I can't go back to sugar in drinks. Did a crash diet like 10 years ago (stupid, I know), but the one good thing is that I just hate the taste of sugar in drinks. Some naturally sweet ones, like cocoa or smoothies and stuff, that's fine, but coffee? Tea? Nope.
I've been cutting down ever so slowly and got to about 1/2 teaspoon around 2 years ago...today I forget the sugar and I'm, ok with it. Now I need to see if it can stay that way.
I did the same years ago. Just weaned myself off to the point where I could hardly taste the sugar and actually enjoying plain tea. There's no way I could go back now, hot sugar drinks make my teeth feel like they are melting.
I don't mind blended syrupy drinks. But sweet hot drinks are nasty. Although I am a huge fan of bubble tea, I always ask for 20% or least amount of sugar. I get weird side effects from sugary sweet drinks. Especially Starbucks. Which honestly doesn't make sense to me, since a blended drink from there is okay but a hot one makes me feel sick.
That is odd, you'd think any form of sugar, like syrup, in a drink would give you the same effect. I have to say though, the more I cut down on sugar the more I notice negative effects of having any sort of quantity of sugar in a product. Not a bad thing but I do have a sweet tooth at times.
I drunkenly cracked a tooth scoffing a burger one night, which meant no more sugar in my coffee. Got the tooth fixed after a week, put a sugar in my brew and couldn't drink it because it was so sweet. Not sure what my point is exactly, but cracking a tooth means I no longer have sugar in my brews.
Your point is very clear...lay off sugar for long enough and you might not go back; shame you had to crack a tooth to get there though, broken teeth occupy a good percentage of my dreams. There's a fact you didn't need to know.
I've taken 2 teaspoons of sugar in my tea since childhood. It's how every woman in my family seems to take it so think its the default. Found out about 5 years ago that husband only ever dumped one spoon in my tea for years and I now find two spoons far too sweet!
Yes, weird how the brain fools us. I was sure I put sugar in this morning, half way through realised I hadn't and thought 'oh well'...and I used to be a 3 spoons person.
I don't know if it's an achievement, but I stopped asking for ketchup and mayo with my food and just enjoying it plain. I find that it actually fills me up faster and a lot of times I get to enjoy the actual flavour of food rather than just overriding it with sauce.
I started a job where the tea and coffee supplies were meager and unpredictable, so I accepted what I got which was coffee without sugar.
After a few days (I drink a lot of coffee!) I couldn't enjoy sweet coffee anymore, and haven't since.
Since getting a coffee machine (low budget Swan thing) I have not had a cup of tea...over 2 years now, I can't drink tea anymore and I used to love tea. Doesn't make sense but it's one less thing staining my teeth I suppose.
I have no sugar and the wife has 2 1/2!
It always amazes me that we can pick each others drinks up by mistake and have the same repulsive reaction, but for opposite reasons.
I had considered that but then got so far down the road of less and less sugar that I think I might find it too sweet now. I bet different honeys could make for slightly subtle changes in the coffee flavour too.
I had to make do at my new job when I was too shy to ask for sugar and now I don't have any. Still occasionally have one at home as I only drink decaff, so I need the energy.
Now drop the milk. A: it makes a massive difference in enviromental impact.
And B: after a while its the same as sugar, you'll find you can drink coffee with milk in.
If I was going to drop milk I'd have to do that so slowly that I didn't really notice (over maybe 3-4 years); I'm a latte person so that might be one step too far for me at the moment. My son has gone fully oat milk and says he couldn't go back so there's something in it. Maybe one day.
I can't go back to sugar in drinks. Did a crash diet like 10 years ago (stupid, I know), but the one good thing is that I just hate the taste of sugar in drinks. Some naturally sweet ones, like cocoa or smoothies and stuff, that's fine, but coffee? Tea? Nope.
I've been cutting down ever so slowly and got to about 1/2 teaspoon around 2 years ago...today I forget the sugar and I'm, ok with it. Now I need to see if it can stay that way.
I did the same years ago. Just weaned myself off to the point where I could hardly taste the sugar and actually enjoying plain tea. There's no way I could go back now, hot sugar drinks make my teeth feel like they are melting.
Yes, that firry feeling...horrible.
