Greetings!!

Hey all,

The transition to this diet will be a difficult road for me personally. Why I wanted to take this food journey is part of my larger goal to become more aware of what I am putting into my body. I have to be honest I have been struggling to become healthier in my college setting, and avoiding added sugar is going to be no small task. 

I have done some research on what sugar does to our bodies and minds, so I am completely confident that going on this diet will not effect my health whatsoever. In fact I am hoping to see many positive results from this. I will be updating regularly! Hopefully this will be a wonderful journey in where I can break a crippling addiction for all things sweet by the end of this summer. To be honest I feel like the first few weeks are going to be the hardest. Wish me luck!

~ Alana

P.S. Our first day begins tomorrow so we'll have updates to let ya know how things change!

Upcoming Post: June 13, 2015 = Day One

A Sugarless Summer

Happy Summer Ladies & Gents!

A bit of an introduction: Two college friends, Alana and Arianna, are about to embark on a nutritional mission that's probably going to be more difficult than going vegan! We decided to cut out certain unhealthy and, sadly, very common ingredients in our diets for an entire summer and see how it goes.

This blog will consist of our meals, new recipes, substitutes, and vlogs about our accomplishments and experience. Please feel free to comment & ask questions about our goals and blog! If you have suggestions of any kind or if you would like to join us, let us know!

Things that are off limits for the summer:

1. High Fructose Corn Syrup

2. Extra Added Sugar to Anything

3. Bleached Flower

The only sugar in forms that we're allowing:

1. Honey

2. Fruit

The goal is to discover what it takes to stick to a healthy diet and establish awareness for the hidden poisons that exist in common foods that we all eat today. Also, because we're college students our goal is to promote the idea that an extremely healthy diet can totally be affordable for college students. Most students are under the impression that they need to eat a 19 cent bag of top ramen for breakfast, lunch, and dinner to not go broke. In reality, we all need the essential nutrients our bodies utilize every day... and it doesn't exist in a chicken flavored, dehydrogenated bag of noodles!!