15 grams of sugar a day! IT WORKS!

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  • damonmath
    damonmath Posts: 359 Member
    I saw a ripped dude driving a Mercedes. Therefore, if you drive a Mercedes you will get ripped, right? :tongue:


    Yes I drive a Mercedes Benz... Yes I am ripped. Therefore, if you want to get ripped, drive my Mercedes Benz! ... Hey!!!:mad:
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Cool. I'm gonna eat 5,000 cals a day of sugar-free steak and eggs.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Cool. I'm gonna eat 5,000 cals a day of sugar-free steak and eggs.
    Don't you dare put sugar on there or you'll gain, bro.
  • brit49
    brit49 Posts: 461 Member
    bump!
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    Sugar...carbs...fat...all are just carriers of calories.

    Make a calorie deficit, lose weight.


    How you GET to the deficit, well, everyone is different. Ultimately though, just have 15g of sugar is just cutting your calories disguised in a fancy smock. But, if it works for you, go for it! I personally prefer having the things i want, and not being restricted by anything other than calories.
  • fit4mom
    fit4mom Posts: 1,352 Member
    Why is it so hard for people to go beyond themselves and just say thank you and be on your way. -Jack Nickelson. I think it's great that you found what works for you and if you look at the facts it IS sound advice. For all the negative nellies out there we really don't have time now do we. When the desciples went through a town that turned them down they shook the dust off there sandles and moved on. Great job and keep up the excellent effort.:flowerforyou:
  • tnic86
    tnic86 Posts: 134 Member
    the haters arent worth replying too....it's absolutey going to go no where....THANK YOU for sharing your success.....we all need help and success stories are great to hear......but seriously if someone is just wanted to prove your wrong it's just a battle of NOTHING....I pretty much interact with people that actually want to support, learn and help......unless they ARE ALL KNOWING.. they will always miss out on something that actually might be the greatess lessoned learned in their life.....PEACE

    AGREED!!! :)
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Why is it so hard for people to go beyond themselves and just say thank you and be on your way. -Jack Nickelson. I think it's great that you found what works for you and if you look at the facts it IS sound advice. For all the negative nellies out there we really don't have time now do we. When the desciples went through a town that turned them down they shook the dust off there sandles and moved on. Great job and keep up the excellent effort.:flowerforyou:
    Who is Jack Nickelson?
    jack%2Bnickel%2Bson.jpg
  • fit4mom
    fit4mom Posts: 1,352 Member
    [qoute]
    It's not like I'm living on McDs and Guinness! [/quote] There is a marathon runner who does and she is in excellent health. I was shocked to be watching the story on the news. She runs because she likes to run. She turned her love affair with running into a charity of some sort. It's a great story anyways.
  • tnic86
    tnic86 Posts: 134 Member
    the haters arent worth replying too....it's absolutey going to go no where....THANK YOU for sharing your success.....we all need help and success stories are great to hear......but seriously if someone is just wanted to prove your wrong it's just a battle of NOTHING....I pretty much interact with people that actually want to support, learn and help......unless they ARE ALL KNOWING.. they will always miss out on something that actually might be the greatess lessoned learned in their life.....PEACE

    This is a food and nutrition forum to... you know... discuss food and nutrition? If anything, it should motivate people to investigate and do their own research. So in those regards, it is going somewhere.

    Nobody is hating on anything she said. I have a serious issue with some of the advice posted on this thread because it contradicts 100+ years of nutritional study. Also, I have no clue how this became a life lesson thread. I think it's also safe to assume the greatest lesson in life won't be learned on myfitnesspal.com.

    Actually, it seems to me that this site is a contest of "who thinks they know more". It seems like every thread I click on, it is nothing more than a contest to see who can act like they know more than the previous poster or the op.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    the haters arent worth replying too....it's absolutey going to go no where....THANK YOU for sharing your success.....we all need help and success stories are great to hear......but seriously if someone is just wanted to prove your wrong it's just a battle of NOTHING....I pretty much interact with people that actually want to support, learn and help......unless they ARE ALL KNOWING.. they will always miss out on something that actually might be the greatess lessoned learned in their life.....PEACE

    This is a food and nutrition forum to... you know... discuss food and nutrition? If anything, it should motivate people to investigate and do their own research. So in those regards, it is going somewhere.

    Nobody is hating on anything she said. I have a serious issue with some of the advice posted on this thread because it contradicts 100+ years of nutritional study. Also, I have no clue how this became a life lesson thread. I think it's also safe to assume the greatest lesson in life won't be learned on myfitnesspal.com.

