{"id":476,"date":"2017-03-08T06:49:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T06:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/?p=476"},"modified":"2017-03-08T06:49:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T06:49:38","slug":"day-1-of-new-sugar-free-diet-060317","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/08\/day-1-of-new-sugar-free-diet-060317\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 of new sugar free diet &#8211; 06\/03\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well today saw the start of our new diet. No more sugar, or at least a massive reduction in our intake.<\/p>\n<p>That means no more low fat yoghurts, no cereal, no sweets, no chocolate, no ready made meals. We&#8217;ve also banned bread, potatoes and rice.<\/p>\n<p>And today was the first day back on my bike cycling to work. Probably not the best idea I&#8217;ve ever had, as on the way home I was seriously lacking energy.<\/p>\n<p>And why are we doing this?<\/p>\n<p>Because we&#8217;ve both turned into a couple of fatties. I need to reduce my weight by 10%, so I&#8217;ve set myself a goal of losing 10kgs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-473\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_8460-3-e1488955101250-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"The weigh in\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-wp-pid=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_8460-3-e1488955101250.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/img_8460-3-e1488955101250.jpg?w=534&amp;ssl=1 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">oh my God how much?!!?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well today saw the start of our new diet. No more sugar, or at least a massive reduction in our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/08\/day-1-of-new-sugar-free-diet-060317\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 1 of new sugar free diet &#8211; 06\/03\/17<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52],"tags":[54,79],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet","tag-diet","tag-sugar-free","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Enlight4-e1488955367565.jpg?fit=400%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p67hny-7G","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":485,"url":"https:\/\/grahampowell.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/day-5-low-sugar-diet-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":476,"position":0},"title":"Day 5 Low Sugar Diet Update","author":"Graham","date":"March 11, 2017","format":"gallery","excerpt":"It is now day five\u00a0of the low sugar diet, and even now we are starting to see results, well at least I am! 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