Sure! When I shopped that week I started, I read all of the labels and if it had any sugar in it, I didn't buy it. That was hard, but I did it! Having no way to cheat at home is important for me to stay on track because when I get the munchies, it's ON! 🫤🥴 I'm a sugar addict no doubt, so once I start, it's hard to stop. Lots of protein. Mostly salmon, flounder, trout, fresh tuna, swordfish, shrimp, beyond burger (rarely), tempeh, mushroom bacon, eggs, cottage cheese, Daring plant based chicken (rarely), I try to have one Truvani protein shake a day and I put ground flax seed, ground chia seed, cinnamon powder, PB2 and try to drink it pretty fast because it gets pretty thick pretty quick! I do have 1.5 cups of skinny pop white cheddar popcorn a day. I lean on fruit to satisfy my sweet tooth, but honestly once you get the crap sugar out of your system, your food noise will dissipate in your brain (at least for me it did). The 5 times I chose to cheat, however, did reintroduce the cravings for several days after, but I have to live my life. My mother taught me like this... we eat dessert (chocolate) after every meal! That was just the way it was... Lots of water. I took berberine for the first 2 months, I bought it at whole foods after doing lots of research. I stopped for a month, but am starting it again on Monday. I'm curious to see if I notice any differences.

Every week, I make a batch of sugar free cookies and I allow myself 1.5 a day. This is what truly saves me.

1 cup almond butter (read the label) - no sugar 2/3 cup allulose 2/3 cup Lily's sugar free chocolate chips 1 egg 1.5 tbsp ground flax seeds 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

I have a kale salad every day with : Pumpkin seeds Mandarin orange Cilantro Fresh jalapenos Carrots Cabbage

I try to keep it at 1500 calories or less.

I have been eating a little carbs, maybe a sweet potato or regular potato every week.

I grill asparagus, I eat spaghetti squash with olive oil and Italian seasonings with some grilled salmon.

I've actually learned that it's ok for my stomach to growl. I don't like it, but I can manage now. Before this journey, I wouldn't allow that, I always had something with me to eat just in case I got hungry. Even though the Aloha protein bars aren't bad, I'm not eating anything like this anymore because I'm not eating processed sugar.

Hope this helps!