Sugar Addicts' Recovery Plan

[BerylsDailyKumquat]

Has anyone else read and followed Your Last Diet - Recovery Programme for Sugar Addicts? I'm just reading it now, and have started the first 2 steps of the plan. Obviously I'm not going to attempt to give up sugar at Christmas, but the early steps don't require you to be too drastic, so I'm reading the book and making a start.

It seems very do-able, and as I've decided I need to drastically reduce my sugar habit, it seems like a good place to start. Then I will move onto the next step after Christmas is done and dusted.

I thought I'd post my progress here to keep me on track. Any other sugar addicts out there??

Hey Beryl, yeah I wondered about combining the two. Need to consider it a bit more and talk to DH because was going to do SW with him. Pretty sure he isn't sugar sensitive.

If I do go with PNP I'll start from the start with breakfast. Also as I'm BF I would add some snacks as she recommends that.

How long do / did / will people spend on each stage of PNP?

Hello I've just ordered the book should be here on Tuesday . I lost 3 3/4 st on SW a couple of years ago but the weight is just creeping back on purely down to my biscuit scoffing. I'm looking for a eating plan I can integrate into the rest of my life so this may be the way forward .

In the book she says to stay with a step until you're comfortably doing it every day, so however long that takes.

Had a bit of a wobble yesterday - I started thinking about leaping straight into a sugar detox (spurred on by the other sugar thread on here and also a book I'm reading which suggests a 21 day total sugar detox). But even the thought of it made me feel panicky and after not needing any sugar all day I finished off a box of mint Matchmakers!! The gradual approach is definitely the way for me

Hope you find the book useful Hedgepig, I'm sure you will. I've noticed that she's swapped the steps round a bit in her later book I was reading (Your Last Diet), so I've got my copy of PNP back out and am going to stick with that. It has more emphasis on getting balanced, rather than weight loss, and so is more relevant to me.

So according to PNP, I'm on step 3 - which is 3 meals a day at regular intervals (along with completing a food journal and taking daily vitamins). I've had porridge and fruit this morning, and am planning a tuna and salad sandwich for lunch. I'm already feeling happier and more positive after just a couple of days of regular meals.

Have just been looking at the Radiant Recovery Facebook page & someone asked how long each step should take. She answered that Step 1 maybe a month, Step 2 is on-going, and Step 3 usually about 6 months!

Hi kumquat just back to your thread and realise my first post came over as a bit bossy. I was using my phone and rushing, so it was a bit terse.
I had said about going slowly on the steps because she used to say that breakfast was the foundation of the plan, which I found to be true as it took me 3 attempts to get it right. It was only the on the third try, when I was eating breakfast with enough protein every single day that everything else started to come together on the plan.
It took me about two months to get there, but I knew I'd done it when my protein breakfast was as natural a habit as brushing my teeth.

Anyway, just wanted to wish you luck. This is a great plan for those who've already tried and failed to go cold turkey, especially becauase the books explain WHY it's so hard for some people. I'm glad you're already feeling better. I can honestly say that the PNP book changed my life.

I ate one of those nice Lindt Chocolate Santas yesterday. Actually, it tasted a bit off. Anyway, today I 'needed' those chocolate eclairs from Sainsbury's only £1. To eat sugar is to be enslaved to sugar. It's like that quote about alcohol 'First you take a drink, then the drink takes you.'

Thanks Peeksa I think it's really all too easy to try and rush the steps, and the temptation is there to just launch into trying cold turkey, but I know that wouldn't work for me. Good to hear from someone who has completed the steps successfully.

ProfessorDent I know what you mean, the more I have, the more I want. I'm a bit like that with wine too, I can quite happily go all week without even wanting a drink, but if I have one on a friday night, I want one the next night too.

That's it, mind you I have started to think it's not so much the alcohol in wine that draws you back, but the sugar. BTW I think that is why a good red is better than white, as they say it has healthier properties, not so sugary.

Interestingly I can't stand red wine, and only ever drink sweet white wine or sugary cocktails (and very occasionally cider) so I'm clearly drawn to the sweet drinks. I've decided to give up drinking at least for January anyway, maybe longer-term. It's the drinking at home I really want to stop - I have 1 or 2 large glasses on a Friday and Saturday, and sometimes a glass midweek too. I don't have nights out all that often, so if I give up the wine at home I'd have a couple of drinks on my occasional nights out instead.

I've also had no added sugar or sugary foods since NYE, I'm giving sugar-free a go, but still eating carbs and fruit. I'm concentrating on eating good, healthy meals and cutting out all snacks on sweet stuff. Feeling fine so far, didn't want any yesterday, hoping my newfound resolve remains...

I ordered a copy of The Sweet Poison Quit Plan ages ago and it finally arrived today, so I'm looking forward to having a read of that later too.

Any other sugar giver-uppers out there..??!

Oh I've re-discovered the other sugar thread now!

I've also given up my daily glass of Pepsi Max too, I think it'll be better to cut out all very sweet flavours, and I know it's full of horrible stuff anyway. I've been wanting to cut it out for a while.

I have found that lush scrambled eggs (made with cream and butter, 2 eggs) and smoked salmon for brekkie can see you through the day very well, it's all high protein, no sugar and the fat is healthy and satisfying, it's not just for Christmas, I'd say...

Hello all - how are you getting on?

I love scrambled eggs for breakfast Professor but couldn't eat salmon in the am!

I am ok with step one, but feeling demotivated by the slow approach overall. Am wondering whether to start journaling rather than wait a month. I have always eaten breakfast and often with protein so think it'll be fine.

Rollermum, if you want to start journaling, give it a go. I first discovered this over 10 years ago. Back then journaling WAS the first step. It was changed to Step 2 simply because she found that until people had a good strong breakfast in place they were struggling with journaling.

Thanks Peekska. I will. I've been putting it off partly because I'm not sure I'm getting enough protein but I think it would help with that.

Did you find journaling helpful, and do you still do it?

Well, predictably, I failed dismally at my cold turkey approach - I really don't know why I do it to myself! So as of tomorrow I'm re-starting Step 1 with a good protein rich breakfast.

Rollermum I'm going to continue with my journal at the same time as starting Step 1, I can't see how it can hurt. I'm still booze-free though, and haven't missed the wine at all, so that's a positive.