- Poo poo.

- Cool, I love having boys!

(upbeat music)

Sugar.

Sugar.

Everything has sugar!

^I'm Hannah.

^I'm the world's OK-est mom

and my family has a sugar problem.

Now, I feel like it's my fault

because I'm a busy working mom

and I let a lot of things slide,

and I kind of say yes a little bit too much.

So now my kids are expecting treats all the time.

And I feel like their behavior is suffering as a result.

They're not getting good sleep.

And they're throwing a lot of tantrums lately.

Now, I'm not a nutritionist, but I think we can all agree

that too much sugar is not good for you.

So I want to try something.

For one whole week, I'm gonna cut out all added sugar

from my family's diets.

Now I'm not saying we're gonna last a whole week.

I'm not saying we're gonna be okay with this.

And we might end up eating each other at the end.

But I'm gonna stay positive and see what happens.

So wish us luck!

So some ground rules for the week

because sugar is kind of a broad term.

The sugar that we were cutting out

was added, processed sugar.

We weren't cutting out fruit,

we're not cutting out fruit juice.

But anything that has sugar added to it,

or any processed sugar at all was off the table.

So I went specially grocery shopping

at the beginning of the week for this experiment.

Goodbye!

So I am pretty shaken up

over how much stuff actually has sugar in it.

I felt completely lost in that grocery store

and I was like, checking every label.

And I'd get through like 90% of the ingredients,

and then boom, at the bottom, sugar!

I was very surprised to see just how much has sugar in it

that I've thrown in my cart and not even thought about.

Like tomato sauce.

When I was looking at the different brands,

I actually found one that didn't have sugar in it.

So had I just taken the time before to check,

I wouldn't be purchasing tomato sauce

^with sugar all this time.

^He's upset 'cause he really wanted Kix cereal

and we're doing cottage cheese and fruit.

Hmm. - I do not like this.

- Well, you're eating your oranges.

I'm proud of you.

^Okay, so I totally forgot we have catered lunch today.

Nope.

Nope.

I don't know what's on this.

Nope.

This is my plate.

It looks like a rabbit's plate.

This is Allison's plate 'cause she eats meat.

(laughing)

But I literally I,

I'm like not looking forward to this.

It's like wet kale.

Getting hungry really dawned on me

that I'm gonna be doing a lot of cooking this week.

^You want dinner?

^- Sure.

- [Hannah] You wanna eat the broccoli I'm making?

- No.

- Yes!

Tonight we're gonna have some roasted broccoli

and some chicken and tri-tip for the boys.

You did pretty good!

Jackson got some broccoli, tri-tip, chicken.

Inside-out PJ shirt.

It is 8 p.m. and we are currently eating.

So in addition to changing my shopping habits,

I had to change my whole wind down, evening,

me time, relaxation habits.

I get home from work, we do dinner, get the kids in bed.

And then that's my time to shine.

And I park my butt right here on this couch,

grab a pint of ice cream, turn on my true crime shows,

and I just

slug out.

Now, I try to deny this to my kids.

I try to pretend like it doesn't happen.

But they know.

^I'm not eating sugar.

^- [Hannah] No I'm not.

^- No.

So the kids are asleep and this is typically the time

that I would raid the freezer

and get some ice cream,

or get some candy.

But I'm not gonna do that.

My body is like, come on, it's time!

But no.

So I'm gonna eat some kale snacks that my mom gave me.

^So, I made this oatmeal this morning.

^It took forever and I'm gonna throw some blackberries on it.

And that's breakfast!

I ended up having to make oatmeal from scratch

because a lot of the packaged oatmeal

and the instant oatmeal has sugar in it if it's flavored.

- The oatmeal is really good.

^- [Hannah] Oh my god, you like it?

^- Yeah!

^- Nice!

They were super excited about the oatmeal I made,

and were like, oh, it's actually good!

That's some dank oatmeal.

I probably shouldn't say dank.

Dank is done 'cause I said it.

Dank is officially over.

No one can say that anymore.

I'm sorry to the youth.

So very quickly, I realized that at work,

I needed to bring all of my own food

because I work at Tasty.

It's the most epic food channel ever

and there's always the most delicious food

just coming out of that kitchen 24/7.

It's just too tempting with all the snacks,

and all the catered lunches

and all this delicious food that's always there.

