Hello humans. Je suis Ciaran Callam and I’m a sugar addict. For as far back as I can remember I’ve been literally, irrefutably and undeniably addicted to the sweet tasting white poison we all love to cram into our food. I can’t bear to think about how much money I’ve spent on candy, chocolates, and other forms of junk throughout my life because I know it’s a figure that would horrify me to see written on paper. You see; I’ve spent countless hours gorging my face on delicious carcinogens and while I’ve got to admit that these form some of the happiest memories of my life, the fact remains that I am addicted and that something desperately needs to change. I’ve done a lot of research into the harms of sugar and now that I know just how toxic it is to my health, I can’t justify putting it into my body anymore. There’s also the fact that I’ve been feeling the negative effects of having sugar in my diet for a few years now. Whenever I eat sugary things, my thoughts and memory get hazy as all hell, my hayfever kicks into 5th gear, I feel physically sick and my vision actually deteriorates. Tis time for a change; so for the next 30 days I’m going cold turkey to once and for all beat my lifelong sugar addiction.

Wish a brother luck!

Day number 1

So today’s probably going to be the easiest of my 30 day challenge. I’m literally less than 24 hours removed from a massive weekend sugarific bender in which I consumed ridiculous amounts of crap including:

a massive pot of yoghurt

multiple cans of red bull

a huge packet of Haribos

3 large packets of Fruitellas

a massive bag of Doritos

a cup of hot chocolate from Starbucks with whipped cream on top

a fuck ton of Yager bombs

and much more stuff that I honestly can’t remember.

I’ve got plenty of delicious white poison coursing through my veins at this very moment and as a result, my cravings are at an all-time low. Now I totally expect to have every fibre of my being consumed with ravenous sugar lust within the next 4-5 days but as of right now, I’m satiated. This is where I currently am.

And just to let you all know how this is going to go down; I’m effectively cutting out all sugars for the next month which includes candy, chocolates, bread, pasta and the like, but also the naturally occurring sugars in fruit and even artificial sweeteners too. Apparently artificial sweeteners like sucralose or aspartame can have a very similar effect on your body as regular sugar and should also be avoided like the bubonic plague.

In any event, I’m likely to spend the next 30 days eating lots of meat, vegetables, and nuts and also trying to get as much fat into my body as possible. There’s a diet called the ketogenic diet which effectively states that you can train your body to derive its energy from fat rather than sugar by eating a high fat and low sugar diet. It’s apparently much healthier and results in a dramatic loss of body fat as well as improved cognition and increased vitality so I’m going to be taking a lot of inspiration from that diet over the next month.

Also; I’d like to say that while I’m committed to freeing myself of the evil vice-like grip that sugar has on my soul, I’m simply too busy (lazy) to sit down researching and preparing creative sugar-free meals; so if you’re expecting that then brace yourself for ultimate disappointment. As I write this, I’m sat in Starbucks with a packet of Walnuts and a cup of green tea on the table next to me, with some carrots and avocados in my bag and this trend is unlikely to change any time soon.

What’s going to be very interesting is doing this challenge over the Christmas period. Most people eat like starved pigs at this time a year and believe me when I say that I’m no different. I’m gonna have to deal with the pain of being surrounded by copious amounts of heavenly tasting crap that I’m unable to shove down my pie hole for the next couple of weeks, and I can’t imagine that having a positive effect on my mental state.

Also; I’m writing this first post halfway through the day but have realised that I shouldn’t do so in future. Future posts will come at the end of the day so I can properly look back on everything I’ve eaten and also how I’ve felt for the past 24 hours.

Here’s what I’ve eaten so far today:

1 Starbucks late (no sugar)

2 cups of green tea

Half a packet of walnuts

2 avocados

2 carrots

Oh and before I go; see the sugary treats in the image below? They’re the last men standing from this weekend’s debaucherously sugaristic escapade, and I’m going to carry them around with me for the next month while refusing the urging to slide them onto my eager wet tongue. What’s more, I’m going to take pictures of them daily and also buy new sweets to add to the pile too. If at any point I stop taking these pics you’ll know I simply couldn’t take the pressure; that I folded faster than the flash on laundry day and that I really am a weak minded bitch.

I can’t let that happen, I won’t let that happen, and I can’t let that happen!

Please pray for me.