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When has a person completed withdrawal?

  • 13 Dec 2010 3:18 AM
    Message # 479324
    Deleted user

    Hi David,

    I have been sugar free for three weeks now and am trying to work out when it is safe to eat some of the recipes with dextrose.

    Your book says you shouldn't eat these until you have completed withdrawal.  At what point has a person completed withdrawal?  I still have the occassional sugar craving, and my appetite control system has not yet kicked in as far as I can tell, so should I still be avoiding dextrose/glucose sweetened foods until I do feel my appetite control is working or is it okay to partake now in some of your recipes?

    Thanks for your help and thanks so much for your books, I identify with many of the sugar addict traits, it is so good to have the information.

    Regards

    Greg

  • 15 Dec 2010 2:48 AM
    Reply # 480677 on 479324
    Deleted user

    Good question, Greg.  I'd like to know that, too.

    I thought I was through it but keep falling off the wagon

  • 15 Dec 2010 6:11 AM
    Reply # 480727 on 479324
    Deleted user
    I found my body must have quickly got rid of excess sugar when I stopped eating it. After only a few days I never felt hungry and didn't miss sweet stuff at all. However, about once a week I suddenly had these intense cravings and if I ignored them they passed however  if I ate something sugary my body fell straight back into the trap. I craved sugar more and more. And I ate more and more. And I felt like shit. The good news was, if I knocked off the sugar for a few days following I again didn't feel hungry or want sugar. The moral to my story is that, for me, I think my body withdrew quite quickly.

  • 16 Dec 2010 7:42 PM
    Reply # 481670 on 479324
    Deleted user
    I had a mistake after just a few weeks eating a chicken chow mein that must have had sugar in the sauce, and got the Eat Eat Eat thing for 2 days. But recently I had a filled roll while on holiday that had relish in it, and I ate it and had no discernible reaction, but this is 2 months on. So I count myself withdrawn, and will only consume sugar in a savoury dish if there is no other option. 

    I have got dextrose to bake with and have made a carrot cake, but don't feel compelled to make more, another sign I'm withdrawn fully I think!!  

    I'm certainly convinced that getting sugar out of my life is the best thing ever. People keep saying how well I look, and I don't get that draggy tiredness every afternoon, and sleep better as well. I keep noticing the people at work who get by on sugary drinks and I want to proselytize  like a preacher. I resist the temptation. Usually.
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