Need help quitting sugar

PeachyCarol

Jolinia wrote: »

herrspoons wrote: »

The problem isn't sugar. It's you.

Learn moderation or expect to yo yo diet for the rest of your life.

Proof? If I never eat sugar again and stay low carb (because I will eat a whole loaf of bread in a sitting), I see no reason that I'd gain weight back. Of course that requires the willpower to stay low carb, but I see lots of people on here advocating that self-control thing, so I'd think they'd be cheering abstinence as well as cheering moderation. It comes down to the same thing. Lifestyle change vs diet.

I generally like you, so please take this in the spirit in which it is intended (good-willed)... so many of your posts show past behavior on your part demonstrating a distinct LACK of willpower. I always see you saying how you have no self-control and would eat a whole loaf of bread, handfuls and handfuls of raisins, thousands of calories of sweet potatoes.

If you lacked willpower with that... even to the point where you caved low-carbing and just ate brown sugar by the spoonful... how on earth do you expect to ever STAY low-carb?

ana3067

Maybe you should stop having a cheat meal once a week and instead just eat food that you want to eat every day within your calories. If this means having a single day that is way sugar-heavy, so be it.

Jolinia

mamapeach910 wrote: »

Jolinia wrote: »

herrspoons wrote: »

The problem isn't sugar. It's you.

Learn moderation or expect to yo yo diet for the rest of your life.

Proof? If I never eat sugar again and stay low carb (because I will eat a whole loaf of bread in a sitting), I see no reason that I'd gain weight back. Of course that requires the willpower to stay low carb, but I see lots of people on here advocating that self-control thing, so I'd think they'd be cheering abstinence as well as cheering moderation. It comes down to the same thing. Lifestyle change vs diet.

I generally like you, so please take this in the spirit in which it is intended (good-willed)... so many of your posts show past behavior on your part demonstrating a distinct LACK of willpower. I always see you saying how you have no self-control and would eat a whole loaf of bread, handfuls and handfuls of raisins, thousands of calories of sweet potatoes.

If you lacked willpower with that... even to the point where you caved low-carbing and just ate brown sugar by the spoonful... how on earth do you expect to ever STAY low-carb?

I see where you are coming from, but I choose to exert my willpower before I eat the foods that kick off the cravings because I hate being annoyed by my own brain (enough people in the outer world are annoying, I don't need to be one of them!) and I seem to feel better emotionally and physically overall on a low carb diet.

If something else works for someone else, great. But I have to do what works for me.

Edit: The brown sugar was after going off low carb for a wine-soaked birthday celebration at my vegan sister's house. And sadly for her, I won't be going off low carb next time I'm up there and might even skip so much as a glass of wine. She won't be pleased, but priorities.