Abstaining from sugar

Kurooi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120113399#Comment_120113399

Okay go on, what is that natural diet? What exact food items are we built to eat name a few.

marilynrr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120113284#Comment_120113284

We don't all want to be marathon runners and as @markmoto said other athletes prefer other diets.

I was plant based for a few months, it was expensive and impossible to hit my protein target without a ton of soy. The sheer amount of food I had to eat actually stressed me out.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120113399#Comment_120113399

Most people want to eat food that they like, while also feeling healthy and staying in good shape, and for some people they get that with a keto diet. People often cannot lose weight after they gained it, whether it's to do with hormonal issues or a very rigid weight set point etc. or whatever it is. Many many people try to lose weight with basic calories in, calories out approach with healthier carbs, protein and veg etc. and it doesn't work for them. So this desire to overhaul the diet completely arises out of a problem, not conceitedness.

Cill94

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 Many many people try to lose weight with basic calories in, calories out approach with healthier carbs, protein and veg etc. and it doesn't work for them. So this desire to overhaul the diet completely arises out of a problem, not conceitedness

Manipulating calories isn't actually just an 'approach', it's literally the physical mechanism by which every diet works - including keto.

With keto you just manipulate those calories without consciously trying to. This is not hard when you've eliminated an entire macronutrient (carbs), which tends to limit your food choices to lower calorie, more satiating foods (those high in fat and protein).

I think you're confusing this for calorie counting - which is a dieting strategy. It's totally fair to say this doesn't work for everyone.

marilynrr

@Cill94

No, I'm not confusing it with calorie counting.

Many who switch to keto don't count calories or they only start to count them later on.

They use keto to make the switch, to get used to a new way of eating, to break addictions and eating habits and break the power that food has over them..

The Continental Op

I'm being watched ........ this came up in as a suggestion to watch in youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPyFIvCvh8U

Cill94

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120117687#Comment_120117687

I get that, I'm just saying that whether you 'count' calories or not doesn't change the science of how fat loss occurs.

marilynrr

@Cill94

The fat loss is the final part, there are a lot of individual differences in people that will impact how efficient their bodies are at burning fat.

Juran

I find fasting is key to weightloss. It works for me, and quickly. Also, I cut out refinded sugar and processed foods. Diet consists of home cooked meals, lots of veg, chicken, fish, eggs, and red meat once a week. I try to keep pasta, rice and potatoes to small portions. A bit hard to start, but after 2 weeks you dont feel like anything sweet. In fact you will hate the taste of a biscuit or choc bar once you get into it. Water, tea and coffee are my friends. After dinner, i have a mint chewing gum to close my appetite.

AllForIt

Reading this might inspire one to drop the sugar

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/05/health/added-free-sugars-health-effects-study-wellness/index.html

This is quite shocking too, I used to put honey in my porridge the odd time and would feel ill afterwards; now I know why.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid-41108305.html

Juran

Folks - what benefits do you find when you abstain from sugar and processed foods, including alcohol? I am 2 weeks into no sugar, no processed food and low carb diet, which is fish, chicken, lots of veg, eggs and my carbs/sugar is mainly boiled potato, brown rice or homemade brown bread. I used to do short spells of fasting, but now I am trying to part fast, but to really focus on cutting out added sugars, processed food, etc. I posted back in March this year when I was on a fasting program, I went on holidays and my program went out the window. I am starting again, but this time I'm not as strict and the focus is on the type of foods not on 'no foods'.

Benefits I see within days:

-good sleep - I don't wake up to pee at night, I sleep through the night, I have not suffered insomnia like I used to.

-clear head - able to focus during the day at work and at home

-not tired during the day

-weightloss - my clothes feel very loose already - a lot would be water at first, but still its a loss

-less bloating in the face, fingers and feet. My shoes feel so loose.

-taste bud - I like the taste of foods I found bland before eg. white fish, broccoli, tomatoes. I enjoy fruit more, but I only have 2 pieces a day at most.

When I abstain from alcohol, I don't feel like sweet or salty food - so to my, this is key. The longer I abstain from sugar, I don't even feel like sweet food. Its probably how my grandparents felt - they never ate sweets or biscuits or processed foods, so I guess they never bought them or thought of them - but they loved cabbage, turnips, fish ie. proper natural food. Only after 2 weeks, I am starting to feel like that. I made cabbage stir-fry the other night, it felt like the best thing I ever tasted.

I went to a supermarket yesterday, and was hit by the specials as I walked in the door - processed cereals, processed protein bars, biscuits, multi-pack crisps and sweets. Before I'd stop and have a look, yesterday I walked by thinking yuck.

I believe I get enough sugar from fruits, brown soda bread / brown rice /spuds and certain veg. like carrots.

Anyone else find that the longer you stay away from sugar, the less you want, and also the easier it gets ?

riddles

Does anyone have a sugar free / wheat free 7 day meal plan you can personally recommend ?

neris

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Look up a good keto or carnivore meal plan