Anyone watching Dispatches...all about sugar addiction?

[JakeBullet]

Really shocking and interesting at the same time.

We are on a real sugar decrease in my home.....and even better there has not been a word of complaint so far from DS.

Shocking how much sugar is in everyday foods though.

I am! Hi Jake we met on Bootcamp last year.

It is so shocking isn't it. I love Robert Lustig. If you haven't already watched it, I really recommend his youtube lecture "Sugar, the bitter truth". It's long and horrifying.

Thanks to the lovely BIWI I eat so sooo much less sugar/carbs these days.

I am presuming through the programme that they are referring to extrinsic (added) sugars, not intrinsic sugars?

I can't help wondering what exactly my %ages are!

It is shocking....and yes a big hello again .

I fell off the wagon in a spectacular fashion and am not Bootcamping but shhh.....don't tell BIWI .

I have however lost 8lbs by decreasing the carbs to a manageable and sustainable level. Hoping to take it down further once I have adjusted.

Oh don't get me wrong, after 2 months bootcamping (just about!) I wandered off into a pile of cake and gorged on it for about 4 months at Every Single Opportunity. Like a compulsion. Then I came to my senses and am now fairly low sugar, and reduced carbs. But pulses are back, oh yes! I am not willing to live without dahl and bean chillis etc and frankly I think they are a pretty innocuous carb as carbs go. It's the wheat & sugar I really make an effort to avoid. And eggs have firmly replaced porridge at breakfast.

Congratulations on your 8lbs down. I know what you mean, sustainable is the most important thing. If you feel deprived it will all go tits up.

I had to make my own rules otherwise I got petulant and "who the feck is telling me not to have a doughnut!" now, I am telling me, and hence I listen