Day 23

So a couple of people have asked why no sugar...yes I need to lose weight, yes I feel like sometimes food controls me instead of the other way around, but in reality this whole thing is about keeping a promise and getting a sea kayak. Here's how this whole challenge came about..as explained in a comment back on day 9.

When we were in Utah last month, our nephew was carrying around a big thermos of water everywhere he went. I finally asked him about it and he said that on New Year's Day he and his sister Jaden had given up pop for a year. If they acheive a year without pop, they get a $100 from their parents. I asked him if it was hard and he said, "No, it's just a lifestyle." Well, then my brother offered my mom $1,000 to go an entire year without pop. And then Johnny offered me a sea kayak if I could go an entire year without sugar; ie. cookies, cake, brownies, candy, pudding and the like. I in turn offered him a road bike if he could go a year without soda and fastfood. So basically, we're on day 23 today and it's getting easier.