Anybody who has gone off sugar completely ???

I am trying to go completely off sugar. I have been doing low-carb, so I have cut out everything with sugar except sometimes a spoonful of peanut butter or something with natural sugars. I do not crave sweet stuff anymore but am addicted to diet soda. That is my next break! Eeeeeeekkk!!

I don't know if anyone said this yet, but if you're going to use honey you should buy local honey. It will help with your allergies, if you have any. Honey also won't spoil, so you don't have to feel bad about buying a big glass jar of it from your farmer's market! :flowerforyou:

I love using honey in my coffee & tea. Tastes so much better than just sugar!

I do think your title is a bit misleading though about going off sugar completely... Carry on!

I've gone off sugar completely and feel much better. The only sweetener that I occasionally use in a natural stevia.

Although limiting your sugars is a fantastic idea as us Americans eat way to much of it. Going completely off sugar is a very bad idea. Your brain needs sugar to function and cutting out sugars force your body to convert some fats to sugar (the whole adkins crap). Discipline is a better goal than diet manipulation.

On the other hand, converting to honey while cooking etc is a fantastic idea. The more natural you can make your diet, the healthier it will be for your body. Another thing I do is when I get a sugar craving, I fulfill it with a natural fruit instead of a sugar beverage or something like that. Fruits generally maximize good sugar taste with less calories. They also have all of the good things that come with eating naturally, like the anti-oxidants and fibers.

There are small amounts of sugars in practically all plant-based foods, including even leafy green vegetables. So unless you're switching to a strictly carnivorous diet, more than likely you're getting more sugar than you may realize.

Anytime you can replace sugar with a natural form over a processed one is good. I'd read up on raw honey too. I have cut way back on sugar and after a 222 days, an apple feels like a delicious sweet treat. If I really need a sugar fix which is not often, I eat a 1/3 cup of raisins or Crasins. 120 cals.

Rather than beat up Honey, look at someone credible Dr. Lustig on sugar: http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Sugar-The-Bitter-Truth-16717 Long version) More to weight loss than just cals in and cals out.....(though that is most of it).

1 min: http://www.uctv.tv/skinny-on-obesity/

Most will get enough sugar in the processed foods, yogurt for me, and as someone below pointed out it is in many things.

Have a great day. Dr. Lustig is a MD at UC San Francisco Med Center I believe.

Jon Hanson

This is just so typical of me . . .I am such sucker for tryin out new stuff :frown:
But nobody here seems to buy the idea of honey aiding weight-loss
:sad:

Honey is awesome! But you still have to use it sparingly, just like white sugar or brown sugar or powdered sugar or fructose, or ____ (insert sweetener here)____ ! :flowerforyou:

I am trying to hard to stop eating sweets and it's good for a day then next day I eat it. Any help on how to stop! I have cut way back. Just want it gone for sure. I think that's my main problem why I can drop pounds. Sweet are like a drug..

I haven't used any sugar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup or artificial sweeteners in two years. I've never felt better.

I will use honey, molasses, agave nectar, and stevia sparingly. If you buy good tea, it tastes great unsweetened either hot or cold!

What did u find the hardest for u to stop? I am trying my hardest