by Joe Wicks, also known as Body Coach, is known to inspire millions, to eat well and to train more. But the father of four is also open to his own fights with motivation and nutrition, including his love for sugar.
The 39 -year -old Wicks previously said that he has been “with sugar” since childhood, and the food and drinks that he particularly love are “bubble drinks, chocolate, cakes, cookies, sweets and ice cream”.
This weekend, however, he opened up how he did his lifelong love for the sweet things and “the life -changing thing I’ve ever done”.
He shared an update about Instagram stories and revealed that it was six weeks ago since he “massively reduced” his sugar intake and shared the advantages he had seen.
“For the first time in 39 years, I do not feel dependent on sugar for energy or see them as an answer when I am stressed,” he said to his followers. “I have no wish to eat it now and can easily go away.”
Wicks, which the daughters indie, six, Leni, two, and the sons Marley (Five) and Dusty, one, with Ms. Rosie, decided to reduce to sugar at the end of May.
When he published on Instagram at the time, he announced a video and brought it with “I am addicted to sugar. I really have problems with it, so I face a challenge”.
He explained that he would cut out sugar for seven days and found that his motivation was more for “internal” health than for weight loss reasons, since sugar influenced his mood and energy and floated and stomach pain. He added that even the “smallest piece” would lead him to Binge and wanted more.
The fitness trainer revealed that he hadn’t expected that giving up was easy.
He said he tried to reduce strategies how to put his teeth to make the thought of sugar less appealing and to concentrate on fruits, yogurt and dried fruits, but these methods would still lead to “gangbusters” on sugar -containing foods, and he believed that the only strategy that would work for him was a complete abstinence.
How did he do that?
How Joe Wicks defeated his sugar “looking”
Seven-day performance switch
Wicks started fully with a “seven -day service switch” and cut sugar for a week to see if he could change his relationship.
Cold turkey
In the first seven days he ate neither sophisticated sugar nor natural sugar from fruits. In addition to cakes and cookies, he also excluded less open foods with additional sugar, including finished sauces and ketchup. Instead, he focused on carbohydrates made of rice, pasta and pasta, protein and lots of vegetables.
While it is not necessary to limit your fruit, if you reduce the sugar, some people first decide to get used to less sweetness in your diet. Sugar in fruit is not considered free sugar – those who are added to food and drink and are found naturally in honey and syrups – and fruit contains a whole range of vitamins and healthy nutrients.
Add fruit
After the first seven days, Wicks started eating fruit again, which he loves and is now his main source for sugar.
While he adds that he is not sugar -free every day, because “I think it is practically impossible”, he has not eaten cakes, sweets, ice cream and other sugar -containing foods since the first seven days and says his cravings and his desire have disappeared.
Do what works for you
Wicks updated the fans on his sugar trip and said that he was not interested in seeing whether he could eat chocolate and cake in moderation because “they don’t feel good”. “At the moment I stick to the abstinence that works for me,” he added.
However, he said that his advice is to others, “do what works for them”. “If there is pure abstinence for seven days, make it and see the difference in your body and energy and mood,” he said.
What is the recommended amount of sugar?
The recommended daily amount (RDA) free sugar – which are added to food and drink and of course found in honey and syrups – is 30 g a day.
The government recommends that no more than 5% of our daily calorie intake comes from free sugar, but some estimates indicate that people in Great Britain eat almost twice with 9 to 12%. And with a single can of cola with 35 g it is easy to see how.
Too much sugar can lead to problems such as toothing and weight gain, which increases the risk of health problems such as type -2 -diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer according to NHS.
Some studies have also associated a diet with a high sugar with emotional disorders such as fear and depression.
