Sugar - possibly the easiest thing to cut back on for weight loss!
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »
They're not all 200 calorie treats. But that doesn't matter. It's the process of How On Earth we are supposed to work these things into our diets that I was curious about.
Like, how to fit 300 treats into a year's worth of consumption? It's pretty easy to do that, considering not all "treats" will actually be that high in calories. e.g. you can eat half a Mars bar for idk 150 calories or less? I forget what it logged as in my example above. Or you can even make your own version of things; I made protein PB cookies and for the whole recipe I think I was able to eat like... 6 cookies and it was less than 200 calories lol. If you wanted to eat 300 200-calorie treats in a year, that's 60,000 calories in 365 days, or about 164 calories per day averaged out. So.... log the food you want, eat it, and then eat other food without going over your intake needs every time. Going to maintenance or above sometimes is fine, and pretty much no one maintains on 1200 calories, so it's not likely to be an issue for most to accomplish this if they'd like to eat 15g of skittles.Lol she wanted her to explain a point ana said when ana never said anything close to that.
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Can you tell me what point i was supposed to explain? because honestly, I don't want to wade through 6 pages to find wherever her random question was, since I Have no idea which question she's referring to now or when it was asked. I don't see what's so hard about restating a specific query when someone asks either. That'd be like if you're in class and you had this exchange:
You: "hey prof, can you explain what we were talking about 30 minutes ago in lecture?"
Prof: "Sure Stacy, could you specify the topic you were wanting clarification on?"
You: ".... No, because we already talked about it 30 minutes ago. Just go back into your lecture notes and figure out which slide would have been discussed 30 minutes ago and then explain it to me."
Prof: "Why not just specify which slide and specify your question?"
You: "Pft, I give up, you're clearly just not going to answer my question because it totally doesn't pertain to you like omg"
I think what she wants is for you to explain the 300 treats thing you made up and said you said. Her debating style has no sense.
I think have this correct, for a yearly thing:
-Count the number of treats we have eliminated
-Figure out the total calories of said treats
-Divide the calories by 365 (or 366 in a leap year)
-eat that number of calories of one of those treats per day
In that way, we can diet for a year and not eliminate anything,
It would be very difficult on McDonald's Shake Day. Also Edwards Frozen Pie Days. And Dairy Queen blizzard day. Heck, it would be very hard on many days.
It would also be a little expensive, buying the 300 (in our example) treats and only eating 164 calories of each. Since we didn't establish whether it was feasible, we must assume that money isn't an issue. (Even at a low estimate of $2 each, that's a good chunk of change on food we won't be eating.)
I'm not sure that backing out 164 calories will leave room for meeting the macros, but if you say it can be done, then I'll have to agree to it.
For me, personally, it will probably be easier to just eliminate some treats and have others in moderation (which will be on special occasions, but is "in moderation" and not to be confused with saving them for special occasions.)
I am very glad to hear that you've been able to eliminate gluten products without gaining weight. Next time someone suggests that eliminating food will lead to some kind of inevitable binge and consequent weight gain, you can tell them how you've been able to do it.
Well played.
It would be well-played if the reason for eliminating of a food item was for the same purpose. Since my elimination of gluten had nothing to do with weight management and does not pose the same psychological constraints as does eliminating pomegranates or chocolate bars or eggs (all things I love, none of which give me very bad physical discomfort), these two are not comparable circumstances.
Based on your response, would you consider the removal of "fast food," ice cream, and candy (for instance) from one's diet a valid method of weight loss, for an individual who does not "love" said foods?
If they do not love/like the food in the first place, they wouldn't be eating them. So this is not something they are eliminating because they aren't eating it in the first place.
I have never had an urge to eat at like... Taco Time or something. Me not eating there =/= me eliminating it from my diet if it's not something that I regularly consumed.
Lookie there, we agree on something. I GAVE UP candy, donuts, pastries etc. etc. etc. about 14 years ago. After a couple of weeks I didn't crave them. Now I actually don't like them. At ALL. So, yeah, it's not really eliminating those at all.
lol
Except you did eliminate them, 14 years ago. So at that point it was elimination. Our tastes change, so if after 14 years you've now consumed donuts, candy, pastries etc and you had to spit them all out because they were gross, then you are correct that you are not currently eliminating it because you do not enjoy it. HOwever, if you consumed all of these today and you enjoyed the taste, then that is eliminating them from your diet.
I haven't, however, given up any foods that I previously and still like. I've swapped out glutinous for non-glutinoous alternatives, but I still enjoy it and haven't given it up.
I eliminated eggs from my diet when I was a teenager because I discovered I was allergic to them. However, I ended up getting sick like... 3-4 years ago? Hospital and all that. So I was eating really soft, easy to eat foods, including eggs. When I ate them, I very much enjoyed them. I ate them for months afterwards without issue. I had to go to get blood tests done for months after my hospital stay, and at one point they did alergy testing well after the 6-week reintroduction of eggs, and I was no longer allergic to them. I have no idea how long I really was allergic to them, but because I still enjoyed them even after I cut them out and then reintroduced them, I had eliminated them. Had I eaten them while sick and thought they tasted gross nad then continued not eating them, this would simply be me not eating something I dislike, as lemur has talked about already.
However, if for example someone cuts out sugar because they think they will lose weight that way and then they eat it again months later, love it still, but force themselves to not eat it, that is an attempt at elimination. If someone decides for some reason to cut out bananas (I don't think anyone will argue about their nutritious benefits) and then months later still loves them but still refuses to eat them, this is elimination. Elimination doesn't just hold for less nutritious foods.
Yea, but you said eliminating doesn't work and now 14 years later, Sabine is still successful...
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baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Someone needs "evidence" for how they feel? What a silly board.baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »LolBroScience wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »fiber isn't absorbed in the stomach or intestines.
Are you sure about that?
positive, with the caveat that the fermentation process in the colon does provide the body some energy, but it's a small amount, and I normally stick to mostly insoluble fiber anyway so I'm not worried about a couple grams of carbs getting into my body from soluble fiber.
