Demon Refined Sugar Fighter Dame Amaranth Hawanders has issued a challenge to all comers to swear off and refrain from association with the Demon Known as Refined Sugar until the Noble Day o' St. Valentine's Day, which, as all knoweth falls on February 14 this year (well, every year).
This call to arms from the noble dame was prompted by a stroll through various stores yesterday, a mere three days after the New Year's holiday ended and finding that THEY (the Evil One's helpers) are STOCKIN' THE AISLES WITH FLUFFY PINK BOXES FILLED WITH DEMON REFINED SUGAR, the better to entice the unwary to associate the DEMON with LOVE and HAPPINESS!
So if anyone wants to take the pledge, please post it here and report how it's goin' from time to time. There is no prize, EXCEPT the satisfaction o' knowin' that DEMON can't fool us with his PINK BOXES! Ugh! What a crude and ineffective tactic. Does he think we are IDIOTS?
This is just for fun and fitness, not meant to compete with any other threads. There are some RULES (sigh, that's life): 1) each challenger defines individually (not necessary to post) what REFINED SUGAR means to them, there are many differing thoughts on this ... I personally define it as all derived sugars but not the sugar naturally found in foods like fruit, vege, dairy, etc., and I also don't worry about incidental amounts of even refined sugar necessary to, say, make healthy whole grain bread or other healthy products, though I try to eliminate these ... but I know others have different guidelines; 2) No one LOSES the challenge if they slip up but remain committed ... this isn't meant to be a 21-day or other number of consecutive days challenge ... just a commitment to swear off the till February 14, after which time if one wanteth to go for the pink boxes, enjoy!
That's the challenge. Anyone w'me! WE'RE ON THE MARCH (to eliminate DRS until February 14).