Struggling with Sugar
jmath0303
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So up until last year at this time I was able to avoid sugar at ease. I had lost about 160 lbs. I was at my smallest, albeit I was too small (5'9 140 lbs male). I had put on weight and was happy at around 155 lbs but have since put on about 15 extra pounds because I can't stop eating sugary desserts. I constantly crave them and can eat an entire quart of ice cream with no problem. I'm very concerned because I can't stop eating these things. I wake up and have awful cravings for these and eventually give in to the cravings. I try to stop myself from buying them but I keep failing and giving in. Anyone have any suggestions?
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It can be an addiction just like cigarettes or drinking.
I find that the more I eat sugar, the more I crave it. When I reduce the sugar I take in, the craving backs off and eventually vanishes.
Personally, I like to back off slowly - still allowing whatever treat, but initial servings are less. NEVER EAT DIRECTLY OUT OF THE CONTAINER. Put it in a bowl and put the container away. Make servings smaller every week.
Sometimes I get a sugar free option instead and then stop having whatever because it tastes TERRIBLE, or it just isn't satisfying the craving. Or both.
Or you can cold turkey it and just spend a week itching for the thing. The cravings DO go away after about a week of being REALLY ANNOYING.
But this is a sort of choose your own adventure kind of thing. Figure out what works for you and go after it.11 -
Having lost so much weight, I think you must have become an expert and I'd like to hear more about how you've done so well!
As for sugar cravings, my meager advice is that it seems like the less you succumb, the less the cravings. My tiny achievement this year has been to eat absolutely no standard Halloween candy, despite it being in bowls all over work and elsewhere. I try to stick to the rules at work: no candy, no cookies, no donuts, no desserts. Sometimes, I eat a Kind bar in the afternoon. I also eat a square of dark chocolate after dinner most nights.
Best wishes of continued success to you! Let us know how you lost your weight!9 -
ElizabethKalmbach wrote: »It can be an addiction just like cigarettes or drinking.
I find that the more I eat sugar, the more I crave it. When I reduce the sugar I take in, the craving backs off and eventually vanishes.
Personally, I like to back off slowly - still allowing whatever treat, but initial servings are less. NEVER EAT DIRECTLY OUT OF THE CONTAINER. Put it in a bowl and put the container away. Make servings smaller every week.
Sometimes I get a sugar free option instead and then stop having whatever because it tastes TERRIBLE, or it just isn't satisfying the craving. Or both.
Or you can cold turkey it and just spend a week itching for the thing. The cravings DO go away after about a week of being REALLY ANNOYING.
But this is a sort of choose your own adventure kind of thing. Figure out what works for you and go after it.
It's definitely an addiction! I went about 5 days last week without any desserts or anything but eventually caved and went off the deep end. Trying to start back up today. It's definitely annoying!8 -
Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »Having lost so much weight, I think you must have become an expert and I'd like to hear more about how you've done so well!
As for sugar cravings, my meager advice is that it seems like the less you succumb, the less the cravings. My tiny achievement this year has been to eat absolutely no standard Halloween candy, despite it being in bowls all over work and elsewhere. I try to stick to the rules at work: no candy, no cookies, no donuts, no desserts. Sometimes, I eat a Kind bar in the afternoon. I also eat a square of dark chocolate after dinner most nights.
Best wishes of continued success to you! Let us know how you lost your weight!
I've been trying my best to avoid it. I'm a big time bored eater and also a night eater. I will wake up in the middle of the night with massive cravings for sugar. It's quite a battle. My weight loss was pretty simple: never miss a day in the gym and cut out fast food and just eating cleaner in general. It took about 2.5 years to get all that weight off. Quite a journey and I just don't want to end up being overweight again!4 -
This is my worst nightmare. It's what I dread, and even dream about. I wish I had advice for you, and I hope someone gives you scintillating advice useful to the rest of us, too.
And I'm sorry, but I'm going to vent here for those of you who hit disagree every time someone discusses a "sugar addiction". For those who pooh-pooh sugar cravings or addictions, you have not been there. I could scarf down two or three pounds of candy a day without a second thought. Oh, yes, there was a second thought: "I wonder if there's any more candy in the house?" And if there wasn't, well I would cook up some excuse to run to the grocery store to buy more.
