no sugar diet

I am diabetic and have to watch my sugars. If you just try to cut down on the processed sugars it will be doable. We can get the sugar our body needs from fresh fruits.

Wow, I haven't heard of this, but I'm super interested so I'm going to stick around to see other comments Could you give me a little more details on this diet? Please and thank you!

I did it last summer lost about 20 lbs. The weight came off pretty quickly too (but I was very active). I just stuck to fruits, veggies, proteins, and when I had bread I opted for the 100% whole wheat. When you cut out the processed sugars it makes everything else taste sweeter ... which is a cool benefit. Like tomatoes which I never really liked before. But yeah the weight came off and I didn't really restrict my calories when I did it either.

I followed the Sugar Busters book. But I've heard the South Beach Diet is pretty similar. All complex carbs.

If I eat sugar, I loose control and keep eating more and more. I read about a study done on mice in France where they found that sugar was more addicting than cocaine! Everyone is different, but for me, no sugar is the way to go. I'm detoxing once again - now on day two - and it's easier this time because I'm eating lots of beans and fiber. Beans have a chemical in them that relax you and make you feel satisfied. Can't remember the name of it...will post back later.

My Mom did a no sugar diet when she found out she was a diabetic. Everything was sugar free & only had splenda or equal. She still doesn't eat sugar as much/ & she lost 100 + pounds in 7 months... she has maintained her weight after 3 years.

Just wondering if anyone's tried the 'no sugar diet'.

Heard its a great way to lose weight along with the obvious health benefits of not having processed sugars.

Tempted to try it as I recently saw a male friend on Friday who started it 2 weeks ago and has already lost 10kilograms in 2 weeks, with exercise, but it makes the weight come off super quick! After seeing him I wonder if it is a good way to lose weight quickly. There is sugar in EVERYTHING, so you'd have to be incredibly strict with the way in which you cut it out and keep it out....

Have a friend whose getting married in June and thought it is a good way to quickly lose weight prior to the wedding and again for myself getting married in October.

But in the long run, can it be sustained?

Cutting sugar means cutting carbs. The weight your friend lost is mostly water weight. Carbs are stored in the body as glycogen in the liver and muscles, and glycogen requires 4 times its weight in water for storage. When you cut carbs, your glycogen storage drops, and you lose a lot of initial water weight. As far as fat loss is concerned, cutting sugar has no effect, beyond cutting calories.

Sticking to your calorie goal is much more important than watching sugar grams, UNLESS you have a specific medical condition, or if sugar is a trigger food that causes you to binge. If your metabolism is normal, and you can eat sugar and keep to your calorie goals, then cutting it out will not help you lose fat any faster.

There is sugar in EVERYTHING,

Well... if you can't eat, you will surely lose weight.

I try to pay attention t my sugar count on MFP and stay under their recommendation EXCEPT that I give myself a pass if the sugar is from fruit or veggies.

That's just me. I'm kinda lazy really and not eating any sugar would be WAY too hard.

Just wondering if anyone's tried the 'no sugar diet'.

Heard its a great way to lose weight along with the obvious health benefits of not having processed sugars.

Tempted to try it as I recently saw a male friend on Friday who started it 2 weeks ago and has already lost 10kilograms in 2 weeks, with exercise, but it makes the weight come off super quick! After seeing him I wonder if it is a good way to lose weight quickly. There is sugar in EVERYTHING, so you'd have to be incredibly strict with the way in which you cut it out and keep it out....

Have a friend whose getting married in June and thought it is a good way to quickly lose weight prior to the wedding and again for myself getting married in October.

But in the long run, can it be sustained?

All diets work off the same principle - calories in vs calories out. That is how you lose weight. Your friend hasn't lost 10kilograms of fat in 2 weeks, that will be mostly water weight. Carbohydrates make you store water, so when you cut out carbs you will see an initial quick drop on the scales, this is fluids. Results will typically even out after that.

There is no 'diet' that can make you lose 10 kilograms of fat in 2 weeks. That requires a calorie deficit of 70000 calories.

Any changes to your food intake that you make now should be sustainable for the long term. Can you cut out sugar forever? If so, great, go for it. But you can lose weight without cutting any foods out, just create a caloric deficit and the weight will come off.

Good luck!

I don't know about the science of it, but when I cut out all sugar, except 1 fruit a day, my belly fat reduced tremendously. As soon as I incorporated sugar again - with the same calorie level as the no-sugar diet, my belly got bigger. I didn't gain weight, but my weight looked different on me. Not sure why this happened, but my trainer says it is typical.

I've read that high fructose corn syrup (found in many processed foods) puts belly fat on mice more quickly than the same amount of table sugar.

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I find that if I eat any sugar, I crave more and more and more. Sugar also makes me sleepy and low energy. I know my family genetics lean towards hypoglycemia eventually becoming diabetes. For all of these reasons, I try to eat as little refined sugar as possible. When I do crave something sweeti, I have a homemade date bar (similar to Larabars) or a frut juice popsicle. I do occassionally indulge in a square or two of dark chocolate. I find I can stop after a square or two of this whereas milk chocolate, one I start, I can't stop. I can't say I have lost a lot of weight eating this way but I am able to maintain my weight which is always withing 10 lb of ideal. I am currently on this board because I am 10 lb up from ideal which is normal after winter.

It can be maintained if you want to maintain it. Once you realize how much better you feel not eating sugar, you will want to continue. If I do indulge occassionally, I just start fresh the next day. the grogginess and low energy I feel the next day is enough motivation to get back on track.

ninerbuff ...Interesting to see a fitness trainer loosing weight on MFP ?
Are you here to stalk us ? .... lol !

Lol, I'm a bodybuilder. We "bulk and cut". I'm coming of a bulk cycle and starting to cut for summer. And as you can tell by my photos I'm in real BAD shape.:laugh:
Stick around you might learn something.

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We're really not all that similar to mice, but mice are cheap and easy to use. There are many, many more scientific studies that show horrific results in rodents that have no negative impact when they switch to human studies, than there are human and rodent studies that reach similar conclusions. There also turn out to be all kinds of things that can have horrible consequences for humans that mice can deal with just fine. In all honesty, rodent studies are useless on their own. The only real purpose for them is to come up with a theory to use for human studies.

Bumping this as I am currently trying to limit my sugar intake to well within what MFP recommends (which for me means cutting out a LOT of my favorite addictions).

After looking at my results on mfp over the last 2 weeks I'm really trying hard to cut out the amount of sugar I'm eating. I've realised most of it is from fruit, bread, and protein shakes but its still a lot more than I would like!! Would love to know more about how this diet works?