Cutting out sugar?
Thread in 'General Dieting' Forum started by beachgirl, May 31st, 2014 at 18:31 PM.
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May 31st, 2014, 18:31 PM
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Cutting out sugar?
There has been a lot on the news recently about reducing sugar in your diet. I eat masses of sugar (well over the recommended amount!) and I'm trying to reduce this. I've already stopped taking sugar in tea, I used to take 3 sugars!
Has anyone else looking at reducing sugar or giving it up?
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May 31st, 2014, 19:00 PM
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I am trying to cut down on sugar although I don't have much anyway. I don't have sugar in hot drinks and I try to cut down on sweets etc.
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Jun 1st, 2014, 20:57 PM
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I cut out sugar for 12 days along side coffee, although I have coffee again I don't have a much and I have 1 sugar, I'd love to tolerate no sugar.
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Jun 7th, 2014, 16:19 PM
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Sugar is a serious trigger food for me, so I try to be very careful about how much I consume. I seem to be able to handle it in very small amounts. I always look at the sugar grams count on the nutritional labels of food that I purchase and if there's more than 5-7 grams of sugar per serving, I tend not to buy that particular product.
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Jun 8th, 2014, 09:57 AM
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I do not use sugar with hot drinks for few years! Coffee, tea, hot herbal drinks, ice-tea (home made) - everything doen't contain sugar. But cutting off the sweets is a terrible problem for me((( surely sugar is one of our worst enemies. I know that ketchup has looots of sugar so i use it very rarely now and only a bit (love ketchup;-))
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Jun 9th, 2014, 23:03 PM
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I had to do this when I was pregnant and it was not easy. I started by drinking beverages that were naturally sweet. I also drank a lot of herbal teas. With time, my taste buds were not missing the sugar.
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Jun 10th, 2014, 02:13 AM
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i don't eat much of the "white " sugar but try to use raw sugar when i bake etc and for coffee or tea i am a splenda girl
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Jun 10th, 2014, 12:09 PM
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Good for you!! When I cut out the sugar and cream from my daily coffee, I lost 8 pounds immediately (within the first weeks)!! It was crazy how much sugar I was taking in without even thinking about it. I eat much less sugar now, but it took me a while to make it a habit.
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Jun 11th, 2014, 18:39 PM
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I've cut right back on sugar and try and not eat things with it in. I used to have sugar in my coffees and drink coffee pretty much constantly!
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Jun 14th, 2014, 02:42 AM
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Quote:
Quote by Justine
Good for you!! When I cut out the sugar and cream from my daily coffee, I lost 8 pounds immediately (within the first weeks)!! It was crazy how much sugar I was taking in without even thinking about it. I eat much less sugar now, but it took me a while to make it a habit.
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That is amazing! Are you sure it was only the sugar that was responsible for the weight loss? I felt healthier but I did not experience this type of weight loss.
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