Killing sugar cravings..

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  • Parfumista
    Parfumista Posts: 15 Member
    edited April 2016
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    sugar is a carb and carbs give you energy so don't tell me there is no nutritional value.

    Processed sugar or natural sugar how are they different when ingested and digested?

    and blood sugar more stable??? what are you talking about?

    sugar free chocolate that's funny you realize it has lactose in it right? sugar...

    as well sugar free chocolate uses maltitol (a sugar alcohol) which in excess can cause digestive issues among other things...yah I want that over reg chocolate.

    Carbs in form of fruit and veggies have a lot of nutritional value. Carbs in oats and rice as well. Those are combined with a lot of vitamins, minerals and fiber.
    Sugar cravings, in my experience however, usually mean a sugary treat like donuts, sweets, milk chocolate. I don't think we have to argue about that being less nutritive?
    Processed sugar (as in "things some people cut out of their diet") gives energy and nothing else. On a board, where the majority of people tries to create an energy deficit, it is logical for it to be the first thing people are eliminating from their diet, especially if they have sugar cravings which occasionally results in overeating of sugary things.

    As I said, "natural" sugar (for me the sugar in fruits, dairy, veggies etc.) comes with vitamins / minerals / protein, which is a plus. Then there's fiber which is good for your digestion.
    Since you seem baffled by me mentioning more stable blood sugar levels, here's a good article on the topic: http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/list-slowrelease-carbohydrate-foods-1677.html

    And lastly... yeah, sugar-free chocolate has lactose in it. For the brand I'm using right now, 2.2 g of sugar / 100 g chocolate. Four pieces (the max I eat daily) have 0.4 g. Four pieces of regular milk chocolate = 10.4 g. Please tell me you notice those numbers are vastly different, especially for someone like me on a low carb diet. :D


    TeaBea wrote: »
    Sorry, but I don't buy the "at least not at this point in their journey" part. For me, the lifestyle change needs to happen while I am losing weight, because the being able to handle sugar in moderation has never appeared when I got to goal. I've been at goal a couple of times.

    For me, moderation is something that takes practice. I don't want to start practice when I get to goal. Too many people think they are "done" that they can relax when they get to goal (I'm guilty). Relaxing and not knowing portion sizes for foods you've been excluding for awhile, is not a good combination.

    People with medical issues ......of course, but OP did not mention anything like that.

    Fair enough. I admire people who display that amount of willpower to eat just a bit of something, I'm not good at it however. My version of moderation is having something I don't include in my daily diet when I'm eating out with friends, which is usually once a month.
    This - for me - results in way less sugar cravings than trying to have a little bit every other day.

  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    edited April 2016
    I'm not big on the idea of substitute-this-for-that.

    I adore sugar. What's helpful to me is to eat a serving size. I can kill a whole sleeve of Chips Ahoy or have the recommended serving size and get up and go do something. It's a choice. And (for me) it takes practice, but I know that I have the ability, because I've done it.

    Edited to add: the Chips Ahoy must be cold.
  • SeptemberFeyre
    SeptemberFeyre Posts: 178 Member
    MissusMoon wrote: »
    The longer I eat healthy and nutritious meals, the more sweet sugary treats taste and some are just over the top and not attractive. I still occasionally indulge but I don't keep trigger foods around. Things like the single serve cups of Hagen Dasz ice cream are nice to grab every now and again. I would plan for a treat here and there and try to keep things you overeat out of the house. If you want a sugary treat bad enough, you can walk to the store to buy a single serving, right? You'll burn off some it that way, while still not making it off limits.

    I think that's probably what I should do, is stop buying the trigger food. I always think I can eat just a little, and some times I do, then other times I don't. Can't walk to the store though, it's about 15 miles away through narrow country roads ;)
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    edited April 2016
    SeptemberFeyre wrote: »
    @Septemberfire the green bean is a new one on me but I see you would be trading a carb with no fiber for a carb with fiber since green beans is a whole food.

    I do 5 tablespoons for coconut oil daily so I know that one works for me. Coconut oil is Anti- Bacterial, Viral and Fungal so it is known to help kill of the overgrowth of bad microbes in the GI tract that can craving signals to the brain demanding the bad critter to be fed with sugar.

    I killed my cravings in two hellish weeks by going off of sugar and most all carbs (eat < 50 grams daily) as of Oct 2014.

    Best of success if you have cravings you want to stop. Who knows what will work in your case. We are all different. I know stopping the cravings game me a new lease on life at the age of 63. It is good to see young people thinking about ways of eating to gain/keep good health.


    @GaleHawkins are you at maintenance ? I'm thinking I may have some of those bad microbes going on but all I could fit in my daily calorie goal of the coconut oil would be a couple teaspoons because it's 38 cal per tsp. I'm on 1410 cal per day. [/quote]

    @SeptemberFeyre More or less at maintenance for the last year I guess but I did not plan it that way. Eating this way I drifted down from my 250 pound high (several times in the past) to 200 and stopped losing. While I would like to lose another 25 pounds at the age of 65 rebuilding my damage from 40 years of carb cravings leading to carb abuse is my only goal. Weight will manage itself when my hormones all get back in balance.

    If one is going to start on coconut oil one teaspoon would be a good starting point.

    No one can successfully lose weight and keep if off if blood glucose levels are approaching 100 as I understand the medical research. While carbs jack up my BG levels fats do not so over time my weight should slide down a bit.

    If I had not started a Way Of Eating that totally killed all my carb cravings I knew I was going to die fat and soon.

    What WOE will work for you I do not know but I am 99.9% certain you will find a WOE that works for you within the next two years. Pick a WOE that sounds of interest to you and do it for 90 days see what you think. Do nothing if you are OK with it, modify it or ditch it if you think best. Google will be your friend. SM can give both good and deadly advice so beware. What maybe good advice for one person could be deadly to another.

    Hang in there.
  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    +1 for Parf.

    As an anecdote, last night my bingeing included a big bowl of ice cream + strawberry jam for extra sweetness + dried cranberry + walnut. Today, 11:40 am, I'm feeling a noticeably more intense hunger.

    I'm very good at managing my hunger through out the day which is the key to my weight loss. But *right at this moment* I can definitely feel how it's tough and often result in failing for people eating loads of sugar, sweet to fend off hunger.


    Cheers
  • emmadonaldson95
    emmadonaldson95 Posts: 179 Member
    I'm such a sweet tooth person so i have 2 options depending how i feel. Either a banana (slice it thin in a bowl makes it feel like more) with half a teaspoon of sweetner and half a teaspoon of cinnamon. Or i also have a stock of kitkats in different flavours and single finger twixs etx which all come in under 120calories so arent too awful for when you have to have chocolate

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