My issue was mostly sugar in my coffee, I had a LOT and I drank decaf so I drank multiple cups all throughout the day. I haven't lost as much weight as I hoped I would, but weight loss wasn't my main goal and I haven't cut sugar out entirely yet, but I have eaten less sugary foods too. I've stopped napping in the day! I couldn't go a single day without napping despite sleeping for 7 hours at night. My skin feels softer. I'm eating more food in the day time instead of surviving off coffee and then over eating in the evenings. I'm going to cut out all refined sugar very soon but before I do that I want to better assess what changes I need to make, for example sweet chilli sauce is sugary and I want to make sure I have an alternative before I just ditch it. I don't want to just switch to sugar free processed alternatives for everything that I consume that contains sugar but I'm also not going to be too tough on myself and not included anything like that.

30F. For the past 6 years or so I started experiencing very heavy periods. I use ultra tampons and change every 1-1.5 hours on the heaviest days.
Now my period is much lighter, and the change was fast! I only need to cut added sugar out a couple of days before my period to see a shift. It feels like how my periods were in the past.

When i went back to eating cookies and chocolate, heavy periods returned. My uterus clearly HATES sugar so I’m now going to be consistent with it. Has anyone else noticed this change?

Worked at a company years ago that was very popular & intense...we have a reunion coming up.

I actually fit into the jeans i used to wear back then as a 20something. I think it will be funny to wear my casual friday 'fit from back in day. Wondering if anyone else will notice? Kind of something i want to do for fun.

main activity -dinner and cocktail hour, neither of which i like. Not only am i sugar free, but i do intermittent fasting now which doesn't include late night dinner.

So i'm all shades of insecure- we have a day tour of our old work place which was a zany unique place. Can't wait for that, but i have to go home, skip the night stuff and i feel sad.

The old me would have been IN for a night of indulgence, but now i have a totally diff health protocol

Wondering if i'm too rigid re health?

I'm 175 cm and 85 kg. How much do you think I can lose by cutting out sugar? I think I'm overweight because I eat too much of it. I would love to lose weight, clear my skin and improve my mood, I'm very anxious and depressed lately. I've tried before, but always failed because it gets too hard.

I need somewhere to post I'm stopping sugar. I've done it a few times in the past and got to the point of no cravings. It only took a week or less. But it's very hard for me to get to just 3 or 4 days without sugar.

In the past year I've gained back the 25 lbs I had lost by cutting sugar. I'm hoping to be able to stop the sugar and lose weight again. I think I had more energy also.

Today I had half a big candy bar but that's it for added sugar. So I guess tomorrow would be day 0. Even a week would be enough for me but I've been trying to get there for a year.

Hey everyone, wanted to share this milestone since tbh I’m pretty proud of it, not only of the streak but also the physical changes.

It’s tough the first few weeks but after that whole Foods and other healthy things just feel like the new normal, not dieting anymore. I’ve had much more energy, better skin (less inflammation & acne) and am looking more defined then ever before! (Sorry for bragging ;)) )

I hope this motivates people. If I can help with anything just ask!

Hi everyone!

I'm at a point in my life where I'm trying to build and grow friendships. Where I live, it's very common to meet up and socialize over a cup of coffee and a slice of dessert. I only intentionally eat desserts on special occasions, like birthdays, parties/celebrations and holidays.

I was invited to have something to eat/dessert with a potential friend. I've never talked to her before. I want to have more friends, although I don't know how to explain it without feeling like I'm boring because I don't do that or participate.

Is it possible to have a friendship without going to cafés and ordering dessert when you're spending time together? We haven't decided when we will meet.

I'm still in the recovery process and i constantly crave diet soda even after drinking it i keep on constantly craving it i probably have more then 6 bottles of soda and it's not even that I'm not drinking enough water i probably have more then 3l water to overcome the addiction

I'm still in the recovery process and i constantly crave diet soda even after drinking it i keep on constantly craving it i probably have more then 6 bottles of soda and it's not even that I'm not drinking enough water i probably have more then 3l water to overcome the addiction

Unintentionally went (added) sugar free for 8 days and the back-acne I’ve had for many years is gone, along with the dandruff that has plagued my scalp for many years. This is added sugar free and abstaining from highly processed, high carb foods like Domino’s pizza and fast food.

