A 30-day plan to remove added sugar from foods and drinks while keeping whole foods and eating enough. Each week builds from simple repeated meals toward label reading, eating out, and deciding what to continue after day 30.
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For 30 days, you will skip added sugar while keeping satisfying whole foods and simple meals in place.
Four Week Plan
Move through each stage while keeping the same sweetener policy and three core rules.
Removal
Days 1-7 · Week 1
Stabilization
Days 8-14 · Week 2
Confidence
Days 15-21 · Week 3
Sustainability
Days 22-30 · Week 4
Follow The Method
Set your policy before day 1, then use these rules throughout the challenge.
Set Sweetener Policy
Choose honey and maple syrup, non-nutritive sweeteners, or neither, then write down one policy for all 30 days.
Know Added Sugar
Avoid sugar added by a manufacturer or cook, while keeping the natural sugar in fruit, plain milk, and plain yogurt.
Read Added Sugars
Check the added sugars line rather than total sugars, especially on sauces, dressings, breads, and drinks.
Eat Enough Food
Build adequate meals because under-eating can turn a craving into a binge.
Welcome Repetition
Keep week 1 deliberately simple and repeat familiar meals freely.
Weekly Rules
Each week adds one practical step without abandoning what already works.
Repeat Three Meals
In week 1, cook three familiar meals and use them often.
Keep Emergency Snack
In week 2, stock boiled eggs or roasted chickpeas and eat the snack before deciding about a craving.
Choose Order Early
In week 3, read the menu beforehand and select your restaurant order before sitting down.
Plan Month Two
In week 4, write down three meals you will continue cooking next month.
Foods To Change
Remove the obvious sources first, then watch for the less visible ones that return during busy days and meals out.
Start With Drinks
Remove soda, sweetened coffee and tea, then keep flavored creamers and sweetened plant milks out.
Skip Sweet Snacks
Leave out pastries, cookies, candy, sweetened yogurt, sugary cereal, granola bars, and protein bars with added sugar.
Check Condiments
Avoid barbecue sauce, ketchup, bottled dressings, glazes, teriyaki, sweet chili sauce, and honey mustard when they contain added sugar.
Keep Whole Foods
Use eggs, plain yogurt, oats, fruit, nuts, proteins, beans, greens, rice, potatoes, vegetables, cheese, hummus, and simple seasonings.
Order Simple Plates
At restaurants, choose grilled or roasted protein, a plain starch, and a vegetable with sauce on the side.
Choose Future Foods
During week 4, intentionally select one or two added-sugar foods you may keep after day 30.
Simple Sugar Swaps
Keep the familiar occasion while changing what you eat or drink.
Handle A Craving
Work down this list in order when a craving arrives.
Wait Fifteen Minutes
Delay the decision and eat a real snack first.
Choose Protein First
Have Greek yogurt, eggs, tuna, nuts, or cheese.
Change Your Setting
Leave the kitchen, step outside, or refill your water.
Break Evening Pattern
Try tea, a shower, a 10-minute walk, or brushing your teeth.
Use Emergency Snack
Reach for the same planned emergency snack each time.
Keep Moving Forward
A difficult moment does not erase the work you have already done.
Continue Next Meal
After a slip, make your next meal fit the plan and carry on without restarting the month.
Let Day Count
One dessert or one hard afternoon does not cancel the day.
After Day 30
Added sugar guideAbout 10% of calories or less
2,000-calorie exampleRoughly 50 grams daily
Check Before Starting
Seek Clinical Guidance
This is not medical advice, so speak with a qualified health professional or dietitian first if you have diabetes, take glucose-lowering medication, or follow a clinical meal plan.
Shopping list
Produce
berries7 cups
apples7
banana4
fruit16 cups
cucumbers15
pre-washed greens2 large bags
green vegetables7 servings
broccoli3 heads
potatoes11 lb
garlic2 bulbs
lemons11
Protein
chicken12 lb
tuna7 cans
beef or tofu3.5 lb
fish3.5 lb
eggs28
Dairy
plain Greek yogurt7 cups
plain yogurt7 cups
milk4 cups
cheese14 oz
Frozen
frozen vegetables14 bags
Pantry
oats11 cups
chia seeds7 tbsp
rice14 cups dry
beans7 cans
hummus14 oz
almonds7 oz
olive oil3 cups
vinegar7 tbsp
soy sauce with no added sugar7 tbsp
cinnamon3 tbsp
spices
Other
sparkling water7 cans
How BodyBuddy works
1Start the plan.
2BodyBuddy texts you every day to keep you on track.