I went 5 whole months before I took a bite of sugar because of a cruise our family went on.
I also indulged on my birthday, a week long family beach trip and a weak moment.
Even with those incidents, I have lost 50lbs.!
I realize it is pretty extreme to give up sugar, but I knew I needed something drastic that would give me a huge jump start in the right direction. 
In the beginning, I didn't even allow myself to have fake sugar because I knew I would start making cookies and other baked goods with Splenda and that defeated the purpose of giving up sugar.
Because I was limiting my calories and avoiding sugar, I had low energy in January and February so I decided to let myself have 3 items with fake sugar:
My Myoplex Health Shake to give my mornings and workouts a boost.
Orbit Cinnamint gum for in-between meals and snack times.
And of course my Diet Coke!
There are 2 types of food that I didn't want to limit because of the nutrients my body needs: Skim Milk
and ANY fruit! Smoothies have definitely helped to take the edge off.
Because I have come to realize that there is sugar in EVERYTHING (I'm not even joking!), I had to give myself a 2 gram rule. I can eat something if it has 2 grams or less per serving, BUT it has to be something healthy. I can't take a bite of a cookie and say that I stayed under 2 grams.
and ANY fruit! Smoothies have definitely helped to take the edge off.
Because I have come to realize that there is sugar in EVERYTHING (I'm not even joking!), I had to give myself a 2 gram rule. I can eat something if it has 2 grams or less per serving, BUT it has to be something healthy. I can't take a bite of a cookie and say that I stayed under 2 grams.I've since become a big fan of Cheerios.
I never realized I'd have to give up things like Ketchup.....
and BBQ sauce!
I also miss my favorite cereal, Quaker Oatmeal Squares. They sound healthy but they actually have 10 grams of sugar per 1 cup serving. That's less than half of what you find in Tootie Fruities or Marshmellow Mateys. Scary!
And you guessed it! My family is 'suffering' along with me. I no longer make cookies or snacks every other day like I use to. It's more like once every 3-4 weeks.
I never realized I'd have to give up things like Ketchup..... and BBQ sauce! I also miss my favorite cereal, Quaker Oatmeal Squares. They sound healthy but they actually have 10 grams of sugar per 1 cup serving. That's less than half of what you find in Tootie Fruities or Marshmellow Mateys. Scary! And you guessed it! My family is 'suffering' along with me. I no longer make cookies or snacks every other day like I use to. It's more like once every 3-4 weeks.And for a quick breakfast they have the option of Cheerios or horror of all horrors....OATMEAL!!!
I'll go into detail later on how I had to wean them from the sugary cereals to oatmeal.
Giving up sugar has been EXTREMELY hard! I wish I could say it get's easier everyday. It is about 8% easier to avoid sugar today as it was on January 3, 2009. Around 3:30 pm and 9pm are the hardest times for me, but I know that if I can do it than anyone can. REALLY! I'm am a huge sugar-aholic and I LOVE to bake, but boy have my eyes been opened these last 7 months!
If anyone else needs something drastic and is thinking of giving up sugar, let me know! I need some new motivation. I am WEAK!
"If only a small fraction of what is already known about the effects of sugar
were to be revealed in relation to any other material used as a food additive,
that material would promptly be banned."
---John Yudkin MD, Ph.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.C., F.I. Biol.,
Prof of Nutrition at London University
Let me know if you have any questions and I'll go into more detail in the next few months about kicking this addiction, but in case you need a better reason besides weight loss to make you cut down on your sugar intake,
just click here --->>>* Scary sugar website *
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