Anyone else doing a sugar free diet?

GaleHawkins

@147Daneen thanks for the link. I wish I would have known to have started one three years ago. Our kids (19 years old) had been after me to do one for a long time and finally my son helped me set one up on squarespace.com. I want to turn in into a book after I retire and start speaking at health related conventions. I have a lot of work in front of me. [post edited by MFP mods]

147Daneen

amazing! thanks for sharing @GaleHawkins !

GaleHawkins wrote: »

@147Daneen thanks for the link. I wish I would have known to have started one three years ago. Our kids (19 years old) had been after me to do one for a long time and finally my son helped me set one up on squarespace.com. I want to turn in into a book after I retire and start speaking at health related conventions. I have a lot of work in front of me. [post edited by MFP mods]

hadassaa1

Trying here but keep failing, add me and let's motivate each other

Mummytofitmummy

I'm cutting out sugar in terms of chocolate etc and I've stopped having white bread etc but the only thing is the rice... Although I haven't eaten rice yet.
But for me the worst was eating too much chocolate. One week has passed without it and I'm good.

Mummytofitmummy

Add me if you wish

allthefruitsandveggies

Aiming to do this - no bread and no refined sugar!

RedSierra

147Daneen wrote: »

I'm writing about my sugar free process on my blog here at myfitnesspal. Was wondering if anyone is also doing sugar free - no sugar, and no processed food at all. (white bread, pasta, tortilla, white rice), basically I'm only eating what I cook myself.

Thanks!

FYI, your brain needs glucose to function (meaning sugar).

You can certainly cut out processed foods and eat whatever you want, but (1) almost everything is "processed" to some degree and (2) some form of sugar is in all vegetables and fruit, plus dairy. You would have very little left to eat.

I limit sugar in my diet because I have a medical problem -- and a control problem. It's easier for me to not eat sweets like donuts and candy than try to moderate them (more power to the people who have achieved moderation). If I want something sweet I will eat an apple or some strawberries -- the bulk in the fruit is good for me. However, I am still eating sugar.

ndj1979

Juliechilli wrote: »

I just started today - clean eating. No processed anything, no added sugar etc. Sure I will be miserable soon haha but it's so worth it.

you don't have to be misearble to lose weight and be healthy ..

eat in a calorie deficit, enjoy the foods that you like, get adequate nutrition, meet macros, and find a form of exercise that you enjoy..

ndj1979

147Daneen wrote: »

I'm writing about my sugar free process on my blog here at myfitnesspal. Was wondering if anyone is also doing sugar free - no sugar, and no processed food at all. (white bread, pasta, tortilla, white rice), basically I'm only eating what I cook myself.

Thanks!

so you are eating no fruits, vegetables, breads, etc., Just meat?

ndj1979

ESinc1118 wrote: »

Good for you! I've been no sugar (no added sugars and no fruits or anything) and no white flour/carbs/anything processed for over 3 months now. The closest things to "processed" that I eat are treats I make at home myself with coconut flour and stevia, but even then those are rare. I will NEVER go back to eating sugar or processed carbs again. Though I haven't lost any weight (I started off within ten pounds of my goal weight though) I have seen so many great benefits that I don't miss the sugar or carbs or junk at all. Within a few weeks, my skin cleared up and is so much brighter and softer, with all around better tone, my moods are more even and elevated, I sleep better, and I don't get digestive discomfort or that exhausted feeling after eating. I have TONS more energy overall as well. The first week or two is hard, I won't sugar coat it for you (ha!) but after about two weeks your body finishes its "detox" and you won't crave that crap anymore. Honestly the things I miss most are the natural sugar items, like fruit and starchy carbs. But I am saving those as treats, or possible to be incorporated in small amounts once I have reached my goal weight.

sugar is not toxic,so you cannot detox from it...

PackerFanInGB

@147Daneen Good luck on your journey. I plan to follow your blog. I'm very interested in how you are doing with this. I'd love to be able to do it myself!

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

I don't see what going "Sugar free" would get me.

And I love ice cream.

GaleHawkins

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

I don't see what going "Sugar free" would get me.

And I love ice cream.

One needs a real reason I found to do so. Avoiding a nursing home as long as possible and kids see me dying prematurely enabled me to get off most all Carbs back in 2014. Health recovery is still progressing. Now I wish I had given up sugar at age 23 instead of 63.

accidentalpancake

While several prior are correct (sugar is not toxic, and the body cannot be "detoxed" outside of it's own existing functions), I am 21 days into a Whole30 right now, which obviously means no added sugars. Only what's existing in whole foods, which is plenty. I'm using it as a personal challenge more than anything else. It's nice to flex the self-control muscle now and again just to shake things up.

lemurcat12

RedSierra wrote: »

You can certainly cut out processed foods and eat whatever you want, but (1) almost everything is "processed" to some degree and (2) some form of sugar is in all vegetables and fruit, plus dairy. You would have very little left to eat.

I limit sugar in my diet because I have a medical problem -- and a control problem. It's easier for me to not eat sweets like donuts and candy than try to moderate them (more power to the people who have achieved moderation). If I want something sweet I will eat an apple or some strawberries -- the bulk in the fruit is good for me. However, I am still eating sugar.

This seems like a sensible approach.

JimmyfromNYC

Sugar is absolutely toxic.

JimmyfromNYC

Just like alcohol, coke, etc. Just a question of quantity and frequency. Just look at the number of diabetics and the pounds of sugar consumed.

snickerscharlie

JimmyfromNYC wrote: »

Sugar is absolutely toxic.

No, it isn't.

JimmyfromNYC wrote: »

Just like alcohol, coke, etc. Just a question of quantity and frequency. Just look at the number of diabetics and the pounds of sugar consumed.

Sugar doesn't cause diabetes, either.

nvmomketo

Try the Low Carber Daily MFP group for more people who have eliminated most, or all, dietary sugars. They are a great bunch.

I have been largely sugar free for a couple of years. I follow a very low carb diet so I restrict all carbs, which just turn into sugar upon digestion anyways. My daily sugar intake is almost always under 10 g, and often under 5g. I feel better eating this way. My overall health improved a lot. Like Gale, I did not switch until my health was declining, because I had no obvious health issue to treat, but I wish that I had gone low carb decades ago.

I have read that the development of T2D is linked to a higher carb, low fat diet of processed carbs. Spiking blood glucose and insulin is a possible cause of insulin resistance.

Someone earlier mentioned glucose is needed by the brain. It is, but the body can make that glucose. There is no need to ingest it. Plus after one eats low carb for a while, the brain's glucose needs will often be reduced by over half.