Hating sugar... REALLY!

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OK... I always thought it was so hokey when all of the IC patients who had come through to the "other side" said that they really did not like sugar at all.  Sorry, I just could not believe it.  Well, the past couple of months I have really mentally wanted sugar, but physically, it makes me sick when I eat it.  If I smell it on my kids, I want to yack.  Maybe it is because I started working at Starbucks and there is a gross sweet smell there all the time... maybe I am just over it, maybe it is because the yeast is on its way out, but seriously, sugar is disgusting.  I also had a tiny sip of diet coke on the way home tonight b/c I was so thirsty, I thought I was going to puke.  It tasted like chemicals to me.  It was sooo sick.  So... to any of you craving sweets and feeling bad, that feeling will go away.  I used to be so addicted to sweets and I was a true believer (still am) moderation in everything.  I cannot even be moderate in my sweets, I cannot stand it.  It is so gross to me.  I have no idea why.  Hang in there.  I still have a way to go because I get funky immune kick ups and my bladder gets wild sometimes, but other things have fallen into place.

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nicole

Sugar makes me ill just to see it. I have no desire for it really. I do like the sweet things but natural sweetend with fruits. I just can not put that posion into my body and now that I have been off it for so long  I think it would be way to sweet for me. I can taste it if some one is eating it just by smelling it and it just makes me want to vomit. I totally agree with you. I did get around to making my own icecreams and I used other things like stevia when I was not in treatment with Matia. I think you could use the agava surup I also just reduced a lot of fruits down to get the natural sweetness out of them. You can use things like mint anc coconut when your not on the list anymore too. There are a world of other foods out there that still make life sweet witth out sugar.

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MFox

how were you ladies able to kick the sugar habit?  I've been working with Matia for 2 years, and it's still a battle for me.  This isn't to say that I eat mounds of candy or cake, but I have my moments when I'm trying a bite of this or that.  I always get terribly sick, and you would think I could learn my lesson, but the terrible addiction is always coersing me for 'just a bite' in the back of my head.for thanksgiving I've decided to be truly grateful for this 'second chance' at health, and want to completely eliminate sugar, and would love some support.  Melissa

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icnot4me

Hmm, well, not sure how to help.  I have a feeling that even though desserts taste yucky to me right now, if I kept eating them, I would get over being unaccustomed to them and become addicted again.  I was a major sugar addict.  I can't believe how I used to eat and didn't think anything of it.  Now I watch how other people eat and I can't believe it!  I was at a family thing yesterday and all everyone ate all day was pizza, chips, cheese curls, pop, cookies, pie and whipped cream.  One of them has BAD fibro and I wanted to scream but I never say anything.  Unless people are desperate to be well or not on a bunch of drugs that mask all their pain, they turn a deaf ear to things like diet change.  One thing that may help, if you haven't already done so, is to read as much as you can about refined sugars, corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, artificial foods that are full of preservatievs, etc, what they do to you, your immune system, how they age you faster, etc.  That helped me lose some of my taste for it, thinking about all that.  Seeing Dr Oz talk about this very thing on Oprah and seeing a forty year old woman who looked much older, had dried out hair, poor blood pressure, and all kinds of other issues--seeing him remake her with a healthy diet helped me too.  There is a chapter on diet and other things like toothpaste, etc, in a book called The Maker's Diet that blew me away.  Realize that one bite does make a difference.  I started taking bites of stuff and when I told Matia about it I thought she would say that's fine, no big deal.  Instead she got really stern with me and said NO WAY.  It sounds like you are very symptomatic like me so it would be harmful for you to sample sweets as well.  That can help, not telling yourself that it's only one little bite, what harm can it do?  Obviously a lot, according to Matia.I also feel responsible to eat right and be better for the sake of other peoople around me.  When I"m not well, it affects my husband, family, friends, etc, because I can't carry more of the load of daily life.  And sexually, well, I struggle so much there to meet my husband's needs, I can't add additional flares from foods on top of all the discomfort I already have.  So I feel responsible to him in that way as well.  That also helps.  Getting to eat a new food has helped, even if it's only squash.  Get creative with what you can eat and any new foods that get added in.  That can make you feel a little less limited and cheated, making what you can eat as appealing as possible and savoring it.  That has helped me as well.  Try drinking water if you are craving carbs/sugar.  That can kill an appetite between healthy meals.  It may be yeast dying off that is giving you cravings for sugar.  Take it as a sign that something great is happening, and the sooner you cooperate, the sooner you can be well enough to add in more foods.  That helps me too.  And finally, all I have to do is think about all the time and money I have invested into getting well, and how hard I've had to work and how disciplined I've had to be, and wrecking that for a few moments of sugar doesn't seem worth it.I hope some of that helps, I know how hard it can begood luck!

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nicole

I am sorry I don't have any tricks for you. For me just the idea of knowing how bad it is going to make me feel is enough to not want to go there. Also it will degress your progress and take even longer to heel. Before I started in treatment with Matia I learned how to bring out the natural sugars in certain foods though carmalization I supose that is the only advise I have for you. I don't know what foods you can have that would help you acheive this. From the sounds of it you are probly on list one or two so I am assuming you don't have fruits. Carrots can be very sweet done this way though and a bigger treat then you would think. I know it's not pudding but in time you will get to have the sweeter life back and it will be in a different way.For instance now i don't know if you can eat spelt but the muffins would be very tasty and they taste like corn bread to me. If you can have the carrot then shred some very fine and add it to your wet ingredients this doesn't act as sugar but it does sweeten it  up. If I knew your diet I may be able to advise you in some helpful things. Feel free to message me with your list and maybe I can give you some ideas that are with in the rules so you don't feel so inclined to cheat.
 

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icnot4me

I do miss sugar, but what I miss most are things like tomatoes, spices, cinnamon, fruit, etc.  I would rather have that back than the sugar.  I also know too much about refined sugar and what it does to you to really want to eat it.  I took a bite of some blackberry pie from eat n park last summer--I used to love this pie.  I had to spit it out!  I was like, ewww -- so gooey sickly sweet -- it wasn't at all like I remembered it tasting.  I did eat a little chocolate pudding once, now that was good!  but i have always loved chocolate.  but for the most part, I think I took a bite of a cookie once --again, yuck!  wasn't what I remembered.  so I understand what you are talking about