how do you get off sugar?
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Its great to try and deconstruct your cravings. Sometimes its not the sweets you need, but a hug or maybe you're dehydrated.
True that once your body is addicted its a little harder.. Replace the sweet in your diet with root vegetables and fruit.. If you must have sweets, go for the best quality dark chocolate!0 -
Staying away from sugar and high-glycemic (simple) carbohydrates, which the body rapidly converts to sugar, is one of the best ways to decrease inflammation.
http://articlesunlimited.holisticnetworkexchange.com/inflammation_sugar.html0 -
Why is everyone eating cold turkey instead of sugar?0
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put pepper in it0
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I realized that processed sugar was undermining my efforts so I just quit bringing it into my home. I live alone so it was a LOT easier then if I didn't. I totally realize that. There is absolutely NO junk food in my house and if there is and I find it? it's goin in the garbage. Just me, but it works for me. It's been a couple months now and I don't miss it one bit. If I see it when I go out somewhere and I want it....I will have it. Not a problem. I just don't want it around me all the time.0
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Staying away from sugar and high-glycemic (simple) carbohydrates, which the body rapidly converts to sugar, is one of the best ways to decrease inflammation.
http://articlesunlimited.holisticnetworkexchange.com/inflammation_sugar.html
Cool blog post.0 -
I replaced all sweets and sugar with Diet Soda and sweeteners.0
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Depends on how big she is. I knew a stripper named sugar and she was kinda big. took two rollovers just to get off of her.0
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You have to talk dirty to it. Sugar likes that.0
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I don't really get it, it's like I have a personal mission to make gummie bears extinct these days. I don't drink soda so ....but lately candy is the bomb. Sweetarts are also in line to get consumed. Ughhh and I don't know who keeps making brownies but they need to stop. Ughhhhhh0
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I don't really get it, it's like I have a personal mission to make gummie bears extinct these days. I don't drink soda so ....but lately candy is the bomb. Sweetarts are also in line to get consumed. Ughhh and I don't know who keeps making brownies but they need to stop. Ughhhhhh
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I replaced all sweets and sugar with Diet Soda and sweeteners.
Even diet soda is not good for you though. be careful not to drink too much.0 -
I replaced all sweets and sugar with Diet Soda and sweeteners.
Even diet soda is not good for you though. be careful not to drink too much.
Everything in moderation. I don't want my sodium levels to get too high.0 -
So I have realized that I'm a total sugar person. I don't really know when this happened but lately all I want is candy etc. So here it is. I need to get off sugar for a week or longer. How do I do it? Did you go cold turkey? What about natural sugars from fruit? Help me please.
Please follow the rule if you don't have anything nice to say then keep your flipping mouth shut.,
Oh and what should I expect while giving it up in side effects?
While sugar is sugar, I don't follow fruit sugars as closely as I do refined ones. Fruit sugar tends, in general, to come with nutrients and is generally not separated from the fiber and other stuff that seems to slow down absorption (at least it does for me). That's not to say I go whole-hog on fruit - I have 2-3 pieces of fruit daily at most.
As far as the rest, I would recommend based on my own experience you not to switch to artificial or "low calorie" sweeteners, since getting off the expectation of things tasting sweet all the time was the key to eliminating the cravings.
Oh, and side effects? Cravings. Horrible, nasty cravings. If you're a sugarholic like me, also some tiredness as your metabolism is currently being supported by sugars. Be strong for about a week and they subside, and your body learns to be energetic from healthier energy sources.
And drink water like you'll never see it again. Make 64 ounces your MINIMUM. No scientific reason - it just helped with the cravings. A lot.
I can enjoy sugar again, as a treat, in moderation. I control it now. That's what worked for me. Plenty of other things worked for other people.0 -
I'll never tell0
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Why is everyone eating cold turkey instead of sugar?
Love it0 -
I love sugar.
She charges too much. I go to Lexus or Sparkle when I need some lovin'.0 -
Most people benefit best going cold turkey.
I'm on day 4 of sugar free and lemme tell you, if you make yourself a sugar free substitute of whatever you crave, it will help so much! I made sugar free peanut butter cups and figured out my real craving wasn't for sugar, but for the fats in peanuts combined with the milk in the chocolate.. so I recommend cutting completely and having safe indulgences around.0 -
I don't really get it, it's like I have a personal mission to make gummie bears extinct these days. I don't drink soda so ....but lately candy is the bomb. Sweetarts are also in line to get consumed. Ughhh and I don't know who keeps making brownies but they need to stop. Ughhhhhh
Now that's funny !!! The brownie bandit strikes again LMAO
I replaced surgar cravings with sweet apples or oranges. YUMMMMMM them more and more these days0 -
When I did the lemon cleanse for 10 days that killed my sugar cravings. Of course, if you're a chocoholic like me soon as you allow yourself to given in to people around you who always have it around, the taste for sugar comes back. The Weight Watchers Smart Delights (Key Lime, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, etc.) really help with my cravings so I don't go overboard. The servings are so small! It is the ONLY thing sweet I allow to be in my house, with exception of maybe hard candy cause it's not my 1st love (it will last me a lonnng while...chocolate and other soft stuff never have a chance).0
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