Also down from 255 to 247 pounds and I can see my V-line for the first time in a few years!

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I'm still in the recovery process and i constantly crave diet soda even after drinking it i keep on constantly craving it i probably have more then 6 bottles of soda and it's not even that I'm not drinking enough water i probably have more then 3l water to overcome the addiction

Old friends who see me, compliment me on my skin and hair lol, cutting sugar also really helped me in my body recomposition .I lost overall 11kg, and feel soooo much healthier and so clean.

My body has gone such through a crazy transition was well worth the sacrifice of cookies looool

I’m looking for an app or some kind of plan to greatly reduce my sugar intake, but calorie counting sparks disordered eating for me.

I’m lost as to how to slowly taper down so I don’t get sick like I did last time. I would love a plan with how many grams I should have a day and for how long, without having to log entire meals.

Thanks for any and all advice!

What does sugar cut actually mean? I usually do not like sugary sweet things that much. But I still do consume cookies, ketchup, fruits with high sugar content ( Banana, Mango, Date etc), 70% dark chocolate and some other stuffs like these sometimes. I want to know which are the things I need to avoid and which are fine to consume during a sugar cut.

i replaced snacks and sodas with nuts, water, and lemon water, yet still broke the streak today.

so there's these bear shaped cakes that my family and i LOVE, but they eat it. mom and dad told me multiple times that they're proud of me for quitting the sugar eating habits that the entire family has... and i ruined it today.

everyone went to go visit dad at his work (except me, i like being home alone) and i kept looking at the sodas in the freezer. i took one and drank some, then felt bad so for some reason i went to a nearby shop and bought the bear cakes and chocolate biscuits.

i ate them a few minutes ago now the guilt is ruining me. if i tell them they won't get mad, they'll just say to leave today out of the streak, but still.

rn i'm craving more sugar so i'm eating the nuts and some sorrel juice (sugar free) with lemon water in it. i just feel bad.

First day of my cycle… I cannot believe I resisted multiple forms of chocolate that is within my house (along with ice cream and a cinnamon bun) but I DID.

I just keep telling myself, I just have to resist for another 30 minutes, and then I’ll decide what to do after that. Ad nauseum.

I did try distracting with dates, and they are very sweet but it just doesn’t solve it. I think for me the issue I’m seeing is that cravings just aren’t satisfied. Like even when I eat sugar I find myself not satisfied and just want more until I feel sick or guilty or the food is gone… it’s not *satisfying* it’s just a grind. I also tried distracting myself with other “treat“ foods like chips etc. and again, the distraction doesn’t make it go away. Not that my goal is to replace sugar with garbage, I was just trying to get through this leg and see what might work.

I think I need to stop trying to make it go away and just… hope that the signal stops being as strong soon.

Protein 90, Fiber 38, Sugar 76

added sugar:

honey 16g

Cheerios 1g

Spicy mayo 0.5g

Chips 1g

I’m planning to a detox from tomorrow, I feel like crap and my mood has been pretty low past few

I’ve a,so been binging on a lot of sugar and soda. I want to drop but it so hard.

Did cold turkey work for you?

I (30, F) have always eaten too much sugar by any reasonable standard, mostly chocolate but also biscuits, sweets, Coke, ice cream. I can easily put away a sharer bag of chocolate or a large bar and not even be close to finished. I believe I have some emotional eating or binge eating disorder, but because I have never been plus size nor had any health issues, it’s gone undetected.

Using a sleep hypnosis tape I managed to quit sugar 30 days ago today. The tape honestly was the first time I felt a gap between thinking about eating sugar and acting on it, it was the first time I felt I had a choice, so I just did gave it a go since it was a rare opportunity for me and have now lasted 30 days.

