No sugar til January 2nd

natalienwilson9
natalienwilson9 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 26 in Food and Nutrition
So today I've decided that I will have no junk for a month! I've been allowing myself too many sweets and need to break the habit. Anyone wanna join me?
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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    What counts as junk? Are sweets in fruit flavored yogurt ok?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    You're transitioning to veganism AND cutting out all sugar (do you mean added sugar?) for a month? That's a lot to take on all at once.
  • janjunie
    janjunie Posts: 1,200 Member
    No sugar? I think I'd lose all sanity.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Pass
  • smotheredincheese
    smotheredincheese Posts: 559 Member
    That's going to be tough, especially over Christmas.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    No.
  • kk_inprogress
    kk_inprogress Posts: 3,077 Member
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  • chelsea7162
    chelsea7162 Posts: 97 Member
    Instead of cutting it all out, maybe slowly reduce how much you're eating? Try sugar or sweets just once a sweet and don't fuss over things if it fits in your daily allowance
  • kaylajane11
    kaylajane11 Posts: 313 Member
    At Christmas time? Not a chance.
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    Not to seem harsh but it sounds like a good way to set yourself up to go overboard with sweets on Jan. 2nd.
  • jandis80
    jandis80 Posts: 4 Member
    I'd do no sweets for 6 days then one day a week have sweets.
  • idioblast
    idioblast Posts: 114 Member
    kkenseth wrote: »
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    So much this.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    natalienwilson9 wrote: »
    So today I've decided that I will have no junk for a month! I've been allowing myself too many sweets and need to break the habit. Anyone wanna join me?

    @natalienwilson9 welcome to MFP forums.

    Best of success on reducing your sugar. Just cutting out most all processed foods will enable you to make that work for you but it does remove 90% of food items in the grocery store from your shopping list. I did it for a month last year and got to feeling so much less aches and pains now over a year later I am still not eating processed foods for pain management.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Coconut oil is a processed food.
  • gigieatss
    gigieatss Posts: 60 Member
    I have been sugar-free for 14 years, it's so worth it and friggin' tasty!! You just have to expand your horizons! ;)
  • MichaelRobinson1994
    MichaelRobinson1994 Posts: 83 Member
    natalienwilson9 wrote: »
    So today I've decided that I will have no junk for a month! I've been allowing myself too many sweets and need to break the habit. Anyone wanna join me?

    I'm assuming you mean all added/processed sugars? Can't be cutting out fruit/veg totally until then!

    Best of luck to you!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    You're transitioning to veganism AND cutting out all sugar (do you mean added sugar?) for a month? That's a lot to take on all at once.

    WOW

    is someone flailing around a little here and setting too many goals..over a party season?

    highway to crash and burn IME and IMHO

    OP - try making small changes
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    giasbash6260 wrote: »
    I have been sugar-free for 14 years, it's so worth it and friggin' tasty!! You just have to expand your horizons! ;)

    No, you haven't.
  • Pollywog_la
    Pollywog_la Posts: 103 Member
    natalienwilson9 wrote: »
    So today I've decided that I will have no junk for a month! I've been allowing myself too many sweets and need to break the habit. Anyone wanna join me?

    I stopped all added sugar or processed stuff with added sugar (like soda and even ketchup) 3 years ago for health reasons. It was hard at first but got easier. I hope you can do it for this month, and hopefully you can keep some reduction when you end it.
    Whenever you are tempted, remind yourself you can have a taste in a month or 2. You don't have to give up everything forever...just a month. And when that month is over...see how it goes.

    That one change is pretty big.

    Good luck.
  • NotSoPerfectPam
    NotSoPerfectPam Posts: 114 Member
    Good luck Natalie. Sorry for all the haters. I am kicking as much of the sugar and processed foods as I can for as long as I can (I started Monday) and alcohol too. I know the holiday season may derail me, but even more reason to just say no, because it's not just the holiday foods that are packed with sugar, but pretty much everything else in the house. The carbs tend to set me off on a cycle where I am constantly hungry and seeking more of anything but healthy foods. Just giving it up cold turkey seems to work best. I've done this in the past, and while it only lasted two weeks, it really jumpstarted my diets.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    giasbash6260 wrote: »
    I have been sugar-free for 14 years, it's so worth it and friggin' tasty!! You just have to expand your horizons! ;)

    doubtful...
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    NotSoPerfectPam wrote: »
    Good luck Natalie. Sorry for all the haters. I am kicking as much of the sugar and processed foods as I can for as long as I can (I started Monday) and alcohol too. I know the holiday season may derail me, but even more reason to just say no, because it's not just the holiday foods that are packed with sugar, but pretty much everything else in the house. The carbs tend to set me off on a cycle where I am constantly hungry and seeking more of anything but healthy foods. Just giving it up cold turkey seems to work best. I've done this in the past, and while it only lasted two weeks, it really jumpstarted my diets.

    sugar is just one subset of carbs...there are numerous nutritional carbohydrate sources..."carbs" aren't just junk foods. fruits are carbs, vegetables are carbs; oats, lentils, beans, brown rice, quinoa, etc...all carbs.
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    edited December 2015
    I'm limiting sweets, but not cutting it out. Shoot, we're going to Chicago for Christmas and then I'm on a cruise and I plan on having all the good stuff in Chicago and some sweets on the cruise (not to mention bread pudding in NOLA).

