 | Happy New Year!!
I hope this email finds you well and happy and surrounded by the ones you love!
I always like to start the new year ahead with an email update sharing with you all about my own life, family and all things new and upcoming on Sugarfreemom.com!!!
I'd also like to welcome all new subscribers as well as long time subscribers who've been around since I started my blog back in 2011!! Boy, has time flown by!! My youngest was just 5 when I first launched my website and now he just turned 17 and is driving so I am no longer the Uber driver!!
| |  | I'll share 23 things you may not know about me:
1. I just turned 51 on Thanksgiving!
2. I've got 3 kids, ages 22, 19 and 17 and I've been married to my hubby for 25 years.
3. I went sugar free back in 2004, threw it out the window when I had my third in 2005 and then finally found sugar freedom in 2006. I've not let sugar and refined carbs cross my lips since then.
4. I found myself addicted to sugar and carbs from the age of 12 until the age of 32 and truly felt there was no hope for someone like me, I believed it was like a drug for me and thought I needed it to live a happy life.
5. My youngest son has a tree nut and peanut allergy and my daughter is now dairy free and I am gluten free and following a ketogenic diet. I try my best to accommodate all these issues in my recipes for others that struggle.
6. My hubby did not get on board with this lifestyle until 2018 so I did this alone for many years. It can be done!
7. I was saved at the age of 22. I love Jesus with all my heart. He heard my hearts cry and it is only through Him that my greatest weakness became a strength. My misery became my mission. My trials became my triumph.
8. I'm a short, 5 foot 2.5 inches Sicilian Italian!
9. I've written 3 cookbooks. My newest book is The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet which I pray will bring many people to break those sugar cravings, feel better and enjoy the food freedom I have.
10. I walk my dog Toby every day, no matter rain, shine or snow!
| |  | 11. At the age of 22 after graduating college, I found myself at 159 pounds and obsessed with sugar and desperate for a change.
12. I taught special education in the classroom for 10 years then tutored for 9 years before starting my blog at the age of 40.
13. I wrote my first 6 week online Sugar Detox course back in 2012. Updated it in 2018 and started teaching it with a live weekly meeting in 2019. My next live 6 week Sugar Detox course starts January 25th, 2023.
14. I realized quickly that many people might not be ready to commit to giving up sugar for 6 weeks so I created a simple 5 day Sugar Detox Challenge that many have had great success with. Next one starts on Jan.9th.
15. I became a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in 2019.
16. My favorite color is black cherry. From my bridesmaid dresses, to my car, to my purse and most clothing is my closet, I'm obsessed!
17. I've got curly, untamable hair that is now often frizzy as I've aged.
18. I love coffee and I'll never give it up!
| |  | 19. I love to travel. Our latest trip was to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico!
20. I work out with a trainer 2-3 times a week. My sister in law joins me. I am not ashamed to say I need outward accountability or it wouldn't happen.
21. I love creating mouthwatering, jaw dropping, low carb, keto and sugar free recipes that win over everyone, even the sugar lovers! I have over 1000 free recipes on my website and more to come!
22. I am the least tech savvy person but yet I have an online business so you just never know how life will turn out!
23. I'm grateful for every single day, every moment, all the challenges I've overcome. I wouldn't trade what I've been through because it's made me who I am today. | | I pray that this year you overcome all the obstacles, and excuses that are holding you back from living your best life.
I pray your perspective will change from I can't....to.... I will.
I pray you realize that no matter what has happened in your past, you can either use it as an excuse or use it to change your future. No hardship can be in vain if you learn from it.
I pray you find a community that supports you and that my recipes help you achieve your health goals in 2023!
Happy New Year!
Blessing to you,
Brenda/Sugar Free Mom
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