I come from an addictive family- alcohol, drugs, food. Why should sugar be any different? I get the buzz, the letdown, the craving, the "can't stop thinking about how to obtain more", I hid it, ate it in secret, in public, blew off attempts lovingly help me, ignored the prediabetic warnings. The only thing that worked for me was going cold turkey- the same thing an alcoholic family member did. Which, I might add, was one of the most amazing acts of self control I've ever seen in my life. I would count myself honored to be considered in that class.
Even now, if I have a little, I have to have more. Thank God I have an off switch now. I always worry about the switch getting stuck again, though.
Don't judge what other people feel is a trial and a burden to them, if you haven't stood in their shoes, which might be in the shifting sugar sands of a freaking mountain of sweets.
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So up until last year at this time I was able to avoid sugar at ease. I had lost about 160 lbs. I was at my smallest, albeit I was too small (5'9 140 lbs male). I had put on weight and was happy at around 155 lbs but have since put on about 15 extra pounds because I can't stop eating sugary desserts. I constantly crave them and can eat an entire quart of ice cream with no problem. I'm very concerned because I can't stop eating these things. I wake up and have awful cravings for these and eventually give in to the cravings. I try to stop myself from buying them but I keep failing and giving in. Anyone have any suggestions?
Sometimes cravings are from undereating. What were your maintenance calories? How quickly are you trying to lose those 15 pounds?
Lots of times my cravings just mean I am low on protein or calories. My brain says "ice cream!" but it can be satisfied with a balanced meal with some fruit. For middle of the night hunger, I have either a small snack bar or some almonds and an apricot.
If I am eating primarily fat and carbs (like ice cream) I can eat and eat and eat and never feel satisfied. I need protein and fiber to feel full.
Oh, I can't keep ice cream in the house. I try once or twice a year but simply cannot moderate it.
I was a little out of control with the snack bars (and Halloween candy, and other snacky things) so am challenging myself to limit myself to the WHO recommendation of no more than 5% of calories come from added sugar (which they call "free sugar") and found this challenge very helpful https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10769530/30-day-logging-limiting-added-sugar-challenge/p116 -
kshama2001 wrote: »So up until last year at this time I was able to avoid sugar at ease. I had lost about 160 lbs. I was at my smallest, albeit I was too small (5'9 140 lbs male). I had put on weight and was happy at around 155 lbs but have since put on about 15 extra pounds because I can't stop eating sugary desserts. I constantly crave them and can eat an entire quart of ice cream with no problem. I'm very concerned because I can't stop eating these things. I wake up and have awful cravings for these and eventually give in to the cravings. I try to stop myself from buying them but I keep failing and giving in. Anyone have any suggestions?
Sometimes cravings are from undereating. What were your maintenance calories? How quickly are you trying to lose those 15 pounds?
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My first thought, too.4 -
This is my experience, which may be different from yours. When I stop eating most added sugar products like candy, cake, etc., and just have natural fruit, my sugar cravings go away. In the past 4 months I've had a dish of ice cream and 3 small pieces of cake at two birthday celebrations -- I enjoyed them, didn't want any more, and didn't think about them afterwards.
Good luck. I've read there are basically two kinds of people, moderators and abstainers, those who can moderate trigger foods like you're talking about and would feel deprived/want to binge otherwise, and those who do better abstaining. I'm definitely an abstainer and don't miss it.7 -
If this sugar craving is something that came on rather suddenly, I'd add to the good thoughts from others above that it might not be a bad idea to visit your doctor and ask for blood tests, such as a nutritional panel, if you haven't had those tests lately.
I agree that over-restriction generally is a possibility, but sometimes persistent under-nutrition of some sort can also manifest as cravings.
Have there been changes in other areas of your life alongside this, such as changes in stress level, sleep, exercise routine?14 -
I'm with you, @springlering62, and have the same problem(s) but this forum is just not friendly to food addiction.
I think after spending a lot of time dealing with this I had to accept that just like alcoholism, people who don't have this problem tend to say, "Just don't drink. Just have one. Just have a small piece of chocolate every day. Why can't you have one beer and stop? Try having a small bowl of ice cream."
