Green Tara Healing

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR of the WATER DRAGON!!! Today I am taking a giant step in will power and self love. I am taking a stance on sugar. Today marks my first day without.  In my mid 20′s I successfully removed sugar COMPLETELY from my diet for 3 years! That was the main step in curing my body of the eczema which penetrated my body from head to toe. Perhaps I have been hesitant to remove sugar again for fear of being without for another 3 years.  But as they say in 12 step: One Day At A Time. <3 

Yesterday on Facebook, I summoned my community for support in the form of advice and examples of success. Perhaps you will enjoy this edited thread of my favorite responses!

I really gotta stop eating sugar. Now that I’ve kicked Gluten, I’ve started compensating with chocolate bars and Gluten free cookies..(Mmmmmm at east west cafe!).. Help me with alternatives, please!

• • Often when I am craving something sweet, my body is really telling me it wants high-quality protein.
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  • I pretty much never eat sugar. It makes me feel horrible. I used to be a sucker for the gluten free cookies at coffee catz. I weighed about 10 lbs more then, than I do now. But maybe I lost weight due to the lack of cocktails in my diet…
  • ME: Thx, good suggestions. I eat tons of protein AND STILL crave cookies. It’s the Dang ones at East West!
  • Being sober ive been craving sugar like mad. Instead I go for exotic fruits kiwis mangos star fruit guavas passion fruit etc.. when i eat them i sit and enjoy every bite. The craving goes byby and i feel very sustained.
  • I find it’s better not to choose substitutes, but instead learning to eat things which just don’t have sugar or attempt to imitate sugar. That way your body just gets used to eating a different way, and you don’t have to go searching Whole Foods, etc. for gluten/sugar free this or sugar free that; you just end up habitually choosing foods which satisfy you as is. It takes a while to adjust tho.
  • P.S. Try carrying around raw/unsalted almonds for a while. When your craving hits, have a few. Also, drink more water or tea… you will get past these cravings, it takes a bit to adjust, but I think it took me only a month. The more sugar “gluten-free” stuff like muffins/cookies you eat, the more your body thinks you are missing out…
  • ME: Thx for the inspiration. I cut out sugar for 3 straight years once. I think um afraid of doing that again.
  • ANNE: ditto! But did you know that maple syrup is an alkaline food. Love it. Morning breakfast: cut up fruit (i like apples pears and bananas) with ground flax seed and chunks of coconut butter and a little drizzle of the maple syrup. YUM – add nuts if ya wanna.

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  • ANNE: Oh and ice cream: frozen bannana + frozen coconut butter + blender = YUM
  • Smoothie with frozen bananas, raw cacao powder and your choice of milk. SO satisfying….you’ll never go back.
  • Also, mango with fresh whipped cream. I also always carry a little squeeze bottle of liquid stevia in my purse and it makes me feel I have a special sweetener just for me…
  • IVA: Also, I find the taste of sour ( cultured veges, pickles, lemon ) to really change the craving for sugar ) Also TAP/ EFT ~ Even though I have this craving for sweets RIGHT NOW, I respect myself and choose something healthier for me…. this craving…(let me know if you need more info on tapping)
  • TRIYA I like the psychological approach: “What’s right about eating sugar?” or describing what benefits you receive from eating it. Exploring avenues of what needs are not being met and how eating sugar helps to meet them.
  • RADHA: i gave up sugar for new years and discovered sugar cookie sleigh ride tea from celestial seasoningsat the Davis Co Op – yum
  • BRUCE: blueberries and almond butter. Yum.
  • ME: Wow! We are off to a great start! Thx! Ready to implement. Also… Had no wedding cake OR frosting at the wedding I just worked at all day.
  • ALYX: We should start a ‘getting off of sugar and staying that way’ group.
  • ME: Alyx, I will star that group! ♥
  • ME: what should we call it?
  • How to Sweetly Say No to Sugar
  • am I emphasizing sweet too much?
  • TRIYA: Sweeeeeeeeeeet
  • RADHA: Sweet. Am 2+ weeks in.
  • ELIZABETH: Haven’t eaten sugar for a good 6 months. My little treats are dehydrated organic cherries, dried mango or any fresh fruit. The first two weeks of not eating sugar are pretty tough. But once you get past that hump it is easy. Sometimes I smell the food or cookie I would want and then just pass it over. I went on a cruise with my family and didn’t eat any sugar at all. And believe me there were goodies to eat…
    Also, good to remember sugar shuts the immune system down for 4 hours! That alone will keep you away from it…
  • Wow Elizabeth!! Good new fact to know!! That will REALLY help