Life After Sugar

With my experience of several years of being sugar free, I've discovered that there are 3 essentials to living a confident and joyful sugar free life.

And they're probably not what you think.

These essentials go way beyond what you eat.

For this first episode of 2023, I want to share with you my own vision of how you can get to a place where you don't need, miss, or want sugar in your life. 

Find out which 3 essentials can get you there in this episode!

Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

• Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
• To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

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Tracy was my guest on Episode 10, and we check back in with her in this episode to see how she's doing.

Tracy says that she feels that she's grown in the last year since she left sugar behind. She feels like she's no longer enslaved. She's gained the self-confidence that she was lacking for a really long time because she was so ashamed of her secret war with sugar.

In this episode, Tracy talks about how she learned to trust herself. She talks about her definition of sugar (and of addiction), her justification of "healthy" baked goods and treats and her need for them, and her imperfections.
During COVID, her binge eating returned. And it scared her.
As a personal trainer and a fit pro, she had been so busy for so long, that she didn't have time to stop. But during the pandemic, she was forced to stop.
And think.

So Tracy took the time to do some inner work, with the help of a health coach, and she invested in herself and her well-being. She did the work to get to the root of her sugar addiction and her "diet brain". Listen to Tracy's inspiring journey in this catch-up episode.

Get Tracy's book "Diet Free Diva" here.

Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

• Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
• To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
• And for more personalized guidance and step by step mentoring from me, Netta, the 12-week "hands on" experience in the  Life After Sugar Program might be a good fit for you. Check out how to get to a place of true freedom from sugar in the program here.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

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This episode is Part 2 of answers to listeners' questions for the 100th episode of the Life After Sugar podcast.

In this episode, you'll get answers to questions such as:

• What do you do with cravings that hit at night?
• Was there ever a moment in my (Netta's) first year when I considered going back to life with sugar?
• What do you do when you live with people who still consume sugar?
• What about flour and different types of bread like sprouted bread?
• Is making fermented foods and drinks something that you can really do on your own?
• What do you do with emotional eating? Like when you've had a stressful day, or there's conflict in your life?
• How does sugar affect our mental health?

To get personalized guidance to stop emotional eating and break free from sugar cravings, plus support and accountability... join the 12-week program, Freedom from Cravings Formula TODAY.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

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It's the 100th episode of the Life After Sugar podcast! Woo hoo!!

And to celebrate, I asked my listeners to submit the questions they'd like me to answer on the 100th episode... and I got so many that I'm going to answer them in 2 episodes (#100 and #101)!

In this episode, you're going to get answers to questions such as:

• What can you replace sugar with?
• What can you use to replace dessert?
• How can you change the way you view sugar and treats?
• Do you have to cut sugar out completely?
• What if you don’t want to give up your favourite comfort foods?
• How can you handle restaurant menus or invitations to dinner when you’re sugar free?

To get personalized guidance to stop emotional eating and break free from sugar cravings, plus support and accountability... join the 12-week program, Freedom from Cravings Formula TODAY.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

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Jenn Trepek's passion for nutrition and helping others stems from kicking her own food issues and weight management.

As a kid, she ate lot of vegetables... but she also consumed lots of bread, chips, pasta... and soda!
As she got older, Jenn noticed conversations around cholesterol and weight for her dad, but she didn't question it. Her family followed the food pyramids (with grains as its base) and the general diet culture.

Jenn used to dance, but when she stopped, she started to gain weight. She tried all the fad diets, but she kept gaining and losing pounds.

It was only when she started educating herself on accurate human biology that Jenn set out on a mission to share what we aren't generally taught about nutrition... and about listening to and understanding our body's signals.

In this episode, Jenn and I talk about willpower. She describes willpower as a finite resource that's like a cup that easily emptied by all the decisions we need to make every day.

Our "willpower cup" is quickly depleted. But we try to use willpower to eat less... to fight cravings... to resist sugary foods... and we think we have no willpower! But we do - it's just been used up by stress, multitasking, poor sleep, PMS, etc. So willpower is pretty much useless when you're having a craving.

In this episode, Jenn tells how we can replenish our "willpower cup", and what to eat to prevent blood sugar spikes and crashes... and cravings!

Now Jenn is a optimal health coach, podcaster, and business consultant. Find Jenn and her fantastic podcast "Salad With a Side of Fries" here:  https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/

Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

• Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
• To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
• And for more personalized guidance and step by step mentoring from me, Netta, the 12-week "hands on" experience in the  Life After Sugar Program might be a good fit for you. Check out how to get to a place of true freedom from sugar in the program here.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

1. scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. 
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Dr. Lucy Burns used to identify as (in her words) a sweet tooth, a chocoholic, and a lollytarian!
Her whole life revolved around getting sugar in some form.

Sugar was such a big part of her identity that she wasn't aware of her dependence on it.
And because all that sugar made her gain weight, she also went on diets.

As a doctor, she was always caring for others... and she turned to reward eating because she worked so hard.
And in the medical world, that lack of self-care was normalized, so it continued.
She couldn't imagine getting comfort, joy, and reward anywhere else.

But she was also sick of feeling like rubbish.

So she decided to do an experiment on herself to cut sugar out of her life... and she gives some practical tips for how you can get rid of sugar too in this episode.
Dr. Lucy talks about evening snacking, nighttime eating , tools to implement the knowledge you have, understanding your brain, and changing your habits.