Gotta get that quick edit / wikipedia copy & paste in
i'm not an idiot. i know the net calories isn't zero, but my total carbs is still under 30 grams a day. every gram of fiber isn't equal to a gram of starches or sugar, it doesn't cause a spike in insulin, it doesn't make me overeat, and it doesn't give me acid reflux like starches and sugar, so why would i care about 10-20 grams of fiber in my diet? we're talking inconsequential effects on my body.
unless sharting myself to do death is a thing that i haven't encountered yet
You sure about that? "personally i eliminated sugar all together" "my total carbs is still under 30 grams a day"
And who cares about insulin spikes, protein is highly insulinogenic
Yea, agree. There's a bunch of confusion within him.
i don't get it. you asked me if i completely eliminated carbohydrates and i told you i try to eat some fiber and there are incidental carbohydrates in a lot of food (such as nuts) and you say that's confusing. i still eliminated almost all the sugars. how is that confusing? you asked me if i eliminated them all and i wrote back that i eliminated all but a few that i get incidentally.
still confused?
He's being obtuse, because... there are sugars in veggies and fruits. You must say "I eliminated added sugars"... because semantics.
And that would be equally dumb, since the context was the elimination or non elimination of "sugar" reduced to eliminated cravings. So are you implying only added sugars cause cravings?
That depends entirely on who you ask, now doesn't it.
of course, there are those that live in reality and those that live in a fantasy world where all sorts of magical things happen
Fantasy world? Speaking of yourself?
For me, added sugars cause cravings. For others, it's other kinds of carbohydrates. Some people have no issues with cravings at all. That is how it is in "Reality Land" where I live. You should visit it sometime. Nice place.
So only added sugars cause cravings, how do you isolate that against all the other sugars in said product? And how does added sucrose differ from naturally occurring sucrose? Since n=1 are there any studies with large sample sizes that have found this to be true as well?
"For me, added sugars cause cravings. For others, it's other kinds of carbohydrates. Some people have no issues with cravings at all. That is how it is in "Reality Land" where I live. You should visit it sometime. Nice place."
Where in that did I say that "only added sugars cause cravings"?
FOR ME, the more foods with added sugars I consume, the more of them I crave. I no longer eat these foods; I no longer crave them. Fruit is complete "meh." I couldn't possibly care less about fruit, never have. Higher carbohydrate foods with natural sugars don't cause me to crave them obsessively. Even ones with low amounts of added sugars don't bother me as much (bread), but things like cakes and cookies, which have both and often higher added sugars, I used to crave a lot.
As I'm unlikely to have the funds to hire out scientists and a lab any time soon to evaluate extensively various affects each sugar has on my body, I'll have to settle with employing the powers of human observation and deductive reasoning to solve my problems.
I'm not the only human who has this issue with craving different foods. Whether or not the results of my personal experiment belong in a peer-reviewed journal, it is as it is.
I avoid added sugars, so I don't overeat them, so I'm in control, so I stay in a deficit, so I lose weight. Is there a problem with that? What? Calorie deficit is occurring? Well, everything is right with the universe then! Carry on, MFP! The universe is in balance.
So you do live in a fantasy world, where you've eliminated all possible confounders to determine it's the added sugars are the things that are causing cravings. Anecdotes =/= evidence, if you're going to make such a silly claim you should be able to back it up
Back it up with what, precisely? I have no scientists on retainer. Reality is the world where I am 70lbs lighter and have not eaten my trigger foods once and I have no cravings. How do you scientifically quantify "craving" anyway? If you'd like to fund the research about one human being, be my guest. It wouldn't be accurate. Sample-size too small, no control. Fantasy world is the one wherein your argument isn't absurd. Nice trolling though.
Whose argument is absurd? The one who claimed added sugars caused them cravings and backed it with zero evidence?
Malbec wines give me migraines. Do I need to provide you with evidence of that?
You as well, they don't need evidence for how they feel, if you actually read what was written she claimed added sugars caused cravings, I simply asked how she determined that and controlled for various confounders
I gave you your answer. But let's rehash.
I stopped eating the added-sugar foods. I already determined, from my observations of my eating habits, that foods with natural sugars only do not cause those "cravings" (feelings). (Which I did say a few posts up in that quote-maze-from-hell.) I started eating keto. I stopped eating the foods I suspected triggered cravings; the cravings stopped. I have continued for 6 months eating at keto macros and eliminating those foods. The cravings have not returned. Cravings that plagued me and fueled binges for 17 years. I haven't written a paper on it. There is no evidence I could produce to you that you would accept in any case. And had I a personal lab crew who submitted a study to a peer-reviewed publication, and it somehow magically met the criteria for significance and accuracy, you would still refute it.
Now if you actually wanted to analyze my experience further, you could criticize that the increase in protein and fat, to offset the decrease in carbs, had a role to play. Perhaps. The phase of the experiment in which I increase natural-sugar carbs while still restricting added sugars is an investigation I'm leaving for maintenance. Perhaps, further out, I will be satisfied with my data for that phase and add back added sugars. Or not. At any rate, I still have weight to lose. What I'm currently doing is working, (no cravings, no binges) and I remain at a deficit, so I'm satisfied with my current progress and am content to leave that data-gathering for a later time. After all correlation does not equal causation. But from the data gleaned thus far, it's looking like added-sugar foods do have a link with cravings. For me. Proving causation is a trickier beast and will require more information over time. We may never achieve anything greater than an extremely strong correlation. But in practical application, which is real life, I'm not overeating for the first time in 17 years. And calorie deficit is the important result I am aiming to achieve. There is something to be said for results. How I personally achieve them is really irrelevant in the scheme of things. We don't walk around our whole lives in a scientific paper.
How's that?
I'm not finding any studies yet that confirm this phenomenon in large sample sizes, however. I suppose that my experiences haven't happened since there is no study. Oh well. I'll keep at it and keep losing weight without being plagued by the annoyance of the uncontrollable feeling like I need to rabidly binge constantly. Maybe one day it will be validated by a panel of scientists, but soon I'll hit maintenance and continue the next great experiment. In any case, I'll keep living my life, following this current plan, and I'll be healthy and a healthy weight. Wins, scientific validation or no.
Well, it all makes perfect sense to me, and as I'm the one who's satisfaction matters here, that's that. I'm off to do something productive. Like let Jillian Michaels try to kill me. Have a fine remainder of your day, perhaps despite some bleeding you may be experiencing from your eyes as the result of reading the answer you desired.
Yes, Sabine. This is a silly, silly board.
Here’s your argument, I ate foods that contained “added sugars” and they caused cravings. I cut them out and the cravings stopped. Therefore, “added sugars” cause cravings.
