Freda Surgenor wrote:

Selina Brown wrote:Hi I've fallen off the wagon I was totally amazed at how quickly the addiction to sugar reformed. I have found myself eating stuff that I wasn't even enjoying! So now I know that I can't just have a little bit of sugar as obviously that DOES NOT work.  Wish me luck as I start again just a little bit wiser to the pitfalls this time (I hope!)

Hi Selina
Good luck with this...............I actually can't even eat too much stuff with dextrose in it, I find I start the sweet cravings again and eat more and more sweetened carbs, even though they have no fructose in them!!!!
cheers
Freda

Thank you I think that i'll have to not touch the dextrose sweetened  stuff either for a long long time

Cheers

Stephanie Burton wrote:I'm climbing back on the wagon again because I know how well the 'no sugar' thing works. Last year I lost 14 kilograms in about 6 months by increasing small amounts of quality protein meals as well as weaning myself off sugar. However, I then became more lax and started buying into the 'everything in moderation' thing. I should have known. I can never have sugar in any kind of moderation.

The significant aspect for me is that I didn't fall too far off the wagon, thanks to re-education of habits.
 

I get Google Alerts on sugar, obesity,health etc and this is a pretty good way to educate and re-inspire myself. I Follow people who are into health on Twitter, and keep hoping that chefs will get creative with the no sugar thing.

At the moment I am re-dedicating myself to 'no sugar', although in that period I haven't used all the chutneys, tomato sauces and other sugar-laden food that I had done BSP (Before 'Sweet Poison'). And I just don't go out to cafes any more by myself-living in rural NSW makes that fairly easy. Thank goodness for my coffee maker. I rarely accept a small cake, but haven't got around to refusing dessert at someone's home. It's the social aspects of eating out that I find the biggest challenge. Cafes. travelling overseas etc. When other people cook for me I can't control what they're putting into their recipes so it's a good thing that I don't dine out that much. It's not just about refusing dessert.

For the sake of my health I'd like to get rid of another 14 kilograms. I had thyroid cancer and am on thyroxine for life. I also have chronic migraines, which I've had for 43 years. I'd love to say that all that was gone, but of course it hasn't. I do find that when I'm off migraine meds every 6 months then my resources are stretched and I'm more likely to give in to more sugary foods if they're in the house.

I document some of these battles on my blog, but then I get anxious that my friends and other people will think I'm one of those paranoid types who can never talk about anything else. So I just added sections on to my blog in the side bars.

One of my blog friends suggested I write about David's two books as I keep recommending them. This suggestion sent me back to re-reading them both and I'm very glad I did. It will be a while before I do a Post on them as I want to get details right (it's like uni all over again!), but the act of re-reading the books or just flipping through them regularly, is a real help when getting back on the wagon.

Freda Surgenor wrote:

Stephanie Burton wrote:I'm climbing back on the wagon again because I know how well the 'no sugar' thing works. Last year I lost 14 kilograms in about 6 months by increasing small amounts of quality protein meals as well as weaning myself off sugar. However, I then became more lax and started buying into the 'everything in moderation' thing. I should have known. I can never have sugar in any kind of moderation.

The significant aspect for me is that I didn't fall too far off the wagon, thanks to re-education of habits.
 

I get Google Alerts on sugar, obesity,health etc and this is a pretty good way to educate and re-inspire myself. I Follow people who are into health on Twitter, and keep hoping that chefs will get creative with the no sugar thing.

At the moment I am re-dedicating myself to 'no sugar', although in that period I haven't used all the chutneys, tomato sauces and other sugar-laden food that I had done BSP (Before 'Sweet Poison'). And I just don't go out to cafes any more by myself-living in rural NSW makes that fairly easy. Thank goodness for my coffee maker. I rarely accept a small cake, but haven't got around to refusing dessert at someone's home. It's the social aspects of eating out that I find the biggest challenge. Cafes. travelling overseas etc. When other people cook for me I can't control what they're putting into their recipes so it's a good thing that I don't dine out that much. It's not just about refusing dessert.

For the sake of my health I'd like to get rid of another 14 kilograms. I had thyroid cancer and am on thyroxine for life. I also have chronic migraines, which I've had for 43 years. I'd love to say that all that was gone, but of course it hasn't. I do find that when I'm off migraine meds every 6 months then my resources are stretched and I'm more likely to give in to more sugary foods if they're in the house.

I document some of these battles on my blog, but then I get anxious that my friends and other people will think I'm one of those paranoid types who can never talk about anything else. So I just added sections on to my blog in the side bars.

One of my blog friends suggested I write about David's two books as I keep recommending them. This suggestion sent me back to re-reading them both and I'm very glad I did. It will be a while before I do a Post on them as I want to get details right (it's like uni all over again!), but the act of re-reading the books or just flipping through them regularly, is a real help when getting back on the wagon.

Hi Stephanie
the way I get round the desert thing at friends and rellies is, I simply tell them I am allergic to sugar and they then don't press me. I tell them before I go to eat at their place and the last couple we went to got out the cheeses. Another way, is to offer to do the desert, I have done this a few times and make a desert with dextrose and they don't notice.
cheers
Freda

Hi Freda, Thank you for this. A very helpful reminder.

Cheers,

Steph