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WOW! Sugar Crashes Are Intense! Any Suggestions?
LeonBasin
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I have not consumed any sugar for the past 3 days and I am feeling it badly right now. I feel so tired, no energy, weak and just want to sleep. Has anyone gone through this? Any special suggestions?
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I cold turkey sugar, unless it naturally was in the fruits and veggies I ate. I was tired while my body went thru the detox period...after 30 days it got easier and I havemore energy.
I suggest a baby step process since you ain't me, little doggy.
I am the kind of person that does things as soon as mind is made up and I am acruel mistress to my body...I drive her to death.
You should maybe consult a dietitian.
Ideas are soft cheese in a celery stick, handful of almonds with an apple, cheese and whole grain crackers, a roll up of sandwich meat with a slice of cheese, cucumbers and humus, carrot sticks with ranch dressing, a boiled egg,
Warning, you may still get really sleepy in the afternoon however your body will adjust. And congrats on working onyour health
I'm 28, former junk food addict
Umm...you are craving it because you cold turkey and body is crashing. I don't think fruit is gonna convince it... :)
Try a gradual diet change instead of cutting sugar completely out.
Or you'll look like this :angry: :zombie: :werr: :pirate: :zombie:
Seriously I might be going through a detox right now I have changed my diet and I feel weird. Headache.
Ah, stay away from beer, it bloats you.
You might look hot on the outside but have you ever gotten a full blood panel?
Are you Latino or have family with medical. Problems.?
No, not Latino. Russian, Ukrainian Jew! I dislike beer with passion! I don't really drink either. Socially and that is rare, as I don't go out much any longer.
No excuses! I am Honduran american...my family has obesity issues.
@Jeffrey he is right. The penut butter helps the sugar crashes. He's got me hooked.
Penut butter either makes you pee out your ass or extremely constipated.
No middle ground....I'm literally crying from laughing so hard.!
Your body may be full of candida (a fungus that grows naturally in the gut), which gets out of control when you live on sugar, and when it dies off due to a no-sugar fast, it screams to be fed. You experience this as cravings. Stick it out. No fruit (!) until you're past the cravings stage.
What you do, is psych yourself to view other foods as a treat. Like, make avacados or artichokes, or whatever you like that's sugar-free your special treat. Really program your brain to say, "YEAH! GUACAMOLE!!" Stock up on special teas. Whatever works. The Buddhist way is to use your mind to overcome adversity, pain, distaste, whatever.
We're rooting for you! You can do this!! RAH! :clap:
No more corn! You cannot digest mexican street corn..especially on a binge.
Then take some carrots and onions and chop. Chop some snow peas and brocoli. Sautee the carrot and onion. You can use different vegetables, this is just my recipe. Then get a cup of water and a spoon and a bottle of soy sauce. Add soy sauce a few shlugs and then throw in the snow peas. Add a spoon of water if the soy sauce is boiling off all the liquid. When they have steamed add the brocoli and cook same method until the brocoli is changing color to a bright green longer and it turns kind of a weird green but it's still good. Turn off heat. Add some stir fry sauce from the market or make your own. I use house of tsang peanut stir fry sauce a little spicy. Chop some peanuts and add.
Serve with the brown rice.
That reminds me, another advantage of raw diet...bowels move like clockwork.
The first time I had a screw driver at 14 visiting cousins in Chicago was the last time! I still get sick looking at orange juice...not to mention getting lost in the city was kinda scary and stupid.
I had the same experience with smoking. Last year, after quiting for 5 years I picked it up for a week. I chained smoked 2packs of Marlboro reds...yikes...I was so sick..I couldn't even get on the treadmill.
Yeah...forget it, leon.
Don't deprive yourself completely, that's not living. But cookie monster is also not the answer, he needs rehab.l
I would have been blissfully happy not knowing that...gross...let me look it up in my microbiology book.
You're half-way there, Leon. You've been sugar-fasting 3 days, you say? Give it a week, see how you feel. Remember, it's all those microscopic candida critters causing you to climb the walls, it's not real. You can beat the cookie monster! If I beat the cookie monster, you can, too! We're veterans of the cookie monster wars, yeah! Lock arms, c'mere, Lady_Alison, join up, we're unstoppable! United we stand! The cookie monster will fall! We're in this with you, Leon! BOO, cookie monster!
:thumbsup:
Also, in case it's suggested you switch to a sweetener like splenda or aspertame... I would humbly suggest you think twice. A lot of people (myself included) have trouble with the "fake" sugar. I'd rather have a small amount of "real" sugar than tons of stuff created in a lab.
Honey is a nice sugar substitute too, if you're still craving something sweet.
By the way, you all have totally RUINED peanut butter for me now, forever. Thanks so much guys. :zombie: