Hi all,

I have begun my sugar free journey - I am a HUGE sweet tooth, chocolate, cakes, biscuits - you name it, I've eaten it (a packet of Tim Tams can be gone in minutes).  I read Sweet Poison borrowed from a friend and then received my Quit Plan book two days ago.  It makes so much sense and would certainly explain why I've failed dismally on so called 'diets'.  I like the structure of putting a plan together and treating like you would with any other addiction (I am an ex-smoker for 10 years now so should be able to beat the sugar addiction too).  I've stocked up on cheese, crackers and nuts for those moments where I crave a snack, but am bracing myself for the hunger attacks. It felt strange buying full cream milk, full fat cheese etc when I haven't had these things for years.  I've weighed myself at the beginning of my withdrawal - what can I expect? Will it be normal to put on some weight at this stage? How have others found the weight loss part at stages in their withdrawal?  Whilst it is different for everyone, I am curious to hear how others are going,  Cheers.

I'd like to know this too...

I was not a sugarholic so to speak but did have a lot of sultanas and honey in my diet.  Didn't eat much chocolate or icecream or those sorts of things and have never been big on fruit.  I also gave up fruit juice some time ago after hearing how bad it is for you...

I've only been off sugar for a week now and wasn't expecting immediate results on the scales as I don't have a HUGE amount of weight to lose (around 10kg) but I'm not sure what to expect and wondered about the experience of others?

David - are you out there??

Christine Kelly wrote:

Hi all,

I have begun my sugar free journey - I am a HUGE sweet tooth, chocolate, cakes, biscuits - you name it, I've eaten it (a packet of Tim Tams can be gone in minutes).  I read Sweet Poison borrowed from a friend and then received my Quit Plan book two days ago.  It makes so much sense and would certainly explain why I've failed dismally on so called 'diets'.  I like the structure of putting a plan together and treating like you would with any other addiction (I am an ex-smoker for 10 years now so should be able to beat the sugar addiction too).  I've stocked up on cheese, crackers and nuts for those moments where I crave a snack, but am bracing myself for the hunger attacks. It felt strange buying full cream milk, full fat cheese etc when I haven't had these things for years.  I've weighed myself at the beginning of my withdrawal - what can I expect? Will it be normal to put on some weight at this stage? How have others found the weight loss part at stages in their withdrawal?  Whilst it is different for everyone, I am curious to hear how others are going,  Cheers.

Kellie Paterson wrote:

so help me here..I can read lots on this site, but the start to sugar reduction is with the book...I am seeing getting off sugar but is that in total or is there a certain amount...like a calorie count..that you are allowed in a day...??

 

Hi Kellie welcome, David has written an excellent book letting us know what is the best things to eat with the amount of sugar that is written on the labels, and what happens is our body knows exactly how many calories it needs in a day, and I don't seem to eat as much as I use to, when eating all the junk food, I feel fantastic I've been eating like this for 11 days now, there's now way I'll ever go back

Look forward to hearing how your going

Lyn

Janet Heunis wrote:

Hi Lyn

You're right - I feel thinner too but when I weighed myself the scales didn't reflect it.  It is very early days for me and I deliberately don't want to go down the 'lose heaps of weight in a week and gain it all back and then some sort of detox diet based on syrup' so just have to keep reminding myself of that.  I am here on this journey to improve my health, diet and weight - in that order!