5 Days of No Sugar | Try Living With Lucie | Refinery29

This week, Lucie Fink tried giving up the food she loves most in the world -- processed sugar! Some suggested she cut out sugar gradually, but Lucie went all-in and stopped cold turkey. Watch to see how she felt after 5 days sans sweets.

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[browtf]

I went without sugar for like 1 month. Lost like 12 pounds and cleared all my acne. However, my doctor did tell me that I needed to start eating a little sugar because I was kind of also cutting out other important nutrients. So now, occasionally, I eat some sugar but not like I used to and have never felt better! Basically the only sugar I eat regularly is fruit.

[Momosaymkay]

5 days of walking everywhere, no subways, no cabs, no uber

[Eva-skij]

I actually tried being a vegan after that episode, and I've been a full on vegan ever since. Best thing I ever did! <3

[newhampshirestitcher]

I'd like to see an update video that talks about any lasting habits that have formed from your previous videos - are you still sleeping more, budgeting, still minimizing, etc. What stuck with you and what didn't?

[gabimaza]

Lucie is gonna end up a super human with all she learns in these 5 day challenges ☺️

[chloe]

I did this for a month! I decided to give up something every month of 2016 and this was my March :)

[ggdcngvc]

I'm at 15 months without sugar. It is amazing. You are not at all exaggerating when you say that sugar is in everything. It is even in spices. And we wonder why Americans are overweight -- sugar is everywhere. Look at this graph to see the staggering stats! We must remove sugar from our diets to improve our health. Thanks for the awareness on this.

[ahhhmadi]

We are going to use the 5 day challenges for the business I work for. 5 days without nicotine, 5 days without vaping, etc. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

[mommyslosingit]

I cut out sugar years ago. Obviously not natural sugars like fruits and such, but all processed sugar. You feel much better without it!!

[westernosu]

5 days of no looking in the mirror... and no selfies... no purposefully seeing your reflection. Love you, Lucie!

[OjaswiShxrma]

I'm happy you differentiated between good and bad sugars! Because we need the sugars to convert into glucose to actually work.

Also, 5 days without saying no?

[Lindsayf]

5 days of journaling! 5 days of volunteering!

[irrelevant]

5 days of uploading try living with lucie

[lillianchang]

I'd love to see a sort of update video on all these 5 Day Challenges - which experiments have actually helped you change some habits? Have you been getting more sleep? Producing less waste? Which habits have actually stuck?!

[alimurphy]

I'm so proud of you!!! Quite frankly, before watching this, my guess was that you wouldn't have done well with this particular 5 day challenge, so, BRAVO! I gave up sugar for the 40 days of Lent this year. That included honey, which has a high glycemic index, and coconut palm sugar, which actually has a low glycemic index and is my usual go to. I didn't use any sugar substitutes, either. (Yuck! Fake sugar is poison! It tastes terrible and makes me feel worse.) No processed food, because there are a lot of hidden sugars in that. I didn't eat out for the most part, because it was easier for me to stick to my regime. I did eat some raw fruits everyday, though. No one can tell me fruit isn't good for me! I need the fiber and the nutrients. It went well. I felt better. Now, I notice how genuinely crappy I feel when I eat refined sugar, how tired and bloated I become. It's a big learning lesson. I definitely can't get away with the bad habits I had when I was 23. The older I get, the more I realize I have to make an effort to live a healthy lifestyle, so my life has both quality and quantity.

[SuzannePoldon]

5 Days of gratitude
5 days of random acts of kindness
5 days of trying a different occupation (eg. Nurse, garbage man, mcdonalds cashier)
5 days of stress management
5 days of self care
5 days of journaling
5 days of no body shaming

i could go on...

[cocosapps]

I did five weeks without refined sugar. It worked pretty well! The sense of taste got way better.

[rafaelpc]

5 days of cooking your own food or 5 days of jogging

[vinitapenmatsa]

how about 5 days of calling one friend we haven't kept in touch with. pretty out of our comfort zones.

[cenonya]

Starting my sugar free diet tomorrow! I eat wayyyy too much it really is like crack lol. Pray 4 me! haha