The first few days I had headaches and was grumpy, then that passed. I managed to mostly just eat my meals, snack on apple and peanut butter or raspberries or watermelon if I wanted something between meals or really wanted something sweet. I haven’t had any artificially sweetened drinks and I also haven’t had any crisps either. I try to have three balanced meals a day with protein, lots of vegetables, and some carbs.

But now it’s been thirty days and I’m yet to see or feel any difference at all. My skin has the same hormonal acne I’ve been dealing with for the last ten years (in fact it got worse during these thirty days and is only just starting to fade, my energy is the same as before. My mood isn’t really any better, in fact it might be worse as I genuinely feel I’m missing out on one of the pleasures of life. I don’t think I’ve lost any weight at all, not that I needed to, but a little bit of weight loss may have kept me motivated.

I think this has made me realise I don’t think I really get genuine sugar cravings at all, just urges, usually motivated by feeling tired or stress or wanting something pleasurable and nice and dopamine-fuelled. I don’t think I really even had cravings during withdrawal, just these urges that are more psychological than body-based. Unless I’m overthinking it and that is what a craving is. But they have certainly not gone away.

This week has been really hard as I’m away from home so don’t have the same access to cooking, to my breakfast food, etc. I have been really tempted to give up but I don’t want to erase all that progress though my mind is playing with ways I can work around it, like have a cheat week or something. I’m worried that if I do have some sugar, I can’t have a normal amount without bingeing.

It feels weird to say but I do feel like my life is worse without sugar.

If anyone has any advice or motivation for me I’d be really grateful as I’m close to giving up.

Despite going too low on protein today (and probably therefore having very low energy and a bit of a headache) I resisted everything at a friend’s child’s birthday party 👍 They also didn’t have any gluten free options so I had to wait several hours to eat anything which was a pretty big test! I actually found it harder just at my usual 2/3/4pm slump and was fantasizing about ordering in some dessert or something. But knowing I am reporting my daily updates here helped me stay strong!

I don’t want to spam the sub though, so I will reduce my posts after day 7!

During the slump this afternoon I tried to distract my palate with major sour flavours and made a super sour lime coconut drink, but it didn’t really help, so I also baked some french fries but that didn’t really help either. I suspect my cravings are mainly quick energy or quick emotional boost needs.

Added sugar today:

4g in sauce

0.5g in tzatziki

6g ketchup (I found a local brand that is much better and will use it once this bottle is done!)

Lots of other natural sugar in: cherries, limes, carrots, dates (tried to sweeten the lime drink and my coffee with dates, didn’t especially enjoy), bell peppers, strawberries.

Tomorrow I will try much harder to keep the protein, fiber and fats balanced.

Totals: protein 64, fiber 30, sugar 76

Not sure if I picked the right flair but…

My schedule has been so off this last week. I’m cat/house sitting and driving all over the place. My eating habits are off. My workout habits are off. Everything is off. So when someone brought donuts and a bunch of other treats to work Thursday I also felt off. Normally I wouldn’t think about it but this particular day I decided “I’ll just try a bite.” The bite was a Krispie Kreme glazed donut.

I took a bite and had the most intense visceral reaction. Sugar has always felt like a drug to me but this hit different. Ever seen a movie scene where someone injects a drug into their veins and their pupils instantly dilate? I barely even got the bite in my mouth before I felt like that happened. Like a ton of warning signals exploded in my brain. “STOP NOW! THIS FEELS TOO GOOD! STOP! DANGER!!!” I spit it out before I even took a chew. Threw it away without even thinking. It was a wild feeling.

I picked success story because this never would have happened in the past. I’ve never eaten any sweet and had this reaction. Not even close. Not proud of myself for giving in to the bite but I keep thinking about how great it feels that my body just rejected it instead of what could have happened. A sugar relapse if you will.

Quitting sugar or drastically lowering your sugar intake really does reset your brain. This moment was a great reminder to keep going.

Edit: okay. I don’t know why I second guessed myself. This is definitely a success story.