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I went off sugar and full strict keto for about year and a half.

After that I went back to eating normal whole foods, sugar only occasionally.

Sugar is very addictive and you might find it difficult to quit if you go cold turkey, depend how much you were eating before.

I would advise anyone who wants to quit sugar to start with 16/8 intermittent fasting and reducing sugar consumption over the 1-2 week period, if cold turkey turns out to be too difficult.

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I’ve been fasting for a week or so. Thanks for the info, foodman. I fully expect to be able to levitate any moment now, and cease needing oxygen.

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If you feel like that it would probably be your soul leaving your body. No need to take things to an extreme.

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Nope. Levitate or bust. This will be me. I will be just like this guy 100%.

https://youtu.be/yO_ewrEc820

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I'm on a month. Feels good man.

But just like other addictions this one can be tapered off as well.

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What's it feel like?

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More clarity of thought and less lazy. There are other things I need to cut out but I'd say I deserve being lazy sometimes, working 2 jobs and going to the gym.

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I’ve gone months keto. It puts me in a great fucking mood. I don’t know about other people, but it makes me fucking happy. Right now, I hate everything, however. Cookie-eating bastards...

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Yeah.

I don't strive for laziness or anything, but I definitely do my best to avoid clarity of thought. That is something I do not like feeling.

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Nice work!! I want to have sex with a pint of chocolate chocolate chip ice cream.

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I had a health scare with diabetes so quitting it was easy.

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Please scare me with diabetes.

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"Over time, more than half of people with diabetes will develop diabetic retinopathy." If having your lifespan reduced up to ten years isn't enough.

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Not to mention it's suspected as being a major factor in degenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

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I mean sure. Why? Sugar is fine, natural, created by the birds and bees etc. Cut (((HFCS))) and it's derivatives like (((stevia))).

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Because someone said that they did it, dummy. On the internet. Therefore....

No seriously. I fucking love candy, cookies and ice cream. My old fucking joints however: Not into it. I need to dump some poundage pretty badly. Cutting the shit I’m addicted to should handle it.

Holy crap I want some ice cream.

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Wait. Birds and the bees fuck and make babies, or so I’m told. Is this also how sugar is made? By birds fucking bees? Damn. I learn so much here. I also might have low blood sugar at the moment, but I’m sure that’s unrelated.

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Nature makes rattlesnake venom, brown recluses, poisonous berries, and other similar things. Just because it's in nature doesn't mean it's good for you.

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Sigh. Oxygen also bad for you in high enough qunatities. Water... Sleep... Vitamin D... etc.

That's a bad counter point. But I get it because it has it's place and it's palce is telling ((((dude weed))) NPCs to fuck off.

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Would be easier to just quit sweets and treats, because sugar is secretly added to a lot of things you wouldn't expect (bread, sauces, etc). Going zero sugar is kind of like going vegan: you're going to annoy people around you with your inconvenient special-needs diet. Not telling you it's a bad idea, just be aware of the full consequences

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Im blessed to be able to eat pretty good produce. Don’t do much sauce at all. It’s amazing how much better GOOD produce tastes when you’re off the sugary stuff. And homemade bread made with finer grains! That becomes a treat like Ben and Gerry’s minus the awful politics.

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It mostly only annoys fatties. They should be annoyed. My losing 60 lbs annoys the shit out of them because it takes away their excuses about not being able to do it, etc.

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Quitting sugar is more than just stopping eating candy or cookies. The lactose in milk is essentially sugar, carbs convert to sugar in your bloodstream, most fruit is nothing but sugar just in a different form than refined sugar. If you really want to reap the benefits you will have to be very diligent, although just quitting the “obvious” sugar sources will still improve your life

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I'm sure she'll miss ya at the local booby bar

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True. But at least she has Fred the donkey.

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I haven’t quit, nor do I intend to abstain wholly, but in a recent (last 6 weeks) push for fasting and healthy eating, the desire for sugar has almost completely gone away. The few times I’ve tried something sweet - Twix candy bar, ice cream, or sweet tea - it has been disgusting; I couldn’t finish any of them.

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squadgoals

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Congrats on 20 hours.

What’s really helped me is focusing on the fact that food is fuel - nothing more. I don’t think it’s a sustainable mindset long term, but as I push to lose weight (down 17lbs in two months), I am very cognizant of what I’m taking in. If it’s not absolutely necessary, I’ll pass. Very few carbs, very little fried, nothing sweet.

Have your goal that’s attainable, and shoot for that. My advice, don’t worry about “forever.” Shoot for a month. If you’re still going strong, do another, and so on. At some point, I would assume you just stop wanting it.