LOL
First how does added sucrose differ from naturally occurring sucrose, please be specific. Then how did you pinpoint "added sugar" as the culprit of your cravings? Was "Sugar" the only different compound in foods that made you have cravings and foods that did not cause cravings? If not, how did you determine that none of the different compounds or combination of compounds in the foods that gave you cravings vs those that did not, were not responsible?
Oh good, more nonsense. Well, enjoy that. I've reached my nonsense quota for today. I'll get back to you after 6mo or so when I've received all my data. And achieved my sexypants. Or not. In the meantime you should enjoy the creature comforts afforded you by your kitchen in your troll-cave nestled snuggly in your fantasy world. I'm not feeding you any more.
Do be a dear, though, and send that crack team of scientists and the key to the lab (which you are funding with the massive winnings from all your MFP bingos and your dividends from being an active member of the Shirtless-Brethren) before you go so we can get started on the research ASAP. Because the world is depending on us.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »
They're not all 200 calorie treats. But that doesn't matter. It's the process of How On Earth we are supposed to work these things into our diets that I was curious about.
Like, how to fit 300 treats into a year's worth of consumption? It's pretty easy to do that, considering not all "treats" will actually be that high in calories. e.g. you can eat half a Mars bar for idk 150 calories or less? I forget what it logged as in my example above. Or you can even make your own version of things; I made protein PB cookies and for the whole recipe I think I was able to eat like... 6 cookies and it was less than 200 calories lol. If you wanted to eat 300 200-calorie treats in a year, that's 60,000 calories in 365 days, or about 164 calories per day averaged out. So.... log the food you want, eat it, and then eat other food without going over your intake needs every time. Going to maintenance or above sometimes is fine, and pretty much no one maintains on 1200 calories, so it's not likely to be an issue for most to accomplish this if they'd like to eat 15g of skittles.Lol she wanted her to explain a point ana said when ana never said anything close to that.
Lolollllllooooll
Can you tell me what point i was supposed to explain? because honestly, I don't want to wade through 6 pages to find wherever her random question was, since I Have no idea which question she's referring to now or when it was asked. I don't see what's so hard about restating a specific query when someone asks either. That'd be like if you're in class and you had this exchange:
You: "hey prof, can you explain what we were talking about 30 minutes ago in lecture?"
Prof: "Sure Stacy, could you specify the topic you were wanting clarification on?"
You: ".... No, because we already talked about it 30 minutes ago. Just go back into your lecture notes and figure out which slide would have been discussed 30 minutes ago and then explain it to me."
Prof: "Why not just specify which slide and specify your question?"
You: "Pft, I give up, you're clearly just not going to answer my question because it totally doesn't pertain to you like omg"
I think what she wants is for you to explain the 300 treats thing you made up and said you said. Her debating style has no sense.
I think have this correct, for a yearly thing:
-Count the number of treats we have eliminated
-Figure out the total calories of said treats
-Divide the calories by 365 (or 366 in a leap year)
-eat that number of calories of one of those treats per day
In that way, we can diet for a year and not eliminate anything,
It would be very difficult on McDonald's Shake Day. Also Edwards Frozen Pie Days. And Dairy Queen blizzard day. Heck, it would be very hard on many days.
It would also be a little expensive, buying the 300 (in our example) treats and only eating 164 calories of each. Since we didn't establish whether it was feasible, we must assume that money isn't an issue. (Even at a low estimate of $2 each, that's a good chunk of change on food we won't be eating.)
I'm not sure that backing out 164 calories will leave room for meeting the macros, but if you say it can be done, then I'll have to agree to it.
For me, personally, it will probably be easier to just eliminate some treats and have others in moderation (which will be on special occasions, but is "in moderation" and not to be confused with saving them for special occasions.)
I am very glad to hear that you've been able to eliminate gluten products without gaining weight. Next time someone suggests that eliminating food will lead to some kind of inevitable binge and consequent weight gain, you can tell them how you've been able to do it.
Well played.
It would be well-played if the reason for eliminating of a food item was for the same purpose. Since my elimination of gluten had nothing to do with weight management and does not pose the same psychological constraints as does eliminating pomegranates or chocolate bars or eggs (all things I love, none of which give me very bad physical discomfort), these two are not comparable circumstances.
Based on your response, would you consider the removal of "fast food," ice cream, and candy (for instance) from one's diet a valid method of weight loss, for an individual who does not "love" said foods?
If they do not love/like the food in the first place, they wouldn't be eating them. So this is not something they are eliminating because they aren't eating it in the first place.
I have never had an urge to eat at like... Taco Time or something. Me not eating there =/= me eliminating it from my diet if it's not something that I regularly consumed.
Lookie there, we agree on something. I GAVE UP candy, donuts, pastries etc. etc. etc. about 14 years ago. After a couple of weeks I didn't crave them. Now I actually don't like them. At ALL. So, yeah, it's not really eliminating those at all.
lol
Except you did eliminate them, 14 years ago. So at that point it was elimination. Our tastes change, so if after 14 years you've now consumed donuts, candy, pastries etc and you had to spit them all out because they were gross, then you are correct that you are not currently eliminating it because you do not enjoy it. HOwever, if you consumed all of these today and you enjoyed the taste, then that is eliminating them from your diet.
I haven't, however, given up any foods that I previously and still like. I've swapped out glutinous for non-glutinoous alternatives, but I still enjoy it and haven't given it up.
I eliminated eggs from my diet when I was a teenager because I discovered I was allergic to them. However, I ended up getting sick like... 3-4 years ago? Hospital and all that. So I was eating really soft, easy to eat foods, including eggs. When I ate them, I very much enjoyed them. I ate them for months afterwards without issue. I had to go to get blood tests done for months after my hospital stay, and at one point they did alergy testing well after the 6-week reintroduction of eggs, and I was no longer allergic to them. I have no idea how long I really was allergic to them, but because I still enjoyed them even after I cut them out and then reintroduced them, I had eliminated them. Had I eaten them while sick and thought they tasted gross nad then continued not eating them, this would simply be me not eating something I dislike, as lemur has talked about already.
However, if for example someone cuts out sugar because they think they will lose weight that way and then they eat it again months later, love it still, but force themselves to not eat it, that is an attempt at elimination. If someone decides for some reason to cut out bananas (I don't think anyone will argue about their nutritious benefits) and then months later still loves them but still refuses to eat them, this is elimination. Elimination doesn't just hold for less nutritious foods.
Yea, but you said eliminating doesn't work and now 14 years later, Sabine is still successful...
