Getting the Glow - not easily

Today was my fourth day of Madeleine's six week program that I'm going to try out. So this week is all about Ditch The Junk which means no more sugar. I thought it would be challenging but it actually seems rather impossible. There's sugar everywhere! This afternoon we went to a birthday BBQ. Before we left I told myself to stay away from the cake - which I did :-). But first question of my friend: what would you like to drink, we've got juices, lemonade, coke, wine, beer. Well I chose water - nice, my usual drink anyway. Then there were salads, all homemade but guess what the dressings contained sugar. Of course the meat was fine as it was not marinated. So in order to follow the program I should have chosen water and meat, a bit boring don't you think? I decided to go for a bit of salad with the meat and a very small glass of wine instead. Not bad I think but also not perfect either.. How can you manage to live completely without sugar?

Madeleine's idea is to reward yourself with something other than a sweet. That way you get rid of the habit of sugar being your reward. So because I resisted the really yummy looking birthday cake today I decided to treat myself with something nice in the evening. I sat outside - was rather chilly but it smelled of summer, a summer evening after a rain shower - and I allowed myself to relax, to enjoy some pictures I've taken the previous day's - I'm playing with my camera again ;-). There was no more wine or chocolate anywhere near me! My mini flavour was sleeping so the perfect time just to myself. 

And I really like this pic, I can actually still hear the bumble bees...

Cinnamon x