How do I cut sugar from my diet?

For bread, my husband and I use bagel thins which are 110 calories. Each one has different fiber and protein amnts, so make sure to look at those. On this I usually put laughing cow cheese instead of cheese or mayo, and then I like both cajun and buffalo turkey. Very yummy. As for carbs, I do allow myself some. I buy lara bars (maybe in specialty food section of your store) in place of candy bars if you want something. For example, the cherry pie lara bar is made out of unsweetened cheeries, almonds and dates, it is 200 calories and is delicious. I like "pop corners" which is popcorn put together in the shape of a nacho chips. 130 cals for one ounce. Start looking around for things like that and you will find things you love. And everything for you will be trial and error.

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Sugar has been my enemy for months! Yesterday was my first day back eating healthy and conquering my sugar addiction. If you'd like to check out what I eat I have an open diary. Although I don't have any suggestions right away you're more than welcome to send a friend request and you can follow what I eat on a daily basis

Read your labels or better yet don't buy anything with a label. Also normally low fat or fat free prepackaged foods have a ton of sugar added to make up for the lack of fat.

I don't pay attention to the natural sugars, especially the ones that come from fruit. I feel like those are the least harmful, even though fruit is naturally super sweet (that makes it all the better, right?)

You are taking a very good step by staying away from processed foods. Sugar and sodium are two things that they like to coat the food in!!!! By preparing your own food, at least you can control what amounts of ingredients are being put into them.

Make sure you check all of your options on the foods you DO buy. For example, one of my loves in this world is a little cup of greek yogurt with some sort of fruit on top. Nothing could ever brighten up my morning more than that ^^ (well, maybe a cup of starbucks, but that's more for the actual waking up part). However, a lot of those already prepared cups (versus the big containers where you could scoop out your own yogurt each morning) have A LOT of added sugar. I have to dig through the brands and flavors to find lower sugar content, on top of lower calories and higher protein and such. But it is do-able, I promise.

Cutting sugar is hard to do, all I have to do is eat breakfast and I'm often over my limit. So a definite good luck to you!

Multigrain bread, rye wraps, I avoid all crackers etc. such a waste of calories in my opinion, also avoid fruit / snack bars that claim to be healthy, lots of sugar in them too, avoid dried fruit i.e. dried apricot, sultanas etc heaps of sugar and calories...

Literally turn over every box and look at the Nutritional information - look at carbohydrates and then look at sugars... if they're too high, put them back. Even some yoghurts are stacked full of sugar - I almost crashed the trolley when I read that! Up & Go drinks in the morning are full of sugar too.

Check out the Nom Nom Paleo blog. Her recipes are awesome (even if you're not paleo...I'm not). She did a Whole30 challenge (two of them actually) which emphasises whole foods and cuts out added sugar.

Here's what she made for her 2nd Whole30 challenge: http://nomnompaleo.com/post/16824406467/the-whole30-recap-every-single-day

Your best bet is label reading. Beware, this can add one hour or more to your shopping trip. Sugar is hidden in everything. What brings it to your attention is label reading. Per serving. Be sure you are monitoring your sugar grams on MFP. Red mean stop! (except under fiber). Fruit is high in sugar as well. Choose low glycemic fruits such as berries. Google low glycemic fruits and a list will come up. Increase your veggies. You will be surprised how your sugar increases as well. For example, four cups of cabbage has a lot of sugar. But it is not processed. Veggies are always a good option when you decrease fruits. Sugar is in milk, so try unsweetened vanilla almond milk. I buy high fiber cereals and have to read the labels carefully to select brands lower in sugar. If you have the MFP app on your phone, log in the food in the grocery store. It will tell you right then. I buy whole grain sandwhich thins. Less sugar and sodium. I also eat them sparingly. Also watch salad dressings. More sugar is added when the product is low fat or no fat. Process mean added something. Peanut butter can have added sugar. Read your label. It should say peanuts only. If you are not watching sodium then salt might be ok for you. Anything more than peanuts, you don't need it. It takes a minute to adjust to decreased sugars. But you will then find you can taste the natural sugar in food. The example I gave about cabbage comes to mind. It actually taste sweet to me when I eat it now. I love being able to "taste" my food now.

avoid low fat or fat free dairy. when they remove the fat from it, they add sugars to make it taste better. we have switched to full fat dairy in our household and that *kitten* is goooood.

Great advice everyone! Thanks! Any suggestion on yogurts?

I've heard that Fage Greek yogurt is really good but have yet to try it. Finding full fat can be a little more difficult so it might take some digging.

edited to add: i read that Trade Joes has their own full fat yogurt that is good if you can't find Fage.

Great advice everyone! Thanks! Any suggestion on yogurts?

I've heard that Fage Greek yogurt is really good but have yet to try it. Finding full fat can be a little more difficult so it might take some digging.

edited to add: i read that Trade Joes has their own full fat yogurt that is good if you can't find Fage.

try chobani champions low fat yogort its in a tube, u freeze it.. for the summer or any warm weather its great!! 70 cal 1g fat sod 25mg sugars 8g and has 5g of proteine ...now i looked on the back and from what i see is its made of all natrual fruit , so thats where the sugar is coming from!

Good for you! Here are a few additional ideas: Soy wrappers to make sandwich wraps. Flourless sprouted bread--a true whole grain that does not spike your blood sugar. Look up the online recipe for "cloud bread"--pretty amazing stuff. easy recipe for rolls made mostly from cottage cheese and egg--no carbs and when you put them in a plastic bag, they get the consistency of a bread roll.

Great for you on whole foods...very important "Natural sugar" is just as damaging as any other, but when that sugar is consumed as part of the whole fruit, it's locked within the matrix of the fruit and its fiber, making the body turn it to glucose much more slowly so you don't get those spikes. That's especially true of apples. They're super-filling and a terrific diet food. You can cut them in wedges on a plate and sprinkle cinnamon over them and eat them raw or stick them in the microwave for a couple of minutes.

But I haven't totally given up bread. I buy a loaf of really good whole-grain bread and freeze it; that enables me to slize very thin slices off it that I can toast for a big 35 calories of bread. Gives me my fix while keeping the carb load down.

Best of luck to you!