30 days of sugar free

KBjimAZ

It's always good to plan ahead! Maybe it will help to share with your friends over brunch what you are doing, and how awesome you feel and the great results you are seeing??

Remember: YOU'VE GOT THIS!

skinnylion

.... there is nothing wrong with fruit or dairy. It's a great idea to give up processed sugar, but giving up EVERY sugar in EVERY food is too extreme. You will never be happy living like that! And the benefits, if there even are any, will be superficial at most.

kathyms13

hiya, 18 months ago i was told by my doctor im diabetic, i went straight into the sugar free diet by the way my blood sugar was over 18, in 12 months of sugar free living but zero drinks and sweeteners eating the 2 or 3 fruits a day i had lost a massive 4 stones thats 56 pounds . i put some on then near a stone hence my joining mfp and have lost the stone and little bit more, sweeteners wont harm you tho fructose is like a poison after a while you wont miss the sweetness of sugar. good luck . oh and now my blood sugar is 4 .

wanderinglight

.... there is nothing wrong with fruit or dairy. It's a great idea to give up processed sugar, but giving up EVERY sugar in EVERY food is too extreme. You will never be happy living like that! And the benefits, if there even are any, will be superficial at most.

couldn't agree more! But there is no harm in trying it for a certain period of time to try and break a cycle of addiction to sweets. I'm looking forward to adding fruit and dairy back in!

wanderinglight

Still going! Today is Day 17!

I have noticed that for almost two weeks I did really well and then even though I haven't slipped up on eating sugar, those old habits started creeping back in. Since I'm not splurging on sugary stuff then I've been overeating on the food I am allowing. It's the tendency to binge that I'm trying to get under control even as I break the sugar addiction. There have been a few days that I've thought "oh well I can eat the whole bag of pecans since I'm allowed to have nuts," not even realizing that I'm not hungry.

My goal for this week is to get back on track with the self control. I have been able to say no to the stuff that is SO tempting and that I love (sweets, cookies, dessert, pretzels, snack-y stuff) that I should be able to say no to the stuff that is not nearly as tempting.

I am also very proud because my fiance flew out over the weekend to surprise me. I had been doing the sugar free thing quietly, not wanting to talk about it much (beyond the MFP page, of course, where I want to talk about it all the time!) and hoping to surprise him when he saw me. He really noticed that I had lost a little bit of weight and he was really supportive when I told him what I was doing. We still went out and had some wonderful meals, and I was able to keep sticking with it (although I did break down and have two glasses of wine).

wanderinglight

DAY 21!

I feel great! Out of the past three weeks there have been two or three days where I haven't eaten 100% clean (last weekend I had champagne and a few glasses of wine with my fiance, and today I had a piece of rye toast with my scrambled eggs) but for the most part I've stuck to a total detox from sugar, processed foods and flour.

I'm going to keep going for at least another two weeks.

The hardest part has been pre-planning snacks and lunches so that I'm not caught out in the middle of the day starving and unable to find healthy alternatives. I'm going to try and work on that a bit more this week as well as eating bigger breakfasts.

I've been reading a lot about Paleo and Primal and although I don't see myself adhering to either of those, I do admire and want to copy the commitment to fulltime clean eating.

Anyway, just thought I'd update and if anyone else there is trying to go sugar free...hope you are seeing positive results as well :drinker:

juliesstar

Hi! Awesome posts from everyone. I'm on day 2 of going sugar and sweetener free (with the exception of fruit). I feel quite tired / headachy today. Does this pass after a few days?