# Sugar boycott
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965
**Category:** Life in Recovery
**Tags:** sugar-free
**Created:** [September 20, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965 "2018-09-20T20:57:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 13
### Author:  [@Fireweed](https://talkingsober.com/u/Fireweed)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/261 "2019-01-24T15:52:26Z")
It really is! Alcohol is sugar too and i red that many alcoholics have been sugar addicts first and most of them are hypoglycemic. It makes sense.
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### Author:  [@anon10035965](https://talkingsober.com/u/anon10035965)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 7:10am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/262 "2019-01-25T07:10:10Z")
Working on my sugar habit!
Starting eating vegan and stopped sugar. Today day 5.
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### Author:  [@MandiH](https://talkingsober.com/u/MandiH)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/263 "2019-01-25T15:58:41Z")
Feeling any better today?
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### Author:  [@Fireweed](https://talkingsober.com/u/Fireweed)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/264 "2019-01-25T16:26:45Z")
Unfortunately not, thanks for asking 😊 this is a stubborn winter virus. I noticed youre already among the livings 😁
Well, ginger, garlic, lemon and this &that herb are in use… i just feel like a paralyzed lobster with million things to do. Zen attitude needed. Ooommmm
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### Author:  [@SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/u/SassyRocks)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/265 "2019-01-25T16:29:02Z")
Ouch…sorry to hear. I had the chest cough thing for About 4 or 5 weeks, it sucked. Lots of oil of oregano supplements and also eucalyptus oil in the diffuser, plus rest and fluids. Hope you feel better soon.
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### Author:  [@MandiH](https://talkingsober.com/u/MandiH)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/266 "2019-01-25T16:36:08Z")
Sending you some healing thoughts, I hope it passes soon! I was a bear yesterday but it was day 5 without really eating, but I was able to eat an apple yesterday and some green beans as well as a few bites of a chicken thigh. I was a lot less bitchy after I ate lol. Hope you find some zen love, it was a great lesson for me on letting things go that were beyond my control. Get well soon!
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### Author:  [@MandiH](https://talkingsober.com/u/MandiH)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/267 "2019-01-25T16:41:39Z")
I started logging again yesterday, if you want to add me I’m mandimuscles on MFP 🙂
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### Author:  [@Fireweed](https://talkingsober.com/u/Fireweed)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/268 "2019-01-25T17:03:18Z")
Thank you @SassyRocks 😊 just have to think this too will pass.
I have taken oregano & clove oils so much my liver will soon explode 💥
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### Author:  [@Fireweed](https://talkingsober.com/u/Fireweed)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/269 "2019-01-25T17:06:31Z")
Thank you once again @MandiH 🙏
Do you have any patience vibes 😁
Glad to hear you are transforming back to a nice fluffy teddybear.
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### Author:  [@SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/u/SassyRocks)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/270 "2019-01-25T17:19:47Z")
No one wants an exploding liver!!! Ouch!
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### Author:  [@MandiH](https://talkingsober.com/u/MandiH)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/271 "2019-01-25T17:21:42Z")
Ok guys. Now that I’m logging my food, what is a “normal” carb range? I am being mindful of them but not cutting them out totally. Today with my salad and an orange, I’m at 45 and that seems high.
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### Author:  [@SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/u/SassyRocks)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/272 "2019-01-25T19:28:04Z")
You aren’t doing keto right? If you are trying to avoid added sugar and eating fruits and veggies, you can easily fit in 50 to 100 a day or more.
I don’t see the sugar in fruits and veggies as being an issue (for non keto folk), just keep added sugar low or at 0 (sweeteners, condiments, canned and packaged food). And if you are eating bread and pasta, well, then you are going to be up higher in carbs.
I am on keto, so I keep mine below 20…that is net carbs (carbs minus fiber). None of it being added sugars…all from real food.
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### Author:  [@MandiH](https://talkingsober.com/u/MandiH)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/273 "2019-01-25T19:34:33Z")
Thannnnkkkkkk you!!! Nope, not on keto, nothing processed and sticking with paleo for now so I think I’ll be ok! Not doing breads, pasta or rice. Maybe occasional potatoes or wild rice but really love being pretty au natural so that’s what I’m back into! Lucky me the flu kick started my weight loss by 10 lbs so 15 to go to get back to my weight from this spring now that I’ve got my sober sugar bug under control! 😍
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### Author:  [@SassyRocks](https://talkingsober.com/u/SassyRocks)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/274 "2019-01-25T20:07:21Z")
In my opinion if you are eating real food you don’t need to obsess or worry about its sugar content. Just avoid all that processed added sugar. You are doing a great job, tho having the flu isn’t exactly fun.
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### Author:  [@anon2074485](https://talkingsober.com/u/anon2074485)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/275 "2019-01-25T20:16:37Z")
I think there is no “normal” range. Every body uses carbs differently. My normal may not be your normal.
Get well soon Mandi 😘
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### Author:  [@anon2074485](https://talkingsober.com/u/anon2074485)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/276 "2019-02-24T12:58:44Z")
I’m in again 😉 My skin and intestines scream for a sugar break. I had way too much sweets, pastry and pure sugar the last months. Time to put more greens in my belly 👍
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### Author:  [@MandiH](https://talkingsober.com/u/MandiH)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/277 "2019-02-24T13:08:16Z")
Me too. I made it a month, then my son bought me gluten free whoopie pies for his birthday. Mine is in a week so I’m not being super strict again until that’s over with but I’m not going crazy on it either. People often go way out of their way to surprise me with gluten free desserts around this time of year, I figure balance right now is ok until my birthday passes.
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### Author:  [@siand](https://talkingsober.com/u/siand)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/278 "2019-02-24T13:17:54Z")
I was doing well, like @MandiH made it a month and then there were a series of excuses to eat cakes.
I’m in again too 😁
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### Author:  [@aircircle](https://talkingsober.com/u/aircircle)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/279 "2019-03-14T17:01:08Z")
Bumping this thread up because this is my day 2 without sweets and I am currently going bonkers.
Here is an article: [https://www.healthline.com/health/sugar-detox-symptoms](https://www.healthline.com/health/sugar-detox-symptoms)
Time to go walk up and down 6 flights of stairs twice to try to distract myself. I am counting minutes at this point…
Tagging @MandiH and @Lionfish . Anyone else in and looking for mutual support?
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### Author:  [@MandiH](https://talkingsober.com/u/MandiH)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/sugar-boycott/43965/280 "2019-03-14T17:07:55Z")
GREAT minds girl! I was going to resurrect this thread tonight after my Gramma visit lol
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