Cutting down on sugar = no sweet cravings

helenrosec1
helenrosec1 Posts: 82 Member
edited November 22 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been trying to cut down on sugar at the advice of my doctor, so have been eating around 50g of sugar a day (including natural sugars from fruit & veg) I've been doing this for about 2 weeks now and have noticed I don't crave sweet things anymore. I was just wondering if anyone else has tried this.

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  • rockmama72
    rockmama72 Posts: 815 Member
    Absolutely. I cut back about 10 years ago and my sweet tooth all but disappeared. Some sugary things actually taste gross to me. I can have a couple of bites of something and be done.
  • ElleMarieRose
    ElleMarieRose Posts: 37 Member
    Works for me too. I used to be a carb and sugar fiend. But once I went keto my cravings have changed, and I no longer crave sweets and carbs.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Yes, I have noticed that too. The more sugar that you eat, the more you want it.
  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    Yes, absolutely. It's the only way I can prevent cravings. If I just don't eat sugary things, I don't get cravings for them. It makes sticking to my eating plan easy.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    I cut back on sugar, and carbs in general, while I was losing weight and it didn't affect how much I still wanted ice cream and the like. At all.

    It's cool that it works for you, though.
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    Same thing here. A lot of people assure me that if I don't eat sugar in moderation I will binge, but in reality, I just lose interest in it.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    I've never had a sweet tooth for some reason. Yes, I love sweets, but I'm not obsessed with them to the point of overeating. My problem is savory! Cheese biscuits? Tostidos and Spinach Dip? Cheese and Crackers? THOSE are my weak points, sigh!
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited August 2015
    Yes, very much.

    You will probably find, as time goes on, that when fruit doesn't have to compete with frosting, it begins to taste a whole lot sweeter! It's such a treat! And you can have lots of it, every day.

    It was really, really hard for me to cut all that stuff out, but I now eat - and love eating - healthy foods.

    Stick with it. It gets easier. It might take a year or more to really cement it, but it gets easier!!! You may find that you're really glad you did it. :)
  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
    +9 for cutting way back on the sugar. Managing my weight is so much easier when I'm not dealing with cravings and compulsive eating.
  • justrollme
    justrollme Posts: 802 Member
    edited August 2015
    Kalikel wrote: »
    You will probably find, as time goes on, that when fruit doesn't have to compete with frosting, it begins to taste a whole lot sweeter! It's such a treat! And you can have lots of it, every day.

    When I experienced this, I referred to it as "getting my taste buds back." :smiley: Suddenly, I realized how sweet and delicious plain fruit, carrots and bell peppers taste. I actually experienced a similar thing when I tried cutting back on salt, which was another taste that I often "craved."

  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    I've never had a sweet tooth for some reason. Yes, I love sweets, but I'm not obsessed with them to the point of overeating. My problem is savory! Cheese biscuits? Tostidos and Spinach Dip? Cheese and Crackers? THOSE are my weak points, sigh!
    Saying goodbye to deep-fried tortilla chips was VERY difficult. My boyfriend - who was never, ever asked to cut back on anything in front of me - didn't order them in a place that had ones we really liked. I asked if he wasn't going to have them and he was like, "I'm not going to do that to you," lol.

    He liked fishy stuff, anyway, so he could get that, which we could never split.

    If there were no health repercussions, I'd add those back in. I didn't crave them, but loved them so much! Deep fried corn tortilla chips would be the first things I added back. Those and barbecue and maybe donuts. That's really all I ever want anymore that I don't eat.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I've cut back on a variety of things, including sweet foods, and don't really struggle with cravings (I don't think I ate huge amounts of sweet things before focusing on calories either, though, although I was less thoughtful about what I ate in general so would eat something sweet and tasty if it was offered to me and looked good). IMO, a lot of what you crave is based on being used to eating particular foods or at a particular time, so it doesn't surprise me that eating less would cause you to want it less.

    For me cutting it out entirely would likely make me think about it more than just cutting back and eating it when it seemed a sensible, moderate choice given my calories and overall diet.
  • justrollme
    justrollme Posts: 802 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    For me cutting it out entirely would likely make me think about it more than just cutting back and eating it when it seemed a sensible, moderate choice given my calories and overall diet.

    I wish that applied to me! Unfortunately for me, limiting quantities of sweets make me go from "I'll just have a little bit" to "I actually want a lotta bit" instantly. I think that is why I do so much better by just getting all of my sugars from fresh fruit & veggies, it makes me not miss the other stuff at all. :smile:

  • Maxematics
    Maxematics Posts: 2,287 Member
    Agreed. It turns out I have a sensitivity to grains, so when I cut them out of my diet all of the baked goods I used to eat went with it. The results have been amazing for me. I don't crave sweets; I actually crave meat, fruit, or veggies. If I choose to have a sweet, I break off one square of dark chocolate and I'm satisfied with that. I thought my body would go nuts, but I feel like the change has balanced me out, whereas before I used to be hungry all the time no matter how much I ate. Everything in moderation works for many people, but I find that this method works better for my body.
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