Sugar withdraws

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  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
    MissTattoo wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    So you're not eating fruits either?

    Those have plenty of sugar.

    My latte in the morning had 50 grams of sugar in it!

    Are you sure about that? That sounds like an awful lot.

    Yes. I checked the Starbucks website:

    Nutrition Facts Per Serving (20 fl oz)
    Calories 400 Calories from Fat 140
    % Daily Value*
    Total Fat 15g 23%
    Saturated Fat 9g 45%
    Trans Fat 0g
    Cholesterol 60mg 20%
    Sodium 210mg 9%
    Total Carbohydrate 52g 17%
    Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
    Sugars 49g
    Protein 15g
    Vitamin A20%Vitamin C2%Calcium50%Iron0%
    Caffeine 150mg**
  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
    jkwolly wrote: »
    MissTattoo wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    So you're not eating fruits either?

    Those have plenty of sugar.


    I still eat those. I've cut out added sugar. I was consuming a lot of it. My latte in the morning had 50 grams of sugar in it!
    Yeah, there's no difference.

    My nutritionist said natural sugar from fruit is okay. It's the added sugar that I've cut out. So there is a difference between an apple and a bottle of Mt. Dew.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    MrM27 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    No, no. Haha. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, I promise. I feel your pain. Going very low carb means not consuming things with added sugars. I will be naughty every once in a while and drink a Coke Zero Cherry because it’s made from sugar alcohols, but other than that I consume foods that are higher in dietary fiber, lower in lactose or fructose (natural sugars found in dairy and fruits) or foods that contain old trace amounts of sugars at all.

    Have fun drinking your water! Get a bottle with one of those fusion baskets in it. Drop fruit in it and enjoy. Or lemon juice, lime juice, anything to liven it up a bit if you need to. If you want to treat yourself every once in a while, diet beverages contain 0g natural sugars. Sugar alcohols are secreted from the body when you urinate.

    As far as foods go, go for healthier options without added sugars. Or look up low carb recipes. It will definitely help move past the sugar addiction. You don't have to be a low carber to enjoy the meals, after all. :)

    I love when people start their journey, go low carb then run around the forum preaching that it is so awesome while at the same time getting all their information from biased carb sites.
    We can just laugh as we eat all them yum carbs while posting in response to their lunacy.

    Yeah but they dissappear so soon. Luckily the revolving door is always active.

    1200 calorie thread over in general is a gongshow, if you want some "fun".
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    MissTattoo wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    MissTattoo wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    So you're not eating fruits either?

    Those have plenty of sugar.


    I still eat those. I've cut out added sugar. I was consuming a lot of it. My latte in the morning had 50 grams of sugar in it!
    Yeah, there's no difference.

    My nutritionist said natural sugar from fruit is okay. It's the added sugar that I've cut out. So there is a difference between an apple and a bottle of Mt. Dew.
    Sucrose, glucose and fructose are the exact same molecules, whether you're talking about a teaspoon of sugar in coffee, or an apple. Molecularly they are exactly the same, and biologically, the human body digests them exactly the same.
  • RedHotMamaGirl
    RedHotMamaGirl Posts: 7 Member
    Miss tattoo, what's important here is that you are realizing the effect of these products on your body. "Addicted" or not, you have taken a big step in realizing what they do to you, personally, with your physiology. That's a huge step because it means that you can decide how to respond and how much you want to let Mountain Dew, coffee, sugar, or whatever affect your body.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    jkwolly wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    No, no. Haha. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, I promise. I feel your pain. Going very low carb means not consuming things with added sugars. I will be naughty every once in a while and drink a Coke Zero Cherry because it’s made from sugar alcohols, but other than that I consume foods that are higher in dietary fiber, lower in lactose or fructose (natural sugars found in dairy and fruits) or foods that contain old trace amounts of sugars at all.

