{"id":8791,"date":"2013-02-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=8791"},"modified":"2014-04-30T16:28:22","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T06:28:22","slug":"the-i-quit-sugar-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2013\/02\/the-i-quit-sugar-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"The I Quit Sugar Diet and eBook"},"content":{"rendered":"
For those of you who read my Sunday Gratitude and Happiness post<\/strong><\/a> (I’m sure that is all of you RIGHT??) you will notice that I am a big fan of Sarah Wilson<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n I first heard her speak at the Problogger conference last October<\/strong> <\/a>and now I have a major crush. She is a strong, independent woman who is also gentle and humble. And she is gorgeous.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n I’ve known about her I Quit Sugar eBook<\/strong><\/a> for some time, but have been ignoring it. I am an advocate for cutting out sugar of your diet, but I could not get my head around the no fruit<\/em> thing.<\/p>\n My way of thinking has been that it grows so abundantly in nature and is filled with so many other nutritional benefits, apart from the fructose. The biggest reason I have stuck to the how-can-this-be-good mentality is because of the Asian diet. <\/strong><\/p>\n Asians eat fruit.<\/strong><\/p>\n They have the longest life span and in some parts have no incidence of heart disease, diabetes and don\u2019t even have nursing homes because their elderly are so fit and vibrant.<\/p>\n I am a major fan of this way of eating (see Dr. Tickell’s diet)<\/strong><\/a> as well, because I lived in Thailand and have spent a lot of time in Asia. Each time I feel fantastic eating their diet, my skin glows, I lose weight and I feel light.<\/p>\n I’ve just returned from two weeks in Thailand and again, I felt so healthy.<\/p>\n I read an article from Sarah discussing her stance on fruit and why it is a no no – in big doses<\/strong>. I understood what she was saying and if I stopped to think about it, I would say Asians eat way more vegetables, nuts and rice than fruit.<\/p>\n I eat way more vegetables, nuts and rice than fruit.<\/p>\n On further introspection I realized I don’t really like fruit a whole lot (except for mangoes). Before I started juicing I would leave fruit in the bowl to go off, and even my juices have more vegetables.<\/p>\n After seeing a few tweets about the I quit Sugar ebook <\/strong><\/a>I decided to purchase it.<\/p>\n My main reason being is that I need to find some really great recipe ideas.<\/p>\n I have a confession to make. And it falls under that Sometimes I am a really shitty parent<\/strong><\/a> category.<\/p>\n I am not as strict with the girl\u2019s diet as I am with mine. Imagine that.<\/p>\n I find it a constant battle, so I often reach for the quick and easy solution.<\/p>\n Also, I have so many outside influences who don’t share the same dietary views as me and I am tired of always battling against them when it comes to my children. I know I know – Mother of the Year<\/strong> quite often goes to me!<\/p>\n Because my girls have been trained to like sugar so much, I am keen to give them the sweet stuff that has no sugar in it. I know Sarah’s book has lots of ideas and recipes for this.<\/p>\n I have also developed a deep love for coconut.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n I smothered my insides with it when in Thailand, I am now smothering my outsides with coconut oil. Sarah uses a lot of coconut.<\/p>\nWhy I brought the I Quit Sugar eBook<\/h2>\n