Now Dr. Lucy runs an online "lifestyle medicine" clinic out of Australia, where she helps people feel their best with the least medication possible.

Find Dr. Lucy here: https://www.rlmedicine.com/

Get lots of valuable resources from Netta to let go of sugar here:

• Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
• To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
• And for more personalized guidance and step by step mentoring from me, Netta, the 12-week "hands on" experience in the  Life After Sugar Program might be a good fit for you. Check out how to get to a place of true freedom from sugar in the program here.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

1. scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. 
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Thank you! - Netta

Disclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided ...

In this episode, Rachel talks openly and candidly about her struggles with sugar and food addiction.

She says that sugar had been a problem since childhood, but through her teen years and into her twenties, she didn't recognize that sugar and her disordered eating were problematic.

As a registered nurse and a nutritionist, Rachel was looking for tools to help her clients. And that's where she came across the concept of food addiction and realized that it also applied to her.

Her main issue was sugar. But Rachel used to restrict all kinds of foods, and that feeling of restriction led to her reaching out for chocolate and sweets at the end of the day.

Her recovery process was a challenge for her at first, but with support and community she was able to change her perception of her food, her body and herself.

And now Rachel is helping others in their recovery from food and sugar addiction.
Find Rachel here: https://www.rachelmurrayholisticnutrition.ca/

Get some valuable resources from Netta to let go of sugar here:

• Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
• To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
• And for more personalized guidance and step by step mentoring from me, Netta, the 12-week "hands on" experience in the  Life After Sugar Program might be a good fit for you. Check out how to get to a place of true freedom from sugar in the program here.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

1. scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. 
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Thank you! - Netta

Disclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided ...

Michael Moss' book "Hooked" came out in 2021, and when I read it... it blew my mind!

As a consumer, it doesn't feel like the food manufacturers care about nourishing us, and even less about our health!

How has the processed foods industry "hooked" us on their processed products? Are they really created to be addictive?

Moss' book addresses questions about how fast food and processed foods affect our bodies and our brains (blood sugar, insulin, dopamine rush, obesity). He also makes the comparison with the tobacco industry and the addictive nature of cigarettes... and sugar.

What's behind the obesity epidemic? Are we really collectively more greedy, or do we just lack willpower?
Apparently not.

Moss' book explains the "brain rush" that sugar and processed foods create, hampering our ability to make rational decisions about what to eat (and how much!).

So what exactly is it about processed foods (including sugar and flour) that makes us crave them?
How do the big food companies hook us? And how can we choose to UN-hook ourselves? 

You'll get some insight and tips in this episode!

Get some valuable resources from Netta to let go of sugar here:

• Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
• To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
• And for more personalized guidance and step by step mentoring from me, Netta, the 12-week "hands on" experience in the  Life After Sugar Program might be a good fit for you. Check out how to get to a place of true freedom from sugar in the program here.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

1. scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. 
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Thank you! - Netta

Disclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided ...

Nicola grew up in the 70s and 80s, and says that she doesn't remember food being an issue during her childhood. She wasn't overweight as a child.

In her 20s and 30s, once she had her own money, all she wanted to do was to buy the food that was available at the canteen at the hospital where she worked. She also had the attitude that if she needed to lose weight, she would crash diet.

It was all about the number on the scale, not about being healthy, says Nicola.

Then in her mid-30s when she stopped smoking, her weight really started to go up... even though she was eating low-fat.

But all those low-fat products were full of sugar!
And Nicola was always hungry and miserable.

How did Nicola discover the low carb way of eating? And how did it transform her life?

Listen to Episode 95 to find out!

Nicola is now an ambassador for the Public Health Collaboration in the UK, which is a British charity dedicated to informing and implementing healthy decisions for better public health.
Find Nicola here: https://phcuk.org/about/

And if you're an intermittent faster who's struggling with sugar cravings,  download your 5 tips to get rid of cravings.
Get Netta's list of Top 10 books about sugar, gut health, and intermittent fasting here.
And if you're ready to get guidance, support and accountability to let go of sugar and experience true freedom from sugar and the diet mentality, apply to be part of the 12-week experience in the Life After Sugar Program, or join us in the the After Sugar Club private membership today!

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

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Thank you! - Netta

Disclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided ...

You may self-identify as a sugar addict... But are you really "addicted"?

In this episode, I'm talking to my friend Molly Painschab, who is a mental health professional, addiction strategist, behavior specialist, and certified international food addiction counselor.

Molly has her own personal experience of a disordered relationship with food. She experienced gestational diabetes, weight gain and health issues, and these led her to discover a branch of addiction that she hadn't studied before.

Sugar addiction.

In this episode Molly describes the 4 different levels of sugar or food addiction (or "substance use disorder"): 

1. "normal" eater (depending on the definition of "normal")
2. harmful user
3. abuser
4. substance use disorder

Which one sounds like your lived experience?

Listen to Episode 94 to find out!

Find Molly here: https://www.unsugaredu.com/

Download Netta's list of Top 10 books about sugar, gut health, and intermittent fasting here.
Download your 5 tips to get rid of cravings here.
To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
And for more personalized guidance and step by step mentoring from me, Netta, the 12-week "hands on" experience in the  Life After Sugar Program might be a good fit for you. Check out how to get to a place of true freedom from sugar in the program here.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

1. scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. 
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Thank you! - Netta

Disclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided ...