Help! I need tips on cutting sugar from my diet

Have you tried the Kashi Go Lean cereal, that is very filling and low in sugar. Or you can always get a cereal that is not sweetened at all and then sweeten it with some truvia.

Actually I'm struggling with the same issue, but mostly because I'm trying to enough enough fruit and those strawberries, blueberries and watermelon are full of sugar!!

I succesfully cut out sugar and people ask me how I did it. below is my reply to that same question... hope it helps!

Well the first thing I did was detox my liver. Your liver is like your body's coffee filter. If you eat something sugary the sugars get caught in your liver so you continue to crave sweets. Same goes for greasy food and things that are generally not healthy for you (i.e. foods your body cannot process easily.) There is a tea that I highly recommend that promotes healthy kidneys and liver function. Get Clean by Republic of Tea is great for a liver "detox" and helps eliminate the sugar cravings and toxins in your liver and kidneys. It is very gentle on your system so you can drink about three cups the first day of your diet. After that, drink the tea about once or twice a week just to keep things flowing. One of the key things to a sugar free life-style is to never let yourself get hungry! I eat 6 small meals a day that includes lots of fruits and vegetables. Another thing that helps is first thing in the morning drink a cup of warm water with half of a fresh squeezed lemon. This helps your liver produce more bile and gently wakes up your digestive system. It helps your body absorb more nutrients from the foods you eat so you won’t get hungry as fast and your cravings won’t be as strong. Just be sure to drink it before you eat or drink anything else so you can benefit from it. The next thing you need to do is drink lots and lots of water during the day. Take your body weight, divide it by half, and drink that number in ounces a day.

I do from time to time let myself have a treat! But during the first month I did cut myself off from all sugar except for sugar from fruit. This means no added fructose, sucrose, cane sugar or artificial sweeteners. Just plain jane fruit. I used jellies that were sweetened with fruit juice, I ate yogurt and oatmeal with fresh fruit etc. and honestly, after drinking that Get Clean tea it was not hard at all! But it is best to cut out all of the junk the first month and then you can allow yourself to have a dessert every now and then.

Instead of having yogurt, try weight watchers cheese sticks (50 calories each) and instead of a piece of regular toast, try sandwich thins multi-grain bread.

yes! you can withdraw slowly cutting down over a couple weeks or just tough it out. it will get better over a week or two. don't switch to spenda or similar it's really bad for you and your bod will still crave sweets.

I'm not a nutritionist but I think you should focus more on carbs and less on sugar. Unless you're eating a lot of processed and snacks that contain sugar? The sugar you get in whole foods are good sugars.

I would not eat it stivia or any other fake sugar. If you just cut back on sugar a little at a time, you will get use to it and sugary food will be too sweet for you. I have read that the body does not know what to do with artificial sugars.