Anybody a sugar addict? Want to give it up together?

bjw1965
bjw1965 Posts: 9 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
My first day of no obvious sugars today - no sweets, cakes, chocolate, cookies etc.
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  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
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    Good luck.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Yep, good luck
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Why?
  • AmberAntoine
    AmberAntoine Posts: 23
    It is very difficult for a person who is sugar addict and have to leave the sugar, they have live without sugar, sweet, cakes, chocolate etc. Now a days there are many thing available like cakes, pastry, chocolates which are made by using the sugar free.
  • NicoleS9
    NicoleS9 Posts: 62 Member
    bjw1965 wrote: »
    My first day of no obvious sugars today - no sweets, cakes, chocolate, cookies etc.
    I could try it and see! I'll still be eating my fruit, though! (And that last blueberry muffin) Who is more powerful, US or refined sugar?!
  • MustLoveCats21
    MustLoveCats21 Posts: 137
    No.
  • wintergurls
    wintergurls Posts: 3
    Giving up sugar for lent!
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    So sorry to hear you won't be eating any more fruits, vegetables, breads, etc. My condolences.
  • AprilEternity
    AprilEternity Posts: 53 Member
    I can't live without chocolate... I've given up a LOT of stuff, but I keep my weight watchers chocolate and I usually have one a little while before bed and it tides me over, lol.
  • AdieEve
    AdieEve Posts: 87 Member
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    So sorry to hear you won't be eating any more fruits, vegetables, breads, etc. My condolences.


    Don't be pedantic. You know she means added sugars.
  • dontjinxit
    dontjinxit Posts: 82 Member
    I switched to raw (less processed) sugar. That's as close as you're getting me to quitting.
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    Already gave it up. It's easier on me than trying to moderate. I already have very low calorie requirements because I'm older, female, short, relatively small, and have already lost half my body weight. There just isn't room for portion sizes of low nutrient foods that don't look like crumbs to me, so why bother?

  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    AdieEve wrote: »
    ceoverturf wrote: »
    So sorry to hear you won't be eating any more fruits, vegetables, breads, etc. My condolences.


    Don't be pedantic. You know she means added sugars.

    I know no such thing.

    Many a MFP user has professed to "give up" sugar, and then can't understand why their MFP daily nutrition breakdown still shows they're going over on sugar each day.



  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    edited February 2015
    OP, why?
  • athena61
    athena61 Posts: 54 Member
    I would like to join in. I have already restricted consuming "added" sugars since Sept '14. I still eat fruit in moderation, but have given up all but occasional deserts. I was one of those people that craved sugar and ate it mindlessly. When I do eat a desert now I make sure to only have half and place the remaining portion out of my reach. My boy friend, who has also given up sugar, doesn't seem to have the same pull towards sugar as I do.
  • kevinala
    kevinala Posts: 17 Member
    Yes I need to give sugar up!!!
  • SylSar
    SylSar Posts: 5 Member
    Don't give up cold turkey...start your day with less sugar each day it is much easier. I am trying it and finding it easier and I am not thinking about it so much. Good luck though whatever you decide! :smile:
  • dragthewaters
    dragthewaters Posts: 62 Member
    Definitely not giving up sugar...seriously that just seems like a sad way to live your life tbh.

    But I need to cut back on my sugar after going on a huge and shameful binge this week...frappucinos two days in a row and everything (and a giant hot chocolate the day after that). Even today I am over by 24 grams so far.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    Op and everyone else expressing a wish to cut/remove sugar....

    Why?
  • MustLoveCats21
    MustLoveCats21 Posts: 137
    I can't do that, I would starve on Saturday's (my cheat day) because I only eat 1700 calories of sugary treats all day on Saturday :cry:
  • dontjinxit
    dontjinxit Posts: 82 Member
    edited February 2015
    cityruss wrote: »
    Op and everyone else expressing a wish to cut/remove sugar....

    Why?

