I Quit Sugar - anyone up for this?

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I tried quitting sugar during January and it was really good - I lost a few pounds, ate really well, felt very good (after initial detox )

I need to do it again but it would be really good to have a bit of support

Any takers?

Has everyone given up.

Please don't. Scientists have discovered that theres quite a link between diabetes and Alzheimer's both of which are on the increase.

If you've had no one in your family with Alzheimer's....it's just horrible.

My mum,my aunts and their mother/ my grandmother all have / had it.

It's such a terrible tragedy and waste.

I'm doing everything in my power to keep myself as healthy as possible by keeping weight down, avoiding sugary snacks , eating a good diet.

If it means avoiding sugar, I will.

Not given up, only just joining in. Hello all I have only just found this thread.
I have been sugarless for a whole ten days and feel FAB, so need the thread to keep me motivated.
Went to a crafty event on Saturday where there was LOADS of cake (cake and craft seem to go together all the time). Not only did I not eat any , but I wasn't even tempted. Isn't the body clever?
Not noticed any change in shape yet, and I don't weigh myself, so am waiting for jeans to get baggier.
This is the future...please make me stick to it

I'm on this again , started( again ) today after making a start in May , and managing about 2 weeks
However , I want that healthy glow again
I felt healthier
I can't cut out fruit , but will cut out sugar .
I will
Day 1 done .

Hi, may I join you? I also love baking and it's the only kind of cooking I'm really good at. But Mary Berry notwithstanding, it makes you fat.

I just returned from a week in the US for a family wedding. I ate approximately 3, 500 chocolate chip cookies.

Let's see if I can do even one day.

Wow...we are on again!

Welcome ladies. Don't know if you've rtft but I managed 3 months over the summer in readiness for my wedding in mid sept.

So, I'm still off the wagon. Ate a disgusting amount of gluten free birthday cake at granddaughters party yesterday so it's back to day 1 and that's hard.

It does get easier. Well done on your ten days. Once I get today and tomorrow out of the way hopefully should be ok.

I did not have any more food after that ,as punishment.

So. 1 organic omelette with onion for breakfast and green soup with ham for lunch and a few crisps.

That's it till dinner!

Let's encourage one another. I was 10-5 when I left for my wedding. Been home two weeks and haven't been on the scales and not going too till I'm nearer my break away later this month.

Thanks for the welcome, Dowser.
I am still going strong, despite delicious fruitcake being wafted at me at college this morning.
Am managing as well NOT to be a bore about it to anyone else - just politely decline. This is AMAZING as I twiffle on about every other detail of my life quite happily.
So glad to be here amongst like minded folks who are vaguely interested that I managed to put a bar of Lindt into an envelope for DD at uni and had no desire at all to nibble it and not send it to her.
Best pal told me I looked thinner (but she is VERY lovely, and might just be being kind)

Had a colossal fail yesterday , went out for lunch , and like a fool ordered a posh lemonade
It was lovely , but it had raw organic sugar in it :(

Moving on ....
Had fruit for breakfast ,
Avocado & feta salad for lunch , with just olive oil dressing and salmon planned for dinner

I'm going on holiday in January , ( first holiday without the DC ) and I don't want to bring my muffin top with me

I realise fruit isn't technically allowed , but since starting to eat a bowl ( or glass of fresh juice ) of fruit for breakfast I feel so much better

I am not avoiding fruit, just sugar, syrup, honey etc.
I am planning to do this foreverandeverandeverandever, not just until I lose some weight. I like fruit. Not huge amounts, but a little bit each day.

I have an apple a day. Pectin very good for the innards.

So far going well.

I think if you get a good few days/ weeks out of the way you can then take an objective view of sugar.

Seeing it as something you can control rather than it controlling you.

Even though I keep falling off the wagon I'm having nowhere near the sugar I used to have.

Hello

I've been reading thorough the thread and think i'd like to join. My daily intake of sugar is horrendous, I don't want to lose weight as my bmi already puts me underweight but I really need to kick the white stuff. So i'm probably not going to be as hard core as some of you!

My goal is to kick: sugary drinks, adding sugar to food, chocolate/sweets.

In a day I probably drink four cups of tea with 3 heaped sugars in each, 3 cans of coke/sprite, a costa with 4 sachets of white sugar and then chocolate at night.

