Sugar Cravings
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i have chocolate every day just about
if you want a sweet fix but not totally empty calories, have some fruit. grapes are one of my favorites for sweet semi mindless snacking.
but i still have chocolate every day LLOLOLOL0 -
I’m getting mixed messages in your post so I hope you will break this down for me.
- Are you craving sweet things?
- Are you eating a varied diet otherwise (protein, fruits and vegetables)?
- Are you trying to cut regular sugar from your diet as well as artificial sweeteners?
Chocolate has a few things going for it that makes it so appealing. Besides sugar it has fat, caffeine, antioxidants and tryptophan.
Caffeine withdrawal which is in colas, coffee, and chocolate can also trigger a headache.
Fat is highly appealing and satiating. Are you trying to avoid fat too?2 -
I'm going to quit sugar cold turkey. I can't eat it in small amounts. Hopefully this should help me as I've done it before.3
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YepItsKriss wrote: »
It did work last time. How do you know it didn't work? I'm sorry your comment is confusing???3 -
YepItsKriss wrote: »I'm going to quit sugar cold turkey. I can't eat it in small amounts.
You said you are going to do this
Hopefully this should help me as I've done it before.
You said you did it before. However, If you have already done it once, if it actually worked, you wouldn't be needing to do it now.
I quit cold turkey last year when I lost a lot of weight (a lot of which I regained because I ate junk food). I notice that I can't stick to my calories and eat sugar within reason. It makes my cravings worse. It did work before and the reason that I started eating sugar again was because I just did as it was summer and I like to enjoy foods with my family. I chose to eat sugar and hence I haven't managed to control my cravings. I also find it hard to stay under my calories. Problem? I guess you can't seem to realise that we are all made differently and I'm only saying what works for me.3 -
YepItsKriss wrote: »Well actually, looking at it from an outside perspective you are actually creating your problem.
You quit sugar but have off times. Holidays.. and now the summer. So essentially when you stop eating something for a long period of time and then bring it back in, generally it creates a lack of control because you were simply avoiding it for a while, you didn't learn anything to help you stop eating it in excess. Its like putting a bandaid on a gunshot wound. If you are not going to do anything but avoid a problem, its not going to go away, you need to teach yourself new behaviors.
Or maybe people recognize that its a lot easier to remove certain things while dieting and then incorporate it back in as they transition to maintenance. Hell, i do it with several items. And i managed to lose and keep off the weight for 5 years. Only really now am i trying to cut further, so i cut that same items.6 -
YepItsKriss wrote: »
It did work last time. How do you know it didn't work? I'm sorry your comment is confusing???
Didn't work 'cause you're here looking to do it again
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I know it doesn’t directly make sense, but I crave sugar most when I’m not getting enough sleep. I’ll have a little coffee, if it’s still kinda early in the day, or take a mild sleeping aid and some tea in the evening.1
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Sunnybrooke99 wrote: »I know it doesn’t directly make sense, but I crave sugar most when I’m not getting enough sleep. I’ll have a little coffee, if it’s still kinda early in the day, or take a mild sleeping aid and some tea in the evening.
Yep, I'm exactly the same. Sometimes I find myself hunting out sugary foods in the evenings, unconsciously looking for a little energy boost when I start to feel tired. Now that I'm more aware of it, I try to skip the sweet stuff and just go to bed!3 -
YepItsKriss wrote: »
It did work last time. How do you know it didn't work? I'm sorry your comment is confusing???
Didn't work 'cause you're here looking to do it again
I get what you are saying. But I regained my weight without ever having cut sugar. It happens a lot.3 -
YepItsKriss wrote: »
It did work last time. How do you know it didn't work? I'm sorry your comment is confusing???
Didn't work 'cause you're here looking to do it again
I get what you are saying. But I regained my weight without ever having cut sugar. It happens a lot.
Pav's point . . . missed4 -
There's no such thing as "fake sugar".
Sugar is not addictive.
Cutting sugar doesn't magically mean you lose weight.7 -
YepItsKriss wrote: »
It did work last time. How do you know it didn't work? I'm sorry your comment is confusing???
Didn't work 'cause you're here looking to do it again
WRONG. It did work last year but then I ate sugar in the holidays cause family were over in summer. And I felt amazing and ALL my cravings went. I lost weight too. Clearly you don't know the struggle? If something is making me go over my calories and I cannot control my portions clearly I shouldn't be eating it? Anyway I know what I'm doing. I don't need your unempathic input.6 -
There's no such thing as "fake sugar".
Sugar is not addictive.
Cutting sugar doesn't magically mean you lose weight.
BAHAHAAA. ARE you for real? Go and get a degree in nutrition before commenting such ridiculous statements. Millions of people get addicted to sugar. It is addictive, but some people aren't addicted. It's those people that don't seem to understand how us sugar addicts feel
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/
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