QUOTE=avabeth]My whole problem is sugar. I need to get it out of my body because it’s poisoning me. And I can’t do that on WW with the option of bread and things still there. Once the sugar’s gone, I can start adding the bread, but only in whole grains. And I will pay strict attention to the glycemic index.
… I’ve discovered that I just have a weird body and I need to combine several plans into one instead of concentrating on just one. And the sugar needs to be gone from my diet, period. Special occasions only (I WILL eat a piece of my own wedding cake;).
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We must have the same body type. Since starting on Atkins, and getting all the sugar out of my diet, I’ve lost weight and I feel better all over, health-wise. I’ve also stopped getting severe migraines.
Short story: My son is a Cub Scout, and when we were at Winter Camp (whole families, in a big lodge), I was getting a cup of coffee. One mom (who I don’t know well personally, and is sort of a New Age-y hippie type) was getting something to drink as well. She saw me putting Sweet & Low in my cup and started telling me all the terrible things about fake sweeteners (causes cancer, blah, blah, blah…) and that I should use regular sugar instead of chemicals. I just let her ramble for a minute or two, then after she told me that I would feel better if I used real sugar instead of that “horrible fake poison”, I just very calmly said, “I can’t eat refined sugar. It causes an adverse reaction and I get terrible migraines. Since I stopped eating excess sugars, I feel a lot better.”
Took the wind right out of her sails.