Just a quick note for a Friday. I’m chatting all things IQS and signing copies of my I Quit Sugar book at aboutlife Monday February 4, as part of their biggest ever community detox week…which you might just like to sign up to.

I visited aboutlife Bondi Junction at the weekend, only to find that I was already there. Everywhere!

Let’s cut to the proverbial chase:

Where: aboutlife, 605 Darling St, Rozelle

Date: Monday February 4

Time: 6:30pm

Cost: $40*

* Forty bucks includes a copy of my brand new I Quit Sugar print edition book (valued at $34.99), and samples of some my I Quit Sugar recipes, prepared by the aboutlife kitchen for the night. I’ll also be sharing some of my top sugar-quitting tips and tricks. And just milling about having a nice time.

Perhaps you’re playing with the idea of quitting sugar for 2013. To get well. And bright. And happy. Yes?

Some of the treats I invite you to eat when you quit sugar. Clockwise from top left: bacon and egg cupcakes, avocado and coconut water popsicles, almond butter bark, crunchy nut cheesecake, berry pie, coco nutty granola.

Look, I’m not one to to sell in things with fanfare. I will simply say: quitting sugar works. And then I will gently invite you: to try it for yourself. How does it work? What will it take? How do you do it?

1. Eat fat. And wine.

Yes, my I Quit Sugar program requires you to eat more haloumi cheese and meat (if you’re not vegan or vego), macadamia nuts, homemade chocolate, coconut, and avocado popsicles. And, yes, you can still drink wine and beer and some spirits (in case you’re worried).

2. Don’t diet.

I hate diets. Quitting sugar is not a diet. It’s not miserable, you eat more, you eat without guilt. And it’s not a fad; I don’t do fads either.

It’s about cutting out processed food and eating like our grandmother’s used to. Simple. Non-faddish.

3. Know that you will lose weight.

Some people lose 2kg. Some lose 55kg. By eating more. Weight loss is not the focus, though. Because watching your weight

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