sugar

randyhowe555
randyhowe555 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 13 in Food and Nutrition
Hello everyone, can anyone tell me how to get off sugar. appreciate all the help

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  • Jolinia
    Jolinia Posts: 846 Member
    Cook your own food. Don't put sugar in it. Not being rude, lots of packaged foods have sugar in them.
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    What medical condition do you have that requires you to stop eating sugar?
  • pjcfrancis
    pjcfrancis Posts: 121 Member
    I need to completely abstain from sweets. I know from experience, I can't have one of anything sweet. The advice on cooking your own food is right on, too. Keep it simple if you don't know much about cooking (like me). I stick to a fairly simple diet. I'm trying to keep the sugar low, but still get over my goal due to fruit. The only thing I add sugar to is my hot tea, and I limit myself to one teaspoon and one cup of tea per day.
  • mk820
    mk820 Posts: 137 Member
    I have a huge problem with sugar. I would buy a bag of gum drops or jelly beans almost every day. My answer, just don't buy anything with sugar. Don't have any in your home and don't stop at any 7/11.
  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    It is easier to cut it out completely. I don't ever bring sweets into my home. Once I have a little I tend to want much more very quickly. It is very rough for about two weeks, and then the cravings stopped.

    Now, I have something sweet on rare occasions...like once every month or two...and I enjoy it much more than when I was eating tons of the stuff constantly. Good luck.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member

    Initially, after I did four or five days of protein, lots of fat, and lots of greens, I did not miss the sugar but was still triggered if I saw it. I still make sure it does not come into my home.
    Occasionally (once every two or three weeks or so) I have a small sweet out side of the house. Eating it outside keeps me in the habit of not bringing it home.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    randyhowe555 wrote: »
    Hello everyone, can anyone tell me how to get off sugar. appreciate all the help

    Don't buy it, or anything containing it. Sorted.

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    yarwell wrote: »
    randyhowe555 wrote: »
    Hello everyone, can anyone tell me how to get off sugar. appreciate all the help

    Don't buy it, or anything containing it. Sorted.


    Pretty simple really. Also a bit of restraint and willpower wouldn't go astray :smile:
  • Metazoick
    Metazoick Posts: 96 Member
    If you don't buy it you can't eat it - the easiest way to avoid eating something you know isn't the best for you is simply to make sure it isn't in the house. Have a couple sweet alternatives (fruit, sugar free syrup etc) if you have serious sugar cravings to make sure you don't cave and run off to the shops to buy a trolley full of cheesecake and candy. It might be rough to begin with but cravings never last forever and after a little while you'll find yourself wanting it less and less.
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