Day 2 with no sugar....I'm addicted!
daizzi
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I am trying to let go of all of the sugar and sugar substitutes in my diet. It's only day 2 and I am going bonkers! It comes in waves where I really want it and then I am ok for a while. Any practical advice to help get me through this?
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My advice would be to keep being strong the next couple of days. This period is the hardest period to get thru. Also, you can eat more fruit to get the natural sweetness it has. Increase your water intake the next couple of days ao0
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I'm on a ketogenic diet (low carb!) so I know how you feel. I find that a nice cup of herbal tea can help with my cravings. You could get a fruit tea or something so it seems like you're having sugar when you aren't. (I'm a fan of peppermint tea actually, it's not sweet at all but kills the cravings for me).0
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Thanks for the great suggestions! I went and bought some herbal tea and the flavored sparkling water it helped!0
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Banana cinnamon smoothie with milk or unsweetened almond/coconut milk. You won't miss table sugar ever again
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Maybe find a substitute of something that seems indulgent? Early on, and even now during rough patches... I consume pea pods and apples like there is no tomorrow. It takes a ton of pea pods to get to 100 calories, and they are a bit of a treat as I love them SO MUCH (really, I think they are filled with crack). Apples seemed to meet my need for sweets. You can do this. Get through the first few weeks and it will be easier!0
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It is HARD! Yesterday I had major sugar cravings. I was so irritable and just uncomfortable but I knew I would be disappointed if I gave into my craving. You just have to stay strong and know that you control everything that goes into your mouth.0
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Coconut Oil or Magnesium are also good for deal with sugar cravings. Just keep telling youself that the first few days will be the hardest.0
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Same here day two. Well limit 50 grams a day0
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Bacon. Brie. Eat lots of fat and it's o.k. to eat to maintenance during this time.
By now you are through the worst of it. After this it is not really about the cravings -- more about the habits you are changing.0 -
Well I didn't give up sugar, but I know when I'm craving something I usually sip on hot beverages or drink water constantly. Or go for a walk. Do something that occupies your mind, like reading, knitting, play a logic challenging game ect.0
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When sugar is ingested, it immediately hits the blood stream and once the brain registers the sugar in the system, it releases the same opioids as it would if you were snorting something. Opioids are chemicals in the brain that cause us to be more tolerant of pain or even decrease our awareness of pain as well as increases feelings of pleasure and euphoria. The pleasureful feelings are the high we all experience. This, in my mind, is the cornerstone of emotional eating.
Excerpted from What Is Sugar Addiction? - A Black Girl's Guide To Weight Loss
http://blackgirlsguidetoweightloss.com/food-101/what-is-sugar-addiction/0 -
I have tried for a month to stay away from sugar and artificial sweeteners. Sometimes I take a bite or two of something sweet but not like I used to. Craving s have definitely gone! And I've lost weight. I'm cutting back on carbs too. I agree with sipping hot tea's and keeping busy!!!
Good luck!0 -
I cant imagine my life without sugar..omgg
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I have tried for a month to stay away from sugar and artificial sweeteners. Sometimes I take a bite or two of something sweet but not like I used to. Craving s have definitely gone! And I've lost weight. I'm cutting back on carbs too. I agree with sipping hot tea's and keeping busy!!!
Good luck!
Congrats on feeling better about how you handle sugars!
For me, with carbs: generally speaking if they are higher fiber, I feel better and happier following my own personal diet. (Ie I find that I do better if I limit heavily refined grains. Someone once referred to them (minute rice, store bought standard white bread etc.) as "partially pre-digested" lol.0 -
Keep up the great work. Sugar is a true addiction. I'm on day 8 without it
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Keep strong, every day that passes it will get steadily easier. I kept a tally of how many days I went without the sugary foods that caused me to binge and it helped me keep going.0
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Food for thought: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html0
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Food for thought: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
Indeed. Yep, the average person can eat at a deficit while eating crap every three hours and make the scale go down.
What is it "food for thought" for?0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Food for thought: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
Indeed. Yep, the average person can eat at a deficit while eating crap every three hours and make the scale go down.
What is it "food for thought" for?
That sugar isn't the enemy. That CICO works. Seems like some folks are always looking for a particular food to blame. Gets old, IMO.
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ok.Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Food for thought: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
Indeed. Yep, the average person can eat at a deficit while eating crap every three hours and make the scale go down.
What is it "food for thought" for?
That sugar isn't the enemy. That CICO works. Seems like some folks are always looking for a particular food to blame. Gets old, IMO.
Is it a bad thing to try to want to eat fewer foods with added sugars? Most major medical and health organizations acknowledge we eat too much. Is it a bad thing to want to eat a healthier diet over all? Seems like most of us could benefit from that. If her approach is to try to go cold turkey for a bit, meh, I'm okay with that.
In fact, I did that.
