Sugar addicts anonymous

mybigfat
mybigfat Posts: 162 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello my name is Dee and I am a sugar addict. I don't mean I eat a snickers now and then no I will buy 3 candy bars eat 2 in the car and bring one home so my husband doesn't know. I can't even keep sugar in the house like table sugar because I will start getting creative and next thing you know I have eaten an entire batch of cookies. If you are in the same boat let's try and help each other. If you have been there what worked for you.

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  • smithy08js
    smithy08js Posts: 36 Member
    I struggle with sweets. I try to limit myself to small amounts of it. Or just don't have it in the house because I have a hard time controlling myself. Sometimes fruit is a good substitute for candy.
  • mybigfat
    mybigfat Posts: 162 Member
    I will try both of these and ya chocolate is definitely my favorite
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
    edited April 2018
    mybigfat wrote: »
    Hello my name is Dee and I am a sugar addict. I don't mean I eat a snickers now and then no I will buy 3 candy bars eat 2 in the car and bring one home so my husband doesn't know. I can't even keep sugar in the house like table sugar because I will start getting creative and next thing you know I have eaten an entire batch of cookies. If you are in the same boat let's try and help each other. If you have been there what worked for you.

    I hear you :) I just don't bring it in the house. If it's here, I will go right down the rabbit hole eating the whole thing. After a few days of no sweets, I find the craving mostly goes away. Occasionally I will still have a sweet if offered one at someone else's house. Or if I am dying for ice cream, I will buy a single serving at Dairy Queen and eat it there. Can't tell you how often I have baked a batch of cookies and then had to throw most of it in the trash to keep myself from eating them all.
  • beilfusskat
    beilfusskat Posts: 2 Member
    I find if I have it, I eat it all at once so I avoid buying sugary things at all. That or buy things all ready in small size. I don't do any left overs! Or a box of cookies is a no no
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    mybigfat wrote: »
    Hello my name is Dee and I am a sugar addict. I don't mean I eat a snickers now and then no I will buy 3 candy bars eat 2 in the car and bring one home so my husband doesn't know. I can't even keep sugar in the house like table sugar because I will start getting creative and next thing you know I have eaten an entire batch of cookies. If you are in the same boat let's try and help each other. If you have been there what worked for you.

    When we sat down to go over our budget at the end of 2017, I had to face up to the fact that the vast majority of what I was putting on my personal credit card was fast food. I realized that I was using that card (rather than a joint card with better restaurant rewards) as a way of hiding the extent of my habit from my husband. I have since switched to using the joint card. He has never questioned a single purchase, but being more honest with him makes me more honest with myself.
  • hroderick
    hroderick Posts: 756 Member
    try chromium picolate supplement.
  • emmyq94
    emmyq94 Posts: 5 Member
    I understand your cravings. I get them often too and I often consume a ton of sugar in one sitting. I've found that eating a salad with a sweet low fat dressing has helped a little. Fruits help but even too much fruit can be a bad thing. But they are definitely better than a bag of chips or eating a desert. Mostly though, you just have to keep yourself from buying it that way it isn't around to tempt you!
  • svel713
    svel713 Posts: 141 Member
    Some people here and elsewhere mentioned having sugar addiction and were diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia. This is an issue that will often look normal in terms of blood sugar on regular fasting blood tests.

    I even had issues and found out years later that reactive hypoglycemia is a thing on my father's side of the family.

    And what worked for me was mostly sticking to "body builder" junk food which is higher in protein and lower in added sugar. Think Quest bars and Pure Protein bars. If they are too expensive, seek bars with 5g or less added sugar and 15g+ added protein. At the worst, I recommend Luna bars as a dessert bar if you can't find anything else.

    Drink protein shakes instead of milk shakes. Optimum Nutrition is the best tasting brand for protein powder that I've found. I've had issues with protein shakes with milk making me a bit hungry, but that stopped when I swapped milk for unsweetened nut milks. Nut milks are conveniently lower in calories compared to regular milk (30 cals for almond vs 120 cals for 2% milk), so that is a plus.

    For ice cream, look for Halo Top, Enlightened, etc. If you do yogurt, eat the light ones and avoid ones with added candy bits.

    For coffee, stick to iced coffee with milk and light sweetener. If you want a frappucino, go to Starbucks and ask for a light frap so that they use the light base. Caffeine is an appetite suppressant so you have a bit more leeway with sugar in coffee.

    And don't be afraid of fresh fruit. You can eat a pound of strawberries for very few calories.

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