I'm quitting!

Recently attended Tony Robbin's "Unleashing The Power Within" weekend and have OVERHAULED my food mindset! LIVE and raw foods ROCK! Nuts, veggies, legumes, sprouted grains/sprouted grain foods. Wild caught fish only. I don't even have a desire any longer for meat or chicken (especially chicken!) No white sugar or white flour, and virtually no processed foods. I'm rediscovering how wonderful clean eating is for the mind, body and soul. Having identified the "why" for making this change and connecting to the emotion/reasons/benefits of committing to an outstanding nutrition regimen is keeping me on track.

Am I allowed a "cheat" on occasion? Of course! As long as I make sure to alkaline my body with foods that will maintain the proper pH balance in my system. This is NOT about deprivation but instead about making better food choices that will support the goals I've set, short and long-term. I'm ENJOYING the journey!

Congrats!

I wish I could have given it up completely. Instead, I just eat it in moderation along with the rest of my daily meals, even if it means counting out each individual piece or measuring my foods so I don't go over my plan. For me, if I forbid a type of food, I tend to crave it even more until I break from weakness. If cold turkey works better for you, go for it!

Keep us posted on your journey!

Same here, I don't want to cut anything out completely - was my brother's birthday today so had a piece of sticky toffee pudding when I got home, but don't have that on a regular basis so I'm not worried about going over my sugar intake today (which usually goes over thanks to fruits etc...)

Best of luck on the sugar cut Lindsay

i dont know what sticky toffee pudding is...but it sounds like an orgasm in your mouth

I am a huge sugar addict... there I said it and out loud too!!!!

I wish I could give it up... it is soooo hard.
Good luck with your quest.
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I can't believe my sugar intake when I look at my foods at the end of the day.....but I just love it!

Thats great!! I used to be addicted to sugar and it is such a relief not to be anymore! You will be so happy you did this!!

How did you get over you sugar addiction?

I did a few weeks with strict low carb, it was hard, I wanted to give up and I felt like crap, but I kept doing it. Sometimes I even held the bad sugary foods in my hand and was close to eating but I had decided beforehand that when those situations came along (I knew they would )I would have to tell myself to wait 30 minutes before eating it. And if I wanted it as bad after the 30 minutes had passed I could go ahead and eat it. Amazingly enough there was not one time where I wanted to eat it after that half hour had passed

Now I have it under control and hardly ever get cravings for sweet stuff. But I had chocolate cake at a reception the other day and that seemed to trigger something, the rest of that night I just felt like eating something sweet. Apart from that all the sugar from the cake gave me a bad headache too.

A few years back when I tried to stop eating sugar I substituted the bad sugar foods with fruit, but that resulted in eating insanely big amounts of fruit and that didn't help my weight loss at all. Even if it's fruit it will raise your blood sugar level and a lot of insulin will be released and you're soon feeling hungry and craving carbs again! So this time the idea was to stay away from ALL sugars, good or bad, for a while and then slowly introducing the good stuff again, and that worked for me.
Good luck!!