I wrote a few weeks ago about giving up sugar. It wasn’t as hard as I thought, though that said, I can’t say it has been entirely painless.
I have found that if I eat protein for breakfast, such as an egg, then I have a much easier day of being sugar free. If I eat healthy main meals then the snacking is not so tempting.
So far, I appear to have lost 2kgs without any other change to my diet, or any increase in exercise. It is a slow process, but at least something is happening.
If I can just shed 1 kg a month for the next 12 months, I will be well within my healthy weight range.
I actually think I feel better, and I have more energy. I haven’t been suffering from the mid afternoon slump that I usually experience.So far, I think I have gained more positives, than things I have missed out on.
There will always be another chocolate cake to eat. I don’t have to rush.
Hooray! Have some light, airy chats with as many chocolate cakes as you’d like and, on occasion, feel free to eat one. It’s only fair.
Ah the sweet, delectable lure of chocolate. Oh there will be cake, oh yes indeed!
So far, I think I have gained more positives, than things I have missed out on.
That’s the ticket . . . focusing on what you are GIVING yourself (health) rather than on what you are denying yourself.
Ye, I think too often I have focused on what I am missing out on, rather than the gain. Glass half full as they say! Maybe it is maturity that helps to change the mind set.
Well done FD. What appears to be case with nutrition is that long term changes work. Crash diets don’t because of the phenomenon of compensatory weight gain. This is recorded particularly in the livestock industry where animals have accelerated weight gain after drought. So, to all the young heifers out there….
Oh you do know how to endear yourself to a woman!
I feel inspired. Now to figure out how to move from inspiration to Action!!!! I have about 20 lbs or 10.2 kg or so to lose.
Well, I am sure that as soon as you are running again, they weight will melt away. For a self indulgent person, such as I, going sugarless has been an “easy step”.
That’s GREAT!
Huzzah!!! Go FD!!! I use to be good about food. But now I have to start over. I was on vacation mode too long at home. XD LOL!
I like to treat myself, as you know. My treats were getting out of hand…sigh. I intend being around until I am 102 after all, so I need to be sassy to go the distance!
good on you. I go on diets now and then and find it is not troo difficult to lose the first 3 or so kilos but after that it gets bit of a struggle. And you have tro be consistent, You can’ afford too many lapses. oN THE POSITIVE YOU FEEL BETTER and you look better. May the strength be with you
Oh yes indeed. I have all the strength in the world for the first day and a half usually. I think too highly of myself and think I deserve whatever I want … and usually that is a sweet treat!
Sugar is my addiction. I’m like a smoker giving up the cigs. I do so well for a while, but when stress hits, there I am slamming down the sweets. Hope you stick with it!
I am the same. I am great until I am tired, or stressed, or lazy, or hungry…
Good for you! It took me longer than that to really get over my sugar addiction, but in the long run (I’m talking nearly a year!) it has really made a huge difference in how I feel–and now I can eat one m&m and be just as satisfied as when I was eating an entire bag! And you’re right, if you are eating properly, the cake won’t even look good anymore–I’d rather eat a pear or a bit of cheese.
I am finding that I can say no more often, and that I can limit when I do have sugar, so even when I indulge it is on a far better level of indulgence. I actually walked passed a whole display of chocolate today (two for the price of one) and didn’t stop.