Way off base! Have had two sugar binges the first week.

[Gonnabethin]

 My addiction to sugar is not cured yet, but for the most part I have stuck to the diet.  I have lost some weight but certainly this lessened the amount possible. I do notice that after I have eaten sweets my body doesn't like it too much so as I start week 2 I'll be better equiped mentally to fight off these urges.  Anyone out there experience the same?

[houmax]

I'm sure everybody had some sugar withdraws and lapses at times. Just a sugar high/crash, that's how it hooks us. The body just wants it all the time so there's no crash.

I posted a video last year that's worth a watch on sugar connection to obesity problem...
http://www.cavemanpower.com/forum/sugar_the_bitter_truth-t1299.0.html;msg7021#msg7021

...That's whats so important about avoiding processed foods. Just about all processed foods contain added sugar.

Just hang in there.

[JohnnyC]

when i first doing it i got really bad sugar cravings, but instead of using reall sugar i used to have a bowl of blueberries with honey and that worked for me plus honey is nowhere near as bad for you as sugar cane products

[houmax]

when i first doing it i got really bad sugar cravings, but instead of using reall sugar i used to have a bowl of blueberries with honey and that worked for me plus honey is nowhere near as bad for you as sugar cane products

It's still sugar, you shouldn't tell people trying to lose weight to eat honey...
http://www.drmirkin.com/nutrition/9875.html


And from John Durant
http://hunter-gatherer.com/blog/get-ready-2011-paleo-challenge

Paleo Challenge: What to eat

YES to meat, seafood, vegetables, some fruit, eggs, nuts, and seeds.  Beef, pork, chicken, lamb, seafood, tuna, salmon, shrimp.  Avocado, asparagus, arugula, spinach, broccoli, celery, sweet potatoes, yams, any type of leafy green, red cabbage, artichoke.  Berries, melon, pomegranate.  Chicken eggs, ostrich eggs. (no Do Do eggs).   Almonds, brazil nuts, walnuts.
No to processed foods.  Pretty much anything in the middle of the grocery store.  Can't recognize it growing or running around in the wild?  Don't eat it.
No to sugar.  I don't care whether it's super natural 100% organic fair trade sugar from the honey of communitarian bees, ITS STILL SUGAR.  No sweeteners, no agave nectar, honey or maple syrup. No grains. This includes bread, rice, pasta, cereal, oatmeal, corn and all of those gluten-free pseudo-grains like quinoa and sprouted grains.
No to legumes. Peanuts, peanut-butter, beans, peas, lentils.
No to dairy.  Milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.
Less alcohol.  No sugary mixers, no beer or alcohols containing gluten.   
Fewer sweet fruits and starchy vegetables.  Bananas, eating a bunch of apples, dried fruit, or white potatoes.  (If you have serious inflammation issues like arthritis, you may want to consider avoiding all nightshades for 30 days.)
Cook with real fats.  If you're cooking, then cook with lard or animal fat.  If you don't have that, then cook with coconut oil, olive oil, or butter.

[JohnnyC]

i only meant its not as bad as sugar cane as that is more refined and its only when i had really bad cravings ....... just saying what worked for me.

give this a read http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-honey-a-safer-sweetener/#axzz1loYgN2oJ

[houmax]

i only meant its not as bad as sugar cane as that is more refined and its only when i had really bad cravings ....... just saying what worked for me.

give this a read http://www.marksdailyapple.com/is-honey-a-safer-sweetener/#axzz1loYgN2oJ

From the article you quoted...

"Can you eat it? Sure; you can do just about anything you want. Should you eat it? That depends. Are you active and in need of liver glycogen repletion like the guy who climbed the Congolese tree? Then raw honey might be a nice choice for a treat."

...Mark's in maintenance mode, he's already lost all the weight he wants and is very active. The original post was from a new caveman trying to shed pounds. If your goal is to lose weight pass on the honey. If your in stage 3 and happy with your weight, sure, have some honey ever once in a while.

[Catrina]

I was just reading that article too- I was also curious about honey, agave nectar.. etc. It had some good insight, but with most of this information, it is case by case because everyone's goals are different.

What I have gathered from my research is that you want to ween yourself off sugar and curb the sugar cravings and by doing so you go without it. What it seems is that if you want to lose weight - the best is to eat little fruit and stay away from the sugar.

I haven't gone completely without it - every  now and then I have a glass of "fake soda".. 100% fruit juices - usually we do orange/pineapple mixed with a little cranberry or pomegranate - put a little bit of that into seltzer water and it does the fix for you.

A Granny Smith apple can do wonders as well for that sugar craving. We'll also have a glass of sweetened almond milk, sometimes vanilla or dark chocolate. It works great.