Stupid stupid stupid!

IF M NOT MISTAKEN, COLD TURKEY HAS SOME SUGAR IN IT

I think you would be smart to give yourself a break and eat at maintenance calories for a few weeks. Then try eating at a slight deficit. Since you don't have all that much weight to lose, set MFP to a half pound a week and stick to that for slow, comfortable weight loss. Unless you have a medical reason to restrict sugar, you needn't bother.

I've cut out bread before... it was hard the first few days but I ended up doing it for 40days ( its was for lent)... I also cut out my sodas for 90days then started stressing and started drinking them again... but I'm going to cut both out again after christmas...

I cut out nearly all sugar from my diet (one can never cut out ALL sugar!)... cold turkey... but that was for medical reasons (type II Diabetic) and I used (still use) sugar substitutes. It is doable, but unless you have a medical reason, I would not jump on the "no sugar bandwagon". Going cold turkey will make you feel deprived... that could be what you are experiencing... Best of luck to you!

I've been trying to lose weight for three years, too. It is so frustrating. I've tried eliminating certain foods from my diet, not eating after hours at night, going raw, and just out-exercising a bad diet. None of it works because it's not sustainable! Eventually you get sick of it, or frustrated because there are no results, so you give up and then feel even worse.

I think there are very few people who could keep up with a no-sugar diet. It takes a lot of mental and emotional energy. What I'm trying now is If It Fits Your Macros, which allows for "junk" in moderation as long as you get the nutrients you need within your daily caloric allowance. While I still slip up here and there (more often than I'd like to admit), I'm not driving myself crazy with "forbidden" foods and obsessing over deprivation - I'm focusing on nourishing myself and eating enough of what I need. It's too soon to know if it's working for weight loss, but I'm much happier, and that means a lot for someone who's been struggling for so long.

I hope you find something that works for you and makes you happy!

Lifestyle changes ..............yes it sucks. I too love my sugar, but I know that giving up sugar for the rest of my life for 15 pounds.....ain't gonna happen.

So I decided to incorporate sugar into my diet. I eat low (processed) sugar meals, but I am allowed 1 or 2 sugary snacks...that's all. I choose wisely, and eat sugar later in the day. My biggest craving is chocolate....so a snack is a Ghiradelli chocolate square......another chocolate goodie ...Oreos thin crisps ....these come in a 100 calorie pack.

When I do lose the weight ......I still have to manage my sugar craving. Going "cold turkey" ....helps to kick start a diet......but it's not a miracle cure.

Thanks so much for your replies...even the one about cold turkey having sugar in it-which actually made me laugh, although i'm not sure if you were saying it to be sarcastic or not!

There is no medical reason for my lack of weightloss. It is just lack of willpower and constant binging/dieting when I am not eating 'normally'. Looks like I will be starting over tomorrow with some sugar. Feel a bit better now (after eating sugar, haha).

I cut most added sugar out of my diet years ago. The first few days were tough. Then it wasn't tough. Then I found it much easier NOT to over eat when I was trying to eat at a deficit.
I didn't cut out fruit. I did cut out white sugar, and looked carefully at added sugars in things like sauces and dressings, and cut out white bread.
Oh, and I stopped eating any foods I knew to have HFCS as well.

For ME (ymmv) that was the key. Losing weight is about finding the right number of calories to create a deficit. How you manage it is up to personal preference.

Calories in. Calories out. Period.

*except for sugar...because sugar is different...and special...and evil.

Bad, sugar...bad.

honey, honey.