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No Dale that was me years ago. I managed to outtrain my bad diet for 15 years but when I stopped cycling I did not stop my bad diet. Good genes apart I have the fatty liver now plus the most persistant layer of fat around my chest.

 

Ja nee

Pity you had to stop rolling, Johan_Kleynhans  :blink:

 

Regular exercise, decent diet, a good stress management plan and meaningful friendships is the power move for one's life, I reckon.

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5 days in and I'm feeling as flat as a pancake!

 

I'm still getting sugar via normal food but man, I have no energy whatsoever. It's been a slow dull weekend :-(

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Try supplimenting with whey protein, buy the powder and make up a drink/shake. Try having one in the morning and another in the evening, incorporate into a smoothie or drink on its own. As you body is getting less energy from reduced carbs and sugar, whey protein has amino acids that is good for the muscles

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I'll pick some up tomorrow and give it a try. Certainly need something to perk up the energy levels a bit!

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10 days in and starting to enjoy this!

 

Milky coffee without sugar is starting to taste sweet now and I seem to have lost a kg this week.

I gooi cream with my cuppa coffee

It’ll rock your boat

Try it

Delicious ????

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And then... when you've found your truth... live it, whether it's eating vegan, or even eating vegans :whistling: ...

 

 

No! Thats bad advice. Don't do that, you will only grow a parra...

 

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It's been a good couple of weeks. I'm feeling better and the weight I initially lost seems to have stayed off (weight lose is a happy side effect, it was not a motive)

 

Yesterday we had to drive through to our nearest big town to do some admin and there's a shop there that happens to sell Fanta Grape, which you can't generally get here. I bought a bottle as a treat and I'll ration it appropriately.

 

I haven't had a craving for Coke at all - and I was drinking a liter and a half a day before I started this mission to cut down.

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So I initially went cold turkey 2016 October. In 6 months I lost 34kg by just riding daily 5-10km and no sugar. 

 

I was completely anal on taking in no sugar. I have over the past year reintroduced sugar slowly but I rather than having a whole box of cookies I take 2 and close the cupboard cause in general I am to lazy to walk back to the cupboard to fetch more.

 

The golden rule is to when provided with a choice take the healthier option instead. You wont always have a choice but when you can choose between a green salad with your steak or potato salad the healthier choice would be the green salad. 

 

That's what I do at the moment and it works for me. 

 

Ps. Well done on the commitment. I have been there and its a long journey but well worth it

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I find that an empty cookie cupboard does help to curb the temptations.

I started buying those 750g Safari peanut and raisins bags for R55 and started going through 2 of them a week, so I quit that for a while.

 

Don't try to stock up on droeewors either - that stuff is more addictive that hardcore drugs.

 

I go through phases where I get crazy urges for something sweet or crunchy later at night.

I found that green tea has helped me a bit.

 

The other night I just couldn't go any longer and had nothing sweet, so I made myself a bowl of pronutro 

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I find that an empty cookie cupboard does help to curb the temptations.

I started buying those 750g Safari peanut and raisins bags for R55 and started going through 2 of them a week, so I quit that for a while.

 

Don't try to stock up on droeewors either - that stuff is more addictive that hardcore drugs.

 

I go through phases where I get crazy urges for something sweet or crunchy later at night.

I found that green tea has helped me a bit.

 

The other night I just couldn't go any longer and had nothing sweet, so I made myself a bowl of pronutro

Watch those peanuts.. carb content is very high... and they are not even nuts really... legumes actually.

 

Hidden carbs everywhere... read labels...

 

I have been noticing that a lot of droe wors seems to have msg in lately - kind of explains the problem of wanting to keep eating it even when you know you are not hungry.

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It's been a good couple of weeks. I'm feeling better and the weight I initially lost seems to have stayed off (weight lose is a happy side effect, it was not a motive)

 

Yesterday we had to drive through to our nearest big town to do some admin and there's a shop there that happens to sell Fanta Grape, which you can't generally get here. I bought a bottle as a treat and I'll ration it appropriately.

 

I haven't had a craving for Coke at all - and I was drinking a liter and a half a day before I started this mission to cut down.

A litre and a half of coke every day...**** no wonder you having cold turkey

That's crazy

Cut out fizzy drinks completely

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I have not used sugar in 20 or more years  only Canderel in anything i wanted to sweeten . Since i started cycling 10 months ago i substituted with natural raw honey . It does not sweeten the drink or food but im sure it is a better option than Canderel and sugar . I eat 3 fruits a day and get my sugar from them .I have lost 30 kg in the 10 months so i must be doing something right . 

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A litre and a half of coke every day...**** no wonder you having cold turkey

That's crazy

Cut out fizzy drinks completely

 

 

Fizzy drinks are off the menu, as is white sugar on anything, and sweets & biscuits.

 

:-)

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Fizzy drinks are off the menu, as is white sugar on anything, and sweets & biscuits.

 

:-)

 

Just checking on your progress? Why cut only white sugar? Sugar is sugar!

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