As if.
They don't understand because it is not their biological experience. They are able to stop.
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cmriverside wrote: »I'm with you, @springlering62, and have the same problem(s) but this forum is just not friendly to food addiction.
I think after spending a lot of time dealing with this I had to accept that just like alcoholism, people who don't have this problem tend to say, "Just don't drink. Just have one. Just have a small piece of chocolate every day. Why can't you have one beer and stop? Try having a small bowl of ice cream."
As if.
They don't understand because it is not their biological experience. They are able to stop.
I just saw a graphic that illustrates this nicely on another thread today but have no idea where
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springlering62 wrote: »This is my worst nightmare. It's what I dread, and even dream about. I wish I had advice for you, and I hope someone gives you scintillating advice useful to the rest of us, too.
And I'm sorry, but I'm going to vent here for those of you who hit disagree every time someone discusses a "sugar addiction". For those who pooh-pooh sugar cravings or addictions, you have not been there. I could scarf down two or three pounds of candy a day without a second thought. Oh, yes, there was a second thought: "I wonder if there's any more candy in the house?" And if there wasn't, well I would cook up some excuse to run to the grocery store to buy more.
I come from an addictive family- alcohol, drugs, food. Why should sugar be any different? I get the buzz, the letdown, the craving, the "can't stop thinking about how to obtain more", I hid it, ate it in secret, in public, blew off attempts lovingly help me, ignored the prediabetic warnings. The only thing that worked for me was going cold turkey- the same thing an alcoholic family member did. Which, I might add, was one of the most amazing acts of self control I've ever seen in my life. I would count myself honored to be considered in that class.
Even now, if I have a little, I have to have more. Thank God I have an off switch now. I always worry about the switch getting stuck again, though.
Don't judge what other people feel is a trial and a burden to them, if you haven't stood in their shoes, which might be in the shifting sugar sands of a freaking mountain of sweets.
Yes, I used to be very overweight and lost a bunch of weight just going cold turkey. Once I got down to a weight that was too skinny I put on weight intentionally and that's when I reintroduced sugar back in to my life. I am going to have to go cold turkey again but it's been way more difficult this time around4 -
springlering62 wrote: »This is my worst nightmare. It's what I dread, and even dream about. I wish I had advice for you, and I hope someone gives you scintillating advice useful to the rest of us, too.
And I'm sorry, but I'm going to vent here for those of you who hit disagree every time someone discusses a "sugar addiction". For those who pooh-pooh sugar cravings or addictions, you have not been there. I could scarf down two or three pounds of candy a day without a second thought. Oh, yes, there was a second thought: "I wonder if there's any more candy in the house?" And if there wasn't, well I would cook up some excuse to run to the grocery store to buy more.
I come from an addictive family- alcohol, drugs, food. Why should sugar be any different? I get the buzz, the letdown, the craving, the "can't stop thinking about how to obtain more", I hid it, ate it in secret, in public, blew off attempts lovingly help me, ignored the prediabetic warnings. The only thing that worked for me was going cold turkey- the same thing an alcoholic family member did. Which, I might add, was one of the most amazing acts of self control I've ever seen in my life. I would count myself honored to be considered in that class.
Even now, if I have a little, I have to have more. Thank God I have an off switch now. I always worry about the switch getting stuck again, though.
Don't judge what other people feel is a trial and a burden to them, if you haven't stood in their shoes, which might be in the shifting sugar sands of a freaking mountain of sweets.kshama2001 wrote: »So up until last year at this time I was able to avoid sugar at ease. I had lost about 160 lbs. I was at my smallest, albeit I was too small (5'9 140 lbs male). I had put on weight and was happy at around 155 lbs but have since put on about 15 extra pounds because I can't stop eating sugary desserts. I constantly crave them and can eat an entire quart of ice cream with no problem. I'm very concerned because I can't stop eating these things. I wake up and have awful cravings for these and eventually give in to the cravings. I try to stop myself from buying them but I keep failing and giving in. Anyone have any suggestions?
Sometimes cravings are from undereating. What were your maintenance calories? How quickly are you trying to lose those 15 pounds?
