How can I stop eating sweets??

Arizona_C

Sugar is addictive.

It makes the sugar in your blood go up. Then you create way to much insuline to deal with the sudden sugar. The insuline makes your blood sugar drop lower than before the sweets. Then you crave them again because your blood suger is too low.

Dealing with sugar cravings is tough. Still, it's possible. Until two years agao I ate lots of sweets and didn't feel well about it. It took three days without sugar to stabilise my blood sugar level, and since then I eat very little, and don't miss it much.

Do give it a try, just 72 hours!

krissy5686

I can't keep them in the house. My husband does, and I've asked that he keep them in a different place (not in the pantry). It's tough though around holidays. When I do REALLY crave something sweet at night, I CANNOT just sit down with the container. That is a recipe for eating the whole thing before I even blink. But if I take the time to portion it out and put it on a plate, it works for me.

I also try to keep something sweet that is a bit healthier around. My go to is 1 unsalted rice cake with PB2 on it. Does the trick for me. Or I drink a glass of water, wait 10 minutes or so and then decide if I really *was* so hungry. Good luck!

sllm1

Don't buy them in the first place, particularly ones that trigger you to eat more than your intended.

I also throw them in the freezer if they're lying around from some event.

astroamy

Yea, I try to not have them around and freeze them. I also set short term goals about sweets and reward myself for sticking with it. I had been indulging too much, and sweets are definitely my gateway food, so I decided no sweets until Thanksgiving and if I stick with it I get to buy a pair of shoes I have my eye on. So far, so good, its been 5 days with no sweets. Of course you have to know yourself, I've done this before and it works relatively well for me, I don't binge when I can have sweets again because I'm used to not having sweet things constantly so things taste sweeter and I can have reasonable portions and be OK with it.

krazy1sbk

I have candy from Halloween, and it's been horrible! I have been trying to keep to frozen fruit. I put some in the fridge to thaw in the morning and I eat it as my after work snack when I get home. It's sweet enough for me without making me binge because I can only eat what I put out.

cwolfman13

If you've gained 5 Lbs in three weeks eating sweets at night, it's not because of the sweets...it's because you're eating the holly hell out of the sweets...that's not called eating, that's called binging.

At any rate...don't buy them...don't keep them in your house if you can't keep yourself from massive sweet binges.

cheryldumais

I know I'm probably gonna get slammed for this but here's what I did. I started drinking water with sugar free fruit flavored liquid drops in it (kool-aid, crystal light etc.). That helped. Yes I know artificial sweetners aren't good for me but neither was the sugar. I have pretty much kicked my candy habit now. I still indulge occasionally in sugar free candy but one or two pieces (10 cal each). Good luck.

saira1979

Lots of great advice here i really agree with the poster who said if you eat loads of carbs and sugar you crave it more! Its true. I dont advocate no carb coz icouldnt sustain long term, and dont think its normal tocut out a whole food group for life. But if ppl want to hey live and let live!

im not crazy for sweets but occasionallyiwant a cream cake or a chox bar. Sunday is my free day, i eat healthy except for one meal where i xan choose what i like. I dont gorge though i stick to a portion. That day if i fancy a dessert or choc illhavr it. Its not increased my weight.

but i do find i dont feel as great afterwards feel like a slob lol but i still think a treat once a week ia better than binging all week.

If you have sweets at home andcant control yourself throw them out buy them for yourself or kids once a week and keep toa portion.

Dammit youve reminded me of jellybeans i love them.....

brussell_n_flow

I curb my sweet tooth sometimes with 60% cacao chocolate chips (8-16 Ghirardelli chips) a little sweetened coconut flakes, and a few almonds microwaved in a mug. Tastes like an almond joy! Paleo, fiber filled, and protein too to satisfy and fill you up.

prbford64

I've been a "sugar monster" since childhood - I'm early 50's now. Weight not a problem when I was younger, but after I turned 45, that wasn't the case & I gained a lot of weight due to how I was eating - low fat and high carbs. June 2016 I began learning about a ketogenic way of eating, and since then, I'm down 50 lbs...the cravings for sweets disappeared almost immediately (as in, within a day or 2) when I started eating keto - it's the fat that keeps you satiated and combats cravings. Lots of folks will tell you a ketogenic way of eating is bad...do your own homework and see if it's right for you. A good place to learn more about the SCIENCE behind ketogenic diets is dietdoctor.com (great site but a cheesey name, IMO). Ketogenic eating flies in the face of everything we've had crammed down our throats about "healthy eating", ie, a low fat diet high in fruits and veggies, but we can see how well THAT's been working over the last 40 years, can't we?

comptonelizabeth

As others have said,maybe just don't have them in the house and therefore accessible? (That's the only way I was able to quit smoking!)

Psychgrrl

Knowing why if you're overeating is key.

However, if you're looking for healthier or lower calorie alternatives, my go to's are: Halo Top ice cream (240-330 calories per pint, made with protein powder) and Oikos Greek Yogurt in banana cream or key lime. Both taste like pie filling to me!

peter2100

I've literally been crying while eating before because I can't stop, so I know what it's like. My honest advice from my own experience is to swap junk food for good food. Instead of eating sweets, eat fruit. Get sweet from a good place. Then just eat less and less fruit at night until you don't need it anymore. If you're going to eat superfluous calories, it may as well be whole food! Stuff your face with whole food, and you'll get full, and after a few days you won't have cravings for sweets, and fruit isn't addictive so you can just drop it if you want. Really you need to stop focusing on what not to eat, and start focusing on what to eat for a while. Just eat maintenance calories of a whole food diet for a while so your brain gets used to what food is meant to be like. That's basically the advice of Jon Gabriel, who has flavoured a lot of my thinking on weight loss. But after all is said and done, there is no secret. For instance, I have an insane addiction to chocolate. Most of my excess weight comes from chocolate. To me, it's like a drug. But I haven't even thought about chocolate in weeks, and haven't had any in maybe... 2 months. Why? I simply abstain. I don't buy it. I don't eat it. There's really no way around it. It's hard in the beginning. There's no trick, you just have to make yourself do it. Eventually the desire goes away. You have to realize that if you eat it, you'll just want more later. Some people seem to be able to eat a little bit of these types of foods, but I honestly think their brains work differently. I saw my tiny ex-gf eat small portions of chocolate and put it away. To my mind, that was some kind of weird voodoo magic. lol

I'm still on my journey myself, but I do feel like I have control over any junk food desires.