Sugar/carb detoxing? How long does it take

Give it at least a week or two. Your body has to adjust to burning fat, instead of getting a sugar infusion every few hours. The apple with PB sounds like a good idea as you transition. Make sure you're eating enough fat. You might also try drinking a cup or two of chicken or beef broth every day while you're adjusting.

ARE YOU DIABETIC?

Hmm, I'm obviously not explaining it well enough. You choose either S meals (Satisfying, higher in fat, low in carb) OR E meals (Energizing, higher in healthy carbs such as brown rice or quinoa, low in fat. Vegetables that are not startchy). You do eat carbs. You are also free to snack. You just don't mix S and E foods within 2.5 hours of each other. I was eating meals and snacks all high in carbs previous and way too much sugar. I have decreased my carbs and focused on healthy carbs, not eliminating carbs. As you reach your goal weight, you move into crossover meals that have larger amounts of carbs in them.

No, I do not have diabetes, I was checked this year.

That seems like a lot of letters for spreading out your macros. What's the benefit to having an S meal or an E meal? Why can't you have fats and carbs in the same sitting?

PROTIP: 'Calories in = Calories out' is the only rule you need when losing weight.

peuglow gave you the right advice concerning protein to weight ratio to maintain muscle during weight loss.

PROTIP: 'Calories in = Calories out' is the only rule you need when losing weight.

peuglow gave you the right advice concerning protein to weight ratio to maintain muscle during weight loss.

If that were true, I'd be skinny. I mean, there is some truth to it. But, there's more to it than that.

Goodness, you guys aren't a very supportive bunch. I didn't want my method criticized. I'm quite happy with it. I just wanted to know how long I can expect to feel junky after quitting an unhealthy amount of sugar in my diet. Thank you to the one and only person that actually answered that.

You're welcome.

I just looked up that book on Amazon, and checked out the sample pages. Sounds interesting. I may see if the local library can get it for me.

I've been eating lower-carb for the past several years. My father has been type 2 diabetic for 17 or 18 years, and it runs in his family. I've seen what he goes through since his pancreas gave up on making insulin. I don't want to go there. The older I get, the less grains and sugar I can eat without gaining weight. I may never give them up entirely, but the fewer I eat, the less I miss them.

As for support, you just about have to join a low-carb or Paleo/primal group here on MFP. There's a cadre of folks on here who seem to jump on just about any public thread that suggests giving up grains and/or sugar: "You MUST EAT GRAINS unless you have a health problem! They're HEALTHY!" "You can eat as much sugar as you want If It Fits Your Macros!" Honestly, I'm starting to wonder if a few of them aren't employees of the Sugar Association, or a wheat- or corn-growers group. Just speculation, of course--obviously I can't prove that, and I'm not picking on anyone in particular--but their anger and zeal about someone else's dietary choices seem way out of proportion...

Good luck to you!

I agree with the feeling like poo for about a week. A few years ago, I started really tracking how much sugar I ate. Just cutting back on that got me to lose 25 pounds. So, guess you can tell how I feel about it. :-) Good luck, and I will have to check into that book as well!

I am doing a similar diet, I have cut my carbs and upped my protein, and I am avoiding sugar by using sweeteners instead and not eating sugary fruit etc... However i didn't experience any negative effects such as shaking. I took to it quite well, I struggled to keep my calories up at a good amount for a while thou as all low carb foods tend to be low in calories too. But i have got the hang of it now! Feel free to add me and look at my diary, I love to give support to friends and watch their success!

PROTIP: 'Calories in = Calories out' is the only rule you need when losing weight.

peuglow gave you the right advice concerning protein to weight ratio to maintain muscle during weight loss.

If that were true, I'd be skinny. I mean, there is some truth to it. But, there's more to it than that.

Goodness, you guys aren't a very supportive bunch. I didn't want my method criticized. I'm quite happy with it. I just wanted to know how long I can expect to feel junky after quitting an unhealthy amount of sugar in my diet. Thank you to the one and only person that actually answered that.

No, if you were to accurately count the calories expended and consumed you would be skinny.

But since you're not looking for criticism, feel free to continue your non optimal weight loss.

Your body has withdrawals from sugar and carbs. It takes a week or so to lower the effect in your body and you should be feeling better, drink plenty of water and if you are eating less than 20g of carbs a day, you won't have cravings.

For me it takes 3-5 days. I disagree with calories in vs calories out..that is way oversimplified. So basically youre saying if you ate 1400 calories of chips and ice cream you would lose weight? Cutting out processed carbs and simple sugars helped me lose 60 lbs, so its NOT an "non optimal" eating plan. It definitely works, and if you have to kick start it by cutting out all sugars, then that is what works for you. I say go for it, just be sure to watch your potassium levels. If you feel shaky, they could be low. Good luck!

In for selling books with fad diets. The reality is that books like this make the authors money but do little else than to drive their readers batty chasing things that don't matter.

Your body has withdrawals from sugar and carbs. It takes a week or so to lower the effect in your body and you should be feeling better, drink plenty of water and if you are eating less than 20g of carbs a day, you won't have cravings.

Statements like this scare me because they are indicative of the amount of misinformation that is out there.

Even chasing rainbows will get you somewhere, but if you want a pot of gold you'll need to bring two things:

A pot
Some gold


Good luck!

I've started eating following a book called Trim Healthy Mama. You up your protein, decrease carbs and don't eat carb heavy and fat heavy at the same meal. No sugar, no sugary fruit.

I started on Monday. Tuesday I woke up shaking. I ate some quinoa, but that didn't do much. So I ate half an apple with a little PB. I felt better after that.

This morning I was very weak and felt nauseous.

How many morning can I expect to feel like this. It's took 2.5 hours to be feeling normal today.

Unsustainable way of eating is unsustainable.