If she doesn't enjoy those foods, she is not eliminating them. she is simply not eating them. I used to not eat peanut butter, and now I love peanut butter. Does that mean that back then I was eliminating PB? No, it just means that my tastes changed and I grew out of my disdain for peanut butter (although Istill dislike peanuts, but that probably has to do with my painful experience with them well over a decade ago). But if... lets say I used to like walnuts, and then I just stopped eating them for whatever reason (forgot to buy them, was too lazy to find the non-salted kind, etc) but then years later I try them and I'm appalled by the taste every time I try them, then I am not eliminating them if I decide to not eat them. I'm just not eating something that I don't like the taste of.
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »
They're not all 200 calorie treats. But that doesn't matter. It's the process of How On Earth we are supposed to work these things into our diets that I was curious about.
Like, how to fit 300 treats into a year's worth of consumption? It's pretty easy to do that, considering not all "treats" will actually be that high in calories. e.g. you can eat half a Mars bar for idk 150 calories or less? I forget what it logged as in my example above. Or you can even make your own version of things; I made protein PB cookies and for the whole recipe I think I was able to eat like... 6 cookies and it was less than 200 calories lol. If you wanted to eat 300 200-calorie treats in a year, that's 60,000 calories in 365 days, or about 164 calories per day averaged out. So.... log the food you want, eat it, and then eat other food without going over your intake needs every time. Going to maintenance or above sometimes is fine, and pretty much no one maintains on 1200 calories, so it's not likely to be an issue for most to accomplish this if they'd like to eat 15g of skittles.Lol she wanted her to explain a point ana said when ana never said anything close to that.
Lolollllllooooll
Can you tell me what point i was supposed to explain? because honestly, I don't want to wade through 6 pages to find wherever her random question was, since I Have no idea which question she's referring to now or when it was asked. I don't see what's so hard about restating a specific query when someone asks either. That'd be like if you're in class and you had this exchange:
You: "hey prof, can you explain what we were talking about 30 minutes ago in lecture?"
Prof: "Sure Stacy, could you specify the topic you were wanting clarification on?"
You: ".... No, because we already talked about it 30 minutes ago. Just go back into your lecture notes and figure out which slide would have been discussed 30 minutes ago and then explain it to me."
Prof: "Why not just specify which slide and specify your question?"
You: "Pft, I give up, you're clearly just not going to answer my question because it totally doesn't pertain to you like omg"
I think what she wants is for you to explain the 300 treats thing you made up and said you said. Her debating style has no sense.
I think have this correct, for a yearly thing:
-Count the number of treats we have eliminated
-Figure out the total calories of said treats
-Divide the calories by 365 (or 366 in a leap year)
-eat that number of calories of one of those treats per day
In that way, we can diet for a year and not eliminate anything,
It would be very difficult on McDonald's Shake Day. Also Edwards Frozen Pie Days. And Dairy Queen blizzard day. Heck, it would be very hard on many days.
It would also be a little expensive, buying the 300 (in our example) treats and only eating 164 calories of each. Since we didn't establish whether it was feasible, we must assume that money isn't an issue. (Even at a low estimate of $2 each, that's a good chunk of change on food we won't be eating.)
I'm not sure that backing out 164 calories will leave room for meeting the macros, but if you say it can be done, then I'll have to agree to it.
For me, personally, it will probably be easier to just eliminate some treats and have others in moderation (which will be on special occasions, but is "in moderation" and not to be confused with saving them for special occasions.)
I am very glad to hear that you've been able to eliminate gluten products without gaining weight. Next time someone suggests that eliminating food will lead to some kind of inevitable binge and consequent weight gain, you can tell them how you've been able to do it.
Well played.
It would be well-played if the reason for eliminating of a food item was for the same purpose. Since my elimination of gluten had nothing to do with weight management and does not pose the same psychological constraints as does eliminating pomegranates or chocolate bars or eggs (all things I love, none of which give me very bad physical discomfort), these two are not comparable circumstances.
Based on your response, would you consider the removal of "fast food," ice cream, and candy (for instance) from one's diet a valid method of weight loss, for an individual who does not "love" said foods?
If they do not love/like the food in the first place, they wouldn't be eating them. So this is not something they are eliminating because they aren't eating it in the first place.
I have never had an urge to eat at like... Taco Time or something. Me not eating there =/= me eliminating it from my diet if it's not something that I regularly consumed.
Lookie there, we agree on something. I GAVE UP candy, donuts, pastries etc. etc. etc. about 14 years ago. After a couple of weeks I didn't crave them. Now I actually don't like them. At ALL. So, yeah, it's not really eliminating those at all.
lol
Except you did eliminate them, 14 years ago. So at that point it was elimination. Our tastes change, so if after 14 years you've now consumed donuts, candy, pastries etc and you had to spit them all out because they were gross, then you are correct that you are not currently eliminating it because you do not enjoy it. HOwever, if you consumed all of these today and you enjoyed the taste, then that is eliminating them from your diet.
I haven't, however, given up any foods that I previously and still like. I've swapped out glutinous for non-glutinoous alternatives, but I still enjoy it and haven't given it up.
I eliminated eggs from my diet when I was a teenager because I discovered I was allergic to them. However, I ended up getting sick like... 3-4 years ago? Hospital and all that. So I was eating really soft, easy to eat foods, including eggs. When I ate them, I very much enjoyed them. I ate them for months afterwards without issue. I had to go to get blood tests done for months after my hospital stay, and at one point they did alergy testing well after the 6-week reintroduction of eggs, and I was no longer allergic to them. I have no idea how long I really was allergic to them, but because I still enjoyed them even after I cut them out and then reintroduced them, I had eliminated them. Had I eaten them while sick and thought they tasted gross nad then continued not eating them, this would simply be me not eating something I dislike, as lemur has talked about already.
However, if for example someone cuts out sugar because they think they will lose weight that way and then they eat it again months later, love it still, but force themselves to not eat it, that is an attempt at elimination. If someone decides for some reason to cut out bananas (I don't think anyone will argue about their nutritious benefits) and then months later still loves them but still refuses to eat them, this is elimination. Elimination doesn't just hold for less nutritious foods.
Yea, but you said eliminating doesn't work and now 14 years later, Sabine is still successful...
