DISQUS

Daniel Gibbons · 1 year ago

I'm currently in the throes of this struggle, and it truly is an addiction. Fruit is definitely the key, and at least in summer there are cherries, peaches, strawberries and raspberries to replace refined sugars.

Romana Mirza · 1 year ago

You are an inspiration Karryn...I've given up so much, coffee no problem, soda no problem, red meat no problem, alcohol, well I don't drink anyway, no problem. But sugar aaaaaahhhhrrhrhhgghghh - impossible! Then a homeopathic doctor told me: "well that's understandable, you have a chemical craving for sugar" - oh, is it that simple? Well, no not really. It does help when I eat lots of plain yogurt (no sugar added) and have my physillium husk and keep up with the Chromium pills - the sugar cravings do go away, but keeping up with all that, not easy! So, I take much inspiration from you - can I do it? Well, I don't think I'm ready to answer that yet! You've really given me something to live with an idea, a possibility that it can be done. Thank you.

Fiona · 1 year ago

Chromium is great for reducing sugar cravings. I still eat sugary things from time to time but since eliminating it completely, I find even parsnips and sweet potatoes are sometimes too sweet. Plus, I recommend just bananas and honey as sugar substitutes, plus sweet potatoes, parsnips, beetroot rather than fruit as fruit can still play havoc with your system because of the high sugar content. Tomatoes also. Sorry to be a bore but it is so worth the pain for energy levels with stamina, clear headedness and lack of inexplicable moodiness/hyperactivity.

Karryn Ransom · 1 year ago

You're very welcome! I promise you that it can be done. If the science behind it interests you, I heartily recommend Kathleen's book. It gives you a doable action plan, and whenever you're tempted, it reminds you why you're doing this - because it's so incredibly worth it.

Karryn Ransom · 1 year ago

I'd never heard of using chromium. Thanks! (Consult first, of course!)

Honey is still sugar. I try to avoid dried fruit too because it's basically concentrated fructose. Commercially-prepared smoothies gives me stomach cramps because my body isn't used to such an influx of fruit sugar....uh oh...I feel another blog coming on!

Selena · 1 year ago

Sugar can definitely be an addictive substance if you have a sugar sensitive body like I do.

I too have read and followed Kathleen DesMaisons book, Potatoes not Prozac and I have not eaten sugar for over a year now. It seems that my body just had a biochemical imbalance and that has been healing by changing what and when I eat. I do not miss sugar at all, doughnuts could be rocks for all I care about them now. I cannot tell you how freeing that feels.

If you had told me that I would be feeling healthy, confident, connected, serene and joyful I would have laughed. Oh, and I just eat three meals a day with no sugar. This is such a far cry from the compulsive eater I used to be. I was also depressed with no self-esteem and no energy.

There was no white-knuckling or willpower required, just eating regular foods. Kathleen also describes the science behind *why* we crave sugar and white flour goods and why we feel bad on the inside.
Have you checked out her website at Radiantrecovery.com? Plenty of free online advice available 24/7.

Keep up the good work!

Dana Ramsay · 1 year ago

I feel like my relationship with sugar started as a wonderful love affair that has long since gone sour. Now I feel like it's an abusive relationship I need to get out of but every time I think of leaving it, I get scared! Even though I know it's so bad for me, I just keep coming back to it over and over to get punished a little more after the incredible high.

Karryn Ransom · 1 year ago

Oh, Dana - this is profoundly good insight: it is a dependent, abusive relationship. Seriously - try the book. Courage!

Cheryl · 1 year ago

I commend your willpower and tenacity to stick with No Sugar Tonight. Sticking to natural sweetness found in fruit can be extremely satisfying so we need to unite and stop giving in to the men in our lives who are addicted to chocolate and set a better example for the precious girls in our lives as alas, it seems so unfair it is the female gender who ends up with adipose dimples with only a wisp of the decandence when our fellas can consume mass quantities and only have to wipe the smudge from their mouths - so very unfair!! I will try very hard to learn from you example.

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