Going cold turkey

How is everyone going with the sugar free eating?

I have been way off that wagon during August and September but I started back again last weekend. No sugar (also no wheat/grains or processed food and very little dairy). I've lost nearly 2kg!!!! :dance: but even better than the weight, I feel much more stable in my energy levels and moods. I just feel better all over. Feeling quite motivated to continue.

Reading back through this thread and thinking about where I went wrong last time I think I was trying to have just a "little" bit, like that cake I ate in July. There were small slip ups and I was eating a lot of dried fruit. A little bit will eventually lead to a lot for me. I said no to cake yesterday actually and didn't even miss it!! Hope this resolve continues.

I have had sugar twice in the last 6 weeks and have lost 6.5kg, about 7cm from my waist!

I haven't had any for 6 days. Had a headache on day 2 but that was it. So far so good.

I fell off the wagon, tumbled down a cliff and lie broken, in a ditch, sucking sugar off the rocks :)

Ok, it's not that bad but when I broke, I went the other way and started stuffing myself. I still don't have coffee with sugar. I'm planning on starting over, but it means a baking ban, which is tough. I just love baking stuff.

Can you use stevia instead?

:dance: for Nai and Heaven a big :hug: for L&B. That's kind of how I slipped up too. Spectacularly in the end.

I have slipped up a tiny bit in the last few weeks, mainly because it's all of our religious festivals and there is a lot more junk in the house due to the kids. I think also psychologically I have been weaker because I have to start an extreme elimination diet next week to look for food intolerances, and I know this is the last week I can slip up without stuffing things up major-ly.


I've put back on about 1kg, which is upsetting, but hopefully next week when I can basically eat nothing, it will all come back off again.

I'm a lot better about with-holding temptation when I'm in an OK mood, it's when I'm having a cr@p day and there is junk in the house (mainly if it;'s left over from the kids, my biggest trick to sticking to this is not having anything at all in the house with sugar in it.. but every so often my MIL will bring something for the kids and then the leftovers sit there calling my name!), that's when I fall..

How about you guys.. how do you keep the psychological strength not to go back to your old ways when you are not craving sugar per se, just needing an emotional eating fix?

I was doing really well. I also lost about 2kg's sugar free. Then I got very sick. I pretty much only ate sugar for over a month, but due to being so sick, lost another 2-3kg. I have cut sugar and bread again now, but as I am still not that well it is not going as well as it had. I have started drinking coconut water (love it!) and I have joined a FB group called '50day no sugar challenge.' Wish I had the energy to exercise, but I am still in light duties at the moment.