stopping sugar today!

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  • shaypearl
    shaypearl Posts: 307 Member
    I have tried and failed on many occasions. Me and sugar is like crack to a crack head. 'It just keeps calling me'. I would have to enroll myself in a Sugar Anonymous class to over come my craving at this point. Good luck.
  • loria508
    loria508 Posts: 41 Member
    the reason sugar is so hard to kick is because (1) it affects our brain in the same way crack or coke does! (2) its in EV-EVERY-THING! all processed foods and low-fat foods are substittuted with sugars and sugar alochols, or high fructose corn syrup...its how they keep us all buying JUNK food and not sticking to natural plant-based foods...

    One thing that is good for you and when I'm craving sugar I eat is dark chocolate OVER 70%...at first 70 or 72% tastes real bitter, but after a while you can move up in darkness and anything below 73% will taste so sweet its disgusting/makes you feel sick...sugar is toxic so great for you for cutting it out!

    Here's a great resource for those wanting to know more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57407128/preview-is-sugar-toxic/

    And within the link is the full video from 60 minutes with Dr. Sanjay Gupta!
    THANKS, WILL CHECK IT OUT!
  • lolabluola
    lolabluola Posts: 212 Member
    it's so hard at first but stick with it! Strawberries are amazing once you don't have sugar for a long time! Peppers (red bell and green) taste amazing too to me now! I've been losing a ton of weight by cutting sugar! good luck!!!! (it was not fun though the first two weeks working in an office with constant birthday parties and goodies)

    p.s. be careful of 'sugar free' those sugar alcohol really mess with my tummy! Especially the sugar free cough drops I tried when I was sick!
  • loria508
    loria508 Posts: 41 Member
    OK, me too, I am in. No sugar unless it comes from fruit starting right this moment. I did use a little aguave nectar in my Greek yogurt this morning which is natural but has carbs. I will try to nix that also. I have had a headache for two days straight I swear.
    Sound good, please have aguave if you need it, splenda,etc. I'm starting with no sweets, cookies,candy etc. Good luck!
  • loria508
    loria508 Posts: 41 Member
    it's so hard at first but stick with it! Strawberries are amazing once you don't have sugar for a long time! Peppers (red bell and green) taste amazing too to me now! I've been losing a ton of weight by cutting sugar! good luck!!!! (it was not fun though the first two weeks working in an office with constant birthday parties and goodies)

    p.s. be careful of 'sugar free' those sugar alcohol really mess with my tummy! Especially the sugar free cough drops I tried when I was sick!
    Thanks for the strawberry tip!
  • Mhousenga
    Mhousenga Posts: 16 Member
    My sisters and I have only allowing natural sugars for the month of April as a way to get our food in check. We also cut out carbs from rice, potatoes, bread, pasta, corn, etc. It has been really good. I feel good. We have had discussions about sustainability of eating this way and the reality is that I don't want to give up chocolate forever, but I want to be in a place where having a small piece is so fulfilling and sweet that it is all I need to be satisfied. I have been eating unsweetened natural peanut butter and almonds with fruit for snacks and it has been wonderful. You can do it and feel better.
  • loria508
    loria508 Posts: 41 Member
    Thank you everyone for the support!!!!!! If you are serious about "no sugar" feel free to friend me :smile:
  • prplangl4
    prplangl4 Posts: 488 Member
    AND in that report I noted, I've read and seen a lot of Dr. Lustig's work, and since the 1980s when they pushed for low-fat foods, that's when rates of cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, cancers, etc. have increased...because low fat foods all have added sugars...and since everything we eat has sugars, just like a drug, we grow a "resistance" to it and want more...not to mention the way foods with carbs/sugar in it affect our metabolism and insulin levels, we eat a bunch of it, then within an hour or so we're starving again...because it continually spikes our insulin levels and crashes it, causing us to over eat as well.

    Cutting sugar, and processed "frankenfoods" is definitely the way to go! Great for you!!!

    I came across a post in Jan. (for the new year I wanted to bump up my health habits) and came across the 100th posting about "good sugar vs bad sugar" and a MFP member posted about how his wife died suddenly from cardiovascular disease and that led him to healthy habits and he lost 185 lbs not from exercising, but over time changing how he ate and researching...and I read through all of his blogs (from oldest to newest) and did hours of my own research and even met with one of the professors he quoted who works at the university I work at, and it was all very eye opening! His blog is here: http://danmoffett.blogspot.com/

    And I just watched a great documentary on how MDs don't have nutrition as part of their curriculum so they prescribe drugs that don't necessarily get rid of the diseases, but then holistics docs who gave people with diseases like diabetes and cancer a plant-based diet and cutting our processed junk reversed the diseases, including cancer. It was called Forks Over Knives...it touches on sugar too. Definitely worth it to watch, it's on netflix now if you have it.
  • LaMarisg
    LaMarisg Posts: 3
    Im so glad Im not the only one struggling with this. The funny thing is I dont care for sweets like cake, ice cream, or chocolate. But candy like jolly ranchers or an ice cold Pepsi! OMG!!! If I can give up at least the soda for a week, it may help. I did a couple of years ago and when I first tasted it again, it was horrible but then I got use to it again.

    Think I will try with you girls on this sugar thing!!! Wish everyone luck!:wink:
  • signgrrrl
    signgrrrl Posts: 74 Member
    If you need to put sugar on things like coffee berries etc. try the estivia sweetner. All natural ...comes from the leaf of the estevia plant. I use it in my coffee and on my strawberries. Truvia brand and Hy-Vee makes it.
  • KatrinaG2012
    KatrinaG2012 Posts: 354 Member
    Over 12 months ago my mom was given a sugar solution to light her ovarian cancer up so they could see it better at Emory. I had the immediate thought that clearly cancer must really like fructose. My subsequent research confirmed, at least for me, that this is the case. Another case in point is my husbands high cholesterol. In the dangerous range 10 months ago I convinced him to give up refined sugar except for the rare treat and his cholesterol dipped dramatically in a few short months and remains well within the normal range. That joker lost 20# in about 6 weeks:grumble: He ate eggs every day and while he did eat more poultry and fish he still enjoyed the occasional piece of steak or pork. The biggest change by far was giving up the sugar. When I get the urge for sugar now, almost always:wink: a simple reminder of my belief that cancer loves the stuff sends me running the other direction! The link is for a 60 minutes which aired on the subject just a few weeks ago.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n

    I will get off my soap box now.....and good luck in your endeavor!

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