Thoughts on "Quiting Sugar"?

shaddowstorm · January 2015

Hi,

What are your thoughts on quitting sugar?
Has anyone ever quit sugar and what were you results?

psuLemon · January 2015

You are going to get a lot of opinions, but you can fit sugar (even added) in your diet and still be healthy. Just try to look at your diet from an entire context.

Seraphina_Rowan · January 2015

Why? Sugar is yummy

Fit it into your macros and enjoy it.

psuLemon · January 2015

Also, I worry more about total calories and protein than sugar. But overall to give you context, protein affects satiety, muscle retention, and metabolism. Fats affect satiety and help with hormone regulation and carbs (this includes sugar) affect energy.

And lastly, i find when I cut out any food, I tend to binge.

neanderthin · January 2015

I like sugar, it tastes good and haven't found any logical reason to stop consuming it.

Serah87 · January 2015

I wonder if this is a record for sugar threads so far this new year??

OP: I eat everything in moderation, lost 121 pounds doing that.

trogalicious · January 2015

BeTheChange352 · January 2015

quiting? did you mean you're trying to quiet it down? shut up sugar!

SnuggleSmacks · January 2015

I've done it before when I was low-carbing. It made it easier to keep a calorie deficit, but that wasn't only because of cutting sugar...I also cut all starchy carbs, like bread, pasta, rice and potatoes. There was no other benefit, but I will say that even now, limiting those foods helps with the deficit, but that's only because they are high in calories.

neanderthin · January 2015

Serah87 wrote: »

I wonder if this is a record for sugar threads so far this new year??

OP: I eat everything in moderation, lost 121 pounds doing that.

Sugar is evil is fully entrenched in the collective psyche and this year will be a banner year and probably maintain this pitch for the next couple. Gluten free I suspect has some fairly big upside for the next few years as well. If your somehow employed by the diet, fitness or wellbeing industry, your security is well in place.

EatPaleoStyle · January 2015

shaddowstorm wrote: »

Hi,

What are your thoughts on quitting sugar?
Has anyone ever quit sugar and what were you results?

If by sugar you mean, refined sugar, there is no better thing to do, if by sugar you mean ALL sugar, you can do it temporarily if you are very overweighted, but is not good to go low carbs for long time, the body needs some carbs, not too many but it needs, specially if you are a sugar burner.

flabassmcgee · January 2015

MrM27 wrote: »

Hello sugar thread

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mcpostelle · January 2015

Look into keto.

I keep my sugar intake as close to zero as I can, but I also limit my carbs. Go with whatever works for you. I love keto and it is the only WOE that I feel good about myself with.

Edit: Forgot to add in that I lost already 30 lbs with it and am happier than I've been in a long time now.

Anniepi66 · January 2015

I don't know how you completely give up sugar without giving up almost everything except protein and some vegetables. I try to limit it, but have not completely cut it out. As someone said above, sugar is good - well, not spoonfuls on its own, but in baked goods like cake and pie and such. And I still eat some of that now and again. This way I don't feel deprived and binge eat. And totally giving up rolls for dinner, uh, no. But one will do a couple times a week instead of two or three several times a week. Sandwiches, hardly ever. So, no, not giving it up.

Lourdesong · January 2015

I have a carb goal which i try not to go over. Sugar falls under that macro but it's the overall macro i care about. Fiber is also a carb and i think it's beneficial to track that to ensure i get enough fiber in my diet. I don't see the benefit in tracking sugar specifically, for myself given i have no medical reason to.