Excellent! I think that approaching it with a strong motivation is helpful as sugar is a pretty hard habit to crack. It is also nice to know that being militant in the short term is worthwhile as you can relax a little later and still benefit. (Of course I am not talking eat a packet of tim tams relax )
I just remembered there was a thread about this earlier, you may find some more support here.
Oops Thanks for that thread jackrose, I should have done a search before posting this one. Lots of reading for me there.
MadB – just anything with sugar, but sooooooooo much stuff has sugar in it.
Yeah, fruitcake, I can't give that up, no way. I’m cooking my birthday fruitcake this week, the fruit is soaking in brandy right now. I wonder if I’ll actually want to eat it come my birthday (in September).
Last edited by Epacris; July 19th, 2011 at 10:31 PM.
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i was raised in a high sugar household, and my grandparents were even worse (i think they were raised before refridgeration was common, so back when salt and sugar were commonly used (overused) to extend the life of fresh food). Even though i realised my mother used alot LESS sugar than my grandma, i still ended up with a huge sweet tooth. I use less sugar than my mother, so three generations on, RELATIVE to how i was raised, i'm using less, but still, for what is healthy, i'm sure i use way too much.
In the last year, my progress has been
- to give up Iced Coffee (used to drink a 600ml every time i left the house, used to have the 3L bottles in my fridge in newborn baby days, lived on the stuff). so going cold turkey, this is one thing i'm very pleased to have accomplished
- using yogurt instead of cream, in layered birthday cakes, in butterfly little cakes
- using yogurt instead of icecream
(but i'm not using Greek yogurt, this is still the fruit flavoured yogurt, so some progress, but more to go)
- using icing mainly as feature details, instead of covering whole cake (birthdays)
- using honey on weetbix, to replace sugar
- when making baked goods, reducing sugar component, subbing part of sugar for sultanas, dates (fruit).
There are many substitutes, like apple sauce, corn syrup, stevia etc. I either haven't understood how to sub them, or worried about the expense - so haven't used these.
- using raw sugar, as opposed to white sugar (less processed).
I'm trying to get more fruit and veg into our diets, so the thought of restricting fruit, not sure about that. Esp with bilby, she eats so little of anything already, if i have to cut out the tinned pears she DOES eat, i cannot contemplate her eating zero fruit.
i must go and listen to the link (is Richard Fidler, the guy who used to be in the Doug Anthony Allstars?)
Have never gone and seen a naturopath, as i'm scared i will get told to give up everything i enjoy (sugar, coffee, choc). i know the more i'm told i CAN"T have something, the more i will crave it. I try to limit what i eat, by telling myself, i can have whatever, so that takes away my desire for it.
Maybe reading a few "things to avoid", will help me make healthier choices in the supermarket.
thanks for posting this Ecapris, it's exactly what i need, ways to cut out sugar.
PS can you think of fruitcake as a birthday, xmas, celebration thing? or are you used to having it weekly? If you make it really well, it would be harsh to go without it forever Ecapris.
Gigi, you are going to HATE me for telling you this..... but dried fruit and honey are both big no nos. So is raw sugar... You may as well eat whit sugar!!
Mad B – at the end of this article there’s a bit more info on what’s in and what's out (just go and get the book girl... you know you want to ). Almost all cereals are OUT!
Interesting. We're just starting the GAPS diet, which is basically the SCD. It is grain free, sugar free & lactose free but I can have honey & fruit as they are monosaccharides. Though the diet is supposed to be 85% savoury to cut down on these even though they are natural sugars.
I have been diagnosed with "fructose malabsorption", which basically means by body can't process the stuff.
(TMI warning) Basically, I get the runs BIG TIME just from eating just an apple!
The scary thing is when you find out just how many products have fructose or HFCS in them!
Giving up juice, and dried fruit was the most difficult for me tho!
There's lots of info on the net about what fruit and vegies to avoid and of course check labels on all your canned goods etc too.
yes, alright alright, I'll buy the book.
DH is not going to be pleased about this though.... he's already insisted that he has to have honey (he keeps his own bees, so maybe it's a matter of pride)
But it says bread is 'largely ok'...
The more I read the social media stuff around Sweet Poison the more it seems less like a diet and more like a religion to me. Some people are absolutely fanatical about it, others want to aggressively discredit him, then there’s a whole bunch of moderates saying “well it worked for him, it might work for you, different diets work for different people, not everyone is addicted to sugar just like not everyone is addicted to heroin, alcohol or gambling”.
Jen, I have many, many, many more dirty little secrets associated with sugar than I care to reveal here. I definitely am addicted.
I just want to give it a go and see how I feel about it. I am really sick of feeling constantly, mildly hungry. This might be a way for me to get rid of that feeling and have other positive health benefits.
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because your fruit cake is the best. Maybe you could save up your 10g a day for an annual blowout...?
Thanks for that thread jackrose, I should have done a search before posting this one. Lots of reading for me there.
I’m cooking my birthday fruitcake this week, the fruit is soaking in brandy right now. I wonder if I’ll actually want to eat it come my birthday (in September).
but dried fruit and honey are both big no nos. So is raw sugar... You may as well eat whit sugar!!
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). Almost all cereals are OUT!
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