Comments on: Take the NO SUGAR Plunge!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:15:40 +0000

I just wanted to say how much I love that you do this blog. I recently became a Christian, and have recently developed some deep convictions about the way I eat. I try to eat ‘Biblically’ as I call it, trying to follow the food laws set down by God through Moses. It’s been really difficult, but I’m just starting to add sweets back into my diet. I’m finding great luck with sweets on Gluten-Free recipe blogs. Honey candy and skinny monkey cookies are both sugar free, but no chemicals!

My current rules:
No white sugar (honey and agave are OK, but only in small quantities.)
No white flour (I’m making an exception for my birthday next week, though. I’m not the one making the cake.)
Nothing I cannot pronounce or define (While I can pronounce Maltodextrin, I have no idea what it actually is. The same goes for MSG and any food dyes)
No fast food.
No meat unless it’s Organic

I’m not quite to the raw, whole milk thing yet, but I will probably go there when I start eating cereal again. As long as I can predict what I’m going to be eating. I have a bad habit of getting too busy and forgetting what food I have in the fridge.

By: Tracy N

Tracy N — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:16:41 +0000

I see you started this challenge about 2 years ago now. Have you made honey, maple syrup, molasses, or stevia substitutions with any of your recipes listed here? If so, I would be interested in knowing what they are. I have been making a lot of your recipes and they are delicious! I make them the first time using only your listed ingredients and then I try to replace the rapadura with one of the sweeteners listed above. If you have already done this,it would save me lots of time and money to know what works and what does not. I will also let you know what substitutions work for me. Thank you very much!

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:02:17 +0000

Wow – I’m lovin’ your site! I know you did this challenge last year. But I just wanted to say that I try to limit our sugar intake – natural and white alike. I don’t buy white sugar and flour. We eat a whole foods style diet. When I revamped our diet, I tried to not have any sugar that whole first week. And I succeeded. I splurged on that Saturday. Unfortunately, I splurged too much. I allowed myself one cheat day a week. However, I’ve found that I need to eat this way EVERY day and I allow myself a treat now and again. Now, I limit our sugar intake daily. We actually even eat oatmeal with no sugar – just fruit. I treat myself to a cup of coffee in the evening if I get all my water in during the day. I use 1 tsp. evaporated cane juice for my sweetener. I love your posts during the no-sugar challenge. Thanks for being so real and sharing your struggles with us all! And thanks for the info. regarding natural sweeteners. I’m going to check into the rapadura from Azure.

Take care,
Karen

By: Roseann

Roseann — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:37:00 +0000

I too am diabetic and I am having a hard time controling it. Giving up the chocolate, sodas, wouldn’t be so hard. I can sometimes go as long and I do mean as long as a week. However, sugar is found in pretty much everything we eat except for some protein foods. I love pasta, bread, tortillas, fruit and vegetables. I imagine if I were to cut out all sugar intake, I guess I would be on a all protein diet, excluding peanut butter, and then to much protein is bad for your liver. What to do, what to do? If I was craving something like chocolate, I could trade my dinner for a candy bar the only difference is the empty calories and the nutrition value. All I can say is pretty much good luck on achieving your goal. I would say that just about everyone is some type of an addict in one form or another. The carbohydrates are the pushers and we are the junkies.

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:29:15 +0000

I’ll do it with you! My husband and I are giving up sugar for Lent, as a form of fasting before Easter. We did this last year as well. It’s amazing how sweet everyday foods begin to taste once you aren’t bombarding your taste buds with it in the form of cookies, etc. So I’ll be on the bandwagon with you as of Feb 25. (And I will try your pretzels too! )

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:49:08 +0000

At our home we made a rule that we were allowed three “treats” a week. That way I didn’t have to be the meanie and my kids had some kind of input as to when they got something sugary. This has worked really well for us. It’s amazing how much more fruit we eat now that we’re not filling ourselves up with junk.

By: Edna

Edna — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:27:03 +0000

I just found your Blog today, May 22, 2008. It’s late but I’m jumping in tomorrow May 23, 2008 no more surgar for a month, (need to catch up). After a month, who needs sugar any way, right? Your page is wonderful!

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:48:33 +0000

I know I’m really late at joining, but I’ve thought about it, and I’m ready. At least for 30 days. I just wrote a whole post about it. You can check it out if you’d like. I could use the support
http://erin.fugal.net/blog/articles/2008/03/28/the-power-of-30-days-and-some-really-cute-aprons
How are things coming for you in this aspect?

By: darlenes

darlenes — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:48:35 +0000

I am with you on the whole “we eat healthy with fresh milled flour, everything from scratch” etc. But, boy, do I eat sugar to end it all off – everytime!!!
I’m with you for the challenge. At least tomorrow – I’ve already had two lemon squares this morning…

By: Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:00:10 +0000

Ok I’m in. First I will try to make it one day without sugar. I am trully an addict and I found my self laughing when reading your post because I have told myself the same thing “if I eat this candy it won’t be around for the kids to eat so I need to eat this candy for their health.”

I also love to bake and have homemade treats for my family so I will definatly be trying the Peanut Butter Honey Bar recipe you posted today.

Good luck and thanks for inspiring me to give this a try.