Going without eating sweets and drinking soda for a 2 weeks

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.

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.

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Seffell wrote: »

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.