-
Rest assured you won't get diabetes from your sugar intake.
-
I reduced it gradually over years. Think I stopped having sugar in my coffee when I still lived with my folks >20 years ago. I weened myself off sugar on my cereal a bit after that. I used to eat chocolate bars and drink energy drinks and Pepsi while sat on my arse in the office here 10 years ago, but in the last ~8 years that very rarely happens. I couldn't go to a supermarket without buying a choc snack or ice cream or cake or all of the above but now I can walk through the aisles and none of that stuff has anywhere near the appeal. I still race with shitloads of sugar involved and of course I still have the odd cravings, usually after a series of late nights or long work days but generally speaking the sweetest stuff I have these days is fruit/yoghurt in a bowl. I did move to Pepsi Max many years ago but in the last year I've managed to quit drinking that too. It kind of happened while I was trying to lose weight as well as trying to avoid single-use plastic containers. "Don't drink calories" is a useful moto and then it's a case of just trying hard to avoid until you no longer fancy the items.
You are reading a single comment by @edmundro and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
Constable_Savage
hippy
@edmundro
Any on here done it?
As a lazy vegan I’m prone to skittles, oreos etc when feeling lazy/depressed/knackered at work. I can nail a pack of party rings in a few mins. I’m also a bit of a fizzy drink junkie :/ I’m no lardarse as I do a physical job but it’s obviously fucking me up and I really don’t fancy diabetes.
I know I can’t have the obvious things like sweets, soda(reg or diet), ice cream etc. Also it’s snuck into white bread and other prepackaged stuff, even more so in many vegan alternatives to stuff.
I’m not avoiding naturally occurring sugars in fruit as that would just be silly.. I will lay off the oj, maple syrup etc tho.
So if there’s anyone on here with any pointers or handy alternatives then I’m all ears.
I currently 48hrs in and the headaches I’ve been warned of have kicked in en cue..