost too rich. But omg so delicious.
So that's that. I failed! But I'm shocked at my own willpower for those 11 days. And who's to say I can't break that record. I can put those Reeses Christmas trees behind me and set my sights for the next 12, 13, maybe even 14 days! The sky is the limit. Time to put locks on the cupboards.
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