Stop SUGAR Support Thread

I have tried it and love it! I use only vanilla yohurt or Balkan style and love fruit in it. But I don't buy icre cream, cookies or chocolate bars either....sigh. BUT, I did just buy a $3.97 pineapple core....hmmmm.

I was told that cancer loves sugar...AND yes im an addict....slowly im quitting.i used to start my day with a piece of chocolate cake/chocolate pudding/cheese cake.etc...you get the picture.not any more.

IM 75% sugar free.its hard.real hard.but im doin it slowly.first i switched to the dark chocolate.then i limited it to a little each day...now im down to hardly anything and i do skip days.if i overdose im cooked.i go back to day 1..yes i am a addict...but addicts do get cured if they want to.im tryin.good luck everyone...great thread.

Hi everyone, I used to be a sugar addict and didn't even realize it.  I loved sugars like ketchup, barbecue sauces, salad dressings, spaghetti sauces, baked beans, you get the picture.  I'm a triple negative cancer and in my own brain - there is not medical reasoning behind this - I felt I needed to help myself not get cancer again since I can't take any meds to help.  I saw the nutritionist at my OC office, and she confirmed what I had seen on a news story that week, a low fat diet and exercise can reduce the risk of recurrence - science is still studying the percentages but she believes in her research it's closer to the 80% range! 

She asked me a poignant question - What is your goal?  My answer to never get cancer again.  She said then it is really simple - when you reach for a food at the grocery store or in your home, ask yourself will that food get me to my goal?

If I had only been able to think like this 15 years ago when I started to gain weight!! I am one month and a half in of switching to a vegan diet - no processed foods (stopped that when I was dx), no milk, no cheese, no animals, no refined sugar for sure.

I eat a handful of walnuts or almonds for a late snack, I don't have small children at home, my is 20 and in college away from home, so I can focus just on me and that does make this easier.  But just try this technique when you are reaching for the sugary food, ask yourself will this get me to my goal?  You will start believing yourself very quickly.  I gave up sugar last October, and I'm giving up this darn cancer in side of me too!!!!!! Heading into radiation next week, last stop on the train.....

I know I can't control or predict cancer, but if staying away from sugar can help, then let's all help ourselves....we are all worth it!!!!

thanks for this tread, I am going to start checking in for recipes and advice! 

and PS I agree with many of you, finding and eating foods without sugars in them is expensive, and I agree we all are worth it! 

Annette, I'm right there with you!  I read these posts and admire the determination these women have, and I want to be able to do it, but just don't think it's possible!  I plan on trying to really limit my sweets intake, but as far as ketchup and all that, I just don't think I can handle it.  Good luck to you and I might get in trouble here for "not supporting you", but I too would have that dessert tonight and see it as my "last chance pig-out"! 

Glad I found this thread. I was following Dr. Oz's diet which is simple: no refined carbs, sugar or bad fats, basically. I had lost 50 pounds and was doing great, then I met a man and he was my downfall He loves to eat and loves to cook and loves to spoil me with treats. I have to get back on track. Besides cancer, I've gained back 30 pounds since diagnosis (and remarriage) a year ago. How do you get your DH to understand that I don't need or want any more sweet treats? Let's keep this thread going so that when I sign in to BCO, it is IN MY FACE: NO SUGAR!!!

This is the hardest time of year for me personally to limit sugar.  Strawberries are hitting the shelves...but even more than that....the Easter candy!  Mini whopper speckled eggs are my all time favorite.  Thank goodness they only come out once a year! 

I'm trying to heal up from a revision surgery before rads, and I know sugar inhibits that process....so it is a big test of will when I go to the grocery store...especially AFTER Easter because everything (those wonderful speckled eggs) are soooooo cheap. 

