I Quit Sugar and Here's How It's Going
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Sophie shares her personal experience of committing to a no-sugar diet for six days, motivated by the negative impacts of sugar on her health, energy levels, and skin. She describes the initial struggle, especially on day two, and how she overcame sugar cravings using self-talk and distraction techniques. Sophie encourages viewers to share their own dietary experiences and offers a glimpse into her healthier lifestyle choices.
Takeaways
- ๐ Sophie committed to a sugar-free diet to address feelings of fatigue and mental sluggishness.
- ๐ฐ She noticed an increase in cravings for sugary snacks and desserts, leading to overeating and a sense of heaviness.
- ๐ Sophie's sleep pattern was disrupted, with reduced hours and later bedtimes, contributing to her tiredness.
- ๐ซ Cutting out sugar was challenging, especially on the second day when the motivation started to wane.
- ๐ To cope with sugar cravings, Sophie substituted sweets with fruits like apples, cherries, blueberries, and oranges.
- ๐ง She experienced a psychological battle, with her brain associating sugar with survival from ancient times.
- ๐ช Maintaining discipline required self-will and distraction techniques to avoid opening the pantry for sweets.
- ๐ By days three to six, Sophie felt more energized, happier, and proud of her commitment to a healthier diet.
- ๐ซ Despite still wanting sweets, Sophie's cravings diminished as her body adjusted to the absence of sugar.
- ๐ค She used self-talk and affirmations to overcome the urge for sugar, treating herself with encouragement and discipline.
- ๐ถ Sophie compared the struggle with sugar cravings to parenting, suggesting that one must shift focus like distracting a child.
Q & A
What is Sophie's commitment regarding sugar intake?
-Sophie committed to not eating any sugar, relying only on fruits, nuts, and other natural sweeteners, and avoiding processed sugar and desserts.
Why did Sophie decide to make this commitment?
-Sophie felt stressed and frustrated, and noticed she was relying on sugar for energy, which led to increased cravings, overeating, and a feeling of mental and physical heaviness.
How did Sophie's sugar consumption affect her skin and sleep?
-Sophie's sugar consumption led to her skin developing tiny bumps and experiencing trouble sleeping, with her sleep duration reduced to about 7 hours a day instead of the usual 8 to 9 hours.
What was Sophie's strategy for the first day of her no-sugar journey?
-Sophie ate fruits like apples, cherries, blueberries, and oranges, and found herself feeling more energized and awake without the glucose intake.
What challenge did Sophie face on the second day of her no-sugar commitment?
-On the second day, Sophie struggled with the fear of missing out (FOMO) due to the presence of sweets in her home, which tested her discipline and motivation.
How did Sophie's experience change from the second to the sixth day of her commitment?
-Sophie found the second day to be the hardest, but by the sixth day, she felt more energized, happy, and proud, and her desire for sugar had significantly decreased.
What is Sophie's proposed diet plan for the future regarding sugar intake?
-Sophie plans to follow a 6-day no-sugar diet and then allow herself one day with a little bit of sugar, aiming to make it a weekly routine.
What tools or techniques did Sophie use to manage sugar cravings?
-Sophie used self-talk, affirmations, and distraction techniques, such as focusing on work or other tasks, to manage her sugar cravings.
How does Sophie describe the psychological aspect of craving sugar?
-Sophie describes the psychological aspect as a battle between the body, mind, and self, where the brain feels like it's missing out on something important, similar to a fear of missing out (FOMO).
What is Sophie's advice for those who are also on a similar diet?
-Sophie encourages those on similar diets to share their experiences in the comments and to use strategies like self-talk and distraction to manage cravings.
How does Sophie conclude her video script?
-Sophie concludes by inviting viewers to share their thoughts in the comments, asking if they found her story helpful or interesting, and reminding them to subscribe, like, and comment before signing off.
Outlines
๐ Sophie's Sugar-Free Commitment Journey
In this paragraph, Sophie introduces her recent commitment to a sugar-free diet, explaining the reasons behind it. She felt stressed and relied on sugar for energy, which led to overeating and a cycle of sugar cravings. This not only affected her mental state, making her feel tired and less focused, but also her physical well-being, causing her to feel heavier and sluggish. She noticed her skin's condition deteriorated and her sleep was disrupted. Sophie shares the initial ease of her commitment, the struggle on the second day, and how she overcame the urge to consume sugar by using fruits as substitutes and distracting herself with other activities.
