I will shed a little light on why I needed to do this Sugar “reset”. I am very much a chocoholic and this intervention, while I won’t abstain from chocolate in the future, will give me some proof that I don’t need to eat it 24/7 and to be aware of how much I eat.
Here are a few of the chocolates that are available with ease at my work along with some of the nutritional facts. There are other candies that are accessible, these are the main culprits.
Hershey Kisses (9pcs) – 210 calories, 12g total fat/7g sat fat, Carbs 25g (23g Sugar, 1g fiber), 3g Protein
Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (5pcs) – 220 calories, 13g total fat/ 5g sat Fat, Carbs 26g (23g Sugar, 1g fiber), 4g protein
Mini Nestle Crunch (3pcs) – 180 calories, 9g total fat/ 6g sat fat, Carbs 25g (21g Sugar, 1g fiber), 2g protein
Mini Snickers (4pcs) – 170 calories, 8g total fat/3g sat fat, Carbs 22g (18g Sugar, 1g fiber), 3g protein
I don’t know how many pieces of chocolate that I happen to take in any given day. Sometimes it is less, sometimes it is more (especially if work is real stressful). For giggles sake, I am going to speculate that on average, I might get 24 pieces of chocolate, to make the math easier. 12 pieces before lunch and 12 in the afternoon. And it’s usually like 2-3 pcs when I go to the restroom or something like that, so it’s typically spread out over a few hours.
This totals to 861Calories, 49g total fat/23g sat fat, Carbs 105g (90g Sugar, 5g fiber), 15g protein
I’m going to use the 2,500 Calorie Daily Allowance values as I am a fairly active guy and by default need the extra fuel. So, just on this guess of chocolate alone, the chocolate eating accounts for 34% of Caloric intake, 61% of Fat, 92% of Saturated Fat and 28% Carbohydrates. Funny enough, there is no recommended daily allowance for sugar by itself, only total carbohydrates and fiber but not for sugar or protein. And this is for the day, not including breakfast, lunch, dinner and any other snacks.
So, the decision to make, is how much to allow back into my diet. I have that schedule for the content portion of Day 12 write up.
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Day 9 – 5/20/14 Tuesday
Weight: 171.6
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It’s only 2 data points per category (the HORROR!) but the distances are the same routes, so that helps the comparison.
running before sugar
5/7/2014 3.35 31:14 Pace: 9:19 min/mile
5/9/2014 4.45 40:43 Pace: 9:08 min/mile
running during detox
5/14/2014 3.35 31:52 Pace: 9:30 min/mile
5/16/2014 4.45 45:13 Pace: 10:09 min/mile
I’m not surprised at all, I fatigue faster, but while my body is slowing down, mentally I still feel strong. This is unlike what happens when someone hits “The Wall” (as in The Matrix, there is no spoon, there is no wall) where the physical and mental energy levels are at a low.
I ran 8x400m repeats and I couldn’t keep the pace very well, my best lap was a 1:50 min (7:20 min/mile equivalent) whereas earlier this year, I was able to run repeats in the 1:35 min time frame (6:20 min/mile equivalent). What does this really mean? I’ll speculate on it real soon.
PLANET3RRY 
The RDA for protein is 0.8 g/kg healthy body weight. Actual intake recommendation varies from there to 1.7g/kg. It is not listed on the nutrition facts panel because most Americans already consume more protein than necessary.
The Food and Nutrition Board recommends no more than 25% of kcal come from added sugars. The World Health Organization recommends no more than 10% from added sugars and the AHA recommends no more than 150 kcal from added sugars per day (38g or 6% in a 2500 kcal/day diet)
You don’t mention that more than half the kcal in your chocolates is from fat, and much of it probably saturated.
Converting me from imperial to metric, I’d be about 78 kilos which doing the RDA math suggests 62.4g of protein/day.
You point out my bane, the Fat de Saturate… Most of my calories are from fat, which I believe is my real problem. The sugar (I love my sweets) is the driving vehicle and the accident waiting to happen is the fat. I think it’s leading me to do what I didn’t want to do, but to track my consumption.