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k, “The I Quit Sugar Cookbook — 306 ❝
Recipes for a Clean, Healthy Life,” is a guide
to eating, feeling, and living well on a sugar- I have a little trick, if I see things in black
free diet. and white, it means I’m not meant to be
doing it — the enthusiasm isn’t there. If I see
“In January 2011, I quit sugar,” she
explained. “I have an autoimmune disease things in color, I’m reinvigorated.
and had been told for years I should
quit sugar. The idea was far too scary to IH: How do you maintain your and this keeps me on the straight and
contemplate, as it is for most people. I enthusiasm for the causes you are so narrow. I also regularly touch base with wise
then decided to experiment with the idea obviously passionate about such as people — my meditation teacher and other
and quit for two weeks. I wrote about it minimalism, thrift, wellness, nutrition and “healers,” who challenge me when I start
in the newspaper column I was writing at simple living? to get complacent or begin to grip onto life
the time. It felt so good, so right — I lost too tightly.
weight immediately and my energy, skin SW: Again, I have a tendency to care
and wellness improved so much — I just about everything I sink my teeth into. But, IH: How would you advise others
kept going and going. It’s been over five if I do feel momentum lagging, my trick is to to begin improving their lives — besides
years now. The ‘metabolic shift,’ that is, the take a step back and remind myself of why quitting sugar, of course?
switch to burning fat and protein instead I might be working on a particular project. I
of cheap shots of sugar, took about four have a little trick, if I see things in black and SW: Learn to meditate! And exercise
weeks for me. It can take some longer.” white, it means I’m not meant to be doing it every day, even if it is just a 20-minute walk.
— the enthusiasm isn’t there. If I see things The “doing it every day” bit is what counts.
In a recent interview with Inspire in color, I’m reinvigorated.
Health, Wilson shared her background, IH: Who inspires you?
her experiences and her views on IH: Were you always an energetic, SW: Some people who have lived
healthy living. enthusiastic person? big lives include Viktor Frankl, Nelson
Mandela, and every single mother out
IH: You have accomplished more in SW: My parents will certainly attest to there who has to hold down a full-time job
40 years than most people could expect my tenacity, independence and need to be at the same time.
to do in two lifetimes. What is your involved in everything. I think growing up IH: What are your goals for the future?
motivating force? in an isolated environment in the country SW: To continue to pull back from
steered my vision forever outward onto the “work” and steer my contribution to giving.
SW: My perfectionism. It’s my Achilles “excitement out there.” I think this played a To live a free life where I am not bound
heel and my driving force. Plus I find most big role in being enthusiastically curious. by expectations. I hope to be a cool
things interesting and if I find something 70-year-old woman who really doesn’t
interesting I have to understand it IH: Is there an incident in your life that give a damn.
completely. As you can see, it’s a double- influenced the philosophies you have today?
edged sword. At the age of 42, I am Crippled by chocolate
grateful for it and accept that this is how SW: I got sick about seven years ago and cravings? Try cacao nibs.
I work and it’s also how I’ve managed hit rock bottom. Like, really rock bottom. It They have zero sugar and
to have successes. I have a Dostoyevsky forced me to make a choice — do I want more than five times the
quote in front of the I Quit Sugar to exist, or live? This choice is something I fiber of regular chocolate.
Cookbook — “Each of us is responsible reflect back on often. This helps control blood
for everything and to every human being.” pressure, cholesterol and
I think I’ve lived by this all of my life. IH: Were your early business endeavors,
including making doll’s house furniture when glucose levels. They’re
IH: How do you maintain your energy? you were 12, motivated by creativity or did also full of antioxidants,
SW: I do have a tendency to burn you have a purpose-driven goal?
myself out very easily, especially having flavonoids and other
an autoimmune disease. (Wilson has SW: They were motivated by a need vitamins that help
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, a disorder to engage with the outside world. My first prevent disease.
affecting the thyroid) A morning routine business, at 12, was all about having contact
is key. I exercise outdoors — ocean with adults and people in the city.
swimming, hiking in the bushland, for
example — and I meditate in the sun. IH: How do you maintain your
These are non-negotiables for me every commitment to make life better for yourself?