๐ฐ Overcoming Sugar Cravings and the Benefits of a Healthy Diet
Sophie continues her narrative by discussing the challenges of cutting out sugar and the psychological tactics she employed to resist cravings. She emphasizes the importance of eating healthily not just for weight management but also to prevent future health issues like cancer. She proposes a weekly plan of six days without sugar and one day with a little sugar, seeking feedback from her audience who might be on similar diets. Sophie also shares personal strategies she used when she really craved sugar, such as self-talk, affirmations, and distraction techniques, to help build the habit of not eating sugar. She concludes by inviting viewers to share their experiences and to subscribe to her channel for more content.
Mindmap
Keywords
๐กSugar
๐กCommitment
๐กCravings
๐กDiet
๐กEnergy
๐กFruits
๐กSelf-discipline
๐กMotivation
๐กSkin
๐กSleep
๐กHabit
Highlights
Sophie shares her personal commitment to eliminate sugar from her diet to improve her health and well-being.
She experienced negative effects from consuming sugar, including feeling mentally and physically heavy, and having trouble concentrating and sleeping.
Sophie noticed her skin was not great and had trouble sleeping due to her high sugar intake.
Cutting out sugar was challenging but achievable by eliminating sweets from her home and substituting with fruits.
The first day of no sugar was motivating and energizing for Sophie.
Day two was the hardest as the motivation decreased and the fear of missing out set in.
Sophie compared the craving for sugar to a baby wanting a toy, and the need to distract the mind like a parent would.
By day three, her discipline started to grow and the desire for sugar decreased.
Sophie felt more energized, happy, and proud as she continued her no-sugar journey.
She emphasizes the importance of eating healthy not just for weight loss, but to prevent future health issues and live longer.
Sophie plans to do a 6-day no sugar diet followed by one day of moderate sugar intake each week.
She shares her tactics for dealing with sugar cravings, including self-talk, affirmations, and distraction.
Sophie's body has started to accept the absence of sugar and doesn't crave it as much as before.
She encourages viewers to share their experiences with sugar or other dietary restrictions in the comments.
The video concludes with Sophie's plan to continue her no-sugar commitment and share her progress with her audience.
Transcripts
hi guys it's Sophie and welcome back to
my YouTube Channel right now it's 1:45
p.m. in the morning I went to the gym
that's where I also met my assistant we
filmed a lot of videos now we're about
to go back home and have some lunch and
continue working but I wanted to share a
little story with you these past days I
made a commitment and I ate no sugar I
just relied on fruit nuts and something
else sweet but no processed sugar
nothing sweet no desserts anything the
reason that I made this commitment is
because number one these past days I
felt really stressed frustrated and just
kind of like always coming back to eat
sugar and relying on it to get my energy
which I don't normally do I don't
normally get tired throughout the day I
just wake up and right away I have
energy until the time I have to go to
bed but these not even days I would say
weeks I've been eating sugar like it's a
normal part of my diet every single day
probably I ate either like a piece of
candy or some chocolate or just anything
that has a little bit of sugar and the
more I ate it the more I craved it so I
had more snacks I had bigger portions
because I craved sugar but my body
thought I was hungry so I just ate even
more food while still eating the
desserts and the sweets and not only did
I feel mentally heavy like just always
tired always having trouble to
concentrate on work and school but
physically I also felt much heavier and
much
like how do I even describe it like
plump like glump
blump just a little like you know sort
of like the witch from Snow White you
know how she has she does this and she's
like you know you want to e like I felt
like that that's number one number two I
saw how my skin was not great because I
ate sweets my skin had little tiny bumps
I had trouble sleeping like these past
days I've I only sleep like about 7
hours a day which normally I sleep 8 to
9 and I go to bed around 10 11 but these
past days I've been going to bed like 12
sometimes even 1 and that is not normal
for me and that is what makes me feel
tired when I have to get up at 700 a.m.
