One week on diet, sugar problem - opinions

Quit buying junk foods and quit eating them. If you don't buy it you can't eat it.

Try adding fruit.

There are some foods that will send you on a downhill spiral. The best thing to do is avoid eating them at all. It takes time to develop a strategy to deal with the cravings. Find some substitutions that you like, but have control over. One thing I did was make whey smoothies. I would use vanilla whey, banana, unsweetened cocoa powder, ice and coconut water. It helped me get over many cravings. It may be something different for you.

As you add more healthy foods especially fresh fruits and vegetables into your diet, your tastes will change. One positive change will help you make the next. Don't be hard on yourself if you have a set back; they are just learning opportunities! Feel free to add me to your friends list; we can encourage each other.

I am a big time sugar addict too. I bought Atkins bars. Some taste better than others, but the do satisfy my sweet tooth and have protein and fiber. They are easy to incorporate into my meal planning. I will probably eat them forever.

Sugar addiction is much worse to control than you think. Natural sugar is in everything...even green beans!! When i started doing the food diary on here and checked my sugar intake, it was too high...and that was for me eating alot of fruit:D I had to learn to not bring sugar items into my home, to have fiber bars that have low sugar handy or a piece of fruit for a craving. I froze grapes and ate them for ice cream/sherbet. Most of all, I learned not to crave them by ignoring the urge, drinking water (which I use to hate!) and eating something raw and satisfying, like avocados or unsalted almonds (fatty but with protein)...until I could handle the addiction better. I haven't added sugar back into my life and its been 6 months now. I first got rid of sugar and started doing minor walks. Then after weight started to come off naturally, I decided to get very serious and use the My Fitness Pal food diary and exercise counter. I set my goal, read the book "the skinny rules" by Bob Harper and began two months ago. Now concord grapes taste like the best baked dessert you could imagine!! (I wasn't a grape fan). Trust me. You need to step away from sugar entirely. If you put it in coffee, stop. Don't use coffee creamer. Avoid sugar substitutes...they just teach you to keep loving sugar. Your body is designed by God to love natural flavors of fresh food. I wasn't raised that way but now know better.
Good luck and hope anything I said helps in some way. By the way, I am the sister of someone I love who has bounced back and forth with type 2 diabetes, which contributed to my mother's death and that of several aunts or relatives. Sugar is bad, worse than fat (it keeps your body overproducing insulin and exhausts the poor liver too). Eventually, diabetes can lead to blindness (partial for my mom) and gangrene (toes, etc. amputated). That's the awful truth. Tell yourself you'll treat yourself to a piece of dark chocolate (just one) in a month if you want, but try to avoid until its no longer an issue....I suggest a season (3 months or so). God bless you and keep on here. We are all friends trying to help eachother be healthier:D

Who is the "they" that won't let you get rid of the junk food in your house? Your parents?

I have the least cravings when I don't eat the sweets. I hate that, but it's true. I do well having them once a week, but like you, I crave them more after that one time. The next day it's really hard to not eat them. But then it gets better again the day after that.

If I can stretch the days in between to longer than a week, I do, because then I won't have to deal with cravings. And I only allow myself 1 piece of cake or whatever. No binging on the sweets, lol.

My blood sugar is too high now, but still not diabetic. So it's very important that I try to not have a sweeth tooth anymore. That means avoiding sweets mostly, yes.

Fresh fruit made into a topping with a little water (cut up, add a little water, mix, and let sit for a while) over Angel Food Cake is really nice! That isn't too many sugars for me most days, and it's a real dessert I also eat a lot of fruit, but I do enjoy a bit of cake. Real Angel Food is the best kind I've found for blood sugar problems.

Also desserts made out of oats! Like oat bars with a few little chocolate chips in them. They taste like dessert and hardly have any chocolate or sugar at all, really. The oats help them not spike blood sugar. I'm sure there are oat cookie recipes that don't take much sugar, too. Good luck!