Today marks the beginning of my attempt to go one full month without eating any kind of sugar-based sweets. As I mentioned in the post where I originally planned this, I have a bit of an addiction to sugar-sweetened foods, and I feel that they have more of a hold over me than I am comfortable with. Thus, in order to help loosen that grip, I have decided to go one full month without eating sugar-based sweets of any kind. No gummi bears, no cupcakes, no cookies, no ice cream, no chocolate. There is one exception, however. Since I rarely order dessert when I’m out anyway, and since the point of this exercise is to get me to stop nibbling on sweets at home, desserts ordered in a restaurant are exempt (in all likelihood, this exemption will never even be used).

I will be posting periodic updates on my progress. Wish me luck!