David Gillespie

01 Jul 2010 7:46 PM

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I am now on day 3 of reducing and eliminating sugar. What is strange is that I while I do feel different, I don't feel like complete crap yet. I have noticed things already starting to taste sweet. I am a complete banana fiend and they are sweeter now than they have ever been before as are pears and kiwifruit.

They are my new sweet fix. Normally I could eat 3-4 in a day. Bad? Yes, however I am now down to 1 per day and I am finding it a good thing to have for morning tea.

So I am waiting for the withdrawals to really start to kick in. Knowing my luck, it will be over the weekend when I am at the Medieval Winterfest Show in Parramatta Park (3-4 July).
If anyone will be there, I will be the one in the long daffodil yellow dress. Stop by and say hi.

On the plus side, I have dropped a 1/2 kilo since Wednesday.
Regards
Alonya

06 Jul 2010 6:27 PM

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Alonya Mazoyer wrote:I am now on day 3 of reducing and eliminating sugar. What is strange is that I while I do feel different, I don't feel like complete crap yet. I have noticed things already starting to taste sweet. I am a complete banana fiend and they are sweeter now than they have ever been before as are pears and kiwifruit.

They are my new sweet fix. Normally I could eat 3-4 in a day. Bad? Yes, however I am now down to 1 per day and I am finding it a good thing to have for morning tea.

So I am waiting for the withdrawals to really start to kick in. Knowing my luck, it will be over the weekend when I am at the Medieval Winterfest Show in Parramatta Park (3-4 July).
If anyone will be there, I will be the one in the long daffodil yellow dress. Stop by and say hi.

On the plus side, I have dropped a 1/2 kilo since Wednesday.
Regards
Alonya

Alonya ... some people are just lucky that way and never have any really bad withdrawal symptoms - sounds like you are doing brilliantly - keep up the good work!

Cheers

David.

06 Jul 2010 6:40 PM

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Thanks David.

I am now at day 7 and the withdrawals didn't kick in. I think David is right and that I am one of the exceptionally lucky ones. I actually tried a taste of Fanta over the weekend to see what it was like. It tasted and felt like I was drinking the orange syrup straight. Ughh. It was foul.

Glucose is now tasting sweet and I am going to have a go at making some ice-cream. Vanilla is my favorite flavour so when I get the recipe right, I will post it.

I am still waiting for my copy of the book to arrive, so in the meantime, I am getting by simply by using the sugar guides and reading this forum. I am finding this much easier than any other 'diet/lifestyle' plan that I have been on and I have not weighed myself yet this week, however the tummy bloating has receded and this is the most significant change so far.

Till next time.

Alonya

07 Jul 2010 7:41 PM

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I seem to be using this forum as a bit of a blog.

Yay, my Sweet Poison Quit Plan book arrived in the post today.
So now that I have both books in my hot little hands, I will be able to do this properly.

My man made me a cup of tea last night and accidentally put one tsp of sugar in it. I went to drink it, unaware he had used sugar and I just about spit it through my nose. It was so sweet. I ended up making another. It is amazing that I am now on day 9 and a simple cup of white tea with one sugar is completely non-ingestible.

I am not missing my regular fruit toast for breakfast either.

Till next time
Alonya

08 Jul 2010 5:27 AM

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Alonya Mazoyer wrote:I seem to be using this forum as a bit of a blog.

Yay, my Sweet Poison Quit Plan book arrived in the post today.
So now that I have both books in my hot little hands, I will be able to do this properly.

My man made me a cup of tea last night and accidentally put one tsp of sugar in it. I went to drink it, unaware he had used sugar and I just about spit it through my nose. It was so sweet. I ended up making another. It is amazing that I am now on day 9 and a simple cup of white tea with one sugar is completely non-ingestible.

I am not missing my regular fruit toast for breakfast either.

Till next time
Alonya

You Go Girl!!!

18 Jul 2010 7:21 PM

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To Susan
Thanks for the feedback. :-)

Well this weekend was a big weekend. I decided to try and drink some fizzy drink for the first time in a few weeks, just to see what it was like. So I bought a can of Lemonade. Usually I would have purchased a large bottle and drunk the lot.

I attempted the can and found it was very sweet. To be honest, yes I did enjoy it but I decided that after that can, I didn't want another one. A breakthrough? I think so. It was quite enough and yes, I did feel it afterward. I was not a happy camper at all. What I found interesting was the after effects the next morning. I had terrible tummy cramps (worse than the monthly ones) and a long trip to the bathroom ensued with windows needing to be opened. I had never noticed this side effect before.

And even more interesting, I was watching a late night TV programme last week called the 'Embarrassing Body Bus' and on this programme there was a lady who had a dozen can a day fizzy drink habit. Her teeth were really bad and looked like they were dropping out. What I did realise at that stage was that all my own tooth aches have all disappeared. I had painful teeth a few weeks ago and didn't realise it. Yet another reason to not drink fizzy drink.

So it was a weekend of revelation and self discovery. I really like the glucose in my tea now. I am also sure my brain is saying "thank you very much" (in a bad Elvis voice).

Till next time
Alonya

20 Jul 2010 2:32 AM

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Alonya Mazoyer wrote:To Susan
Thanks for the feedback. :-)

Well this weekend was a big weekend. I decided to try and drink some fizzy drink for the first time in a few weeks, just to see what it was like. So I bought a can of Lemonade. Usually I would have purchased a large bottle and drunk the lot.

I attempted the can and found it was very sweet. To be honest, yes I did enjoy it but I decided that after that can, I didn't want another one. A breakthrough? I think so. It was quite enough and yes, I did feel it afterward. I was not a happy camper at all. What I found interesting was the after effects the next morning. I had terrible tummy cramps (worse than the monthly ones) and a long trip to the bathroom ensued with windows needing to be opened. I had never noticed this side effect before.

And even more interesting, I was watching a late night TV programme last week called the 'Embarrassing Body Bus' and on this programme there was a lady who had a dozen can a day fizzy drink habit. Her teeth were really bad and looked like they were dropping out. What I did realise at that stage was that all my own tooth aches have all disappeared. I had painful teeth a few weeks ago and didn't realise it. Yet another reason to not drink fizzy drink.

So it was a weekend of revelation and self discovery. I really like the glucose in my tea now. I am also sure my brain is saying "thank you very much" (in a bad Elvis voice).

Till next time
Alonya

Hi Alonya

Sounds like your going great guns, I've been on this lifestyle plan for 2 1/2 weeks now, and like you haven't had any cravings, I'm surprised as I had the biggest sugar fix with sometimes a family block each day, anyway going with the flow,

keep in touch

Lyn

Day 3