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Sugar Busters!
This is not a diet but an eating plan that excludes certain foods - refined sugars, carbohydrates and starches. These are often present in conventional low-fat diets. Includes a 14-day eating plan and easy-to-prepare gourmet recipes.
Manufacturer: HarperAudio
Price: $9.13
 Sugar Busters!
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| User Reviews |  | It works.....PERIOD
rating: 5
After years of fighting the battle of the bulge (my weight was always up and down), my wife and I decided to try this "diet" back in 2000.
I put "diet" in quotations, because that word usually implies that you eat a certain way for a while, lose the weight, and then go back to the way you were eating before.
WRONG!
"Sugarbusters!" is not a "diet" per se, but it is (or should be) a lifestyle choice.
After trying many diets and weight-loss schemes, I had pretty much resigned myself to fate and genetics (my father has been obese most of his life). After buying and reading Sugarbusters, my wife and I cleaned out the pantry of all the "no-no's" and went shopping using the Sugarbusters dos and don'ts. We adhered to the rules and guidelines laid out in the book.
The weight MELTED off of us.
I was surprised at how quickly the weight came off. We didn't only lose weight, we lost inches as well (sometimes we lost either weight or inches, sometimes we lost both).
In the first 4 months, I lost a total of 50 pounds and my wife lost 60; and here's the amazing part.....
....we did it WITHOUT exercise.
I am not saying that exercise is not important, but at that particular time, we were both very active in our careers and had little time (practically none) for a workout routine. We did exercise OCCASIONALLY by walking mostly, but our dramatic weight loss resulted mainly from changing our eating habits and lifestyle.
Yes, you do have to make some sacrifices, but you can substitute things you once ate that were "forbidden" foods with something similar. For example, I loved peanut butter; sop instead of eating the "regular" kind (loaded with sugar and other additives), I eat Smucker's All-Natural peanut butter which contains only peanuts and salt (it does have a bit of fat and too much salt is not good for you, so rememeber that moderation is the key). Yes, the taste is somewhat different, but you get used to it.
I never once felt "starved" or that I was missing out on something. Sometimes I felt like I ate too much (portion size is VERY important) only to step on the scale the next day to discover that I had lost more weight. If you eat the right things in the right amounts (don't go back for seconds - wait an hour or two and have a "legal" snack) and avoid the "forbidden" foods (corn or corn-based foods, anything with any kind of starches or "enriched" ingredients, switch from regular pasta to whole wheat, from regular rice to brown rice, switch from white bread to whole wheat, eat only "natural" sugars or sugar substitutes, and stay away from potatoes (except sweet potatoes in moderation)), this "eating lifestyle" works.
READ your food labels!!!!!
Just because a loaf of bread says it's "wheat" bread, doesn't mean it's OK to eat. If the ingredients say "enriched wheat flour", DON'T EAT IT! It has been "enriched" with complex starches (sugars) that turn to fat when you digest them. Don't worry about this too much. The book teaches you how to read labels and what these "ingredients" really are.
Well, here we are 8 years later and I have kept the weight off for the most part. I have strayed somewhat form the Sugarbusters lifestyle and have gained some of the weight back, but I am nowhere near as large as I used to be.
This eating plan works, but you have to stayed focused and committed and it's something you have to stick with for the rest of your life.
It's WORTH it!!!!!
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Lost 84lbs - Love this Book!
rating: 5
This book is fantastic! I started following this program in 2005 and I lost 84lbs without exercise. Due to health reason's I couldn't exercise. I have kept off the weight because it isn't a diet you are modifying you eating behavior and it's easy once you start. Just stay focused and take it day-by-day. I used to eat sugar like crazy and after I started this book my body stopped craving it. I eat it every now and then, but I use Splenda instead since it's made from sugar. Just remember, we are worth it to feel good! Good Luck!
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Thought you couldn't live without sugar
rating: 5
This book, written by Doctors who were not happy with popular diets that patients had tried, really tells you what you can and can not have. That's it! You either accept their philosophy and embrace it totally or don't bother wasting your time reading past the first chapter. Does it work? WOW YES. Is it expensive to implement? More YES THAN NO. Is it easy? WOW YES.
Is it healthy? WITHOUT A DOUBT. Find out why you haven't lost weight..read
this book to find the answer.
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Don't be shortsighted.
rating: 3
I've read the book and adopted many of its principals. The key in my mind is eating truly whole-grain, high-fiber foods, lots of protein from trim meats, lots of vegetables, and fruits. Just don't get carried away: you need to eat small portions (controlling caloric intake), eat more frequently (if possible, 6 smaller meals a day), and get plenty of exercise.
I should note that I am relatively young (27). I'm probably about 15 pounds overweight but the real issue to me is body fat percentage, which is about 24%! I'm not about to delude myself into thinking I can just sit around at eat the Sugar Busters way and have a material effect on those two body stats I gave. Neither should you.
Doctors and health experts have been telling us for a very long time that moderate eating and getting plenty of exercise should be priorities for healthy living. I think eating many of the recommended foods on Sugar Busters--more importantly, illuminating many forms of sugar as recommended--combined with exercise and moderation is the most sound approach.
We will see. I've been on this plan for about 2 weeks and I've been exercising again after about 6-7 sedentary years getting a professional degree (not medicine). I monitor my body fat closely and my weight. I seem to have lost a pound or two and about .5% body fat. Is it the foods or the exercise? I don't know but I do know I was eating foods devoid of nutritional substance before and now I'm not. I'm willing to stick to the Sugar Busters diet principals just for that reason alone.
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This works...
rating: 5
Despite some of the nay sayers out there who use big words like pseudo-science, may I say that this eating plan does work.
It is easy to understand what foods you should and shouldn't eat, although one reviewer seemed to think there was some mystery involved; the authors express, in a very clear way why it works (eating less sugar helps your body avoid insulin spikes), and they guide you through a two week menu plan to help you on your way.
I did Atkins some years back and lost 35+ pounds. But, I found Sugar Busters! much more enjoyable in its application.
Take the time to read this book, live by its principles and live better.
Low glycemic eating, as presented in Sugar Busters!, has been the most convenient, and healthiest way I have found to stay slim.
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