Cut out sugar. Feel horrible! Tips?
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Anonymous
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Day 2 of cold turkey cutting out sugar. Have headache and just generally feel weak and yucky. Anyone know of any tips to feel better?
TIA! |
Anonymous
| Eat sugar. |
Anonymous
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Cold turkey isn't the way to go. You can enjoy small amounts of sugar if you view sugar and treat sugar like it should be treated--a rare treat.
Like today, eat healthfully most of the day, but enjoy a bit of an indulgent side dish and a small helping of dessert, especially if you are celebrating Easter. Pick your spot. You don't need sugar in your coffee AND half a muffin, but pick one. You don't need a cookie after lunch AND a scoop of ice cream after dinner, but pick one. Don't eat dessert every night, but eat it some nights. Decide what is reasonable, and enjoy without guilt. Skip the yucky office birthday party cake, but say yes to a sliver of good-quality cake at a dinner party. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| It will pass. You can also cut out slowly. |
Anonymous
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Cutting sugar is nothing compared to giving up all caffeine. Which I did cold turkey. Pure hell.
Eat a piece of candy. |
Anonymous
| It’s hell but fight through. Depending on how addicted you were is the length of hell but I would think 3-5 days. |
Anonymous
| I just posted in another thread, serious sugar/candy addict here. I gave it up cold turkey for New Years (I’ve tried easing into it in the past and it never worked). Anyway the first few days were awful, but after a week it was out of my system and I no longer crave it and I am able to allow myself a treat for special occasions - like my chocolate bunny today. Hang in there OP, there’s light at the end of the tunnel! |
Anonymous
| Mine was almost 10 days. Then one morning I woke up with a ton of energy. |
Anonymous
I did both cold turkey at the same time. You just have to get through it. |
Anonymous
You gave up sugar on Easter weekend? 
Get some berries in a bowl (about a cup), pour some heavy cream (a tablespoon or two- don’t drown them) on them and eat. That will help. |
Anonymous
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It takes me a good 10 days to sugar detox.
Sparkling water with lemon helps me a little. Also advil. |
Anonymous
| Op here. Thanks for ideas. Drank a ton of water and went for walk Will try berries. Hopefully tomorrow will be better?. Too much candy to stop myself talking about college with DC! |
Anonymous
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Follow the Whole 30 diet.
It's a healthy way to cut sweets ... sugar and fake sugars. |
Anonymous
| Increase electrolytes! You can find great electrolyte powders on Amazon. It will help get through the detox. |