Lots of times my cravings just mean I am low on protein or calories. My brain says "ice cream!" but it can be satisfied with a balanced meal with some fruit. For middle of the night hunger, I have either a small snack bar or some almonds and an apricot.
If I am eating primarily fat and carbs (like ice cream) I can eat and eat and eat and never feel satisfied. I need protein and fiber to feel full.
Oh, I can't keep ice cream in the house. I try once or twice a year but simply cannot moderate it.
I was a little out of control with the snack bars (and Halloween candy, and other snacky things) so am challenging myself to limit myself to the WHO recommendation of no more than 5% of calories come from added sugar (which they call "free sugar") and found this challenge very helpful https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10769530/30-day-logging-limiting-added-sugar-challenge/p1
I'm definitely not under maintenance I've been eating like this for a few months now, just I've been able to keep it at a slow gain because I work out but recently I got a stress fracture in my foot and pulled something iny ribs (probably an oblique but who knows) and haven't been able to hit the gym. I just need to cut it out of my life completely!2 -
kshama2001 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I'm with you, @springlering62, and have the same problem(s) but this forum is just not friendly to food addiction.
I think after spending a lot of time dealing with this I had to accept that just like alcoholism, people who don't have this problem tend to say, "Just don't drink. Just have one. Just have a small piece of chocolate every day. Why can't you have one beer and stop? Try having a small bowl of ice cream."
As if.
They don't understand because it is not their biological experience. They are able to stop.
I just saw a graphic that illustrates this nicely on another thread today but have no idea where
Fruit! Have a piece of fruit!
One glass of wine surely won't hurt you!
Have one serving of pie and put the rest away!
You could have a drink on New Years, right?
"A" piece of dark chocolate will do the trick!
If you just have beer, you won't drink too much!
You're not going to give up cookies forever?!?!?!?
Surely you'll be able to drink responsibly, you haven't had one in months!?!?!?!
It. Never. Stops. I haven't drank in many years. I still have to sidestep these statements Every. Day.19 -
When people talk about "sugar" cravings, I think its not the sugar itself. You stated "sugary" deserts. Well, are you hooked on apples? I am guessing not. What you are "addicted", I hate to use that word because its not addictive, but has addictive like properties, is the combination of sugar and fat. Would you eat a pound of raw sugar? SOME people might, but most will not. Would you eat a pound of butter my itself? Then again, SOME people might, most will not. Combine the two into ice cream, BAM! Plays on all the brains hardwired reward systems. Do that experiment. Eat a pound of sugar by itself, and tell me you are "addicted" to just sugar! I have worked with true addicts for years. There is a difference.26
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kshama2001 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I'm with you, @springlering62, and have the same problem(s) but this forum is just not friendly to food addiction.
I think after spending a lot of time dealing with this I had to accept that just like alcoholism, people who don't have this problem tend to say, "Just don't drink. Just have one. Just have a small piece of chocolate every day. Why can't you have one beer and stop? Try having a small bowl of ice cream."
As if.
They don't understand because it is not their biological experience. They are able to stop.
I just saw a graphic that illustrates this nicely on another thread today but have no idea where
LOL at my Disagree for that ^. How can someone disagree without knowing what graphic to which I am referring?
Found it:
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cmriverside wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I'm with you, @springlering62, and have the same problem(s) but this forum is just not friendly to food addiction.
I think after spending a lot of time dealing with this I had to accept that just like alcoholism, people who don't have this problem tend to say, "Just don't drink. Just have one. Just have a small piece of chocolate every day. Why can't you have one beer and stop? Try having a small bowl of ice cream."
As if.
They don't understand because it is not their biological experience. They are able to stop.
I just saw a graphic that illustrates this nicely on another thread today but have no idea where
Fruit! Have a piece of fruit!
One glass of wine surely won't hurt you!
Have one serving of pie and put the rest away!
You could have a drink on New Years, right?
"A" piece of dark chocolate will do the trick!
If you just have beer, you won't drink too much!
You're not going to give up cookies forever?!?!?!?
Surely you'll be able to drink responsibly, you haven't had one in months!?!?!?!
It. Never. Stops. I haven't drank in many years. I still have to sidestep these statements Every. Day.
