Sugar addicts anonymous

mybigfat
mybigfat Posts: 162 Member
Hello my name is Dee and I am a sugar addict. I don't mean I eat a snickers now and then no I will buy 3 candy bars eat 2 in the car and bring one home so my husband doesn't know. I can't even keep sugar in the house like table sugar because I will start getting creative and next thing you know I have eaten an entire batch of cookies. If you are in the same boat let's try and help each other. If you have been there what worked for you.
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  • smithy08js
    smithy08js Posts: 36 Member
    I struggle with sweets. I try to limit myself to small amounts of it. Or just don't have it in the house because I have a hard time controlling myself. Sometimes fruit is a good substitute for candy.
  • mybigfat
    mybigfat Posts: 162 Member
    I will try both of these and ya chocolate is definitely my favorite
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 354 Member
    edited April 2018
    mybigfat wrote: »
    Hello my name is Dee and I am a sugar addict. I don't mean I eat a snickers now and then no I will buy 3 candy bars eat 2 in the car and bring one home so my husband doesn't know. I can't even keep sugar in the house like table sugar because I will start getting creative and next thing you know I have eaten an entire batch of cookies. If you are in the same boat let's try and help each other. If you have been there what worked for you.

    I hear you :) I just don't bring it in the house. If it's here, I will go right down the rabbit hole eating the whole thing. After a few days of no sweets, I find the craving mostly goes away. Occasionally I will still have a sweet if offered one at someone else's house. Or if I am dying for ice cream, I will buy a single serving at Dairy Queen and eat it there. Can't tell you how often I have baked a batch of cookies and then had to throw most of it in the trash to keep myself from eating them all.
  • beilfusskat
    beilfusskat Posts: 2 Member
    I find if I have it, I eat it all at once so I avoid buying sugary things at all. That or buy things all ready in small size. I don't do any left overs! Or a box of cookies is a no no
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    mybigfat wrote: »
    Hello my name is Dee and I am a sugar addict. I don't mean I eat a snickers now and then no I will buy 3 candy bars eat 2 in the car and bring one home so my husband doesn't know. I can't even keep sugar in the house like table sugar because I will start getting creative and next thing you know I have eaten an entire batch of cookies. If you are in the same boat let's try and help each other. If you have been there what worked for you.

    When we sat down to go over our budget at the end of 2017, I had to face up to the fact that the vast majority of what I was putting on my personal credit card was fast food. I realized that I was using that card (rather than a joint card with better restaurant rewards) as a way of hiding the extent of my habit from my husband. I have since switched to using the joint card. He has never questioned a single purchase, but being more honest with him makes me more honest with myself.
  • hroderick
    hroderick Posts: 756 Member
    try chromium picolate supplement.
  • emmyq94
    emmyq94 Posts: 5 Member
    I understand your cravings. I get them often too and I often consume a ton of sugar in one sitting. I've found that eating a salad with a sweet low fat dressing has helped a little. Fruits help but even too much fruit can be a bad thing. But they are definitely better than a bag of chips or eating a desert. Mostly though, you just have to keep yourself from buying it that way it isn't around to tempt you!