David Gillespie - Here's hoping this is the answer

09 Sep 2012 10:19 PM

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Hi everyone

Well, I've bought the book Sweet poison Quit Plan. I thought I had ordered the original book, but obviously made a mistake! But, I am 1/3 way through the book and I think I really want to give this a serious go. It will be quite

09 Sep 2012 10:25 PM

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OOPS!!! touvhed the wrong key on the keyboard:) It will be quite hard for me as my husband doesn't want to do this with me and I have very little will power, but I really want to be sugar free. I have got into severe eating habits, like buying choc coated bullets every couple of day and eating the whole lot! Or , as soon as I get home, I will be raiding the pantry and I eat the wjhole time I'm cooking tea, then eat my tea as well!!! We nearly always have sweets and I feel deprived now if we don't, so I go looking for something anyway! I have put a heap of weight on this year (due to my deplorable eating habits) and I'm feeling huge, uncomfortable, lazy and have very low self esteem now, so, as you can see, I'm in a bad space. I started today and I have have read quite a few of your posts and I am heartened by the support being offered to everyone on this journey. Thanks for sharing your experienced as I think it will help me when I hit them :)

09 Sep 2012 10:43 PM

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Hi Angela, I'm the only one in my family that's doing this as well. My husband is not sugar free although he's not a big sweet eater anyway. I bake a lot so all the stuff the kids have is mainly sugar free (they will get sweets at school and other places, which I'm not fussed about). Do you bake at all? You might find dextrose treats helpful if your tempted. I bake all sorts of things and put them in the freezer (muffins, cakes, slices, cheesecakes) so all you need to do is defrost them. My main problem was the sweet after dinner, so instead I substituted a dextrose treat. You are also able to have small pieces of 70 or 85% chocolate.

10 Sep 2012 3:58 AM

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Thanks Janelle, it's good to know someone else has to do it amongst all the sugary stuff in the pantry. Yes, I LOVE to cook and bake. Sadly I delude myself that I am baking for my husband (who wonderfully eats anything I cook, sigh, he's so easy to feed bless him) then I end up eating over half of it! I read this afternoon that I can't use dextrose until I have fully withdrawn from sugar! Is this right? I wanted to eat when I got home from work and I usually raid the pantry, but I had a small bowl of porridge instead. I know it's brekky food, but I thought it was better than cakes, bikkies etc.

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10 Sep 2012 5:08 AM

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Angela wrote:OOPS!!! touvhed the wrong key on the keyboard:) It will be quite hard for me as my husband doesn't want to do this with me and I have very little will power, but I really want to be sugar free. I have got into severe eating habits, like buying choc coated bullets every couple of day and eating the whole lot! Or , as soon as I get home, I will be raiding the pantry and I eat the wjhole time I'm cooking tea, then eat my tea as well!!! We nearly always have sweets and I feel deprived now if we don't, so I go looking for something anyway! I have put a heap of weight on this year (due to my deplorable eating habits) and I'm feeling huge, uncomfortable, lazy and have very low self esteem now, so, as you can see, I'm in a bad space. I started today and I have have read quite a few of your posts and I am heartened by the support being offered to everyone on this journey. Thanks for sharing your experienced as I think it will help me when I hit them :)

[1] My wife is only moderately cooperative as she doesn't have a fat problem and isn't willing to replace sugar with glucose. The point is WE are responsible for our own future. And you, presumably, being the cook, have a lot more control than I do.

[2] David discusses the 'cold turkey" option in his books. Thinking in terms of willpower is negative thinking. And you can't win that battle. Your brain can't tell whether what you focus on is what you want or don't want. So "think positive" will give your brain the message that you want to be free, and it will go about finding ways to make you free. So instead of worrying about willpower, JUST DECIDE that you want to be your ideal weight and focus your mind on all the good things about that. Are you a golfer? or a gardener? Whatever, I'll bet that when you go to a bookshop you only "see" the books related to your area of interest . . right? Focusing on what you want will attract the people, resources and motivation to get you there.

[3] When you crave something sweet, ask yourself "what feeling do I have" . . . and then just drop the feeling.

[4] The first thing you need to do is clean out the pantry of everything with more than 2% sugars [2 grams per 100 grams]. If you need to get an OK artificial sweetener like Stevia or Splendid . . just don't get hooked on them.

[5] Re self-esteem . . . . spend some of our "food" money on counselling :-) Find the beautiful, capable, compassionate person that you already are. Check out www.sedona.com Stop being a victim . . . be a hero to yourself :-)

[6] Above all . . . DON'T GIVE UP !

JohnN

10 Sep 2012 7:37 AM

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WOW!!! Thanks so much John for your advice. You're right, only I can do it and I will definitely check myself from now on re: negativity. I feel great today that I have got through even though I have just been icing and creaming cakes for a fundraiser at school. I was amazed at how often I went to 'just taste' my cooking, but I stopped myself every time. You're also right in the respect that I control the kitchen....good tip. Thanks again John, you have given me a little shake up!

10 Sep 2012 6:49 PM

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Hello! My advice is to just keep going. I am happy now to tell others about the Sweet Poison Quit Plan. Since I lost some weight I have now had to take in two skirts to narrow the waist! (At 75 not bad going, thank you David!) DON'T GIVE UP. About dinner sweets. I have found it very satisfactory to substitute dextrose for sugar e.g. to make a "crumble" topping over fruit. I use lashings of cream too which is nice with bananas and/or strawberries. (Not much in season at the moment down here in Tassie). We got rid of all the sugars in the pantry, now my friends have to bring their own sugar to put into the tea and coffee served in this house!!!