My Mom is Addicted to Sugar!! :O

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emilygetshappy
emilygetshappy Posts: 11
in Food and Nutrition
I'm worried about my mom quite a bit!
She can't even go a single day without going crazy with sugar.
She keeps bags of candy in our house, whip cream on her coffee, etc.
Although she is counting calories, her sugar addiction is holding her back from losing her last 20 pounds. If I remove all the sweets from our kitchen she gets cranky and irritable, and then all of a sudden eats tons of bananas for the sugar, even after a nice sized meal?
I want to help her reach a healthy weight for her age and height, but it's hard to help someone when they're a sugar addict. She doesn't have low blood sugar or diabetes, but she has just become crazy about sugar after she finishes her normal meals.
Any Advice? :(
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  • Beautifulbridgittlee7
    Beautifulbridgittlee7 Posts: 352 Member
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    Cut down gradually? There are books out there about sugar addiction.
  • socalkay
    socalkay Posts: 746 Member
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    Let your mom manage her own diet.
  • GinGerSnapS713
    GinGerSnapS713 Posts: 37 Member
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    Advice? Stop demonizing sugar. And let your mom worry about herself. She's a grown woman, if she wants to lose the last twenty lbs. she will.
  • Fruitylicious03
    Fruitylicious03 Posts: 301
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    Again? Really? Must be Let's-kill-sugar-Saturday.
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
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    Have you asked if she wants help? Maybe she is fine and doesn't want you removing sweets
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,074 Member
    edited November 2014
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    If your mom hasn't asked for your help, don't judge or police her choices. She will lose the weight that she wants to lose; just because you want her to lose the additional weight doesn't mean its what your mom wants right now.

    Also, sugar isn't a bad thing. It's all about CICO.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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    Maybe her mom was the lady in the other sugar addiction thread that got shut down.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
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    Oh emily, no friends on your FL, four posts, and a thread fearing/demonizing sugar around the same time as that other sugar thread...I liked it when we could see how recently a person's account was made. It was easier to determine who was sincere that way.
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
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    socalkay wrote: »
    Let your mom manage her own diet.

    QFT..... She is the only one that can make a change if she feels the need too.. You can only lead by example and let her live her life.... Best of Luck

  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,134 Member
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    socalkay wrote: »
    Let your mom manage her own diet.
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    If your mom didn't ask for your help in cutting down her sugar consumption, leave her alone.
  • spinnerdell
    spinnerdell Posts: 231 Member
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    If one of my adult children removed the sweets from my kitchen, my "sugar addiction" would be the least of their worries.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    Maybe her mom was the lady in the other sugar addiction thread that got shut down.

    Damn it did???? I like that thread. I picked up another 16 flags in it

    Yep, you were racking up those bad boys. Totally jelly.
  • lorib642
    lorib642 Posts: 1,942 Member
    edited November 2014
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    Maybe her mom was the lady in the other sugar addiction thread that got shut down.

    Damn it did???? I like that thread. I picked up another 16 flags in it

    show off ;)


    I just got a couple more. I think for a image?
  • trinatrina1984
    trinatrina1984 Posts: 1,018 Member
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    Maybe her mom was the lady in the other sugar addiction thread that got shut down.

    Damn it did???? I like that thread. I picked up another 16 flags in it

    Haha sterling work, are you in triple figures yet?
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
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    socalkay wrote: »
    Let your mom manage her own diet.

    This.

  • trinatrina1984
    trinatrina1984 Posts: 1,018 Member
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    I missed the other thread but agree what others have said

    Your mum needs to sort her own diet out.
  • Debmal77
    Debmal77 Posts: 4,770 Member
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    MrM27 wrote: »
    socalkay wrote: »
    Let your mom manage her own diet.

    Yup^^^^
    sono_master wrote: »
    Advice? Stop demonizing sugar. And let your mom worry about herself. She's a grown woman, if she wants to lose the last twenty lbs. she will.

    Double yup^^^^^
    Fruitylicious03 wrote: »
    Again? Really? Must be Let's-kill-sugar-Saturday.

    Triple yup^^^

    Yes, here we go again. I'm going out for a dilly bar. Anyone want one?

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