Why oh why can't it be super expensive?  That would almost eliminate it from my diet...lol

Grannydukes. don't beat yourself up over adding a bit of honey to your tea. honey is the lesser of the evils.  I may be wrong, but I watched the youtube video of the guy from the NYT article and I understood him to say that fruit juice is bad, but if you are eating the whole fruit it is ok, but like everything in moderation.  What did he say, something like, fruit has juice so that we eat the fiber? I am not a firm believer in not eating fruit, we do need the nutrients.  How are you with proteins? I have started eating grass fed beef because of all the extra omega3s and stuff.  I've read lots of good stuff about that.  

And FYI, dark chocolate is ok to eat (in moderation).  

well the thing is i dont use just a bit of either the raw organic brown sugar or the honey.i use a lot.good eye opener.now i looked at the ensure that i drink 2 a day and that too has 23g of sugar too.damn im not doin good at all. i do drink the 100%fruit juice too.it says no sugar added.i cut out beef and dairy and after 60 yrs.i got rid of migraines.so whats left????the dark chocolate in moderation?????whats moderation???like once a week right????this is just getting worst and worst.i thought i was 75% sugar free since i started this proces.i think im about 25%now.

EYE OPENER.STARVING RIGHT NOW AND I DONT KNOW WHAT TO EAT.HA

xmasdx, i have had the dr johns lolipops, don't remember what they use as a sweetener, but i don't think it was too bad. my husband bought them becuase he read they were good for your teeth..but I don't remember much more about them.  

grannydukes, can I ask why you gave up beef and dairy? moderation isn't defined anywhere, there are no absolutes, go with what you feel is right.  If your only indulgence is dark chocolate, what's the harm in having a couple bites every day? have you considered protein drinks instead of ensure?

Its amazing how sugar is in everything! to be completely sugar free is a dream.  so my goal is to be mostly sugar free, to not ingest unnecessary calories from sugar.  Since I started this, I am amazed at how sweet milk tastes.  so if i need something sweet, i have been taking a few sips of milk.  I thought I was doing good by juicing while going thru chemo, now I learned that I wasn't doing good by doing that, who knew?  

Granny dukes, try a casien protein powder mixed with water. I don't know if you can have orange juice, but if you can mix t with vanilla protein powder...yummy! No seeds.

Have you considered grass fed beef? Do a google search, it is so healthy for you!

grannydukes~~~~~i feel the same way you are sounding, confused about food!  I started with a registered dietitian and couldn't take in all the info in just that hour.  I had really bad stomach trouble, reflux, heartburn, you name it.  When I stopped eating anything with eyes or from something with eyes (as the dietitian put it) all my stomach trouble stopped.  She said the easiest way to plan your meals is to make sure 2/3 of your plate is veggies, then incorporate the whole grains and good fat like avocado or olive oil.  She said fruit is better eaten than juiced because our bodies need the fiber in the flesh of the fruit.  I'm not diabetic (yet, and hopefully not although both my parents are) but I realize that diabetics have to look at food differently. I was looking for a very low fat diet to help keep cancer away.  The "Mediterranean" diet is as close to a food pyramid I could find for what the dietitian was explaining to me.

I have had to stay away from "added salt" for so long that I'm used to looking at labels. We don't even have salt in the house! Now I'm looking for added sugar and of course it is in weird places like salad dressing! I think just doing the "no added sugar" will allow me to wean off it. I use 1% milk in my tea and even use unsalted butter! I stay away from processed foods because those two thing are what makes food flavourful so are used to beef up the taste.

Some of my most difficult times occur when I am really tired or at night if I feel lonely and sorry for myself. A bowl of ice-cream becomes my comfort food. I have a great recipe for a smoothies which I do love for breakfast. I make it in my Magic Bullet. I use a cup of frozen berries, a tsp of cinnamon, a tsp of psyllium, a tsp of salba and a few ounces of rice milk (vanilla flavored). Blend it well and then blend in a portion of a whey based protein (vanilla flavored) powder (Dream brand). It really is delicious and very filling. No dairy, no sugar. You could use water instead of rice milk and probably any whey based protein powder would work.