    Actually, it seems to me that this site is a contest of "who thinks they know more". It seems like every thread I click on, it is nothing more than a contest to see who can act like they know more than the previous poster or the op.
    I know it.....and I know it better than you did.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    the haters arent worth replying too....it's absolutey going to go no where....THANK YOU for sharing your success.....we all need help and success stories are great to hear......but seriously if someone is just wanted to prove your wrong it's just a battle of NOTHING....I pretty much interact with people that actually want to support, learn and help......unless they ARE ALL KNOWING.. they will always miss out on something that actually might be the greatess lessoned learned in their life.....PEACE

    This is a food and nutrition forum to... you know... discuss food and nutrition? If anything, it should motivate people to investigate and do their own research. So in those regards, it is going somewhere.

    Nobody is hating on anything she said. I have a serious issue with some of the advice posted on this thread because it contradicts 100+ years of nutritional study. Also, I have no clue how this became a life lesson thread. I think it's also safe to assume the greatest lesson in life won't be learned on myfitnesspal.com.

    Actually, it seems to me that this site is a contest of "who thinks they know more". It seems like every thread I click on, it is nothing more than a contest to see who can act like they know more than the previous poster or the op.

    This is the Internet, ma'am. Very rarely does someone who is wrong get away with it.....
  • tnic86
    tnic86 Posts: 134 Member
    Can't we all get along? LOL! :D
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    Can't we all get along? LOL! :D
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  • tnic86
    tnic86 Posts: 134 Member
    Can't we all get along? LOL! :D
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    Hahahaha!!! :D
  • mdudra
    mdudra Posts: 17
    Congrats on the success! I think it’s great that you shared this link with others. I saw that same Rachel Ray show and was definitely intrigued by this ‘limit your sugar and carbs’ concept. People monitor their diet in many ways (calories, carbs, fat, sugar, etc). If anything, I thought Jorge's book was interesting and it really opened my eyes to reading the whole label (sugar included – not just calories and fat). I was shocked to see how much sugar were in some foods that I considered healthy. I joined MFP on Aug 31st, and lost 10 lbs in Sept. I am not naive enough to think that my 10 lb weight loss was solely due to my reduction in sugar intake. I think by joining this site, logging my meals/ exercise, water weight loss, and keeping myself accountable have all played a role in my September success. By adding “sugar” it to my tracking page I found on days when my lunch might have been high in sugar, I rethought my dinner that night (ie: if I had a strawberry, blueberry, and ½ banana shake for breakfast, I stuck to foods that were low in sugar for the rest of the day). As someone who never really even glanced at the amount of sugar in foods, I found this to be eye opening. Congrats again on the success! Keep up the good work!
  • czechsmate
    czechsmate Posts: 556 Member
    Why is it so hard for people to go beyond themselves and just say thank you and be on your way. -Jack Nickelson. I think it's great that you found what works for you and if you look at the facts it IS sound advice. For all the negative nellies out there we really don't have time now do we. When the desciples went through a town that turned them down they shook the dust off there sandles and moved on. Great job and keep up the excellent effort.:flowerforyou:
    Who is Jack Nickelson?
    jack%2Bnickel%2Bson.jpg

    hahahahahaha:laugh: that is just so wrong!
  • surfrgrl1
    surfrgrl1 Posts: 1,464 Member
    15 grams of sugar...that means you can have 0 fruit..no thank you.

    Agree.
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
    Sugar...carbs...fat...all are just carriers of calories.

    Make a calorie deficit, lose weight.


    How you GET to the deficit, well, everyone is different. Ultimately though, just have 15g of sugar is just cutting your calories disguised in a fancy smock. But, if it works for you, go for it! I personally prefer having the things i want, and not being restricted by anything other than calories.

    yes, no matter which thing you cut out (carbs, or sugar, or fat) it reduces your calories. Not disagreeing there. The "personally prefer having the things i want" - I wanna be healthy!

    congrats to the OP for finding something that is working.
    I have been on every diet or "lifestyle change" I can find. being on MFP allowed me to begin SLOWLY losing. MONTHS for a pound here and there.

    I have come under fire and will again, because of my diet. I am not counting the calories, only tracking the food, but MFP tracks the cals anyway. so everyone sees a deficit and gives me a hard time.

    go ahead. look at my diet. (friday was a one off, out for chinese) but generally speaking, my sugars are super low. like usually 6g or lower. my carbs (approx. 1/3 of MFP recommends) and sodium also low. it is not a long term plan, but it is being monitored by my doctors. I dropped 14 pounds in two weeks. 5 of that is water weight. I won't suddenly begin eating normally again, I will gradually add in stuff as I am directed. by the time i reach phase 3, it IS a sustainable for life plan.

    anyway, not even sure what my point was, other than to say, if the OP found something that works, something that motivates her, KUDOS. sure, words of caution, but not insulting and condemning. Makes us look like bullies on the play ground.
  • jellybaby84
    jellybaby84 Posts: 583 Member
    I don't understand why a nutritionist would endorse a diet that would allow someone to eat STRING CHEESE but not an apple?!?!
  • fit4mom
    fit4mom Posts: 1,352 Member

    sure, words of caution, but not insulting and condemning. Makes us look like bullies on the play ground.


