Giving Up Sugar

When I tell people that I am paleo and explain what I don't eat, everyone right away jumps in and says they could never give up bread.  But I found the bread and most grains actually to be very easy to give up.  You just stop eating those types of foods and that is it.

For me the hard one to give up was sugar.

Sugar is in everything.  Most recipes call for sugar.  I really like sugar in my tea.  Sauces for cooking all contain sugar.  I just find it really hard to stay away from sugar.

I have eliminated sugar out of my tea.  But I must admit that tea is just not very good without the sugar.

I never considered myself a sugar addict.  My go to treat would be a big salty bag of regular potato chips over a cupcake any day.   I don't even crave sugar.  If candies are sitting there I will eat them, but I would never go out of my way to  go get candy from the store.  But despite this I am still having a hard time giving up sugar.

I guess I just need to start with paying more attention to what I am eating and how much sugar is in it.   Sticking to whole foods and making sure that I am not adding sugar to my recipes when I am cooking.