Cutting sugar for 24 hours & competing with your spouse when it comes to food!

You could also look at Swerve and the other sweeteners that use the “sugar alcohols”—these don’t seem to spike insulin like regular sugar.

My wife and I have cut most sugar out of our diets and we sleep better, feel better and are still not wanting. For my coffee, I put about 1/4 TSP of ground cinnamon and 1TBSP heavy cream in. Sweet, but not sugary sweet. I love it.

Congrats on your progress!

I wouldn’t stay overweight as a just in case. Find you target weight and go for that—really what makes you feel good while keeping healthy blood/cholesterol/etc numbers.

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Originally Posted by C2Q

I did switch some of my creamer over to stevia (and, wow, that is strong stuff).

So glad to report that I have lost 11 pounds and am only above my norm weight by 4 pounds (which my father wants me to keep for a 'buffer' if I get sick).

That begs the question: should we stay purposely over weight by 5 pounds in case of surgery or procedure?

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Update: Finally was willing to fast sugar in hopes it would fix some muscle problems I was having. Was off it for about 10 days--had a horrible headache for the first 3. Keeping it well under 24 grams a day and replaced most with Stevia--if at all.