If she doesn't enjoy those foods, she is not eliminating them. she is simply not eating them. I used to not eat peanut butter, and now I love peanut butter. Does that mean that back then I was eliminating PB? No, it just means that my tastes changed and I grew out of my disdain for peanut butter (although Istill dislike peanuts, but that probably has to do with my painful experience with them well over a decade ago). But if... lets say I used to like walnuts, and then I just stopped eating them for whatever reason (forgot to buy them, was too lazy to find the non-salted kind, etc) but then years later I try them and I'm appalled by the taste every time I try them, then I am not eliminating them if I decide to not eat them. I'm just not eating something that I don't like the taste of.
You have an answer for everything. It's stunning.
So I eliminated them, but I'm not eliminating them. Got it. :laugh:0 -
I haven't, however, given up any foods that I previously and still like. I've swapped out glutinous for non-glutinoous alternatives, but I still enjoy it and haven't given it up.Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »LiminalAscendance wrote: »
They're not all 200 calorie treats. But that doesn't matter. It's the process of How On Earth we are supposed to work these things into our diets that I was curious about.
Like, how to fit 300 treats into a year's worth of consumption? It's pretty easy to do that, considering not all "treats" will actually be that high in calories. e.g. you can eat half a Mars bar for idk 150 calories or less? I forget what it logged as in my example above. Or you can even make your own version of things; I made protein PB cookies and for the whole recipe I think I was able to eat like... 6 cookies and it was less than 200 calories lol. If you wanted to eat 300 200-calorie treats in a year, that's 60,000 calories in 365 days, or about 164 calories per day averaged out. So.... log the food you want, eat it, and then eat other food without going over your intake needs every time. Going to maintenance or above sometimes is fine, and pretty much no one maintains on 1200 calories, so it's not likely to be an issue for most to accomplish this if they'd like to eat 15g of skittles.Lol she wanted her to explain a point ana said when ana never said anything close to that.
Lolollllllooooll
Can you tell me what point i was supposed to explain? because honestly, I don't want to wade through 6 pages to find wherever her random question was, since I Have no idea which question she's referring to now or when it was asked. I don't see what's so hard about restating a specific query when someone asks either. That'd be like if you're in class and you had this exchange:
You: "hey prof, can you explain what we were talking about 30 minutes ago in lecture?"
Prof: "Sure Stacy, could you specify the topic you were wanting clarification on?"
You: ".... No, because we already talked about it 30 minutes ago. Just go back into your lecture notes and figure out which slide would have been discussed 30 minutes ago and then explain it to me."
Prof: "Why not just specify which slide and specify your question?"
You: "Pft, I give up, you're clearly just not going to answer my question because it totally doesn't pertain to you like omg"
I think what she wants is for you to explain the 300 treats thing you made up and said you said. Her debating style has no sense.
I think have this correct, for a yearly thing:
-Count the number of treats we have eliminated
-Figure out the total calories of said treats
-Divide the calories by 365 (or 366 in a leap year)
-eat that number of calories of one of those treats per day
In that way, we can diet for a year and not eliminate anything,
It would be very difficult on McDonald's Shake Day. Also Edwards Frozen Pie Days. And Dairy Queen blizzard day. Heck, it would be very hard on many days.
It would also be a little expensive, buying the 300 (in our example) treats and only eating 164 calories of each. Since we didn't establish whether it was feasible, we must assume that money isn't an issue. (Even at a low estimate of $2 each, that's a good chunk of change on food we won't be eating.)
I'm not sure that backing out 164 calories will leave room for meeting the macros, but if you say it can be done, then I'll have to agree to it.
For me, personally, it will probably be easier to just eliminate some treats and have others in moderation (which will be on special occasions, but is "in moderation" and not to be confused with saving them for special occasions.)
I am very glad to hear that you've been able to eliminate gluten products without gaining weight. Next time someone suggests that eliminating food will lead to some kind of inevitable binge and consequent weight gain, you can tell them how you've been able to do it.
Well played.
It would be well-played if the reason for eliminating of a food item was for the same purpose. Since my elimination of gluten had nothing to do with weight management and does not pose the same psychological constraints as does eliminating pomegranates or chocolate bars or eggs (all things I love, none of which give me very bad physical discomfort), these two are not comparable circumstances.
Based on your response, would you consider the removal of "fast food," ice cream, and candy (for instance) from one's diet a valid method of weight loss, for an individual who does not "love" said foods?
If they do not love/like the food in the first place, they wouldn't be eating them. So this is not something they are eliminating because they aren't eating it in the first place.
I have never had an urge to eat at like... Taco Time or something. Me not eating there =/= me eliminating it from my diet if it's not something that I regularly consumed.
Lookie there, we agree on something. I GAVE UP candy, donuts, pastries etc. etc. etc. about 14 years ago. After a couple of weeks I didn't crave them. Now I actually don't like them. At ALL. So, yeah, it's not really eliminating those at all.
lol
First:
For YOU, eliminating gluten products doesn't count because eating them has negative consequences. For OTHERS, the negative consequences are not sufficient to eliminate anything.
So sayeth you.
Now:
You haven't really eliminated them, because you replaced them with something similar. Does that work for others, too? If they replace one thing with something else, will cutting that one thing out not count as eliminating it?
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I've eliminated any other non-glutinous foods that I enjoy eating in the past, binged, and was unsuccessful.
Here's my basic problem with your position.
You gave up gluten because it caused an abnormal reaction in your body -- you crap yourself. No gluten, problem solved. YOU = +1, QFT, BACKED BY SCIENCE (even though you self-diagnosed)!
I gave up desserts because they caused an abnormal reaction in my body -- I binged on them. No desserts, problem solved. ME = special snowflake! gif sh*tstorm! LAZY! LACK OF WILLPOWER!
And before you flip out that you never said lazy, rest assured that I'm expanding my argument to include the rest of your ilk.
When someone posts a thread saying "Help! I am addicted to sugar! Should I eliminate it?," said ilk is "all ORLY?" and "tell me how your apple addiction is going?"
First of all, frutose is not sucrose. They are two different chemical compounds that belong to the same family.
Second, it should be patently obvious to you that when people are complaining of sugar addiction, they are talking about Oreos and pasta bars, not fructose. They are talking about foods, not isolated chemical compounds, that are most likely made of sugar, flour and fat. To jump from "sugar" to "fructose" and then raise your battlefield flag there is disingenuous at best.
Third, when people eat food, all kinds of interesting things happen in the body and the brain, including the brain receiving signals that the stomach is full. That you can't conceive of the possibility that in some people, those signals might be messed up and cause binging instead of satiety is just the worst kind of intellectual dishonesty.
