Sugar Busters!

Pros: Allows you to eat normally and have many of the things you enjoy.
Cons: Makes it very hard to have fast food and eat at parties!

My mom was put on Sugar Busters by her doctor to help control her weight problem. Within a year she had lost over 50 pounds. The diet is from the book "Sugar Busters". There are no pills or prepackaged foods to buy. The main theme is to eliminate...

Pros: Lose weight and GET HEALTHIER!
Cons: I missed bananas and white potatoes!!

I decided to try SugarBusters after a neighbor of mine looked so good from this way of eating. I was a major chocoholic & drank Coke like there was no tomorrow. I was 195 lbs. & in a size 16 jeans. I now weigh 145 and wear a size 8!
I...

Pros: easy to follow
Cons: doesnt cost a lot more

When I first started the sugarless diet I just knew it would be another fly by night diet I would try and it would not give results and Id giveup.
Well after studying about the different sugars I discovered that while my problem is not cakes pies...

Pros: Basic Healthy Eating Lifestyle, it actually works.
Cons: Can be intimidating, a lot of info to absorb.

While reading this, please keep in mind that this is not a review of the book. (That is elsewhere.) Rather this is a review of the diet plan, and how it worked for me.

This is an update of my previous review back in December of 2000. My...

Pros: Feel Great, More energy, weight loss results, relatively simple to follow
Cons: a little confusion in product brands allowed, must be disciplined to eating healthy

*** The beginning of this is more like my story & how I came to begin Sugar Busters, then at the end I gave an explanation & more factual info from the book!

I recently decided after the new year that I needed to begin some kind of weight loss...

Pros: Works...for some people.
Cons: Miss my carbs sometimes.

This is the second time that I have done this diet. The first time lasted about 3 months and I lost 20 pounds with no exercise. This time has been 4 months with exercise and I've lost about the same amount though I wasn't as heavy to start with....

Pros: Great Energy
Cons: Weight Loss is Slow

I segued into this diet after I gave up (ran away??)from Atkins. I learned from Atkins that I do better eating fewer carbohydrates. I found Atkins too restrictive, so I went searching for a better alternative based on similar principles.

I...

Pros: I feel great
Cons: can be tough to stick to

The Sugar Busters Lifestyle

Note that I am not using the word "diet". I am of the school that considers "diet" to be a 4-letter word. Rather, Sugar Busters for me is a way of life.

First things...

Pros: it worked, felt better
Cons: limited legal menu at restaurants

I decided to try this diet after my daughter was born. Since I was nursing her, I needed to find a diet that could supply me with all my nutrients and still help me to slowly peel off the excessive weight I had gained.

Unlike other people,...

Pros: Great foods, easy to find at stores, no hunger
Cons: great foods(lol) - no - none that I can think of

Let me preface this by saying that I tried low-fat dieting many times and never succeeded. It works great for many people, but for some of us, low-fat/calorie limiting/portion-controlled diets
simply do not work. It took me a long time to realize...

Pros: Easy to follow, easy to adapt for families
Cons: Just one little cheat can cause a "stall"

Believe me - I've tried everything - Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Medifast, even a medically supervised diet that required injections of HCG (HCG is produced from urine from pregnant sheep - no kidding!) and I couldn't lose and/or keep the weight off...

Pros: Good variety, not hungry, easy to eat out
Cons: hard to stay with, finding hidden sugars

If you're trying to lose weight for a special occasion, I'm sure Sugar Busters will do it for you, if you can stick to it. As diets go, it's not too difficult to stick with for weeks at a time.

Some people may be able to stick with Sugar...

Pros: a healthy diet
Cons: no sweets

After having two children, I had put on a considerable amount of weight. I tried every diet and cut every corner possible, but remained the same.
I found the "Sugar Busters" diet on the Net, and decided to give it a shot. I had recently...

Pros: you lose weight fairly quickly and evenly
Cons: there's many sacrifices

I have been fine with my weight all my life, but I got to a point where I wanted to be a little more fit than I was. I don't have a particular sweet tooth so I thought that this would be an easy diet for me because it cuts out most of the sugar in your...

Pros: Introduces people to low-carb dieting
Cons: Sets people up for failure by allowing too many carbs.

I decided to read Sugar Busters! after I had already taken the step and became a low-carb dieter. I first read Dr. Atkins book and then Protein Power and I highly recommend both of those books, but Sugar Busters! seems like a cheap imitation to me....