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Mohamed Abdelhamid
7 Days To Breaking Up With Sugar

"I was able to get rid of all refined sugar and artificial sweeteners"

Quick summary

Mohamed discovered hidden sugar cravings he never knew existed and learned to have an internal dialogue with his 'sugar devil.' Through newfound mindfulness, he successfully eliminated all refined sugar and artificial sweeteners from his diet.

Before this program, I wasn’t much aware of my craving for sugar. I didn’t have clear mindfulness about why I am eating some sugary stuff and sweeteners. I didn’t notice that sugar exist in so many items we eat. The program enables me to have an internal dialogue with the sugar devil. I was able to get rid of all refined sugar and artificial sweeteners. I was fighting the sugar devil in so many events. I could notice the emotion before eating sugar, and with eating the first bite and the second bite. I really felt that we eat much more than we really need and even if I love some sweet items I could only bite small piece and find that very enough. One day my wife made a cake and I decided strict decision that I would never try to eat anything of this cake I would never even touch it. The sugar devil came and said this is only an exception you can bite a very small piece even just one bite but I said no the cake remained with my wife three days and I was successful and didn’t even touch it. I was unable to totally get rid of fruits, but I was able to replace some fruits with nuts and sweet potato


Mohamed Abdelhamid

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Alexandria, Egypt

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Written 1 December 2019 From our original stories site

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