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The answer will be no, because it's not what she does, or approves.Now:
You haven't really eliminated them, because you replaced them with something similar. Does that work for others, too? If they replace one thing with something else, will cutting that one thing out not count as eliminating it?
Enquiring Minds Want To Know.
Recent converts are so zealous. Praise Jesus.
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DeirdreWoodwardSanders wrote: »I've eliminated any other non-glutinous foods that I enjoy eating in the past, binged, and was unsuccessful.
Here's my basic problem with your position.
You gave up gluten because it caused an abnormal reaction in your body -- you crap yourself. No gluten, problem solved. YOU = +1, QFT, BACKED BY SCIENCE (even though you self-diagnosed)!
I gave up desserts because they caused an abnormal reaction in my body -- I binged on them. No desserts, problem solved. ME = special snowflake! gif sh*tstorm! LAZY! LACK OF WILLPOWER!
And before you flip out that you never said lazy, rest assured that I'm expanding my argument to include the rest of your ilk.
When someone posts a thread saying "Help! I am addicted to sugar! Should I eliminate it?," said ilk is "all ORLY?" and "tell me how your apple addiction is going?"
First of all, frutose is not sucrose. They are two different chemical compounds that belong to the same family.
Second, it should be patently obvious to you that when people are complaining of sugar addiction, they are talking about Oreos and pasta bars, not fructose. They are talking about foods, not isolated chemical compounds, that are most likely made of sugar, flour and fat. To jump from "sugar" to "fructose" and then raise your battlefield flag there is disingenuous at best.
Third, when people eat food, all kinds of interesting things happen in the body and the brain, including the brain receiving signals that the stomach is full. That you can't conceive of the possibility that in some people, those signals might be messed up and cause binging instead of satiety is just the worst kind of intellectual dishonesty.
Lol, good thing there's no sucrose in apples, what an awesome example.
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I have eliminated Red Robin's and Carl's Jr. from my go-to restaurants because their calorie loads are INSANE.
In theory, I could skip breakfast and lunch that day, go out and eat half of one of their burgers, but why would I?
Trying to cut out all refined sugars from a diet will likely result in a calorie deficit, as the choices get run down pretty fast. Frankly, I think it is easier to cut out all fats. But fat is good too, in moderation. Not the fat in a Carl's Jr. burger though.0 -
The rules...and to whom they apply...they get very confusing...for "ignorant" little people like me, who "can't grasp" them, anyway.Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
The answer will be no, because it's not what she does, or approves.Now:
You haven't really eliminated them, because you replaced them with something similar. Does that work for others, too? If they replace one thing with something else, will cutting that one thing out not count as eliminating it?
Enquiring Minds Want To Know.
Recent converts are so zealous. Praise Jesus.
Thank goodness old dummies like me have a semi-college-educated girl who knows what is best for everyone. She cin lurn us wut we need to no.
(I'll skip the stupid pictures. You're welcome.)
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What the– I let this sit for a day, and I come back to 315 new replies. Did someone start claiming sugar is heroine again or what happened?0
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GingerbreadCandy wrote: »What the– I let this sit for a day, and I come back to 315 new replies. Did someone start claiming sugar is heroine again or what happened?
Of course, you know it's a addiction.
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GingerbreadCandy wrote: »What the– I let this sit for a day, and I come back to 315 new replies. Did someone start claiming sugar is heroine again or what happened?
Of course, you know it's a addiction.
LOL
Well, it does release opioids…
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I woke up to 99 notifications - all from this thread!!
I can't read them all, I have places to go, people to see. Two weeks to Christmas people and I have things to do.
But so far I have learnt
- that I will continue on my mission to cut out added sugar as it gives me the worst headaches and makes me feel yuck.
- I am going to stick with my Primal/Paleo style of eating - lots of meat, chicken, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, limited dairy and cheese, water and cut out and if possible even eliminate cakes, biscuits, lollies from my diet.
- I have no scientific evidence to back up my choice and if that is a problem then sue me. My way of eating has got me this far and at 60 years of age I am extremely healthy and active but 5 kilos overweight and that is only because of the fact that I started eating bloody sugar and now I can't stop!!!!
Good luck to you all on your choices and to those who say "Eat what you like, when you like as long as you stay within your calorie quota for the day" please try and make that healthy food as your body with thank you.0 -
Oh, I just skimmed through some of the pages...
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I'm really unsure how replacing "normal" food with their GF alternatives is eliminating those foods, but I guess the answer is I'm too young to understand because there's no way I could have experienced any portions of life yet.
Or something.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Someone needs "evidence" for how they feel? What a silly board.baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »LolBroScience wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »fiber isn't absorbed in the stomach or intestines.
Are you sure about that?
positive, with the caveat that the fermentation process in the colon does provide the body some energy, but it's a small amount, and I normally stick to mostly insoluble fiber anyway so I'm not worried about a couple grams of carbs getting into my body from soluble fiber.
Gotta get that quick edit / wikipedia copy & paste in
i'm not an idiot. i know the net calories isn't zero, but my total carbs is still under 30 grams a day. every gram of fiber isn't equal to a gram of starches or sugar, it doesn't cause a spike in insulin, it doesn't make me overeat, and it doesn't give me acid reflux like starches and sugar, so why would i care about 10-20 grams of fiber in my diet? we're talking inconsequential effects on my body.
unless sharting myself to do death is a thing that i haven't encountered yet
You sure about that? "personally i eliminated sugar all together" "my total carbs is still under 30 grams a day"
And who cares about insulin spikes, protein is highly insulinogenic
Yea, agree. There's a bunch of confusion within him.
i don't get it. you asked me if i completely eliminated carbohydrates and i told you i try to eat some fiber and there are incidental carbohydrates in a lot of food (such as nuts) and you say that's confusing. i still eliminated almost all the sugars. how is that confusing? you asked me if i eliminated them all and i wrote back that i eliminated all but a few that i get incidentally.
still confused?
He's being obtuse, because... there are sugars in veggies and fruits. You must say "I eliminated added sugars"... because semantics.
And that would be equally dumb, since the context was the elimination or non elimination of "sugar" reduced to eliminated cravings. So are you implying only added sugars cause cravings?
That depends entirely on who you ask, now doesn't it.
of course, there are those that live in reality and those that live in a fantasy world where all sorts of magical things happen
Fantasy world? Speaking of yourself?
For me, added sugars cause cravings. For others, it's other kinds of carbohydrates. Some people have no issues with cravings at all. That is how it is in "Reality Land" where I live. You should visit it sometime. Nice place.
