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Originally Posted by dyna mo
processed sugar is tied to weight gain. you'd have a hard time getting fat on a diet of apples, for instance. or even bananas.
the fiber makes the difference.
in addition to keeping the sugar in its natural state.  |
Thanks man. I am starting to fig it out. I have eaten a lot of sugar in my diet even tho the rest of my diet is very good.
Lately I gave it up for a week. And I mean none in the house. Only the sugarless candy with maltinol. And I lost 5 lbs in like 3 days seriously.
Then I went and made the mistake of buying just a couple lil sweets to have "over a long time"
and you guessed it.. right to the belly, 2 LBs back on virtually overnight.
But I am still down about 3 lbs overall so out with the damn sugar!
I actually minored in "community health" (dont ask me why) but in the 80's they didnt really know as much. Plus I was more of a professional student who forgot everything after the tests.
They told me sugar and simple carbs were bad but that weight was based solely on calories. They did not realize all the metaphysical changes to the mind, mood, weight gain, ect it does to you. It gives you a quick lift and tastes so good to the point of releasing endorphens and making you high, which is why it is good. But then it rots inside you basicly.
The horror stories I could tell with me and sugar. Ive eaten 12-16 oz of chocolate easily. (well actually easily at the moment, then I wake up feeling terrible and I mean bad, sick, then do it again and again over and over.) If there is some in the house i will wake up go get it bring it back to bed (half asleep) and altho i remember doing it, I am literally powerless if it is in the house.
"don't buy it diet" is the only way for some of us. It works. If it is not in the house you can get by without it.