The 7-Day No-Sugar Challenge

Are you a mama who has been feeding her sugar tooth teeth for TOO. LONG? Have you been craving chips, chocolate, ice cream and cookies, and you just can’t seem to get enough? Do you sometimes skip lunch in favour of a bag of candy? Have you been feeling low energy, bloated, mood swingy, and just flat out exhausted?

Girl, you need to take a break! From sugar, that is!

You see, sugar effs with our hormones and brain chemicals and makes us feel like we NEED it. So much of it. And the more we eat, the more we want. It’s a vicious cycle that sometimes only a clean break will get us out of.

And our blood sugar level. Oh, our blood sugar level. I cringe when I think of our poor body, trying its hardest to keep our blood sugar level steady while in the midst of our sugar binge.

If you relate to any of this, then my friend, I invite you to my 7-Day No-Sugar Challenge. Come join me in my Facebook group, The New Mama Nation Community, where we can all support one another, and also where I’ll be sharing fun facts and tips throughout.

The challenge will begin on Monday July 22nd, 2019.

*Update: Our next challenge is starting Monday August 31st, 2020!

During the 7 days, we’ll be avoiding all sugar and some other carbs, including:

• the obvious ones (cookies, candy, ice cream, chocolate, doughnuts, cake etc.)
• chips
• most bread (sprouted or sourdough bread is okay)
• honey
• maple syrup
• dried fruit
• ingredients like fructose, glucose-fructose, sucrose, cane sugar, dehydrated or evaporated cane juice, beet sugar, high-fructose corn syrup
• artificial sweeteners of any kind

What the heck can I eat?

All other food, baby! Think meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, smoothies, fruit, nuts and seeds, beans, lentils… the list goes on! And if you must sweeten something, use stevia, which gives you that sweet taste without affecting your blood sugar (but it’s not an artificial sweetener, ew). It comes in a liquid or powder, and I personally like both (but usually use the liquid).

Focus on super-nourishing your body with satisfying foods that include protein, fat and fibre. The more you do this, the fewer cravings you’ll have. Of course, there’s also the mental/emotional addiction to sugar that so many of us have, and that’s a tough one to crack. (Funny choice of word there, as the addiction to sugar has been compared to an addiction to cocaine. Yup, it can be that powerful.) This is one of the reasons I recommend cutting it out completely at the beginning; it can be really hard to reduce the craving to a substance that we’re feeding ourselves on the daily.

For more tips as you go through the 7-Day No-Sugar Challenge, be sure to join my Facebook group.

Okay, mama. Are you gonna join me for this awesome challenge? Let me know in the comments!

Oh hey! I’m Laura, a holistic nutritionist, reality TV junkie, and bookworm. I work with new mamas to help them separate fact from fiction so they know what the heck to eat to feel energy again, without having to spend too much time in the kitchen. And I love doing it!!

On my blog (over at newmamanation.com), you’ll find easy + delish recipes as well as (hopefully) helpful and relatable blog posts on many things motherhood.

If you’re a fellow mama (or mama-to-be!), I’d freakin’ love it if you joined me in my FB group. There are recipes, fun challenges, FB Lives, and chats all about nutrition for new mamas. You can get there by going to newmamanation.com and clicking on “FB Group”.

And if you want my top 10 tips for more energy (stat!), then go to bit.ly/newmamas, where you’ll get that free download plus be signed up for my email list for other exciting stuff.

I’ll be waiting for you at all of the above and I can’t wait to see you there!