need help avoiding sugar...

goku89
goku89 Posts: 160
in Food and Nutrition
i've done this for a while now...not only is it hard its pretty much very a bland and tiring diet. everything with sugar tastes good. eggs and sugar free oatmeal i can do but the rest of the day? i pretty much have to buy additive free meat and cheese which is expensive so i don't eat the junk thats in our pantry. and i just can't avoid it 100% its impossible. not to mention i haven't lost any weight from avoiding it...really been stuck at this weight since i plateua'd. (sp). any tips? thanks.

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  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    Are you avoiding sugar because you believe that it is necessary to do so in order to lose weight? Or are you avoiding it for other reasons? Please share.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    opening your diary might help.

    Meat, fish, eggs, cheese and a range of vegetables will provide you with a sugar free menu for lunch and dinner. Throw in a few nuts as well and some berries perhaps depending what your precise issues and limits are.
  • babycook
    babycook Posts: 172 Member
    The longer you go without sugar the less you crave it.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    The longer you go without sugar the less you crave it.

    Damn straight ... Regarding the cost ... What price health?

    Eat crap, feel like crap.
  • goku89
    goku89 Posts: 160
    Are you avoiding sugar because you believe that it is necessary to do so in order to lose weight? Or are you avoiding it for other reasons? Please share.
    to lose weight
  • wesellee
    wesellee Posts: 23 Member
    if you hit a plateau,then its not the sugar but the calories,try droping the calories by 200 a day and see if that helps
  • goku89
    goku89 Posts: 160
    if you hit a plateau,then its not the sugar but the calories,try droping the calories by 200 a day and see if that helps
    i read starving yourself actually makes you bloat would that even help?
  • theartichoke
    theartichoke Posts: 816 Member
    Opening your diary would allow everyone to help you better. If you're not comfortable with that would you mind sharing your calorie goal?
  • wesellee
    wesellee Posts: 23 Member
    the only way to lose weight is in a caloric deficet,regardless of sugar,carbs,protein,or fat intake.you have to expend more energy than you take in,thats it,if you are getting bloated you may need to take in more water
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    I can get to this eating packs of these:
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    And eating over BMR. Not starving, lots of sugar. I still eat sugar and now look like this:
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    If sugar does make you lose weight, it's not fat or muscle. This is more related to carbs but this is how water weight works:

    http://www.justinowings.com/understanding-bodyweight-and-glycogen-de/

    I think it's a great idea to stay away from processed sugars. It definitely won't do you any harm. Replace processed sugar with real sugar, fruit, and sweet vegetables for example. They're low on the GI, and they're good for you, despite the fact that there is sugar in them.
  • sarah6336
    sarah6336 Posts: 108 Member
    I have a problem where if I eat refined sugar, I get hungrier. I wind up not feeling satisfied and eat a lot more food than I ought to eat. Have you tried fresh local grown produce? I find that that keeps me from eating too much, and leaves me feeling full.
  • goku89
    goku89 Posts: 160
    Opening your diary would allow everyone to help you better. If you're not comfortable with that would you mind sharing your calorie goal?
    my nurse suggested a maximum of 1500 calories a day. before i discovered this website i usually had to do the math to figure out how much this or that has calorie wise. i didn't have to avoid sugar and still somehow lost 20lbs...:/
  • goku89
    goku89 Posts: 160
    I have a problem where if I eat refined sugar, I get hungrier. I wind up not feeling satisfied and eat a lot more food than I ought to eat. Have you tried fresh local grown produce? I find that that keeps me from eating too much, and leaves me feeling full.
    yeah i used to eat organic and gluten free for a while cause i thought i had celiac disease...
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Replace processed sugar with real sugar
    How is the sucrose in a packet different to the sucrose in an orange ? or the sucrose in an unsweetened orange juice. I don't think this is going to help the OP.

    You know that fructose has a low GI because it's not glucose, I assume ?
  • goku89
    goku89 Posts: 160
    Replace processed sugar with real sugar
    How is the sucrose in a packet different to the sucrose in an orange ? or the sucrose in an unsweetened orange juice. I don't think this is going to help the OP.

    You know that fructose has a low GI because it's not glucose, I assume ?
    hes not answering but im assuming the sugar in fruit is from the fact that its a complex carb and the sugar breaks down more slowly?

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