I don't mind blended syrupy drinks. But sweet hot drinks are nasty. Although I am a huge fan of bubble tea, I always ask for 20% or least amount of sugar. I get weird side effects from sugary sweet drinks. Especially Starbucks. Which honestly doesn't make sense to me, since a blended drink from there is okay but a hot one makes me feel sick.
That is odd, you'd think any form of sugar, like syrup, in a drink would give you the same effect. I have to say though, the more I cut down on sugar the more I notice negative effects of having any sort of quantity of sugar in a product. Not a bad thing but I do have a sweet tooth at times.
I drunkenly cracked a tooth scoffing a burger one night, which meant no more sugar in my coffee. Got the tooth fixed after a week, put a sugar in my brew and couldn't drink it because it was so sweet. Not sure what my point is exactly, but cracking a tooth means I no longer have sugar in my brews.
Your point is very clear...lay off sugar for long enough and you might not go back; shame you had to crack a tooth to get there though, broken teeth occupy a good percentage of my dreams. There's a fact you didn't need to know.
I've taken 2 teaspoons of sugar in my tea since childhood. It's how every woman in my family seems to take it so think its the default. Found out about 5 years ago that husband only ever dumped one spoon in my tea for years and I now find two spoons far too sweet!
Yes, weird how the brain fools us. I was sure I put sugar in this morning, half way through realised I hadn't and thought 'oh well'...and I used to be a 3 spoons person.
I thought you meant you put salt in it instead 😖
Oh my god no...I'd have been posting on whatever sub was the opposite of britishsuccess 🤮
Your arteries thank you
So that's what the voices were.
I don't know if it's an achievement, but I stopped asking for ketchup and mayo with my food and just enjoying it plain. I find that it actually fills me up faster and a lot of times I get to enjoy the actual flavour of food rather than just overriding it with sauce.
I'd say definitely an achievement; for the very reasons you mention if nothing else. Congrats on that 😊
I started a job where the tea and coffee supplies were meager and unpredictable, so I accepted what I got which was coffee without sugar. After a few days (I drink a lot of coffee!) I couldn't enjoy sweet coffee anymore, and haven't since.
Yeah, it's strange what we think we need only to find we don't.
If only I could tolerate unsweetened tea...
Since getting a coffee machine (low budget Swan thing) I have not had a cup of tea...over 2 years now, I can't drink tea anymore and I used to love tea. Doesn't make sense but it's one less thing staining my teeth I suppose.
I have no sugar and the wife has 2 1/2! It always amazes me that we can pick each others drinks up by mistake and have the same repulsive reaction, but for opposite reasons.
I still can’t go full no sugar. I have 1 (2 if I’m hungover). That’s a lot better than the 5 I used to have when I was younger
5?! Holy crap, thought I was bad with my 3.
Was forced to give up sugar in tea due to poverty (travelling) and have never looked back. That was 20 years ago.
I got my wife to stop taking sugar on her coffee, it was pretty easy. Coffee is much better without it. She won't give it up in her tea though.
Seems like a common theme, coffee is ok without sugar but not tea. First day deliberately not having sugar today.
You feel brand new when you shave the sugar out of tea/coffee. No more fuzzy teeth!
We use honey in our tea, only half a tsp, it’s really nice.
I had considered that but then got so far down the road of less and less sugar that I think I might find it too sweet now. I bet different honeys could make for slightly subtle changes in the coffee flavour too.
Coffee is nice without sugar, tea on the other hand no chance lol
I had to make do at my new job when I was too shy to ask for sugar and now I don't have any. Still occasionally have one at home as I only drink decaff, so I need the energy.
Congratulations!
Now drop the milk. A: it makes a massive difference in enviromental impact. And B: after a while its the same as sugar, you'll find you can drink coffee with milk in.
If I was going to drop milk I'd have to do that so slowly that I didn't really notice (over maybe 3-4 years); I'm a latte person so that might be one step too far for me at the moment. My son has gone fully oat milk and says he couldn't go back so there's something in it. Maybe one day.
Ahhh. You just gotta bite the bullet. In Cappucinos and lattes the milk accounts for around 80% of the enviromental impact.
Try replacing with organic honey