What I'm losing vs what I'm gaining

This is the end of day 2, I have had no problem, just had a little craving at the end of dinner. But nothing too bad.
I can't help making a list of the things I might never eat again (as I'm starting to realise, or to accept maybe? that a year will never be enough to make me become reasonable around sugar. Experience, and reading on other blogs, prove that you never kick that addiction. It's just like smoking or drinking.

So, here goes, for each dish I would love to have again, I'm listing a benefit to not eating sugar:
French toast : less cellulite
Chocolate cake: freedom from cravings
Jam tarts (I know!..): a lean, toned body
Apple tart, home made, still warm, with vanilla icecream: a flat stomach
Almond cake: energy all day, even early afternoons and post dinner
Lemon tart: a clear skin
Nutella: no mild depression around my period
Macaroons: freedom from diets
Financiers au citron: strength and willpower
Berry curd squares: pride to beat my addiction

OK, I can't think of more so no need to torture myself more; just a couple more benefits to eating no sugar: to avoid beating myself up for eating too much sugar; to allow myself to have certain foods without feeling bad (eg cheese fondue, curries etc);
 

what's in what's out??

Sugar free can mean a lot of things, so I need to decide what I will allow myself over the next 12 months.
The easy ones:
Cakes, sweets, caster sugar, artificial sweeteners, fruit juice, ice creams, sorbets, chocolate etc..
= out!!

The not so easy ones:
wine? once or twice a week
cocktails? only under duresse :-)
honey, maple syrup: out in the first 2 months at least
white flour, pasta, crisps, fries etc: avoid them, as per low GL diet
brown flour, wholemeal rice and pasta, oatcakes: OK in moderation, as per GL diet
dairy: Fine! why not replace with almond milk sometimes?

Basically if I combine these rules with low GL diets rules I will see progress soon.

Day 2: full of hope!

Hi, My name is Nathalie and I'm a sugar-holic.
Here it is:
I'm 39 and yesterday was my birthday. This was my last bday before the big 40 and I feel this is my last chance to be a healthy, non overweight woman in her 30-ies. I want to enter 40 feeling healthy, energetic, proud and fabulous of course!

I did go sugar free for 3 months about 2 years ago. I was doing an experiment on my body, initially for 6 months, to see if quitting cold turkey was my solution to sugar cravings, the way quitting cigarettes was my only solution.

Still not sure if I can quit for ever, but this time I am giving myself a year, as I have the benefits from my past failures to build up on, and because this is my last year before I'm 40: I want to cross that milestone in the best of form and I know that sugar does not have to be part of it. In fact it will keep bringing me down if I let it continue to rule my moods, eating habits and even hobbies (baking...).

So, let's start, or rather, let's continue, as day 1 was successful.
I know I can do it, and, more importantly, I know it is the only way I can do it.