Phasing out sugar challenge

threewins
threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
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This is for the people who want to stop having sugar (or pretty much stop) but suddenly stopping is too hard to do. Post your method and how you're going.

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  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    edited November 2021
    So my plan is to extend the number of hours which I have between having sugar, I'm allowed sugar on 'special occasions' but they are meant to be special, not regularly.
  • MichelleMcKeeRN
    MichelleMcKeeRN Posts: 450 Member
    If I am craving sweets, I try to ask myself if I am just hungry. Eating a balanced meal often fixes me right up. I still indulge on special occasions.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Here we go. Removing sugar from my life, the one thing I have failed most times amongst all things I have tried to achieve (good thing I haven't tried to count how many times I've tried it). Thursday: sugar consumed on and off from about 8am-5pm.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Friday 11:30am-3:30pm, so that's 18 1/2 hours without sugar.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Saturday 9:30am-12:30pm, so that's 18 hours without sugar, a slight backtrack.
  • doolha
    doolha Posts: 15 Member
    I like your method. Maybe I should try something similar to "train" myself to stand longer periods without sugar. I'm on day 1 and have been consuming unreasonable amounts of it for months, so I assume I will get immense cravings starting tomorrow. :/

    I will definitely add another rule for myself, though, and that's how much sugar I am allowed to eat in one sitting. If I have a strong craving, I'll give myself a set number and that's how much sugar I'm allowed. Hopefully, that number will go down quickly!
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Sunday. I'm using just one time, because it's simpler. I had sugar around 11:30am, which is 23 hours.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Monday, 10:30am, 23 hours again.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Tuesday, 9:30am, 23 hours again.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Wednesday 8:30am, 23 hours.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Thursday 8am, 23 1/2 hours
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Friday 11:30am 27 1/2 hours
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Saturday 3:30pm, 28 hours
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    Monday 8:30 am, 41 hours

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