So only added sugars cause cravings, how do you isolate that against all the other sugars in said product? And how does added sucrose differ from naturally occurring sucrose? Since n=1 are there any studies with large sample sizes that have found this to be true as well?
"For me, added sugars cause cravings. For others, it's other kinds of carbohydrates. Some people have no issues with cravings at all. That is how it is in "Reality Land" where I live. You should visit it sometime. Nice place."
Where in that did I say that "only added sugars cause cravings"?
FOR ME, the more foods with added sugars I consume, the more of them I crave. I no longer eat these foods; I no longer crave them. Fruit is complete "meh." I couldn't possibly care less about fruit, never have. Higher carbohydrate foods with natural sugars don't cause me to crave them obsessively. Even ones with low amounts of added sugars don't bother me as much (bread), but things like cakes and cookies, which have both and often higher added sugars, I used to crave a lot.
As I'm unlikely to have the funds to hire out scientists and a lab any time soon to evaluate extensively various affects each sugar has on my body, I'll have to settle with employing the powers of human observation and deductive reasoning to solve my problems.
I'm not the only human who has this issue with craving different foods. Whether or not the results of my personal experiment belong in a peer-reviewed journal, it is as it is.
I avoid added sugars, so I don't overeat them, so I'm in control, so I stay in a deficit, so I lose weight. Is there a problem with that? What? Calorie deficit is occurring? Well, everything is right with the universe then! Carry on, MFP! The universe is in balance.
So you do live in a fantasy world, where you've eliminated all possible confounders to determine it's the added sugars are the things that are causing cravings. Anecdotes =/= evidence, if you're going to make such a silly claim you should be able to back it up
Back it up with what, precisely? I have no scientists on retainer. Reality is the world where I am 70lbs lighter and have not eaten my trigger foods once and I have no cravings. How do you scientifically quantify "craving" anyway? If you'd like to fund the research about one human being, be my guest. It wouldn't be accurate. Sample-size too small, no control. Fantasy world is the one wherein your argument isn't absurd. Nice trolling though.
Whose argument is absurd? The one who claimed added sugars caused them cravings and backed it with zero evidence?
Malbec wines give me migraines. Do I need to provide you with evidence of that?
You as well, they don't need evidence for how they feel, if you actually read what was written she claimed added sugars caused cravings, I simply asked how she determined that and controlled for various confounders
So if I say malbec causes my migraines I need evidence?
I would say yes, TBH. Not because I question your experience, but because I know a lot about grape/wine chemistry and question whether its actually the Malbec or the specific wines you're drinking that happen to have Malbec in them.
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Okay, and then eliminating malbecs causes the end of them. Wouldn't that be good?Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
Someone needs "evidence" for how they feel? What a silly board.baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »baconslave wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »LolBroScience wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »miketoryan wrote: »fiber isn't absorbed in the stomach or intestines.
Are you sure about that?
positive, with the caveat that the fermentation process in the colon does provide the body some energy, but it's a small amount, and I normally stick to mostly insoluble fiber anyway so I'm not worried about a couple grams of carbs getting into my body from soluble fiber.
Gotta get that quick edit / wikipedia copy & paste in
i'm not an idiot. i know the net calories isn't zero, but my total carbs is still under 30 grams a day. every gram of fiber isn't equal to a gram of starches or sugar, it doesn't cause a spike in insulin, it doesn't make me overeat, and it doesn't give me acid reflux like starches and sugar, so why would i care about 10-20 grams of fiber in my diet? we're talking inconsequential effects on my body.
unless sharting myself to do death is a thing that i haven't encountered yet
You sure about that? "personally i eliminated sugar all together" "my total carbs is still under 30 grams a day"
And who cares about insulin spikes, protein is highly insulinogenic
Yea, agree. There's a bunch of confusion within him.
i don't get it. you asked me if i completely eliminated carbohydrates and i told you i try to eat some fiber and there are incidental carbohydrates in a lot of food (such as nuts) and you say that's confusing. i still eliminated almost all the sugars. how is that confusing? you asked me if i eliminated them all and i wrote back that i eliminated all but a few that i get incidentally.
still confused?
He's being obtuse, because... there are sugars in veggies and fruits. You must say "I eliminated added sugars"... because semantics.
And that would be equally dumb, since the context was the elimination or non elimination of "sugar" reduced to eliminated cravings. So are you implying only added sugars cause cravings?
That depends entirely on who you ask, now doesn't it.
of course, there are those that live in reality and those that live in a fantasy world where all sorts of magical things happen
Fantasy world? Speaking of yourself?
For me, added sugars cause cravings. For others, it's other kinds of carbohydrates. Some people have no issues with cravings at all. That is how it is in "Reality Land" where I live. You should visit it sometime. Nice place.
So only added sugars cause cravings, how do you isolate that against all the other sugars in said product? And how does added sucrose differ from naturally occurring sucrose? Since n=1 are there any studies with large sample sizes that have found this to be true as well?
"For me, added sugars cause cravings. For others, it's other kinds of carbohydrates. Some people have no issues with cravings at all. That is how it is in "Reality Land" where I live. You should visit it sometime. Nice place."
Where in that did I say that "only added sugars cause cravings"?
FOR ME, the more foods with added sugars I consume, the more of them I crave. I no longer eat these foods; I no longer crave them. Fruit is complete "meh." I couldn't possibly care less about fruit, never have. Higher carbohydrate foods with natural sugars don't cause me to crave them obsessively. Even ones with low amounts of added sugars don't bother me as much (bread), but things like cakes and cookies, which have both and often higher added sugars, I used to crave a lot.
As I'm unlikely to have the funds to hire out scientists and a lab any time soon to evaluate extensively various affects each sugar has on my body, I'll have to settle with employing the powers of human observation and deductive reasoning to solve my problems.
I'm not the only human who has this issue with craving different foods. Whether or not the results of my personal experiment belong in a peer-reviewed journal, it is as it is.
I avoid added sugars, so I don't overeat them, so I'm in control, so I stay in a deficit, so I lose weight. Is there a problem with that? What? Calorie deficit is occurring? Well, everything is right with the universe then! Carry on, MFP! The universe is in balance.