    And also waiting for the 10 bags of dried persimmons I ordered to come in from TJ's.

    This is limiting sweets for me as I've had enough sweets for at least 20 people this year. lol And I'm still healthy, slim, and lean.
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    natalienwilson9 wrote: »
    So today I've decided that I will have no junk for a month! I've been allowing myself too many sweets and need to break the habit. Anyone wanna join me?

    There are a lot of vague parameters involved in your plan. What are you qualifying as junk? Are you only going to restrict sweets, or all sugars? Did I also read that you are considering going vegan? Is that for weight loss purposes, or for ethical reasons? It may be challenging to be a vegan and consume no sugar, since there are sugars in fruits and vegetables...

  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    There are a lot of vague parameters involved in your plan.

    Yes, and exactly why it ill not work...

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    natalienwilson9 wrote: »
    So today I've decided that I will have no junk for a month! I've been allowing myself too many sweets and need to break the habit. Anyone wanna join me?

    There are a lot of vague parameters involved in your plan. What are you qualifying as junk? Are you only going to restrict sweets, or all sugars? Did I also read that you are considering going vegan? Is that for weight loss purposes, or for ethical reasons? It may be challenging to be a vegan and consume no sugar, since there are sugars in fruits and vegetables...

    It would be flat out impossible, I would think Vegans can go low carbohydrate (I even know a couple of people doing vegan versions of keto), but even they are regularly consuming sugars.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    Perhaps consider joining the Low Carber Daily group. Most people there have cut out sugars and limit their grains. Even if you are technically not low carb (below 100 to 150g per day) you would be welcomed to join to get ideas on how to cut back.

    There are a few vegetarians in the group too.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Why is it assumed that "no junk" = "low carb"? Lots of stuff that some might consider "junk" is low carb, and as cwolfman correctly pointed out, many carbs are nutrient dense or not reasonably considered "junk."

    Sigh.

    Anyway, OP, I do stuff like that sometimes, last January, in fact, but December doesn't work for me -- I probably eat more sweet stuff and other "junk" this month than in most others, and am okay with that. It's actually been good motivation to focus on making sure I also get lots of nutrient dense foods too (especially those carbs cwolfman mentioned) and to ramp up my workout schedule (well, that and that I've signed up for a few winter races). Good luck with it -- if you are going vegan I think there's a vegan group around here, and janejellyroll always impresses me with her advice and takes on things, so you might want to look at what she does.
  • kgeyser
    kgeyser Posts: 22,505 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Why is it assumed that "no junk" = "low carb"? Lots of stuff that some might consider "junk" is low carb, and as cwolfman correctly pointed out, many carbs are nutrient dense or not reasonably considered "junk."

    Sigh.

    Anyway, OP, I do stuff like that sometimes, last January, in fact, but December doesn't work for me -- I probably eat more sweet stuff and other "junk" this month than in most others, and am okay with that. It's actually been good motivation to focus on making sure I also get lots of nutrient dense foods too (especially those carbs cwolfman mentioned) and to ramp up my workout schedule (well, that and that I've signed up for a few winter races). Good luck with it -- if you are going vegan I think there's a vegan group around here, and janejellyroll always impresses me with her advice and takes on things, so you might want to look at what she does.

    Where did anyone say it was?
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited December 2015
    kgeyser wrote: »
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Why is it assumed that "no junk" = "low carb"? Lots of stuff that some might consider "junk" is low carb, and as cwolfman correctly pointed out, many carbs are nutrient dense or not reasonably considered "junk."

    Sigh.

    Anyway, OP, I do stuff like that sometimes, last January, in fact, but December doesn't work for me -- I probably eat more sweet stuff and other "junk" this month than in most others, and am okay with that. It's actually been good motivation to focus on making sure I also get lots of nutrient dense foods too (especially those carbs cwolfman mentioned) and to ramp up my workout schedule (well, that and that I've signed up for a few winter races). Good luck with it -- if you are going vegan I think there's a vegan group around here, and janejellyroll always impresses me with her advice and takes on things, so you might want to look at what she does.

    Where did anyone say it was?

    When nvmomketo responded to OP's statement that she wanted to give up "junk" for the month by suggesting that she join the low carb group (and noted that many give up grains, which are certainly not universally considered "junk").

    Otherwise, what the heck does the low carb group have to do with anything? Especially since OP is apparently a vegan.
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