Quitting sugar!?

Are you quitting all sugar or just reducing added sugars or something in between? I think that there's a lot to be said for identifying how much sugar you're comfortable with and working your food plan around that through more home-cooking, prelogging, finding savory dishes, trying new foods, etc. Knowing how much you want to have and how far you need to cut it and what kind of things you like to eat might help.

But if you want to quit all sugars, including natural sugars, I think the only way to do that is with an all-animal/oil keto-type diet? (I can't for the life of me remember what it's called right now) If so, you're going to need to get a lot stricter than I've ever been. You might seek out some of the keto groups or see if there's a group for the type of no dairy, no carb, zero sugar type diet that could help you out.

I don't quit sugar anymore because it's always a temporary thing for me. Quitting sugar helps me diet, but it doesn't help me maintenance.

Instead I manage my sugar intake. I find individual portion packs help. Dark chocolate squares instead of Hershey kisses. I allow myself 2 snacks. One snack is always something sweet. The second snack can be sweet or salty (it just depends).

I cut it out for a month as an experiment and do from time to time, but I have no desire to quit it for good.

I didn't find it difficult (and don't find it difficult to moderate). Assuming you mean added sugar (I don't think quitting the sugar from fruit, veg, and dairy, and things like sweet potatoes, is healthful), here are tips:

Read labels and cook most things from whole foods if you find you are buying packaged savory foods with sugar in them (this wasn't an issue for me, but some claim it is -- I've always read labels and mostly cooked from whole foods).

Watch condiments -- again, I don't find the amount in a condiment like, say, sriracha is enough to care about, unless you drown your food, but something to look at if you are trying to cut it all out for an experiment (most people have trouble moderating sweets and don't get lots of calories from sriracha, though).

If you put it in your coffee or tea or drink soda, switch to artificial or just start cutting back the amount you add (I didn't do this either -- I adore black coffee).

If you eat lots of sweets, well, just don't. What I found was the key for me was not snacking between meals. This actually demonstrated to me that I could consume sweets and moderate just fine too, but instead of snacking just because foods were available or I felt bad -- emotional eating was really my problem -- I would have a planned dessert after dinner IF and ONLY IF I had the calories available. But for a while I just didn't, and if I wanted something special after dinner I'd have cheese or nuts or fruit or a nice brewing chocolate (there are kinds with no sugar and which aren't sweet at all) or an iced herbal tea, again no sugar added. If you drink a glass of wine or something would work too, but I don't.

I am currently trying to steer clear of most of the usual sugary suspects (soda/chocolate/sweets) and I have instead eaten 2-3 pieces of fruit a day (usually an apple, banana and raspberries). I get a sweet hit but with the bonus of the fibre that fruit gives me.

I would say it took me 10 days to feel like I no longer had sugar cravings, and I have been successful at resisting cakes in the office.

I now add maple flavour agave to unsweetened things like Greek yoghurt or porridge oats as I feel I can control the portion I have and I don’t seem to be suffering from blood sugar spikes anymore.

It's counting sugar. There's sugar in fruit, so it should be counted. It's not saying not to eat fruit -- whether you think it's a problem to go over a particular number in total sugar is the more significant question, and that's a call for you, not MFP (personally I don't care about sugar from fruit, veg, or dairy, but I also don't care much about total sugar -- I just make sure that my calories from non nutrient dense foods in general aren't too high).

Many think counting fiber is a better option (I look at sugar and fiber, but the sugar just for interest).

I have not quit sugar.

(probably should reduce further than I have for ideal nutrition)

But I think the key should be sensible moderation, not absolute quitting - which would be almost impossible and unrealistic and unhealthy anyway.

Hi... I’m not quitting it but I am starting to cut the sugary snacks out. I started eating fruit as snacks and it’s working. Today I ate a candy it was too sweet after not eating candy for a while. So it gets easier. I was eating a lot of cereal bars before. After Easter I will be more committed.
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