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  • I find the best way to deal with sugar cravings is to reduce all the added sugars in things. Its easy to still eat the meals you love, you just have to be creative. I use red onion rather than brown when I cook, I read somewhere a while a go that it was good to combat sugar cravings. Swap Soy sauce for Tamari use banana to…
  • 1lb off this week, (total of 8lb in 3weeks) Thread total 582lbs
  • I do just oats and skimmed milk in the microwave. Occasionally I will throw some cinnamon in. I used to do the quaker oats sachets with fruits in until I did a 30 day no added sugar challenge. It took a while to get used to plain porridge. I tried chopping in banana, apple etc to sweeten it but it just wasn't right. Now I…
  • Whatever works for you and keeps you happy. I'm quite happy over here swapping out the foods with hidden sugars for healthy alternatives. The benefits are greater than a change of number on the scales. And I refuse to end up diabetic like my mother, aunts and grandparents. Not the legacy I want for my children.
  • I regularly remove added sugars and processed foods from my diet. My tricks are: Swap brown onion for red onion in the meals you cook. Warm Milk with cinnamon. Blueberry or banana pancakes (no flour in the batter just the fruit and egg) with strawberries and natural yoghurt Banana bread with whole earth peanut butter.…
  • I'm from Boldon. Not long joined here. Mainly because my weight has been slowly creeping up over the last year, and I need to get back into routine of eating well and exercising more.
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