is sugar in tea so bad?

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so here we go its January and DP has decided we both overweight. He AGAIN said if I cut out sugar in my tea it will help! Besides the fact that I said his pint every night is not loaded with sugar! He always has and still picks this argument and I say he doesn't have sugar in tea (Mr holy than thou) but he put on weight quicker than me! I really feel this is so unfair, or is he right?

well, how my sugars do you have in your tea?

I have 2 because i like it sweet but have 1 when out. I don't drink anything else so am not getting sugars from any other drinks (unless i am on a night out )

Why are you comparing it to his nightly pint? What do you have when he is having his pint? Wine? something else? maybe you could cut that out instead? Or biscuits?

tbh cutting out the sugar from your tea will do fuck all if you don't change your eating and exercise habits.

ecomouse, i like your point but when i read him the posts he said he is not saying do not have sugar in tea just that itwould be better to cut it out and asked if i could sorry for misinterpreting what he said, which i couldn't do. ended up sour evening with him saying "fine you do not trust me".

ok, so did he say it or not?

your point is valid. i have a small cup which i have two sugars in or a large cup which i have three sugars in.

when he has his pint, i drink wine and we have agreed to cut this down to once or twice a week, was almost nightly before. (I know, I know). I will not find this hard since i abstained for 9 months while pregnant but he did not, not that he had too.

I realise i need to alter my eating habits overall and have begun this today, even not having mayo on dinner tonight.

seems hard to exercise, am in every night as daughter too young to leave (2) and with her every day.

but thanks for your thoughts. am taking it on board.

You're taking the points from here on board and his comments on board, what do you think?

Easy to exercise during the day with a toddler. I do it that way

Even easier still if you have a wii fit or ipod touch/iphone - there are lots of free apps out there.

For example - when your DC is watching Waybuloo - do the yoga with them. Sounds silly but its exercise and its starting small
Sorry for being so stroppy in my previous post

Tea with sugar is vile but I did used to have 2 teaspoons per drink years ago. I cut down 1/2 a teaspoon every few months and weaned myself off. Now I can even tell if soemone has stirred a sugary tea before mine. Mind you, I drink espresso with sugar - hard core me

espresso without sugar.

Me too said. I used to have 2 large sugars in each cuppa, then I cut down and now if there was like, one granule in there I'd spit it out!

I do have a sweet tooth in general but tea and coffee just taste so much better to me without sugar.

OP, it's great that you and your DP both want to lose weight but you need to find a way of supporting each other instead of attacking each other's diets. This is the hard part of dieting - once you say to your DP 'I'm going to try to eat better' etc, then you open yourself up to him moaning every time you have a biscuit and then you think sod it, I'll just go back to normal as at least then I don't have the diet police trying to trip me up.

Talk to him about it.

mumofmonsters. I do not have a Wii or Ipod. will have to reread your post to see where you thought you were stoppy. don't worry i won't take it to heart.

cat64. great idea. was looking at this. when weather improves want to walk more. always loved walking before DD born. Thing is she not keen on pushchair so we walk slow thus defeating object, but if I went far enough she may get fed up and go in pushchair.