Joe Wicks, also known as a body coach, is known for inspiring millions to eat well and exercise more. But the four dad is also open because of his struggle with motivation and diet, including love for sugar.
Wicks, 39, said earlier that he “struggles” with sugar since childhood, and the food and drinks he especially like are “carbonated drinks, chocolate, cakes, biscuits, candy and ice cream.”
However, this weekend, he opened about how he lifelong love for sweet things, calling him “the most life -changing thing I’ve ever done.”
After sharing the update of Instagram stories, he revealed that six weeks passed because he “massively reduced his sugar intake and shared his advantages.
“For the first time in 39 years, I do not feel dependent on sugar or I do not see it as an answer when I have stress,” he said to my followers. “I don’t have the desire to eat it now and get away from him right now.”
Wicks, who shares his daughters indie, six, Leni, two, and sons Marley, five, and Dusty, one, with his wife Rosie, decided to cut sugar at the end of May.
After publishing Instagram at the time, he shared a video by writing it, “I am addicted to sugar. I really fight him, so I face the challenge.”
Explaining that he was going to cut sugar for seven days, he noted that his motivation was for “internal” health rather than weight loss, as sugar affected his mood and energy and caused blowing and stomach aches. He added that even the “smallest bit” would make him stunned and want more.
The fitness coach revealed that he did not expect to be easy to surrender.
He said he tried to reduce strategies earlier, such as brushing his teeth to make thinking about sugar less attractive and focused on fruit, yogurt and dried fruits, but said these methods would still encourage “gangbuster” on sweet food and he believed that the only strategy that would be full of abstinence.
So how did he do it?
As Joe Wicks beat his sugar “addiction”
A seven -day circuit breaker
Wicks started with a “seven -day circuit breaker” and a week completely cut the sugar to see if it could change his relationship with him.
Cold turkey
He did not eat any refined sugar or natural sugar from the fruit for the first seven days. In addition to cakes and biscuits, he also did not include less obvious foods with added sugar, including prepared sauces and ketchup. Instead, he focused on rice, pasta and pasta, protein and high in vego carbohydrates.
Although the sugar is not limited to the consumption of the fruit, some people initially choose to get used to less sweetness in their diet. Naturally, the sugar found in fruits is not free sugar – those added to food and beverages, naturally found in honey and syrups – and fruits are rich in vitamins and healthy nutrients.
By adding fruit
After the first seven days, the Wicks started eating fruits again, which he says he loves, and is now his main source of sugar.
Although he adds that there is no sugar every day because “I think it’s practically impossible”, he did not eat cakes, candy, ice cream and other sweet dishes from the start of the seven days and says his desire and desire disappeared.
Do what’s right for you
While updating fans on his sugar trip, Wicks said he was not interested in see if he could eat chocolate and pies because “they don’t feel good at me.” “So far, I am following the abstinence that is right for me,” he added.
But he said his advice to others is “do what’s right for you”. “If a pure seven -day abstinence is what you need, then go to it and see the difference between your body, energy and mood,” he said.
What is the recommended amount of sugar?
The recommended amount of free sugar day (RDA) (RDA) – those added to food and beverages, naturally found in honey and syrups – is 30 g per day.
The government recommends that you consume no more than 5% of our daily calories from free sugar, but some estimates indicate that UK people eat almost twice as much as 9-12%. And with one tin of coke that contains 35 g, it is easy to understand how.
According to NHS, eating too much sugar can cause problems such as tooth decay and weight gain, which increases the risk of health problems such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancer.
Some studies also linked a sugar diet to emotional disorders such as anxiety and depression.