Day 27, reflecting on progress

I haven't written in a while, but I am still going strong. This blog was instrumental in getting me to where I am, and I was able to write openly about my challenges in the first few weeks, but now I am solidly into my 4th week (nearly finished with it) and haven't needed it as much as I did. I did want to reflect on my progress this morning, though, so I decided to write. 

Right now, I have no sugar cravings whatsoever and I don't feel deprived in the least. Granted, my temptations have been minimal this past week, so that certainly helps. It makes me think about if/when I will reincorporate sweets into my life. I clearly don't need to, but sometimes social pressures are so hard to resist. Having nearly 4 weeks of complete abstinence from sugar helps saying no to sweets to be easier, but doesn't mean it's necessarily easy all of the time. From the beginning I said I would see if I thought I could eat just one sweet and be satisfied as my measure of whether I could go back to sweets. I don't think I am there yet. 

I will be traveling for work today and will be completely out of my normal routine. I will be sure to pack plenty of Larabars and nuts, my go-to travel snacks. Finding healthy meals may not be so easy, but I will do my best to find the healthiest option available. It will likely be a challenge, but should be fun to try new things that are outside of my normal routine!