How many of you managed Wednesdays challenge to stay SUGAR FREE for a day?? How many of you have kept it going and are now 3 days in to a SUGAR FREE October?? Please let me know how its going and if I can help further – e-mail mark@nltraining.co.uk
The weekend is HERE!!! YEAHHHH?
We all know how difficult it can be to avoid sugar at the weekend.
It’s chuffin everywhere, on everything, hidden in places we don’t think, it has us surrounded……..
Unless you’re a hermit, weekends are for socialising & heading out for food, this can make staying SUGAR FREE some what tricky….
Unless you’re a hermit, weekends are for socialising & heading out for food, this can make staying SUGAR FREE some what tricky….
But not impossible…….
When YOU get the real facts it’s makes things a bit easier. Here are some tips for the weekend, let me know if you find them useful –
1: Don’t add it to foods.
This is the easiest and most basic way to immediately reduce the amount of sugar you’re eating.
Biggest targets: coffee and tea.
2: Don’t be fooled by “healthy sugar” disguises.
Brown sugar, turbinado sugar, raw sugar, agave nectar, stevia & sweetners….
it’s all pretty much the same thing as far as your body is concerned.
Brown sugar, turbinado sugar, raw sugar, agave nectar, stevia & sweetners….
it’s all pretty much the same thing as far as your body is concerned.
3: Reduce or eliminate
processed carbohydrates.
Most processed carbs — breads, biscuits, pastas & snacks, are loaded with flour & other ingredients that
convert to sugar in the body almost as fast as pure glucose. That sugar gets stored as triglycerides, which is a way of saying fat.
processed carbohydrates.
Most processed carbs — breads, biscuits, pastas & snacks, are loaded with flour & other ingredients that
convert to sugar in the body almost as fast as pure glucose. That sugar gets stored as triglycerides, which is a way of saying fat.
4: BOOZE
Its the weekend so having a drink may be on your agenda.
Remember ALL alcohol is sugar in various forms – Go easy!
Remember ALL alcohol is sugar in various forms – Go easy!
5: Watch out for “fat-free” “low fat”
snacks.
One of the biggest myths is that if a food is fat-free/low-fat it doesn’t make you fat.
One of the biggest myths is that if a food is fat-free/low-fat it doesn’t make you fat.
Fat-free doesn’t mean calorie-free, & all fat-free snacks are loaded with sugar.
Keeping you locked into sugar addiction.
6: Become a food detective.
To reduce sugar, you have to know where it is. Start reading labels.
7: Beware of artificial sweeteners.
They can increase cravings for sugar & also deplete the body’s stores of chromium, a nutrient crucial for blood-sugar metabolism.
8: Do the maths.
Look at the label where it says “total sugars” & divide the number of grams by four.
That’s the number of teaspoons of sugar you are ingesting.
This exercise alone should scare you to death.
Keeping you locked into sugar addiction.
6: Become a food detective.
To reduce sugar, you have to know where it is. Start reading labels.
7: Beware of artificial sweeteners.
They can increase cravings for sugar & also deplete the body’s stores of chromium, a nutrient crucial for blood-sugar metabolism.
8: Do the maths.
Look at the label where it says “total sugars” & divide the number of grams by four.
That’s the number of teaspoons of sugar you are ingesting.
This exercise alone should scare you to death.
9: Limit fruit.
Fruit has sugar, but it also has fiber & good nutrients. Just don’t overdo it.
Go for veggies as much as possible.
For fat-loss purposes, keep it to 1 or 2 small fruit servings a day & try to make most of them low-glycemic fruits (grapefruit, apples, berries).
For fat-loss purposes, keep it to 1 or 2 small fruit servings a day & try to make most of them low-glycemic fruits (grapefruit, apples, berries).
10: Eliminate fruit juice.
It’s a pure sugar hit with none of the fiber and less of the nutrients that are found in the fruit.
What do you think?
Hope that helps you get into the sugar free groove
Because once that sugar fog lifts
OMG
You will be unstoppable!!!
Because once that sugar fog lifts
OMG
You will be unstoppable!!!
Have a great SUGAR FREE weekend!!!
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