I know that I fill up in the day with sugary drinks and don't eat properly so that is contributing to being underweight. At the moment I am waking up with a headache nearly every morning, really dehydrated through the night and suddenly feel like vomiting quite often (maybe 2/3 times a week).

So my plan is to cut all sugary drinks for a week. I can't start today as i've already had two cups of tea but won't take any more today. I've just chucked the sugar in the bin as i'm the only one who uses it anyway.

After this week I will revisit and see what else I can cut.

Feeling quite nervous but its only 7 days!

I'm quite worried about losing more weight as I really look quite scrawny as it is. I'm going to make an effort to eat more and try to remember to eat throughout the day. I've got a holiday at the end of the month and don't feel comfortable with how I am at the moment.

Oh Panatone my heart goes out to you. That is an awful lot of sugar as you know and white refined sugar is the worst stuff.

Can you start by having a protein breakfast. My doctor told me that when I craved sugar to eat some protein. I have a 2 organic egg omelette with onion . Then have some cooked chicken with some salad / steamed veg and a bit of carb for lunch and a protein, veg and small carb supper.

Removing all that sugar from your diet I think means you need to replace it with some good quality , nutrition. I think you might have big sugar cravings as your body tries to get back it's fix.

Sugar is very much like an addictive drug . Hopefully it won't be as tough as I think it might be but if you feel unwell, shaky etc have a drink of water and try to eat something nutritious.

Keep posting. I've gone back to my jewelelry making to help me not to think about eating chocolate.

Here's an article that might explain it better than me Panatone

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3272903/Yearning-chocolate-desperate-carbs-Experts-reveal-food-desires-REALLY-mean-healthy-swaps-satisfy-them.html

I get daily emails from dr Marilyn Glenville who seems to know her stuff

This is today's

Apples

We’re still getting great apples in the UK this season and they come with a large array ofhealth benefits. Fibre-rich apples will support your digestive system: insoluble fibre will feedthe beneficial bacteria in your gut and their soluble fibre content will help to lower “bad” LDLcholesterol. Apples are also rich in vitamin C and polyphenols, powerful anti-oxidants thatcan reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Have an apple with nut butter for a satisfying mid-afternoon snack. Make a delicious healthydesert of a baked eating apple stuffed with nuts, orange zest, cinnamon and a little drizzle ofmaple syrup for sweetness (if needed

Thanks for that Dowser, thats really helpful.

Re breakfast/lunch etc I don't even eat until about 3pm at the moment so I'm going to have to rejig everything.

I do like water so i'm going to swap the coke/sprite for water and the tea/costa I will keep but just with no sugar

The chocolate at night will be fine because I prefer savoury snacks anyway.

Try some fruit infusions for a change and a bit more taste. Twinings do some nice ones. If you keep swapping things around earl grey with a slice of lemon, a fruit tea next time , maybe a peppermint tea another....after awhile you might actually prefer unsweetened drinks. You can make a strong fruit tea and pop in the fridge and drink that Instead of just water. Husband and I have stainless steel drinking bottles so you don't get any of that nasty plastic ( one green bottle company) and we just top them up all day.

If you haven't been eating till 3 pm I can understand why your body has been trying to get some calories from wherever it was able. Please don't take this the wrong way but it sounds like you're malnourished. I'm only saying this because it sounds like you are concerned but you are right, rather than giving it the sugary, fatty stuff it craves if you feed it right you should heal quickly and actually put a little flesh on your bones.

Husband makes green soup. Loads of green veggies in a pan . When cooked liquidises them and stores them in plastic pots in the fridge . When we are ready to have some he takes out a pot, adds a pot of cooked pease pudding which is just puréed lentils and some ham...lovely and full of goodness. Once the green base is prepared it takes about 5-10 mins to warm it up and add the rest. You could take it in a flask to work. Some good bread unless you are wheat intolerant although you might tolerate spelt bread. Sainsburys does a really gorgeous one. Spelt is an ancient grain that hasn't been messed about with like traditional wheat and if not eaten toomuch some gluten intolerant people can manage it now and then.

Then evening meal just some good protein , veg and carb.

You can do this. Good health is just round the corner.

No you are right, I do feel malnourished (and I look it). DD is only 7 months and still fully breastfed which isn't helping with the weight either.

