Anthea Falkiner wrote:

Kristie Boon wrote:I have reading these forums but no one is saying they are losing weight on this diet, could someone please let us all know by cutting out all sugar do you lose weight or do you just stop the cravings for sugar and feel fuller.

On this program, I would like to see weight lose too! 

Hi Kristie,

I have said I'm losing a couple of times on the forum.  I'm almost 4 weeks in and have lost a couple of kilos.  I know that you will definitely lose weight, and a lot, because I've been off sugar before for about 6 months and I lost a tremendous amount of weight and was eating like a horse.  Keep hanging in there...  Have faith.

A lot of people here are new and are only at the start of their journeys so that's why not many people are commenting on weight loss yet.

Hi Kristie,
I have been 10 days into "no sugar at all" (absolutely no sugar, cooking all our own food, and have cleaned out fridge, cupboards ect.) and 40 days into no "added sugar" (in coffee, tea, on cereal, no jam, honey etc..)   Lost 1/2 kg with no added sugar and then 2kgs this last ten days.  Yes, I believe that the weight that sugar added to my body will come off as I continue to eat foods that do not have fructose.   I haven't tried any of the sweets recipes in Davids book, because I want to get to a point where all of this is second nature and I don't have to spend any more of my life stressing/worrying/thinking about food/weight/health.    I when the first 1/2kg fell off I was very nervous about getting excited - all those failures in the past have made me very sceptical.   
As well as the weight loss I have noticed that my tummy isn't distended and I definately have decreased the amount of food I can put in my tummy in one sitting.    Also, my son has lost 2kg, and he can't eat as much as he used to in one sitting.  (my other so is just starting to 'prick up' his interest now that he sees his brother doing okay without all that sugar.)
Keep going Kristie, and please keep posting I would really like to know how you are going.
Cheers Donna

The reason removing sugar makes weightloss happen is that once it is gone our appetite control system can once again function.  Once it is working our bodies throttle down how much we eat and because we don't get the (sugar driven) cravings, we don't eat as much.  

For most of us the readjustment doesn't happen overnight.  Some people start losing weight immediately but some actually gain weight in the first few weeks.  But eventually the readjustment will happen and you will be unable to eat more than you need.  Then the weightloss starts happening.  It happens at about .5 to 1 kg per week BUT it is permanent (for as long as you don't eat sugar).

It took me 40 years to be forty kgs overweight and took about a year not to be - I thought that was a reasonable trade :-)

If you get impatient with a plateau (they definitely do happen), what always worked for me was a little nudge with a week or so of low-carb eating and then returning to just sugar-free ... always worked a treat.

Hopefully that all helps a bit?

Cheers

David.

PS Even if I didn't lose a gram, knowing what I know now about what sugar does to my insides, I'd still be off the sugar!

I am losing weight and feeling really good,  3 weeks off sugar and 3 kgs off me! I think you need to make sure you get hungry between meals to lose weight, but the hunger is different from dieting, there is no desperation. If you're hungry, eat.  It's simple. I'm avoiding all artificial sweeteners, and finding my salt cravings have diminished radically too, I use to alternate between sugar and salt treats with the old addiction.