Tomorrow I quit sugar

[OuchBollocks]

I am OuchBollocks and I am a sugar addict. Not for me one square a day or a frozen curly wurly to take the edge off, no. I have it, I eat it, I want it more.

Last year I quit sugar for New Year, and stayed off minus one or two teeny slips until I got pregnant with DS, then being off alcohol and caffeine combined with the summer heat made the lure of a cold Fanta too hard to resist. Then I broke my leg and was bed bound and in pain and people brought chocolate to the hospital, and the meals all came with dessert, and then I had DS and more chocolate, then Easter and more chocolate, and although I've managed to drop a dress size so far with the 5:2 diet I need to jack in the white stuff. I am going to Ibiza in September '18 and I want to feel confident.

God help me,it's going to be hard. The rules are:
No sweet drinks, including artificial sweeteners
No chocolate, sweets, icecream, cake, sorbets, pastries, jam, marmalade etc etc
No crisps
Read labels of sauces carefully to check sugar levels.

I will update this thread for my own personal records. I am going to kiss sugar goodbye with the slice of cheesecake that is waiting for me after dinner. Goodbye sugar, it's been fun :(

taggy

honey you're having a truly shite time. Do try to give yourself a break, and maybe buy some mini cheeses and cool bag to have handy?

Oh honey. That sounds tough. My GM died about 20 years ago and it was v tough on my mum as she was ill for a long time (on palliative for 2 years+) and incredibly angry about dying - can't say I blame her but tough on her carers. However, she was also in denial about it which affected her treatment plan, and therefore in a lot of pain that made her grumpy. DM would drive the 400 mile round trip every other weekend on top of working FT to stay with her and got very little thanks for it. Caring for elderly relatives is not an easy thing, so be kind to yourself.

Day 17: The low-sugar train rumbles on. Still no fizzy drinks, sweets, fruit juice, dried fruit, biscuits or cake. One small chocolate is the only chocolate so far, three desserts on various occasions (but all were small portions).

Need to keep going, want to give it a full month to really assess any change. I think I've lost a little bit of weight, mood and energy levels are improved, hopefully I'm not imagining it! No massive cravings for sugar, though clearing my cupboards before I began has saved me from temptation which may have otherwise beaten me. Two more weeks to go!!

Keep on pushing on taggy, your teeth and pancreas will thank you for it.

Also keeping going but feel myself wilting in the face of impending Christmas .

Dig in johnny! What are your biggest weaknesses? Luckily for me i genuinely think that mince pies are fucking rank

What are your biggest weaknesses?

Honestly? Moderation and discipline. I just get no joy from it whatsoever. This time of year I just want to drink all the wine and eat all the food. Big weekend coming up- party Saturday night and pre-Christmas lunch with friends on Sunday and I know it's going to be large.

I think it's just my personality. Whatever I do, I give it 100%, including massive blowouts.

Today

B: 2 cups of tea, protein shake
S: latte
L: 2 babybel, veg sticks and humous, fresh pineapple
S: small bag almonds, 3 Go ahead biscuits, glass water x 2.
D: lasagna and salad, glass wine, cup of tea

I'm the same johnny - it's all or nothing with me. If I allow myself a chocolate biscuit with my coffee I'll have six. Or if I have some ice cream I'll finish the tub. That's why I have to cut things out completely, I'm not good at moderation.

Nor me. Can't do it. johnny have you thought about 5:2? But just because you're off sugar doesn't mean you can't have a blow out. Or pick a few days when there are no rules but stick to it the other days. I will be having dessert and maybe a chocolate biscuit on Christmas day :)

One of the 'rules' in the book Sweet Poison is that party food is for parties. It means that it's not wrong to have a slice of cake or some dessert when it is a special occasion, as long as you're not having it every day. I like it, as it means you can have a treat without feeling guilty. So at Christmas I will not be worrying too much about having sugar, but only for a day or two.

I know this thread is breathing its last at the minute, but I'm going to keep posting as it helps me remain focused and motivated. So my confession is that I had mango chicken for dinner earlier, which is not great, but my boast is that I stood at a dessert table with 10 desserts on it and helped serve other people but didn't take any for myself! I did have an After Eight with my coffee though.

No... it's not breathing its last, it's just sleeping

Anyway, I'm out of my funk a bit now. Had a chat with my PT and he suggested focusing on positive habits so I'm doing a 30 day vegetable habit from today. I pretty much do eat 5 portions of veg a day anyway, but will be nice to tick it all off.

Ouch good suggestion but there is no way I could do 5:2. I wouldn't be able to sleep. 16:8 is a possibility though.

I started reading Sweet Poison then fell asleep after 5 pages and forgot all about it will try again tonight.

I have great veg days then I have days like yesterday where the only veg I consumed was a tiny bit of salad in a pre packed sandwich must try harder.

Six more days and then I've been low-sugar for a month! Going to weigh/measure myself then and see if I've lost weight/inches. Need to keep motivated this week, don't want to slip back after doing well for so long!

Haven't had any fizzy drinks, fruit juice, sweets, cereal (except Weetabix), cookies, cakes or biscuits, only had two small chocolates, had dessert a couple of times but small portions, very small amount of dried fruit in a salad once, no alcohol...

That's brilliant taggy, how are you feeling?

Good job taggy. I had a pretty full on weekend as predicted, failed the first two days of my vegetable challenge, but not abysmal on the sugar front unless you count alcohol. Had Christmas pudding and pavlova but small portion of each. Gave the cheese board my full attention though.

Weirdly, today I was craving really healthy food. Ate a tonne of veg for both lunch and dinner.

I feel like I've lost weight - clothes are slightly looser which is a good sign, but am not going to weigh myself until I've done the full month. Haven't had as much craving for sweet stuff, but do have moments when I'd love to get stuck into a tub of Ben and Jerrys. I'd love to keep this going for longer but will need to find motivation to not slip in a moment of weakness.

Great stuff. Yeah, I think the people that say the cravings totally stop if they quit sugar are either liars or very lucky, or they do it so strictly that I would never actually last long enough to get to that stage.

Two pretty good days for me. Tonnes of vegetables and protein and no refined sugar. Go me!

Honestly other than a seasonal hankering for a hot chocolate I really truly don't fancy overly sugary things anymore. I can decline sweets and chocolates etc without a second thought or a pang.

Mine comes and goes but I think it’s more about what it represents than wanting it per se. I want some Roses chocolates because it reminds me of Christmas, not because I actually like them that much.

Ok, tomorrow marks one month of being low sugar! I'm going to weigh and measure myself to see if it has had much impact on my weight and size. I feel like it has (and that it should have had when I think about how much rubbish I was eating beforehand!!)

I would like to keep this up, so please share any encouragement so that if I haven't lost much weight I'll still be motivated to keep going!

I'm sure you will have Taggy. And think of how much better your organs will be without all that sugar.

Sugar is the enemy really. Your teeth and pancreas would tell you so. Keep on with it. Honestly it become so easy if you persist.

How are you all getting on yourselves?

I am fine with it. I rarely slip. I find that my moods are.much more stable ie my PMT is a lot less than it used to be. I don't crave chocolate or cake any more.