Sugar is from the DEVIL

luvnlife6
luvnlife6 Posts: 44 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
After reviewing my food diary I noticed that I'm taking in way too much sugar. How do you decrease your sugar intake when you just got tohave something sweet to eat? I'm weak to my sugar cravings.

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  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    I don't even give my sugar a second thought atm, and i'm feeling better than ever! It's just calories in a fancy box, especially when you have a lot of weight to lose.

    When you want to get that cut look, even then I'm not totally sure it's relevant providing you have no medical conditions and stay under your calories...
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Cutting down my sugar intake was the best thing I ever did. I don't get cravings for anything and find that I am far less hungry during the day. I find that if I eat a lot of sugary foods, I feel really hungry, far more so than if I eat protein-rich or even fat-rich foods.

    You do not HAVE to have some super-sugary tart. You just want it. Learn to make that distinction and change your habits.
  • toniRAD
    toniRAD Posts: 196 Member
    I hate it! I go over in my sugar a lot.. But when the sugar is natural from fruits, you can have more of it. It's the refined sugar that's the devil. :P
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    After reviewing my food diary I noticed that I'm taking in way too much sugar. How do you decrease your sugar intake when you just got tohave something sweet to eat? I'm weak to my sugar cravings.

    What's wrong with sugar again? It raises blood glucose just as all CHO's do. Eat in moderation. Your body doesn't really know the difference between simple sugars and complex sugars. One is just easier to break down than the other.
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    After reviewing my food diary I noticed that I'm taking in way too much sugar. How do you decrease your sugar intake when you just got tohave something sweet to eat? I'm weak to my sugar cravings.

    What's wrong with sugar again? It raises blood glucose just as all CHO's do. Eat in moderation. Your body doesn't really know the difference between simple sugars and complex sugars. One is just easier to break down than the other.

    This^^
  • Lesliecs
    Lesliecs Posts: 930 Member
    No..... SODIUM is the DEVIL! I worry more about sodium than sugar. A lot of my sugar comes from fruit and veggies and I just don't think that's as bad as processed sugar, which I TRY to keep in control.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    I would marry sugar.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I would marry sugar.
    I'm already married, but I would have a torrid affair with sugar. Maybe even a threesome!
  • Shanna_Inc86
    Shanna_Inc86 Posts: 781 Member
    I have a MASSIVE SWEET TOOTH! I don't worry about my sugar too much, I don't have diabetes or anything like that. When I'm really craving something sweet I go for some dark chocolate....like I did today haha
  • LaPistolaSexola
    LaPistolaSexola Posts: 243 Member
    Lips like sugar...Sugar kisses.

    mmmm
    now i just wanna make out.
  • yummy♥
    yummy♥ Posts: 612 Member
    I would marry sugar.

    you would be an excellent addition to our family.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    I hate it! I go over in my sugar a lot.. But when the sugar is natural from fruits, you can have more of it. It's the refined sugar that's the devil. :P

    Not true. The body doesn't know the difference between sucrose from table sugar and sucrose from an apple. It just processes sucrose as sucrose.

    Sugar isn't a bad thing at all, unless you have some sort of metabolic issue or insulin problem, but for healthy people, sugar is a natural energy source that humans have been eating for millions of years.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I hate it! I go over in my sugar a lot.. But when the sugar is natural from fruits, you can have more of it. It's the refined sugar that's the devil. :P

    Not true. The body doesn't know the difference between sucrose from table sugar and sucrose from an apple. It just processes sucrose as sucrose.

    True, sugar is sugar. Fruit sugar is better in one way though: it tends to come with some nutrition, not just empty calories. Meaning, while the sugar itself is the same, you're better off eating a piece of fruit and getting that nutrition, than just dumping some sugar in your coffee.
  • bluebird321
    bluebird321 Posts: 733 Member
    I'm very strict with sugar, but I don't seem to metabolize it as well as other people -- everyone is different. My own personal philosophy is to play it safe and keep it under 15g everyday and to treat all sugars the same way. That approach has worked for me, but that doesn't necessarily have to be your approach.
  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
    I'm very strict with sugar, but I don't seem to metabolize it as well as other people -- everyone is different. My own personal philosophy is to play it safe and keep it under 15g everyday and to treat all sugars the same way. That approach has worked for me, but that doesn't necessarily have to be your approach.
    Define "I don't metabolize it as well as others" to me. Seriously, what makes you think this?
  • bluebird321
    bluebird321 Posts: 733 Member
    I'm very strict with sugar, but I don't seem to metabolize it as well as other people -- everyone is different. My own personal philosophy is to play it safe and keep it under 15g everyday and to treat all sugars the same way. That approach has worked for me, but that doesn't necessarily have to be your approach.
    Define "I don't metabolize it as well as others" to me. Seriously, what makes you think this?

    I'm generalizing, but it's based on my own personal experience -- basically, cutting it out of my diet seemed like a big factor in losing weight.
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