Hello Desi, I'm 71years, weighted 64kg, very active in cycle racing (vets) and had no need to reduce weight. I took sugar in tea/coffee, ate tim tams by the packet and those lovelly Scotch Fingers covered in chocolate. Life was good. So why did I reduce sugar?
After reading S/P and Q/S/P I decided I was not going to continue to shovel sugar into my body. I doubt I will get dibetes 2 and CVD seems unlikely but it is the possible association of Altzimers, Parkinsons, Dementure which worries me. Health wise I'm fine and I wanto keep it that way. I found that to completely eliminate sugar was impossible and I'm happy wth 90% reduction.
There are problems, in my case such as finding a high energy food while racing. I used to take a couple of museli bars with me and now I'm trying the Flapjacks, without iceing, as they are relatively firm to carry in my back pocket.
On loosing weight.... As I said I did not have a problem with weight and cutting out sugar was easy. Just stop shoving poison in your mouth. It was like a light turned on...it's up to you, though tea/coffee still tastes lousey. I started 4 months ago and after a week saw 1/2kg go, I did not believe it. I ate everything I wanted except sugar. After a month the scale was showing 62-63 kg and now after 4 months is down to around 60.5kg and seems to have stabilised which is reassuring. Good luck.
