LLVLC On YouTube: Jimmy Moore's "Sweet"-Free Challenge Update (Episode 57)

If you missed the challenge from http://LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/blog blogger Jimmy Moore recently where he urged his viewers to try giving up the taste of "sweet" for one month, then go back and watch Episode 56 to learn more about it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGh3p6YNbgc

In the latest installment of the wildly popular "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube" series, Jimmy shares an update on how the "Sweet"-Free Challenge is going after the first 10 days. Did he lose weight? How's he doing with the cravings? Did he cheat on it at all? Watch today to find out how this great experiment is going!

And be sure to check out his daily menus blog from December 1-31, 2008 to see exactly what he ate during this challenge:

http://lowcarbmenus.blogspot.com

Keep watching "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb On YouTube" and send us your comments and questions at livinlowcarbman@charter.net anytime. Visit Jimmy Moore at his http://www.LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/blog blog, http://www.TheLivinLowCarbShow.com podcast, and his discussion forum at http://www.LivinLowCarbDiscussion.com for even more education, encouragement, and inspiration about the amazingly healthy low-carb lifestyle!

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[kcfreeloader]

I've heard the theory that artificial sweeteners raise your blood sugar. A while back i had put this to a test. I bought a glucose meter, and then checked my blood level, then consumed diet soda. I then checked my levels in one minute intervals. There was no detectable change in my blood levels. I repeated this test a couple of times. Same results. My sample size was pretty small (just me, as no one else wanted me sticking them with lancets)so it may be different for other people though.

[livinlowcarbman]

It never impacted me either when I did the same test.  Nice theory though.

[jodangaro]

How come you put on 35 pounds in the first place...??..By following low carbohydrate eating?..If that's the case, count me out.. I never want to put on 35 pounds whilst touting a low carbohydrate lifestyle..

If that is your idea of success, that is further proof of the dumbing down of America.

Your wife seems like a nice person!

[livinlowcarbman]

OUCH! Tell me how you REALLY feel. LOL! I lost 180 pounds on a low-carb diet in 2004 and when I took creatine in December 2007 to complement my weight lifting routine, I put on that extra weight. It stayed on me even after stopping the creatine which is what I spent most of 2008 working to take off. It had absolutely nothing to do with my healthy low-carb lifestyle, but nice try.

[darrensylvander]

No American Cheese???

[livinlowcarbman]

Processed. I eat REAL cheese instead because it is better for you.

[martinfamilyband]

@livinlowcarbman Makes perfect sense to me. I wouldn't expect blood sugar to go up. What is going up is insulin as a response to the sweet taste!

[gospelsouth]

I know...american cheese is so yummy to my redneck tastebuds.....but I do try to avoid it....siiiighhhh....lol

[HanzoJohn]

Interesting concept of giving up one of the four fundamentals of taste, we have been programed from birth to always have the taste of sweet present. Another really powerfull "medicine" is to go one random day a week without eating anything at all. At first this may feel quite painfull but the energy you get after some weeks on this protocol is great. One could start with one day a week of only eating one meal, and then it will soon become easy to go one day/week with no caloric intake at all.

[HanzoJohn]

Your result point to the insulin-obesity hypotesis, the idea that its not only caloric intake but also hormonal balance that controls weight.