Just not sure what the point of the (very unhealthy looking, imho) twinkie guy post was. He did something extreme, kinda gross, and probably not very healthy in the grand scheme of things. But yes. He lost weight.0 -
herrspoons wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
ok.Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Food for thought: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
Indeed. Yep, the average person can eat at a deficit while eating crap every three hours and make the scale go down.
What is it "food for thought" for?
That sugar isn't the enemy. That CICO works. Seems like some folks are always looking for a particular food to blame. Gets old, IMO.
Is it a bad thing to try to want to eat fewer foods with added sugars? Most major medical and health organizations acknowledge we eat too much. Is it a bad thing to want to eat a healthier diet over all? Seems like most of us could benefit from that. If her approach is to try to go cold turkey for a bit, meh, I'm okay with that.
In fact, I did that.
Just not sure what the point of the (very unhealthy looking, imho) twinkie guy post was. He did something extreme, kinda gross, and probably not very healthy in the grand scheme of things. But yes. He lost weight.
Reducing sugar is a good idea. Cutting it out completely? Eh... not so much.
It's also almost impossible. That said, if someone wants to try to eliminate all added sugars for a few weeks to see if it changes their tastes, makes them feel more in control, whatever? There is NO physical harm in trying it.
At all.
And, in reality, many who say they are "quitting" sugar, end up learning what has added sugars, learn what their choices are, learn how to make better choices, and if they keep it up, they eat less added sugar. Again, no harm in that.
And in the few weeks when they're a new convert? eh, there's lots of zealots here. Of all varieties. It's no more "annoying" than any of the other new converts.0 -
herrspoons wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
ok.Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Food for thought: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
Indeed. Yep, the average person can eat at a deficit while eating crap every three hours and make the scale go down.
What is it "food for thought" for?
That sugar isn't the enemy. That CICO works. Seems like some folks are always looking for a particular food to blame. Gets old, IMO.
Is it a bad thing to try to want to eat fewer foods with added sugars? Most major medical and health organizations acknowledge we eat too much. Is it a bad thing to want to eat a healthier diet over all? Seems like most of us could benefit from that. If her approach is to try to go cold turkey for a bit, meh, I'm okay with that.
In fact, I did that.
Just not sure what the point of the (very unhealthy looking, imho) twinkie guy post was. He did something extreme, kinda gross, and probably not very healthy in the grand scheme of things. But yes. He lost weight.
Reducing sugar is a good idea. Cutting it out completely? Eh... not so much.
It's also almost impossible. That said, if someone wants to try to eliminate all added sugars for a few weeks to see if it changes their tastes, makes them feel more in control, whatever? There is NO physical harm in trying it.
At all.
And, in reality, many who say they are "quitting" sugar, end up learning what has added sugars, learn what their choices are, learn how to make better choices, and if they keep it up, they eat less added sugar. Again, no harm in that.
And in the few weeks when they're a new convert? eh, there's lots of zealots here. Of all varieties. It's no more "annoying" than any of the other new converts.
Which is fair enough as long as we don't get the usual utter bulls**t that goes with anti sugar zealotry.
Ain't no one got time to that.
I can go with that. As long as we don't also go with the opposite. cheers0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »herrspoons wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »
ok.Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Food for thought: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html
Indeed. Yep, the average person can eat at a deficit while eating crap every three hours and make the scale go down.
What is it "food for thought" for?
That sugar isn't the enemy. That CICO works. Seems like some folks are always looking for a particular food to blame. Gets old, IMO.
Is it a bad thing to try to want to eat fewer foods with added sugars? Most major medical and health organizations acknowledge we eat too much. Is it a bad thing to want to eat a healthier diet over all? Seems like most of us could benefit from that. If her approach is to try to go cold turkey for a bit, meh, I'm okay with that.
In fact, I did that.
Just not sure what the point of the (very unhealthy looking, imho) twinkie guy post was. He did something extreme, kinda gross, and probably not very healthy in the grand scheme of things. But yes. He lost weight.
Reducing sugar is a good idea. Cutting it out completely? Eh... not so much.
It's also almost impossible. That said, if someone wants to try to eliminate all added sugars for a few weeks to see if it changes their tastes, makes them feel more in control, whatever? There is NO physical harm in trying it.
At all.
And, in reality, many who say they are "quitting" sugar, end up learning what has added sugars, learn what their choices are, learn how to make better choices, and if they keep it up, they eat less added sugar. Again, no harm in that.
And in the few weeks when they're a new convert? eh, there's lots of zealots here. Of all varieties. It's no more "annoying" than any of the other new converts.
^^Not almost impossible, it IS impossible. There is naturally occurring sugar in everything. You can not totally avoid it, nor should you.
Correct that it is over consumed, and is probably a good idea to limit foods with a lot of added sugar and sodium (most packaged, overly processed foods).
A lot of us, myself included, cut out as much as possible, but you quickly learn that you can make better choices. All things in moderation so hopefully our new way of eating is sustainable even after we reach our goals.0
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