Sugar should be a controlled substance....!

[Bigmack]

I've fought my weight my whole life. Always in good shape, but way too heavy. Very active... hiking and doing lots of physical type work.

My doc has always been after me to lose weight, of course. "Diet and exercise"....

Shit, I was watching what I ate.. diet pop and the whole thing.

I was in to see him in June, and he changed the script... he said that sugar should be a controlled substance... that it's addictive for most people.

He said to cut out sugar and white carbs and anything that tells your body it is sweet. He said that you'll have withdrawal symptoms for a couple of weeks, but then you'll be better.

I did it.

Cut all sugar out.... except honey in my coffee and one glass of wine about 5 nights a week.

The doc was right... withdrawal pains and amazing cravings. I stuck it out and after about two weeks I felt no cravings.

Since June of 2011, I have lost 35 lbs.

It's not a diet... I eat a LOT! Instead of a bagel, I have a whole wheat wrap. Instead of chips and salsa, I have cauliflower and salsa or apples and salsa. Big breakfast of fake egg omelet with lots of onion and real bacon bits on a wrap. Lunch is cottage cheese and fruit... lots of it... and some nuts. Dinner... lots of anything that isn't white (whole wheat is OK) and fruit for desert.

I don't suffer at all.

It does piss me off that sugar is in everything! You have to watch carefully. Yoghurt, for instance, has 25-30 grams of sugar... I think companies could sell horse shit in little containers if they put enough sugar in it.

I think that sugar made my body hungry and demanded more food. I don't feel those cravings anymore.

I'm not even worried about regaining the weight... I'm not on a diet.