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SUGAR BET!


Robyn Openshaw - Sep 11, 2011 - This Post May Contain Affiliate Links


It’s September 11, 2011.

Today Matthew and I make a bet that we will pay an astonishing sum of money to each other, if we eat sugar anytime in the next year. (He has been texting me, “OMG! There’s sugar in my SOUP! It’s in Corn Nuts!” On and on goes the list.) Check out this video for the details.

Making a Sugar Bet keeps you accountable.

We negotiated for what natural sweeteners we’ll allow:

Not allowed: white sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, aspartame (Nutrasweet)

Allowed: real maple syrup, molasses, organic/raw agave, raw coconut sugar, dates, fruit, stevia, raw honey

JOIN US, and find yourself a partner! Make a sugar bet. State your intention here! What is your length of time, and what do you lose if you eat sugar? Matthew wanted to have shooting each other in the butt with his BB gun, or eating silkworm larvae, or zapping each other wearing a shock collar, part of the deal. He’s kinda odd like that; his colleagues and he do this all the time to accomplish their goals. But even if you’re not motivated by fear of physical pain like he is (I said NO), say yes to an amount of money that blows your mind, whether that’s $50 or $500 or $50,000. That will keep you motivated.

Because sugar is the Nice Girl’s Crack Cocaine.

I am giving it up because it’s my only vice. I don’t eat fast food, soda, fried foods, or chemicals. Not that I eat it very often, but I do have a thing for chocolate. I go “off sugar” completely, often–for weeks or even a few months. And what sugar I DO eat is an unrefined kind from the health food store, usually, eaten only after a mostly-raw meal—but it’s still a concentrated sweetener I’d be better off without.

I want this challenge, to see what happens if I literally NEVER eat it for a whole year.

I’ll be blogging about what happens to us, as we go through the year, here.

Tell us about your own Sugar Bet, and come BACK to give us updates! You can remember where to find it because it’s on this blog on the historic date of 9/11/11! (Plus this blog is searchable.)

Tell ALL your friends about your Sugar Bet so you’re not tempted in social settings. Tell everyone you know, to keep you honest.

I’m excited to hear what your specific, detailed health benefits are, as you kick the habit. Read the seminal book The Sugar Blues by William Dufty, for some education and motivation as you start your journey away from addiction!

Posted in: Lifestyle, Whole Food

18 thoughts on “SUGAR BET!”

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  1. Hi Robyn,

    Big fan here. What about stevia? That’s the sweetener I have been using in my smoothy.

    Also, what about 70% or higher chocolate? Would that be a no no?

    Thanks and keep it up. Love what you do for us.

  2. WOW! This is incredible!!! Love it and good luck!

  3. p.s. LOVE this quote:

    Because sugar is the Nice Girl’s Crack Cocaine.

    Can I use this for my blog quoting you?

  4. WOW! What a challenge!!! I don’t think I could bet for that much because it’s ridiculous to think I’d be able to FIND that much money… but I think it’s a wonderful idea to make it deem ridiculous to “buy” a brownie for that much money. Really put it into perspective – your body doesn’t need this sugar – it’s costly to your health. LOVE it! And Matthew is so adorable! ; ) I’ll have to find a friend to Sugar Bet!

    1. Robyn Openshaw says:

      yes raw honey, yes stevia!

  5. Robyn Openshaw says:

    Mo, of course you can.

  6. Robyn,

    I haven’t eaten any sugar in 3 years now except that which is in natural whole foods like fruits.

    I stopped eating sugar when I read about the dangers it poses to our bodies in The Metabolic Plan by Stephen Cherniske, M.S. Sugar steals nutrients from our bodies.

    Thanks for all the great work you do.

    1. Robyn Openshaw says:

      Sandi….that’s inspiring!

  7. Anonymous says:

    What is the point of the bet? All the things allowed are sugar. Just a different way of sweetening.

  8. Anonymous says:

    Hello,

    For all that want to know more of the “why” some of us eat/crave sugars please go to this book that I have just begun to study for some new research I am working on for my first book! Showing the scientific communities and real people (including herself) what brain chemicals are reacting to in sugars! Our genetic links to sugar “addiction” is amazing knowledge known since at least 1996.

    “Potatoes Not Prozac” by Dr. Kathleen DesMaisons

    We all need to read & re-read all of the labels in our food and be totally shocked by the contents that are included in our healthy natural organic diets!!

    Good Luck to all! Hello stevia!!

  9. Anonymous says:

    Robyn,

    How could he (your friend) even consume that “nasty” diet soda? Oh my, has he never read the label on that drink? Check out the Ancestoral Nutrition information so you can “discover” where some of your propensities for foods you consume! Good Luck!!

    In Health & Healing,

  10. Hi Robyn,

    Hmmm….am thinking about this bet. Tell me, why not raw honey?

    Thanks!

    Stacey

  11. Oops, forget it. I saw the comment. Thanks!

  12. Anonymous says:

    Robyn, I have been sugar free for over three years now and I love it. I may get some when I eat at girls camp and at my mother in laws but that is only when I am not cooking and can not control what is prepared for dinner. I try to not eat things that I know have sugar at those places but there are times that I have no control over it. I have been so much healthier with the no sugar and I know that I will be stronger as I go on. I now need to work harder at the raw diet that I know will heal me.

  13. Anonymous says:

    How about demerara sugar? My sources say it’s unprocessed. (It’s also the only sweetener in Lindt 85% cocoa extra dark chocolate bar.)

  14. Anonymous says:

    Wait, I don’t get it…you never eat sugar anyway? Why is this a bet?

    1. Robyn Openshaw says:

      Stef, not true. Sugar isn’t something I eat much of, but I did occasionally eat it (usually in the form of chocolate, not candy or drinks or anything, and I never ate corn syrup)–no more though!

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