    I totally agree :D
  • dawniee
    dawniee Posts: 143 Member
    As soon as you know it alls came out to play, anyone at all interested in learning or supporting already left......:sad:
  • MeganAndJNo
    MeganAndJNo Posts: 2
    Good job!!
    I didn't watch the video yet and skimmed thru the other comments as they seemed quite negative.
    I am looking at the WHO's announcement in March 2014 about Daily Sugar consumption and you got this right girl!
    I'm gonna try for 15 grams a day also.
    Thanks for posting!
    JJ:smile:
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,281 Member
    This thread was written in 2011.

    Are you still around OP?
    Since someone bumped up your old thread, could you tell us if you are still doing this low sugar plan and how has it worked for you long term?
  • myiceisonfire
    myiceisonfire Posts: 782 Member
    Oh wow, I didn't realized this had 4 pages of comments... Yes it was not water weight. I could eat as many calories as I wanted a day as long as I stuck to the 15grams a day. At first I had headaches for the first few days because I wasn't used to it. But after that I felt great. I did it until I got pregnant about half a year later. I was constantly losing fat. I went from 233lbs to 186lbs in a few months. It's a great thing to start doing if you can find the right foods, don't do the "sugar free" crap though, just google foods that are very low in sugar or have no natural sugars. I ate a lot of salads that were red cabbage dark kidney beans and SPRAY dressings. and a lot of cheese and pjs, i canned my own strawberry jam so there wasn't really sugar in it. i wish there was a quick way to look back at my diary and see all i ate. i know when i wanted junkfood i did go for the sugar free jello as a cheat. but sugar free food isn't very good because then they use fake sugars.
  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    For you, is this reasonable and sustainable for the rest of your life?

    Yes. But just like calories for everyone, some days we're over & some days we're under. For now I've been very strict to not go over 15. I think in the long run some days I may eat more, but never over 20. It's all about learning which foods are better for you "sugar-wise" anyway

    Remember when you first started MFP and cut out the junkfood? It wasn't easy. But after a while it became 2nd nature to know what to eat & what not to eat.

    *hides her beer*

    *hides her brownie*

    *hides her ice cream sandwich*

    *wipes chocolate from face*

    What are we talking about here?
  • Add713
    Add713 Posts: 53 Member
    4lbs in two days....hard to believe. That would basically mean no fruit.....so bacon would be good
    fruit bad. What am I missing???/
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    Oh wow, I didn't realized this had 4 pages of comments... Yes it was not water weight. I could eat as many calories as I wanted a day as long as I stuck to the 15grams a day. At first I had headaches for the first few days because I wasn't used to it. But after that I felt great. I did it until I got pregnant about half a year later. I was constantly losing fat. I went from 233lbs to 186lbs in a few months. It's a great thing to start doing if you can find the right foods, don't do the "sugar free" crap though, just google foods that are very low in sugar or have no natural sugars. I ate a lot of salads that were red cabbage dark kidney beans and SPRAY dressings. and a lot of cheese and pjs, i canned my own strawberry jam so there wasn't really sugar in it. i wish there was a quick way to look back at my diary and see all i ate. i know when i wanted junkfood i did go for the sugar free jello as a cheat. but sugar free food isn't very good because then they use fake sugars.

    Pretty surprised you are still here.
    I had assumed, given you still have a lot of weight to lose years later, that you had maybe left long ago and quit.
    Good job on still being here and logging.
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    I do not understand the concept of half a banana. Once the banana is peeled or cut, you must eat the whole thing, IMO. I eat at least three different fruits a day, so this would not work for me. However, I've been at my goal weight for two years. Good luck, if this works for others.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,281 Member
    Oh wow, I didn't realized this had 4 pages of comments... Yes it was not water weight. I could eat as many calories as I wanted a day as long as I stuck to the 15grams a day. At first I had headaches for the first few days because I wasn't used to it. But after that I felt great. I did it until I got pregnant about half a year later. I was constantly losing fat. I went from 233lbs to 186lbs in a few months. It's a great thing to start doing if you can find the right foods, don't do the "sugar free" crap though, just google foods that are very low in sugar or have no natural sugars. I ate a lot of salads that were red cabbage dark kidney beans and SPRAY dressings. and a lot of cheese and pjs, i canned my own strawberry jam so there wasn't really sugar in it. i wish there was a quick way to look back at my diary and see all i ate. i know when i wanted junkfood i did go for the sugar free jello as a cheat. but sugar free food isn't very good because then they use fake sugars.

    Pretty surprised you are still here.
    I had assumed, given you still have a lot of weight to lose years later, that you had maybe left long ago and quit.
    Good job on still being here and logging.

    well, she did have at least one baby in that time :wink:obviously that interupted her weight loss journey
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