Going sugar free

Yes good question, is this just artificial sugar or natural as well (fructose, honey, etc)?

I did completely artificial sugar free in January and felt AMAZING, and it gave me much more control over my eating.

I am so tempted to join you on this, I need to think if I can say goodbye to wine again

I would love this challenge!!! I have been able to go about 5-7 days and then blow it too. And I feel so good when I am off of sugar. I am like you, I work out and eat right all day, then at night I get into the sugar, be it candy, cake, ice cream etc and then can not break the habit and undo all my weight loss from the previous week. I lose 5 lbs, then gain 5 lbs. This has been going on since last September. I am in. I need to be accountable to someone, so I will be checking in every evening (when I can) so that I can stay on-track.

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n2gardens56 wrote: »

I lose 5 lbs, then gain 5 lbs. This has been going on since last September. I am in. I need to be accountable to someone, so I will be checking in every evening (when I can) so that I can stay on-track.

Oh my god this is literally me!

I have been losing the same 5lbs for months now :-( :-(

OK, I am going to do this but be a chicken and not start until after Easter weekend. I am away this weekend so will have NO control over my food choices.

Good luck guys, this will be amazing!

Great, I will see you after Easter Sunday!!!

I am not going completely sugar free, but the last two weeks I've cut out sugar from my morning coffee and just drink it with cream. I actually like it so that's a win win haha. Basically, I want to reduce it as much as I can! Won't give up wine though hahah I'll just drink less of it

I agree completely cutting out all sugars is just unrealistic and not healthy. Personally I feel a total ban on added sugar is unrealistic too in the long term. So I'm going to try and not beat myself up if I have the occasional treat. As long as I can keep them as occasional treats! I think that's what this is about for me - breaking the thoughts in my brain that say I need something sweet every few hours, every day.

Sarah I am impressed with your 15g a day limit on sugar. I'm currently trying out a limit of 25g sugar (which isn't too hard if I don't have chocolate or processed foods). Might gradually work it down over a few weeks and see how I go.

I'm in for a gradual reduction starting with a 35g cap daily then on to 30g, 25g etc. maybe weekly. I'll start after Easter

My goal is to cut out processed sugar. I have to have whole-fruit in my diet, so there is natural sugar in the fruit but it does not cause binge-eating like processed sugar for me. I think just knowing I was committing to this made me binge for a few days on sugary treats, and then I "thought I would wait until after Easter" but TODAY is a good day to start, or I will delay this forever. I have been tired of waking up every morning with a sugar-hangover. I am like everyone else here, I lose weight when I cut out the sugar and I am SO addicted to it and as "wordyone" I make bad food choices the remainder of the day when I consume sugar. Sure can use the support of others here so I will be checking back in. Good luck to everyone today!