To wonder how the UPF quitters are now?

[MyDogsPaws]

I remember when the upf book came out last year loads and loads do people (me included) went crazy removing UPF from their diets, there were countless threads about it on here.

I have been making better choices some of the time but overall still struggling with sugar craving and binge eating. So still overweight and struggling with pain issues, I also feel like I always feel just as tired and awful no matter how healthily I eat but I struggle to be strict with my diet.

I would love to know if anyone managed to stick to a low/no UPF diet and if you have seen any major changes to your health or general well-being/ tiredness health conditions etc. of if anyone has made any other dietary changes that have had a big impact what were they?

I've given up upf completely since beginning of 2023. Lost 3 and a half stone, look and feel much healthier. I'm also much less anxious than I was.

Things I used to eat all the time are now just not food.

If you’re suffering to the extent that you are I think you’d see improvements without doing anything too extreme and just making wiser choices……make your own pasta / curry sauces etc instead of ready made, brown rice instead of white, good quality whole grain bread, decent breakfast cereals or oats, swap sugary snacks for fruit, make sure there’s a couple of portions of veg or salad in your lunch and dinner, Greek yogurt instead of low fat or flavoured ones, ditch fizzy drinks, drink more water, ditch takeaways for fakeaways etc……

What homemade snacks do you make please? I've got a very fussy 2YO who I'd like to start eating a bit better!

Ive been pretty good but now Ive been spurred on again by watching the Christmas lectures!