    I removed white sugar from my diet completely when my blood sugar started to get out of control and I was getting dizzy after an ice cream. I was worried I was headed for diabetes. I still had a bit of raw sugar in my coffee, but other than that the only sugars I had were the ones naturally occurring in foods. It seemed to help. I didn't get dizzy anymore. After a couple of years I reintroduced foods with white sugar added, but I still keep them to a minimum - essentially I only eat them if there's no alternative around and it's a food I really want.
  • Sugarbeat
    Sugarbeat Posts: 824 Member
    edited February 2015
    I'm low carb - feel free to add me. Also come check out the low carbers group for tons of ideas. I've cut out a whole lot of sugar and I don't feel at all deprived or sad.
  • Sugarbeat
    Sugarbeat Posts: 824 Member
    cityruss wrote: »
    Op and everyone else expressing a wish to cut/remove sugar....

    Why?

    Personally I'm diabetic. The whole moderation thing doesn't work for me when it comes to sugar.
  • athena61
    athena61 Posts: 54 Member
    cityruss wrote: »
    OP, why?

    I simply feel a whole lot better with minimal processed sugar in my diet. And the opposite is also true: I feel sluggish and basically lousy after having something more than an occasional treat.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,284 Member
    cityruss wrote: »
    Op and everyone else expressing a wish to cut/remove sugar....

    Why?

    I try to cut sugar as it is a relatively easy way to reduce calories - not having sugar in coffee, switching to diet sodas, cutting down on sweets.
    - I can do that without drastically changing my lifestyle.

    However I make no silly claims about removing sugar altogether, and I certainly do have chocolates, desserts etc on moderation.

  • scentered
    scentered Posts: 11 Member
    I stay away from refined sugar products, one day at a time, as I am certainly a 'sugar-addict', and have been since I was a young child.
    I have never know the concept of 'having enough', and when I eat a bar of chocolate, piece of cake, etc., it simply causes a demand inside me for more, more, more. One piece of chocolate is too much, as then a hundred pieces are not enough. I just don't have a 'stop' switch once I start. Apart from the obvious weight gain, and diabetes risk, which results from this over indulgence, I find that I end up having a 'sugar-crash' - no energy, low mood, unproductive etc. as they say "what goes UP, must come DOWN!"
    So, for me, if I don't take the first bit of chocolate, then I won't fall into a binge!
  • Sugarbeat
    Sugarbeat Posts: 824 Member
    athena61 wrote: »
    cityruss wrote: »
    OP, why?

    I simply feel a whole lot better with minimal processed sugar in my diet. And the opposite is also true: I feel sluggish and basically lousy after having something more than an occasional treat.

    I feel the same.
  • tennisdude2004
    tennisdude2004 Posts: 5,609 Member
    edited February 2015
    cityruss wrote: »
    Op and everyone else expressing a wish to cut/remove sugar....

    Why?

    Why reduce sugar???

    Easy - quick and simple route to a calorie deficit!!

    Question to you!!

    OP has made (as an adult) a decisions (although poorly worded, in the original post, i would suggest) to reduce her sugar intake - what does it matter.

    I'm sure most people aren't ignorant enough to believe the OP means to cut sugar to zero and have the ability to not read things so literally.

  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    cityruss wrote: »
    Op and everyone else expressing a wish to cut/remove sugar....

    Why?

    I try to cut sugar as it is a relatively easy way to reduce calories - not having sugar in coffee, switching to diet sodas, cutting down on sweets.
    - I can do that without drastically changing my lifestyle.

    However I make no silly claims about removing sugar altogether, and I certainly do have chocolates, desserts etc on moderation.

    All of this.
  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    Sugarbeat wrote: »
    athena61 wrote: »
    cityruss wrote: »
    OP, why?

    I simply feel a whole lot better with minimal processed sugar in my diet. And the opposite is also true: I feel sluggish and basically lousy after having something more than an occasional treat.

    I feel the same.

    Me too. And SAD makes me sad. I get really depressed after a day or two of eating junk.
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