So you do live in a fantasy world, where you've eliminated all possible confounders to determine it's the added sugars are the things that are causing cravings. Anecdotes =/= evidence, if you're going to make such a silly claim you should be able to back it up
Back it up with what, precisely? I have no scientists on retainer. Reality is the world where I am 70lbs lighter and have not eaten my trigger foods once and I have no cravings. How do you scientifically quantify "craving" anyway? If you'd like to fund the research about one human being, be my guest. It wouldn't be accurate. Sample-size too small, no control. Fantasy world is the one wherein your argument isn't absurd. Nice trolling though.
Whose argument is absurd? The one who claimed added sugars caused them cravings and backed it with zero evidence?
Malbec wines give me migraines. Do I need to provide you with evidence of that?
You as well, they don't need evidence for how they feel, if you actually read what was written she claimed added sugars caused cravings, I simply asked how she determined that and controlled for various confounders
So if I say malbec causes my migraines I need evidence?
I would say yes, TBH. Not because I question your experience, but because I know a lot about grape/wine chemistry and question whether its actually the Malbec or the specific wines you're drinking that happen to have Malbec in them.
But like I said, I certainly wouldn't question your claim that you're suffering headaches...
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I have eliminated Red Robin's and Carl's Jr. from my go-to restaurants because their calorie loads are INSANE.
In theory, I could skip breakfast and lunch that day, go out and eat half of one of their burgers, but why would I?
Trying to cut out all refined sugars from a diet will likely result in a calorie deficit, as the choices get run down pretty fast. Frankly, I think it is easier to cut out all fats. But fat is good too, in moderation. Not the fat in a Carl's Jr. burger though.
Good lord yes, Red Robin in particular. So many calories. So not worth it.0 -
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25322305
This is proof that added sugars act differently (are more stressful) in the body than naturally occurring sugar.
Did you even read this? Quote...No significant associations were observed between consumption of diet sodas or noncarbonated SSBs and telomere length,
The only reasonable inference from this is that carbonation - not sugar-sweetening, but CARBONATION - is the cause of telomere length change.
Good luck finding a biochemical mechanism for that...
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I'm really unsure how replacing "normal" food with their GF alternatives is eliminating those foods, but I guess the answer is I'm too young to understand because there's no way I could have experienced any portions of life yet.
Or something.
It's eliminating gluten. Which is a bit like eliminating added sugars, I guess.0 -
typical sugar thread..goes down in flames and pseudo science….-1
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I woke up to 99 notifications - all from this thread!! I can't read them all, I have places to go, people to see. Two weeks to Christmas people and I have things to do.
But so far I have learnt
- that I will continue on my mission to cut out added sugar as it gives me the worst headaches and makes me feel yuck.
- I am going to stick with my Primal/Paleo style of eating - lots of meat, chicken, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, limited dairy and cheese, water and cut out and if possible even eliminate cakes, biscuits, lollies from my diet.
- I have no scientific evidence to back up my choice and if that is a problem then sue me. My way of eating has got me this far and at 60 years of age I am extremely healthy and active but 5 kilos overweight and that is only because of the fact that I started eating bloody sugar and now I can't stop!!!!
Good luck to you all on your choices and to those who say "Eat what you like, when you like as long as you stay within your calorie quota for the day" please try and make that healthy food as your body with thank you.
….not worth the effort….0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
now that we can agree on ...0 -
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Well I see the point to the opening post, and I like it
haters gunna hate etc etc nice post OP (*) -1 -
I woke up to 99 notifications - all from this thread!! I can't read them all, I have places to go, people to see. Two weeks to Christmas people and I have things to do.
But so far I have learnt
- that I will continue on my mission to cut out added sugar as it gives me the worst headaches and makes me feel yuck.
- I am going to stick with my Primal/Paleo style of eating - lots of meat, chicken, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, limited dairy and cheese, water and cut out and if possible even eliminate cakes, biscuits, lollies from my diet.
- I have no scientific evidence to back up my choice and if that is a problem then sue me. My way of eating has got me this far and at 60 years of age I am extremely healthy and active but 5 kilos overweight and that is only because of the fact that I started eating bloody sugar and now I can't stop!!!!
Good luck to you all on your choices and to those who say "Eat what you like, when you like as long as you stay within your calorie quota for the day" please try and make that healthy food as your body with thank you.
….not worth the effort….
What's not worth the effort - reading the 99plus posts?
Christmas?
Cutting out sugar?
Eating fresh meat, fruit & vegetables etc?
Eating what you like, when you like (which is the one I don't care for) or
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miketoryan wrote: »personally i eliminated sugar all together (because outside of it tasting amazing and being in pretty much everything that is easy to eat really quick without doing any preparation I get nothing from it) and let me tell you, this is the ultimate exercise in willpower. But, I want, nay, I need to exercise my willpower. However, if my willpower fails, I might end up binge eating sugar and back to where I started.
It's tough. There are foods that have basically no carbohydrates in them that work to suppress most of my urges/cravings, but every now and then i still get this almost overwhelming urge to just eat a ton of grains/processed sugar/fruit, whatever is high in sugars. It's like quitting drugs cold turkey but it haunts you even weeks after you've given up sugar. It can be a nightmare.
Like, wtf. But I have to do it this way, because if I eat sugar then I want to eat more, and then a little later I want to eat more and it is all downhill from there where I'm getting most of my calories (and I'm overeating) from sugar and it's like i'm a snowball rolling down a hill getting more and more massive. And I'm not even one that has ever been heavy (my heaviest weight ever was 195, my current weight, I'm not even talking about years of being obese or anything, which, if I had to guess, most people that are obese have been struggling with sugar intake for years).
I just hope one day I wake up and never crave sugar again. It's so good and I don't want to put that stuff in my body, because it isn't doing me any favors. It isn't my friend, it's more like a local dealer always whispering in my ear that I should do more. And someone with not a lot of willpower (me) just can't deal with it.
(I forgot to mention) Many carbohydrates actually give me acid reflux. Despite the tremendous amount of pain I get from eating sugar and wheat, I STILL feel like I need it all the time. Eliminating those completely rids me of my acid reflux, yet I still have to exercise extreme willpower in order to stop myself from eating them (even though they make me want to rip out my esophagus).
I can relate to all of this including the acid reflux and these were the reasons I cut out wheat and added sugar in the first place. I feel amazing when I don't eat wheat or sugar but cannot understand my attraction to it. Once I start, it is difficult to stop and I find the best way is to try and avoid it as much as possible.0 -
GingerbreadCandy wrote: »What the– I let this sit for a day, and I come back to 315 new replies. Did someone start claiming sugar is heroine again or what happened?
I had that thought too, and was all excited, but nothing so fun.0
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