Just revisiting this thread as I have just had a major bleugh sugar hit!!
I was doing really well, stuck at the sugar free plan really stringently for a few months then relaxed a bit to avoid sugar if possible but not be militant about it. That has gone well for a long time but a few times recently I have had a bit of sugar cravings and given myself a big dose pure sugar with a few mixed lollies Now I feel like crap! Not at myself, but just physically crap. I am not used to eating much sugar at all let alone a few handfuls of lollies! It wasn't that much in the scheme of things, but it just goes to show that when your body isn't used to much, it doesn't take much to leave you feeling bleugh.
I think in reflection, I am tired (lots of restless nights with the wee ones at the moment), hungry, (not been eating properly and regularly as the daily routine is a bit haywire) and I'm therefore feeling flat. It highlights how important it is to look after yourself to be in a better place to look after yourself more easily IYKWIM. So, time to put on the kettle, take a moment to relax, plan a proper dinner, get my motivation back and fill up the fruit and veg stocks at home to get my snack fixes.
Just wanted to fess up and share with those of you who are going through the sugar free journey. Now, I'm back on the wagon
Ahh jackrose I’ve been meaning to come and update this thread (or the other one). Huge hugs to you. Thanks for your update.
Four days mate, four days, that’s how long I lasted on a completely, totally, utterly fructose free (well, less than 10g / 2 pieces of fruit per day) diet. I have cut way, way, way back though and I continue to head in the right direction, but I do have a fair few blowout days along the way. You know he says in the book that women of childbearing age seem to be more tolerant of fructose than other people. And that women usually find it better to cut down gradually rather than go cold turkey (men tend to be able to go cold turkey more easily). And that women suffer terribly with sugar cravings around AF time.
Unfortunately some of the alternative choices I make are also unhealthy, like instead of having something with sugar, I’ll have something with heaps of salt and fat. I know my appetite is supposed to dramatically diminish after I kick sugar but I think breastfeeding is really interfering with that for me. Becoming sugar aware and deciding to go low sugar and eventually sugar free has been good for me though. I do feel better and I’m not putting on weight anymore (I don’t think, I don't actually weigh myself). When I get a sugar craving, about a third of the time I make a good choice, then about a third of the time I make a bad choice (and have something equally unhealthy or just have something sugary), and about a third of the time I’ll just have nothing at all. I reckon getting it right two thirds of the time is pretty good.
Rach, it can take a couple of months to actually lose weight, apparently. I never lost any weight either and I found eating more fatty foods was the recommendation. I have found it really hard to get my head around after so long believing a high-fat diet is more evil than high-sugar. I guess "high" anything is bad.
I am not completely sugar-free, I must confess. But it helps to have the logic in my mind that sugar is addictive and therefore I don't go for the lollies or the chocolate or the stupidly sugary products (except for cereal - I have been eating a bowl of that most mornings lately as I have run out of oats until I shop on Friday!). Having said all that, I ate flavoured licorice and Hersheys chocolate whilst on holidays and I scoffed it like a dying woman. I think AF must be on her way again, lol.
Now I feel like crap! Not at myself, but just physically crap. I am not used to eating much sugar at all let alone a few handfuls of lollies! It wasn't that much in the scheme of things, but it just goes to show that when your body isn't used to much, it doesn't take much to leave you feeling bleugh.
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Thanks for your update. 
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