01-13-2013, 01:37 PM
Your problem will be giving up caffeine. The withdrawls and migraines from that drug are hell. Giving up sugar is touch but it is not so bad.
My recommendation is to titrate off both if you can't afford to go cold turkey. I would suggest finding a very controllable amount of caffeine (pills or measuring it out) and work your way down to a coke (~35mg) and eventually zero mg. Replacing sugar is simple, you can buy xylitol in bulk- yeah your energy might be strange for a while but the real issue is changing your like of "sweet". That part can be no fun- you have to go through and eliminate "sweetened" things from your diet. Even foods that are supposed to be healthy. Flavored yogurt, even "healthy" granola, fruit juices...
Eventually your taste buds will follow, and if you try to go back to sweet it is a challenge as well and the stuff you eat now will taste sickeningly sweet.
Anyway you need to get to a point where you can control the dosage of caffeine and simple carbs(sugar), or go cold turkey and hope your plan is solid and you have a good support system.
As far as "keeping up mood and energy" there is nothing you can eat, or take to do this. Your best bet is sleeping and exercising as much as you can. While withdrawing off any drug (in your case two- caff, sugar) I recommend minimal weightlifting and doing lots of steady-state endurance exercise. Anything with high intensity seems to overload the body.
My recommendation is to titrate off both if you can't afford to go cold turkey. I would suggest finding a very controllable amount of caffeine (pills or measuring it out) and work your way down to a coke (~35mg) and eventually zero mg. Replacing sugar is simple, you can buy xylitol in bulk- yeah your energy might be strange for a while but the real issue is changing your like of "sweet". That part can be no fun- you have to go through and eliminate "sweetened" things from your diet. Even foods that are supposed to be healthy. Flavored yogurt, even "healthy" granola, fruit juices...
Eventually your taste buds will follow, and if you try to go back to sweet it is a challenge as well and the stuff you eat now will taste sickeningly sweet.
Anyway you need to get to a point where you can control the dosage of caffeine and simple carbs(sugar), or go cold turkey and hope your plan is solid and you have a good support system.
As far as "keeping up mood and energy" there is nothing you can eat, or take to do this. Your best bet is sleeping and exercising as much as you can. While withdrawing off any drug (in your case two- caff, sugar) I recommend minimal weightlifting and doing lots of steady-state endurance exercise. Anything with high intensity seems to overload the body.
(01-13-2013, 11:15 AM)jimbobday Wrote: So I know this isn't subliminal related but I also know people here have a lot of knowledge. I'm looking at giving up sugars and caffine to improve my diet, I've got the rest of it down pat its just the sugar namely sugary based coffee. The issue I have is I feel really down and tired when I give up.
Anyone have any tips on keeping up mood and energy when giving up sugar?
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