That soup actually sounds really good. I could do some for DP to take to work too. I read another tip somewhere else about quitting coke, if you really really want one then promise yourself you'll have a glass of water and wait 10 minutes first. I've done that before and it does work.

Just had a small tuna sandwich and a banana which is a start!

Excellent. baby steps. You poor thing. My daughter breasted all her babies until they were about three years old and she got through a staggering amount of food and regained her figure quite quickly.

When I had my third baby I was under so much pressure as he was born with problems that resulted in lots of clinics and operations in his first 18 months. I seemed to get him to that stage and because I had neglected myself by not eating properly and with all the worry and stress I came down with pneumonia and was seriously ill . I was in hospital for two weeks ,so I know firsthand just how Important it is to nourish yourself ( and to get adequate rest....not easy with a small baby)

You sound worn out but you've made a start and you have time to build a healthier body before winter kicks in.

Keep posting ;-)

pantone Hallo
I can remember my Mum reading a book in about the 1970s , called Pure White and Deadly , by professor John Yudkin ( I think ) might be worth googling
I'm on the fruit for breakfast , but agree withe Dowser you might be best with some protein
Also , be careful about cutting everything sugar out too quickly , I cut out caffeine once and had such a bad headache I could hardly move ( until I had a coffee )
Be kind to yourself

I'm doing well , feel a bit tired today , but have been busy ,
Fruit for b/fast
Avocado and grilled bacon salad for lunch
Pulled pork , broccoli and potato for dinner
and Sauvi B as its thirsty Thursday

I am finding full fat bio Greek yoghurt an absolute godsend. It feels utterly luxurious, fills me up, tastes delicious and settles my grumbly stomach. Yeo!!!

I am so SO so thirsty. Even water isn't helping. No headache yet, DP just made me a raspberry leaf tea.

EEkk nervous for tomorrow morning, I can't function without my morning tea/sugar.

Thanks for all the advice

Oh, Pan this is just your body getting back to normal after having been completely overloaded with sugar. Have you managed a whole day with no sugar, that is a huge deal! Tomorrow will be better.

PS, love your colour, one of my favourites, along with 2235 :)

Well that's two days no sugar under the belt so things should get easier now.

Actually it hasn't been that difficult.

Hope you are doing well Pan. Plenty of nutritious food in you girl ;-)

DH made a lovely mincey curry last night with wholegrain rice. I wish he wouldn't give me as much as him because I eat it all. We carved up a lamb joint between the two of us the night before and a whole chicken the night before that.

We are just pigs ;-)

No sugar yet, vague headache but I have one most mornings anyway.

I had tea this morning with no sugar which wasn't too bad. Omelette for breakfast which made me feel really sick. I'm surprised at how hungry I am.

That's good. Hunger is good. Your body is telling you you need nutrition. Listen to it and feed it when it wants feeding because it has to feed two people.

Maybe the excess sugar masked feelings of real hunger.

My doctor told me it takes five days to get any substance out of your body...so just a few more to go.

Here's some info from Marks Daily Apple.

That's good. Hunger is good. Your body is telling you you need nutrition. Listen to it and feed it when it wants feeding because it has to feed two people.

Maybe the excess sugar masked feelings of real hunger.

My doctor told me it takes five days to get any substance out of your body...so just a few more to go.

Here's some info from Marks Daily Apple.

How could I possibly talk sugar without the warning? If you’ve spent any time around MDA, you likely know the drill. Despite its beloved place (not to mention omnipresence) in our culinary culture, sugar offers the following gifts that keep on giving:

Sugar stimulates a physiological stressor-reaction cascade that provokes adrenaline and cortisol release and thickens the blood.
Sugar effectively disables your immune system by impairing white blood cells’ functioning.
Sugar decreases your body’s production of leptin, a hormone critical for appetite regulation.
Sugar induces significant oxidative stress in the body.
Sugar appears to fuel cancer cells. (Check out Free the Animal for much more on the cancer connection.)
Sugar promotes fat storage and weight gain.
Sugar disrupts the effective transfer of amino acids to muscle tissue.
Sugar intake over time spurs insulin resistance, subsequent Type II diabetes and the entire host of related health issues like nerve damage and cardiovascular disease.
Yes, sugar is one insanely powerful drug. Addictive, to boot.

Read more: www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-sugar/#ixzz3oixdonbH