    Have fun drinking your water! Get a bottle with one of those fusion baskets in it. Drop fruit in it and enjoy. Or lemon juice, lime juice, anything to liven it up a bit if you need to. If you want to treat yourself every once in a while, diet beverages contain 0g natural sugars. Sugar alcohols are secreted from the body when you urinate.

    As far as foods go, go for healthier options without added sugars. Or look up low carb recipes. It will definitely help move past the sugar addiction. You don't have to be a low carber to enjoy the meals, after all. :)

    I love when people start their journey, go low carb then run around the forum preaching that it is so awesome while at the same time getting all their information from biased carb sites.
    We can just laugh as we eat all them yum carbs while posting in response to their lunacy.

    Yeah but they dissappear so soon. Luckily the revolving door is always active.

    1200 calorie thread over in general is a gongshow, if you want some "fun".

    Not sure I can handle that much derp until I have at least one more cup of coffee
  • christmaseve70
    christmaseve70 Posts: 22 Member
    I am trying to cut out sodas (coke a cola) and breads and pastas and i feel like im goingnuts already. I can sympathize. Im 44 and was brought up drinking mcdonalds cokes, Tab, and Diet Rite. Drinking water just didnt happen in our house. Its a hell of a hard habit to break.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited June 2015
    MissTattoo wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    MissTattoo wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    So you're not eating fruits either?

    Those have plenty of sugar.


    I still eat those. I've cut out added sugar. I was consuming a lot of it. My latte in the morning had 50 grams of sugar in it!
    Yeah, there's no difference.

    My nutritionist said natural sugar from fruit is okay. It's the added sugar that I've cut out. So there is a difference between an apple and a bottle of Mt. Dew.

    on a molecular level, there is no difference at all. the only difference between eating some fruit and drinking a Dew is that you get actual micro nutrients with the fruit...and probably a Mt Dew is going to have slightly more sugar than a piece of fruit...but on a molecular level, sugar is indeed sugar....which is why the whole addiction thing is utter nonsense.

    you have an affinity for junk food...and you are probably experiencing caffeine withdrawals...and you're making a spurious correlation that you are addicted to sugar...but only some kinds of sugar...doesn't work that way; you're either addicted to sugar in all it's forms and intake modalities or you're not.
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  • mistikal13
    mistikal13 Posts: 1,457 Member
    If there's something that you really want to indulge in, you should once in awhile. Just save the calories for it.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Wow way to bump an old thread.
  • _sacar
    _sacar Posts: 80 Member
    I am trying to cut out sodas (coke a cola) and breads and pastas and i feel like im goingnuts already. I can sympathize. Im 44 and was brought up drinking mcdonalds cokes, Tab, and Diet Rite. Drinking water just didnt happen in our house. Its a hell of a hard habit to break.

    The soda (Coke for me) was really rough, but now I drink pretty much water exclusively. I do have a Coke once in a while, but I usually don't finish it because I don't really like them much anymore.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    edited June 2015
    MissTattoo wrote: »
    jkwolly wrote: »
    So you're not eating fruits either?

    Those have plenty of sugar.


    I still eat those. I've cut out added sugar. I was consuming a lot of it. My latte in the morning had 50 grams of sugar in it!

    the 50 grams of sugar in your latte = the 50 grams of fruit sugar in your strawberries and blueberries

    are you also eating zero carb, because sugar?
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    awwww man who re-bumped this????
  • jessicatombari
    jessicatombari Posts: 159 Member
    I eat well but can never get rid of my cravings for chocolate so now I just save the cals for them and voila problem solved :D
  • _sacar
    _sacar Posts: 80 Member
    I eat well but can never get rid of my cravings for chocolate so now I just save the cals for them and voila problem solved :D

    Yeahhhh chocolate is a huge problem for me.
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  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    Your urges will go away. And if they dont....you said yourself you did not like the taste of the mountain dew. Walk past the vending machine and take a walk. Keep up the great work. FYI I bought a whole banana cream pie this weekend and had one slice. Made me sick and threw the rest away. Back on track later that day and will not look back.
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