Going without eating sweets and drinking soda for a 2 weeks
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dragonsamurai26 wrote: »Starting tomorrow, I will survive two weeks without eating sweets or drinking soda at all from 1/7/22 to 1/22/22. Wish me luck.
Best of luck to you. This is totally doable! It may sorta detox your body. When I eat sweets sometimes once I start I cannot stop so abstinence helps me. I wish I could give up diet soda but for right now I still am having one a day.
Wow....I got 14 disagrees on my comment. I am ok with that but curious about it. This person is only giving up soda and sugar for 2 weeks. That does not seem unreasonable to me. Just 2 weeks. I would never give it up completely but two weeks is not asking a lot. Personally I think sweets are bad for you. Everything in moderation...even moderation.
Yeh, some disagree-ers I disagree with.
I had 1 on my post as well and it left me SMH. 0 -
dragonsamurai26 wrote: »Starting tomorrow, I will survive two weeks without eating sweets or drinking soda at all from 1/7/22 to 1/22/22. Wish me luck.
Best of luck to you. This is totally doable! It may sorta detox your body. When I eat sweets sometimes once I start I cannot stop so abstinence helps me. I wish I could give up diet soda but for right now I still am having one a day.
Wow....I got 14 disagrees on my comment. I am ok with that but curious about it. This person is only giving up soda and sugar for 2 weeks. That does not seem unreasonable to me. Just 2 weeks. I would never give it up completely but two weeks is not asking a lot. Personally I think sweets are bad for you. Everything in moderation...even moderation.
Yeah it'll be the word "detox" (I didn't disagree either). It's a red rag to some people. As others have said food "detox" isn't really a thing (at least not in the way most people in the 'health'food industry use it). But at the same time I'm not sure that it's fair you got so many dislikes. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence from people who have given up added/refined sugars completely for a short period of time, and then found that once allowing them back in, they have less of an appeal that they once did. And while the word detox implies the removal of toxins (which sugar isn't), it is commonly used to talk about the removal of unwanted substance or actions (eg social media detoxes). As the English language is one that changes and developed with use, I do not think that it is wrong to say that you're going on a(n added) sugar detox, if you're actively trying to avoid it for two weeks, as most people will actually know what you mean.
I have a feeling that my comment is going to be an unpopular opinion.11 -
But at the same time I'm not sure that it's fair you got so many dislikes.
Nobody got any dislikes.
Disagree means people disagreed with what was said - if they disagree then they say so, it isn't unfair.
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As the English language is one that changes and developed with use, I do not think that it is wrong to say that you're going on a(n added) sugar detox, if you're actively trying to avoid it for two weeks, as most people will actually know what you mean.
I disagreed with this.
If you don't mean detox then don't say that and hope people know you don't mean it.
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Wow....I guess I used the word "detox" too loosely. Just going from my experience. If I eat sweets one day the next day I crave them still. If I don't eat them for a while I don't crave them. That is all I meant. I get detox is a hot button word. It's all good folks!7
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Good luck. I have been off of non natural sugars and refined carbs for almost 3 months now.
It really isn't that bad.3 -
makinlifehappen wrote: »Good luck. I have been off of non natural sugars and refined carbs for almost 3 months now.
It really isn't that bad.
Wow! That is great. I want to do that as well.1 -
callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »Cliffs Notes of Weight Loss:
- Weight loss happens in THE KITCHEN, fitness happens in the gym
- small, sustainable changes
- Understand weight fluctuations are normal. Thinks of a roller coaster, not a steep mountain slope down. Some weeks up, some weeks down. Its the OVERALL TREND that matters
- Learn to weigh your food ON A FOOD SCALE
- Learn how to find ACCURATE DATABASE ENTRIES
- BE ACTIVE - get off your butt and MOVE. Find SOMETHING you enjoy. If your activity is limited, find ways to move that you are ABLE to do
- Deprivation is the key to Binging and falling off the wagon. Learn how to fit your favorite things in regularly. There are no 'bad foods' Just 'bad quantities'.
- One 'bad' day will not undo your deficit.
- You did not gain the weight quickly. You will not lose it quickly. Better to lose it slowly, and KEEP IT OFF, then lose it quick, and gain it all back and more!
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1 - Weight loss happens in THE KITCHEN, fitness happens in the gym
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Callsitlikeiseeit: Appreciate the “cliff notes of weight loss”****that’s a lot of really good advice to remember, especially on harder days!!2
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Body doesn't tell the difference between natural sugar or processed sugar. It just breaks them all down to simplest form and absorbs it. Fructose is fructose whether in fruit or added to sweeten something. What matters more than anything else is CALORIES.makinlifehappen wrote: »Good luck. I have been off of non natural sugars and refined carbs for almost 3 months now.
It really isn't that bad.
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Good luck! I personally don't eat any added sugars but find it really easy because I eat a lot of fruit, dates, and things like sweet potatoes that are naturally very sweet. Natural sugar comes with a lot of health benefits like fiber and antioxidants and is not the same as added sugar!2
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I've come to realise that some people need to make up challanges and overcome them in order to feel they are doing something.
I find this cruel deprivation pointless.
Seriously? Cruel deprivation? Not everyone feels deprived not eating sweets. I used to eat them all the time, and felt like crap after eating whatever it was. I changed my habits and quit eating sweets and now only very occasionally do I eat something sweet. When I do, I get horrible heartburn, feel crappy and regret it. So yeah, not everyone sees it as cruel or deprivation. It leaves more calories for me to eat a larger supper which I would rather have, and I don't have to deal with heartburn anymore.6
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