^Nick and I are having our healthy lunches.

- [Nick] Well, mine's not that healthy.

- Kind of.

I want dessert!

I didn't bring a piece of fruit.

I should have brought like a piece of fruit with me.

And I ended up starting to live vicariously

through my co-workers.

Can you just taste it and tell me how it tastes?

- Yeah.

Mm, mm.

- [Hannah] Am I missing out?

- Yeah.

- There's something really satisfying

about watching someone else enjoy food.

I'd be like all up in their mouth.

Like let me see.

It's chocolate and white chocolate and shortbread.

Is it good? - Mm.

^- All right, another morning, another breakfast grind

and lunch grind.

What do you want?

- I want a cheese quesadilla.

- Jackson has requested oatmeal,

and Wyatt has requested a quesadilla this morning.

So I'm making it because it doesn't have any sugar.

But it's really tough when they each ask

for something different.

And I have to make two breakfasts.

I'm actually feeling okay today.

My face is a little less puffy.

Usually it's really puffy when I wake up.

And I think that's partially due to the excessive amount

of ice cream I eat at night (laughs).

For me, I have a really big sweet tooth

and I realized throughout this week how much

I rely on sugar for energy throughout the day.

I am the first one home this evening.

So I'm going to go ahead and start making dinner.

Today was pretty difficult

but I feel like it's getting easier.

Although, I do have a crazy work week this week

and I have noticed that me craving sugar

has kind of clouded my ability to work a little.

'Cause I'm thinking about it a lot more

and kind of craving it.

But I have a great dinner planned tonight.

I'm making a falafel feast with this flatbread,

and hummus, and garlic spread,

and tabboleh, and tzatziki, and olives,

and it's gonna be delicious.

I'm very happy with this dinner.

The kids already ate.

I do feed them, I promise.

^Towards the end of the week, I really thought

^we had jumped over a hurdle.

Like we were on our way and doing great.

But then, I made the mistake of deviating

from my usual, special oatmeal

and I decided to make pancakes.

And I used this pancake mix that's, you know,

full of wheat flour, and protein, and no added sugar.

But then when I served 'em, I realized

I had nothing to put on top of them.

And that did not go over well.

He's crying cause I won't put syrup on his pancakes.

(crying)

I'm sorry sweetheart.

(crying)

So Matt agreed to participate in this experiment as well,

which I was really excited about

'cause we're all doing it as a family.

Obviously, we eat breakfast and dinner together

but I wanted him to suffer,

(laughs) like I was suffering.

But I don't know if I quite trust that he followed through

every day when he was gone at work.

How'd you do today?

- No added sugar.

- Oh, really? - I had a veggie burrito.

- Oh, really? - Mm-hmm.

- Hmm, really?

In his defense, I didn't make it easy for him.

Do you want ice cream?

Should we cheat?

- No. - No?

- It's been like five days.

Let's keep going.

- [Hannah] We have Magnum bars in the freezer.

- Why are you saying this?

- And just so you guys know

that I haven't edited this to make myself

look completely guilt-free

and like I did this experiment perfectly,

I have a confession.

^I messed up.

^- She cheated!

^- I messed up, I didn't mean to.

It was totally by accident.

I had a co-worker who was like, tasting all these things,

and she's like, can you taste this

and tell me if it's spicy?

And I'm like, oh, I love spicy food.

And I put it in my mouth and the second I did

I was like, ah, I can taste the sugar on it!

I just, my hands just grab food if it's offered.

And they just move right to my mouth.

My hands have a mind of their own, okay?

^Day six.

^Got my eye pads on.

For breakfast we are doing

a totally health food packed smoothie.

Oh, okay.

- Doughnuts, doughnuts!

- [Hannah] No, he's joking!

- I want doughnuts!

- Now, on the final day of this week we had an event.

My really good friend's son was turning three.

And she's having a big backyard birthday party for him.

There is nothing more tempting, sugar-wise,

^than a birthday party.

^So we're on the way to the birthday party.

^We have two arguing kids in the back.

So I'm a little nervous because they're already

in kind of gnarly moods and they haven't napped today.

How do you think we're gonna do

at this birthday party with no sugar?

- Oh yeah.

To be continued on that.

- So far, so good.

There's a bounce house.

- There he is.

- So, so far, so good.

At the end of the party, we were doing so well.