Comments on: Beyond Sugar Update & Goal Check

By: Marg

Marg — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:31:29 +0000

I cut back on sugar a long time ago, not even sure how long it’s been… at least a year. I used to love desserts but have lost a taste for sweet things all together. I do eat fruit but I don’t crave sweet things. I haven’t done any research but have heard that cutting out sugar eases menopause symptoms. I’m not quite there yet, but it won’t be long. Now if I could cut the salt out of my diet!
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By: Wardeh

Wardeh — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:41:11 +0000

Thanks, Magda. You might have something there. I have some very dark chocolate in the freezer calling my name right now… Thank goodness I’m at the library and can’t reach it!

By: Magda

Magda — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:27:33 +0000

Over the years I have yo-yo’d between lowfat and “regular” diets. Then went somewhat WAPF/NT style, then more WAPF/NT, and yet more… During the past 1.5 years I have given up gluten, refined sugar and most other sugars. Over the last 2 weeks I have also given up dairy (suspected allergy). One thing that has remained constant has been my love of chocolate. I don’t have to eat a lot – I find very little pleasure in gobbling up a whole bar of it. I’d rather slowly savor a square of really good chocolate. That’s what I have every day. I don’t fight it, I don’t try to explain or justify it. I simply do it and I’m happy.
Just my perspective.

By: Wardeh

Wardeh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:54:23 +0000

Rebecca – Another friend asked me that, too. I have no idea how much zinc I get. But that could be it! Thanks!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:31:34 +0000

I heard somewhere that craving chocolate is caused by a zinc deficiency… how is your zinc intake?
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By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:24:53 +0000

With my family it is always up and down. When I first got off sugar, I was very strict about not letting my children have sugar. This worked okay for a little while and then it sortof back fired. Whenever they had the chance to get sugar from any other source they were all over it! I have realized that moderation in sugar is better than allowing no sugar and then binging on sugar to the point of being sick (which has happened). Since they have access to WAY too much sugar at school, and church and extended family I have had to back off a little. I don’t make it a big deal, I point out to them that they should notice how they feel when eating sugar, in small and large amounts. Doing this has helped them to moderate themselves, to notice when enough is enough. Although I would prefer that they didn’t eat any sugar at all (as I don’t) it has to be their choice. And when it is their choice, and they see the repercussions, it will be easier for them to turn it down.

By: gabrielle

gabrielle — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:32:26 +0000

i just wanted to add that journalling is a wonderful, wonderful tool for this kind of thing! when we did the raw food, and in other times of radical change, we all wrote in journals daily about how we felt (even the kids). then, after gradual changes, we could look back several days and really see the difference in what we recorded as to how we felt.

just trying to remember, though, we couldnt always notice the differences!

By: Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship

Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:28:10 +0000

When I gave up all white sugar and corn sugars for Lent (40 days), I was hoping for the energy boost and mood improvement as you were, and was also disappointed. I still used honey and molasses and maple syrup, though, but I thought I would see more of a difference. ??? Hard to tell, really, with subjective things like energy and mood. Well done giving it a go!
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By: Traci Knoppe

Traci Knoppe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:31:06 +0000

Hi Wardeh
I’ve been watching (from afar!) your sugar-free month. I have never done the artificial sweeteners as they give me migraines; and I eat little in the way of refined sugar since my weight loss surgery, as it makes me sick. That said – what sugar I do eat is the white refined stuff, and I’ll admit that my family does get processed and refined foods every day.

My loathe of cooking just has me watching you, Sylvia and others in amazement. Truly. I don’t want to think about food to be honest. I would rather have a personal chef than to fuss with cooking and worrying about all this stuff.

So for us, it’s old habits die hard. :-\

By: Mindy

Mindy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:27:13 +0000

We’ve cut back, but I know we still ate *way* more than your family did. For me, personally, I’m trying to cut back even more this week, for personal health reasons..although I did indulge a bit after lunch today. Yesterday my son asked if I had had dessert, and when I said I wasn’t gong to have any, he said “Why?!” I have a lot of work to do…I’ve fed my kids so much sweet stuff over the course of their short lives. (*sigh*) We are getting better, however slowly.

I find culture so hard in this respect. My in-laws are *wonderful,* but when they took the boys to the beach the other week, I shuddered when the kids told me what they’d had for breakfast at Denny’s. And we’re about to leave for our annual family reunion, which I know will be crawling with cookies and other goodies. For the meal my mother-in-law and I are preparing together, the night will end with s’mores. I suppose I should have offered to make something else, but I struggle with getting a reputation of being “that mom” who won’t let her kids enjoy such a well-loved all-American treat.

(can you tell I long to blog about this but don’t feel totally free to? My in-laws read my blog. )

How do you handle culture? Birthday parties? It just seems to be in every aspect of our lives. My kids are even given donuts and candy in Sunday school.
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