Cutting Out Sugar and Cut Out Those Calories

Also known as sucrose, sugar is a natural occurring carbohydrate in fruits and vegetables. Sugar does not necessarily cause weight gain if eaten in moderation. The reason we gain weight is from eating more calories than we burn. So cutting extreme amounts of sugar from your diet can assist in weight loss. There are several ways to cut sugar from your diet but still “cure” your sweet tooth. This could assist in loosing weight. Some of those things include eating healthier and natural sugars such as fruit. Eat low calorie sweets such as angel food cake, and drinking juice instead of soda pop.
 
Cutting sugar out of your diet in order to help assist in weight loss can be done several ways. Reading labels of things that you eat is important. If sugar is an added ingredient instead of a natural occurring ingredient then you should steer clear of eating it. Do not add extra sugar to things such as coffee. Using a flavoured cream instead of sugar is an excellent alternative. When you go out to eat, don’t be afraid to ask what is in the food you will be eating. This could prevent you from eating sugars that aren’t needed.
 
Choosing sugar free items is always a good thing to do for weight loss. However, most items that claim to be sugar free actually contain other nutritive sweeteners such as honey. Molasses, maple syrup, and high fructose corn syrup are also other nutritive sweeteners. When you go to work or school taking a healthy, non sugar filled snack, can be beneficial because it will deter you from eating something that you would regret that’s filled with sugar.
 
Not having sweets in your house is a good way to cut down on sugars and assist in weight loss. If they aren’t in your house then you won’t be eating them! Many people are actually mentally attached to food and sugar. Working on breaking those addictions is a positive thing. Focusing more on exercising or other hobbies can help in taking you mind off of ingesting sugars that you don’t need.