My doctor says, "No sugar for a month" (Dec-Jan 17th)
Aim4skinnyjeans
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My doctor says, "No sugar for a month"...is she trying to kill me...it's tis the season to eat sweets.... In reality, I know I need to at least try it...I'm sure she's right, but it's December. It's the time when there's peanut butter fudge, Christmas crack and Christmas cookies galore. Did I mention that I'm a wannabe baker? How will I ever survive for even this month? ~Feeling so sad...:( I need to motivate myself to do this, but it's gonna be so HaRD!!!:(:brokenheart:
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Why did she say no sugar for a month? Does it have to do with weight loss or health reasons?0
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I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.0
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I don't have processed sugar in my diet. Not since 2005. Sugar is the reason for your weight gain. It's evil but so yummy!
When I first cut sugar I lost 20 pounds in a month.0 -
I really needed to hear that! Christmas Crack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:smokin:0
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I was given two months by my doc to try to diet control my blood sugar and get my blood pressure under control or I have to go on meds.
I have several reasons to not want to go on meds so I am extra motivated to change everything permanently
if you are a wanna be baker then you will be happy to know that there are lots of things you can do to make tasty food just healthier
cutting out refined sugar is not that hard you have to want it to happen enough
I too love to bake cookies cakes breads cup cakes candies you name it
and food I love food
my love of food now has me looking for other options that are better for me if I can do it you can too
I know it is not easy but you can make it happen trust me I wish I had worked harder a couple years ago I can never go back I will always be a diabetic but I can make things better for myself so I am around longer for my kids0 -
I would get a second opinion. I don't track sugar and have lost 125lbs in 16 months. I don't get what sugar even has to do with it.I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.0 -
I would get a second opinion. I don't track sugar and have lost 125lbs in 16 months. I don't get what sugar even has to do with it.I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.
It has nothing to do with it other than someone pushing an agenda.0 -
I would get a second opinion. I don't track sugar and have lost 125lbs in 16 months. I don't get what sugar even has to do with it.I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.
^This. And check out this link to help see if maybe you are eating more than you think.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think0 -
I would get a second opinion. I don't track sugar and have lost 125lbs in 16 months. I don't get what sugar even has to do with it.I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.
It has nothing to do with it other than someone pushing an agenda.
Agreed and I also do not track sugar and have lost a few pounds...0 -
This.
I would get a second opinion. I don't track sugar and have lost 125lbs in 16 months. I don't get what sugar even has to do with it.I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.0 -
In...
...for an inevitable mature discussion about sugar.0 -
I struggle with sugar a lot. I have regained 30 pounds of the seventy I lost. it's like heroin for me. Gotta have it. Honestly if I can stay off it for 3 days the cravings go away. Then something happens, a wedding, birthday, family reunion etc and I'll think I can have one piece and I am back at 500-1000 calories a day from sugar and my weight goes up. I can eat perfectly other than the sugar and I just can't break the addiction. Working on that special demon right now. I wish you the best of luck on this. It can be done. Just not sure how I did so well the first time I did it.0
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I struggle with sugar a lot. I have regained 30 pounds of the seventy I lost. it's like heroin for me. Gotta have it. Honestly if I can stay off it for 3 days the cravings go away. Then something happens, a wedding, birthday, family reunion etc and I'll think I can have one piece and I am back at 500-1000 calories a day from sugar and my weight goes up. I can eat perfectly other than the sugar and I just can't break the addiction. Working on that special demon right now. I wish you the best of luck on this. It can be done. Just not sure how I did so well the first time I did it.
Wait..you eat 500-1000 calories a day? Or that's what happens when you eat chocolate? :huh:0 -
Ouch, they sure picked a tough month for you to try and give up sugar. Maybe your Doc is doing this because they know you'll crack and eat a little bit of the evil white stuff. An under-handed attempt to get you to eat sugar in moderration you could say
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Ouch, they sure picked a tough month for you to try and give up sugar. Maybe your Doc is doing this because they know you'll crack and eat a little bit of the evil white stuff. An under-handed attempt to get you to eat sugar in moderration you could say
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I don't have processed sugar in my diet. Not since 2005. Sugar is the reason for your weight gain. It's evil but so yummy!
When I first cut sugar I lost 20 pounds in a month.
You lost weight because you cut calories. Eat spoonfulls of sugar all day, stay under your maintenance calories an you will still lose.0 -
and also with youIn...
...for an inevitable mature discussion about sugar.0 -
and also with youIn...
...for an inevitable mature discussion about sugar.
hopping on this train with you guys0 -
Inb4 "Sugerz iz da debil".
and also with youIn...
...for an inevitable mature discussion about sugar.
hopping on this train with you guys0 -
When I was 16, I was diagnosed with severe hypoglycemia. My doctor also told me to stop all sugar immediately for a month and see how my sugar responded. I instantly felt better and stopped passing out in class. My sugar was hovering in the 20s when I stopped eating sugar and in that month, rebounded to the healthier 80s.
The good news is that I dropped 15 lbs. that month. The bad news was that I wanted sugar all the time, but that changed over the course of the month and I learned to do without.
The new good news is that there are many tasty sugar-free snacks available these days.
(If it's for another reason besides blood sugars, I missed it in the posts and apologize.)0 -
In...
...for an inevitable mature discussion about sugar.
Ditto. And on a side note.... Does anyone else get that really 'let-down' feeling, when you click on on topic in 'MY TOPICS' and it leads you back to the main forum index, indicating that the topic has been nuked? The latest one to disappear from MY TOPICS was " 5 day nutrisystem kit. " It's sad, but I guess it's the circle of forum life.0 -
I would get a second opinion. I don't track sugar and have lost 125lbs in 16 months. I don't get what sugar even has to do with it.I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.
1000 calories a day from sugar is insane and doesn't leave room for healthy macro ratios. It sounds like the Doc is just using sugar as a way to restrict calories and get smarter macro balance, which based on the OP's comments, is a pretty reasonable thing to try.0 -
Probably not the best prognosis for a Dr to take considering reducing sugar and losing weight have similar outcomes and will never be able to properly diagnose if it actually was the reduction/elimination of sugar. Not to bright imo.I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.0 -
It wasn't the OP who commented on having that much sugar.
I would get a second opinion. I don't track sugar and have lost 125lbs in 16 months. I don't get what sugar even has to do with it.I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.
1000 calories a day from sugar is insane and doesn't leave room for healthy macro ratios. It sounds like the Doc is just using sugar as a way to restrict calories and get smarter macro balance, which based on the OP's comments, is a pretty reasonable thing to try.0 -
OP Never stated what the blood work actually showed, Maybe the Doctor has information we don"t have.0
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sugar was the 2nd shooter on the grassy knoll...
...probably.0 -
I had some bld wk done because I can't seem to lose weight. Instead I keep gaining and it's really frustrating. So, she suspects sugar is the problem and wants me to cut it out for a month as well as only eat 1200-1500 calories a day and more of a low carb/high protein ratio. It's gonna be so hard for me.
Your dr sounds like an idiot. Second opinion.0 -
I like your Walter White hat! Live here in Albuquerque, home of Breaking Bad!!0
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sugar was the 2nd shooter on the grassy knoll...
...probably.
hawhaw.0 -
OP Never stated what the blood work actually showed, Maybe the Doctor has information we don"t have.
Well apart from the obvious blood sugar levels indicating diabetes, in which case the dietary advice would be around carbohydrates not just sugar, I can't think of a single blood test for which the results would require stopping sugar.0
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