the next day cutting out sugar is very
hard to do however it's very simple to
do as well as in like yes it's hard
because you're going to keep wanting to
eat it but it's simple because the only
thing they have to do is to eliminate
all sweets from your house distract
yourself and keep substituting with
fruits the first day of this journey was
not the hardest actually the first day
was okay because I was very motivated to
keep myself from eating sugar I ate
apples cherries blueberries and oranges
it was going good I felt more energized
I felt more awake wake even though I was
cutting out on the glucose in my body on
the second day that is when it hit my
dad he likes to eat sweets usually when
he comes back from work he has like
coffee or tea and like a cookie or
something we have those cookies at home
well we had them when it was day two and
knowing that there are sweets in your
cupboard and your pantry and being on a
diet that prevents you from it your
brain immediately feels like you are
missing out you are getting fomo fear of
missing out and it immediately thinks
that if you don't have it you will die
because that is probably what happened
when we were living in stone age you
know when we didn't have sugar so every
time you do have sugar you have to eat
it because you won't have it animals and
other predators are going to have it
before you but now that we live in the
21st century we don't have that problem
anymore and we can just go to the store
and buy any sweets that we ever wanted
so the day two was the most hardest
because the motivation was going lower
the discipline was still not growing
because it's just day two so your
motivation is going down you're it
hasn't developed into a habit yet so
you're just in this point where you're
physically forcing yourself to not open
that drawer and to distract yourself and
that of course distraction takes up all
your self self-will self-power
discipline and you don't have any more
energy for your work school Etc so day
two was really hard for me I felt like
my body and my mind in myself are just
like separated into three parts like
body does that mind wants this but does
that Etc you know what I mean however I
still did not eat any sugar and I
continued on to day three day three 4 5
and day six today were the easiest days
even though I was substituting the sugar
with fruit and even though I might have
been eating a lot of fruit lately than I
usually do I still felt more energized
more happy more
proud and just you know I was feeding
myself only the good stuff only healthy
stuff and sometimes we forget that not
only are we feeding ourselves healthy
things
because we want to lose weight but we
also eat healthy because we don't want
to have problems in the future we don't
want to have any cancer any bad issues
so we eat healthy because we want to
live longer so if anybody out there is
also going through this sugar or just
gluten dairy any kind of sort of diet
let me know in the comments how it's
going for you because that's what I'm
trying out and I want to do it every
week so 6 days no sugar one day a little
bit of sugar that's what I want to do
and I just wanted to share with you guys
because cutting out sugar might seem
like such a small thing but also a big
thing at the same time it's difficult
because you are going against something
that you've been doing for a while now
it is day six I look at Sugar like
cookies chocolate obviously like I still
want like a little bit but compared to
how I was in day one I don't want it
that much anymore because my body just
accepted the fact that I just don't eat
sugar anymore and it doesn't want it as
much as it wanted before when it was a
regular part of my diet here's some kind
of like tools that help me to still
continue this plan for nutrition when I
really wanted something sweet number one
I took a pause I thought to myself do I
really want this or is it just sort of
something of a habit something that I've
just been eating and doing for a while
most of the time I actually didn't
really want the sugar I just kind of
like it it was just like automatic like
I went to my pantry to open up and find
something sweet but the times when I
really wanted sugar like I thought to
myself oh my God I would do anything to
get that piece of chocolate or that
slice of cake or that ice cream those
were harder because I actually really
wanted the sugar so sometimes I would
talk to myself like you're going great
you already did whole day of not eating
sugar let's get past this one it's going
to be easier in the future so I kind of
did a little selft talk affirmations to
get that motivation and to get that
habit growing and growing and growing
another tactic I used was if the self
talk didn't help if the positive
criticism is what I call it if that kind
of easy flowy option didn't work on you
you have to like step it up a little bit
you got to be like a parent you have to
be a parent to yourself be on yourself
like Sophie let's go ahead and switch
her Focus onto this specific thing like
work or clean your room do school so
kind of distract yourself like think of
yourself think of your mind as like a
baby and the baby just sees sees a piece
of chocolate and it once said you got to
be the adult you got to be the parent
and shift your focus away onto something
else you know when you're with a kid and
the kid is like really wanting this
piece of toy as a parent you're going to
be like oh my gosh did you see that over
there and the kid like forgets about the
toy and like turns around and shifts its
attention onto something else that is
what you need to do to yourself so shift
your attention onto something else so
this is sort of what helped me when I
was really craving sugar on day two
hopefully some of these you guys can
also use so now we're going to go back
home we're going to continue working
we're going to have a delicious lunch
and thank you guys for watching let me
know in the comments if you found this
little just kind of story little
commitment for the future that I created
for myself helpful interesting and don't
forget to subscribe like and comment and
I'll see you guys in my next
video bye-bye
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