How Long to Get Off Sugar?

May 07, 2010 ↓ Comments (2)

A Week is Not Long Enough.

You can avoid sugar for a week. It’s just one week! The first week will probably be the hardest because your body will crave sugar and you will want to give in to temptation. If you’ve only avoided sweets for three days then you’re not losing much by eating candy and breaking your new good food habit. One week is not long enough. Sad thing is most people only go one week and they eat sugar again. Then they go for a week without. That is one bad roller-coaster ride.

Two Weeks Are Not Long Enough.

You can avoid sugar for two weeks. It’s just two weeks! The first week is really hard but the second week gets a little easier. With one week under your belt it’s silly to break your winning streak by eating a cookie. Keep it up, you’re almost there.

One Month is Not Long Enough.

You can avoid sugar for one month. It’s just four weeks! The first week is really hard but the following weeks always get easier. If you can manage to go a whole month, you can most certainly control your own behavior. You now know that what you eat is your choice. Will you choose to go all the way back to the start or keep going?

Six Weeks is Not Long Enough.

You can avoid sugar for six weeks! This will be especially easy after you avoided sugar for a month. If you fall off the wagon anywhere along the way, remember that you can always beat your last record, even if it’s just by a day.

Three Months is Not Long Enough.

If you can handle one month, you can go for three months. Keep in mind that after three months you will think that you’ve healed yourself of your sugar addiction. This is a dangerous place. Three months of sugar abstinence does not mean you’ve got this whole sugar thing beat. You’re just getting started…

One Year is How Long It Takes.

You can go an entire year without sugar. Really, you can! It’s actually pretty easy (physically) after you get past the first week. By the time you get 12 months into it you’ll have developed new eating habits and you’ll think everyone around you eats too much junk food. But surprising will be your overwhelming desire to go ahead and just have a little bit of that sweet something-something. You’ll be sure that you can manage sugar moderation after a whole year. You will also think that sugar isn’t so bad. You’ll have romantic notions about sugar and you’ll want to go back to it. Don’t give in. You have become an unsweet person and your transformational journey into a healthy new you has just begun. Good luck!

Comments · How Long to Get Off Sugar?

Pam
May 09, 2010

This is just what I needed to get back on track and re-motivate my desire to quit sugar. I am one of those who gets through a week and then indulges on the weekend. I want to be one of those who can make it a year. Time will tell. Thanks for this great website!

DavidVanadia
May 11, 2010

Thanks Pam. Go one bite at time. Then one day at a time. Then week, month, and next thing you know a year!