how do you get off sugar?

littlepinkhearts

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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boys4girls1

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.

doorki

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.

myfitnessnmhoy

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.

Sugarchef

I'll never tell

Valera0466

Why is everyone eating cold turkey instead of sugar?

Love it

Beastette

I love sugar.

She charges too much. I go to Lexus or Sparkle when I need some lovin'.

theblackbirdtree

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.

valerie521

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 days

40Club

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).

Cait_Sidhe

How do you get off, sugar?

There. Fixed it for you.

Lobster1987

I quit it cold turkey by starting the South Beach Diet, and then worked fruit and non-refined carbs back into my diet. I eat a lot of sugar-free treats, too.

amy1612

Try eating some sweet fruit, like strawberries or grapes instead. Or if its chocolatey things have an options instead.

But seriously, just stop buying it. after about a week you wont care anymore, youre the only one who can do it. Its not the brownies fault you eat them,its yours (Im not saying this to be nasty). If you avoid it you really wont want it.

I have to say, I must be one of the only people that finds having sweet stuff in the house a deterent. If I know its there I dont want it, I still have easter eggs, and theres always biscuits or something incase Im doing a dessert.

ddockery17

Its easy

JustJennie1

Cold turkey is really the only way. You'll have cravings no doubt but after about a week they'll go away.

I used to have a HUGE sweet tooth. I could eat candy corn, cadbury cream eggs, anything that was sickly sweet and not think twice about it. Now I have a hard time even drinking drinks that are overly sweetened. Even diet coke is too sweet for me! After not eating sugar for a while I can now take it or leave it and it's actually not a bad thing because on the off chance that I decide to have dessert it makes it more special because it's not something I have all the time.