day and give me a solid grounding so my
energy can be level all day. SW: I continue with my morning routine
every day. And I modulate, modulate,
modulate. I have to manage my disease
Recipes for a Clean, Healthy Life,” is a guide
to eating, feeling, and living well on a sugar- I have a little trick, if I see things in black
free diet. and white, it means I’m not meant to be
doing it — the enthusiasm isn’t there. If I see
“In January 2011, I quit sugar,” she
explained. “I have an autoimmune disease things in color, I’m reinvigorated.
and had been told for years I should
quit sugar. The idea was far too scary to IH: How do you maintain your and this keeps me on the straight and
contemplate, as it is for most people. I enthusiasm for the causes you are so narrow. I also regularly touch base with wise
then decided to experiment with the idea obviously passionate about such as people — my meditation teacher and other
and quit for two weeks. I wrote about it minimalism, thrift, wellness, nutrition and “healers,” who challenge me when I start
in the newspaper column I was writing at simple living? to get complacent or begin to grip onto life
the time. It felt so good, so right — I lost too tightly.
weight immediately and my energy, skin SW: Again, I have a tendency to care
and wellness improved so much — I just about everything I sink my teeth into. But, IH: How would you advise others
kept going and going. It’s been over five if I do feel momentum lagging, my trick is to to begin improving their lives — besides
years now. The ‘metabolic shift,’ that is, the take a step back and remind myself of why quitting sugar, of course?
switch to burning fat and protein instead I might be working on a particular project. I
of cheap shots of sugar, took about four have a little trick, if I see things in black and SW: Learn to meditate! And exercise
weeks for me. It can take some longer.” white, it means I’m not meant to be doing it every day, even if it is just a 20-minute walk.
— the enthusiasm isn’t there. If I see things The “doing it every day” bit is what counts.
In a recent interview with Inspire in color, I’m reinvigorated.
Health, Wilson shared her background, IH: Who inspires you?
her experiences and her views on IH: Were you always an energetic, SW: Some people who have lived
healthy living. enthusiastic person? big lives include Viktor Frankl, Nelson
Mandela, and every single mother out
IH: You have accomplished more in SW: My parents will certainly attest to there who has to hold down a full-time job
40 years than most people could expect my tenacity, independence and need to be at the same time.
to do in two lifetimes. What is your involved in everything. I think growing up IH: What are your goals for the future?
motivating force? in an isolated environment in the country SW: To continue to pull back from
steered my vision forever outward onto the “work” and steer my contribution to giving.
SW: My perfectionism. It’s my Achilles “excitement out there.” I think this played a To live a free life where I am not bound
heel and my driving force. Plus I find most big role in being enthusiastically curious. by expectations. I hope to be a cool
things interesting and if I find something 70-year-old woman who really doesn’t
interesting I have to understand it IH: Is there an incident in your life that give a damn.
completely. As you can see, it’s a double- influenced the philosophies you have today?
edged sword. At the age of 42, I am Crippled by chocolate
grateful for it and accept that this is how SW: I got sick about seven years ago and cravings? Try cacao nibs.
I work and it’s also how I’ve managed hit rock bottom. Like, really rock bottom. It They have zero sugar and
to have successes. I have a Dostoyevsky forced me to make a choice — do I want more than five times the
quote in front of the I Quit Sugar to exist, or live? This choice is something I fiber of regular chocolate.
Cookbook — “Each of us is responsible reflect back on often. This helps control blood
for everything and to every human being.” pressure, cholesterol and
I think I’ve lived by this all of my life. IH: Were your early business endeavors,
including making doll’s house furniture when glucose levels. They’re
IH: How do you maintain your energy? you were 12, motivated by creativity or did also full of antioxidants,
SW: I do have a tendency to burn you have a purpose-driven goal?
myself out very easily, especially having flavonoids and other
an autoimmune disease. (Wilson has SW: They were motivated by a need vitamins that help
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, a disorder to engage with the outside world. My first prevent disease.
affecting the thyroid) A morning routine business, at 12, was all about having contact
is key. I exercise outdoors — ocean with adults and people in the city.
swimming, hiking in the bushland, for
example — and I meditate in the sun. IH: How do you maintain your
These are non-negotiables for me every commitment to make life better for yourself?
day and give me a solid grounding so my
energy can be level all day. SW: I continue with my morning routine
every day. And I modulate, modulate,
modulate. I have to manage my disease