Huh, I get that the food moderation comments happen because I see it all the time here, but I am really surprised about the alcohol comments. I thought the fact that some people need to abstain from alcohol had penetrated the public consciousness already.4 -
kshama2001 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I'm with you, @springlering62, and have the same problem(s) but this forum is just not friendly to food addiction.
I think after spending a lot of time dealing with this I had to accept that just like alcoholism, people who don't have this problem tend to say, "Just don't drink. Just have one. Just have a small piece of chocolate every day. Why can't you have one beer and stop? Try having a small bowl of ice cream."
As if.
They don't understand because it is not their biological experience. They are able to stop.
I just saw a graphic that illustrates this nicely on another thread today but have no idea where
Fruit! Have a piece of fruit!
One glass of wine surely won't hurt you!
Have one serving of pie and put the rest away!
You could have a drink on New Years, right?
"A" piece of dark chocolate will do the trick!
If you just have beer, you won't drink too much!
You're not going to give up cookies forever?!?!?!?
Surely you'll be able to drink responsibly, you haven't had one in months!?!?!?!
It. Never. Stops. I haven't drank in many years. I still have to sidestep these statements Every. Day.
Huh, I get that the food moderation comments happen because I see it all the time here, but I am really surprised about the alcohol comments. I thought the fact that some people need to abstain from alcohol had penetrated the public consciousness already.
Well, of course it's the people who have their own alcohol problems who have the most to say about it.
God forbid they should question their own drinking. I'm around quite a few people who are decades younger than me as well...but there is plenty of pushback even from the older ones - still. I'm very good at shutting that ish down.
..as you can imagine..
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Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »Having lost so much weight, I think you must have become an expert and I'd like to hear more about how you've done so well!
The bolded is rarely ever true.7 -
I find that if I eat carbs, I crave sugar (carbs break down into sugars anyhow). Maybe try to take a few weeks and eat LCHF or high protein? I find that kicks sugar cravings after a few weeks.2
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I hear you and I understand. I use sugarless candy to get off the "real" stuff. I find it doesn't set me off as badly. I know most everyone on here (at least those that shout the loudest) don't believe in sugar addiction. What we call addiction often times is a miserable craving that the body has because we like how it makes us feel. Childhood memories are often full of sugary things. However having said that I find a sweet taste of something with artificial sweetners does not set me off the way real sugar does. Is it an isulin thing? I have no idea. What you asked for were strategies for handling the craving not a debate on whether you can be addicted to sugar. That is my answer. Try sugarless candy. Often the sugarless stuff has sugar alcohols which can cause intestinal upset as the body can't really digest it so start very carefully. The other strategy I used was to eat salty snacks until I didn't want sugar anymore. The only trouble with that is it is very high calorie and can cause a weight gain. Usually a couple weeks off sugar I stop being so desperate for it. Good luck, you aren't alone.6
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I just started reading The Sugar Addict's Total Recovery Program by Kathleen DesMaisons. She also wrote Potatoes, Not Prozac. I feel sugar addiction is very real and this author goes into deep discussion about it all, talking about beta-endorphins and all that. I'm hoping it'll give me some ideas on how to curb sugar addiction in my own life. I live with someone who can eat a couple cookies and put the rest away. I'm not like that. I seriously crave all of them.
I used to go through 3 containers of ice cream a week, the 1.5 qt. sizes, all by myself. Very embarrassing to say that. So I cannot allow ice cream in the house. I just cannot. I tried satisfying my cold creamy cravings with 40 calorie fudge pops but found I could polish off a box of 18 within 3 days so I'm not going to buy them anymore. Call it what you will, addiction, lack of willpower, whatever, those of us who are affected by it need to make different choices, not allow them in the house, find a worthy substitute, or chew gum/use mints like I do. 
I'm not much help but can certainly understand your struggles. I think many of us can. FWIW, I consider myself an alcoholic too. Years ago, before I ever started having children, I drank a LOT. I couldn't pass a bar or liquor store without that urge, that need, that 'gotta have it'. But then my life changed by having my children; it literally saved me from a life of destruction. I had a drink last Christmas and 1 drink was enough for me. I believe most of us have sensitivity issues of some kind, whether it's alcohol, sugar, cigarettes, etc. We can gain control. Sometimes it takes a few tries or a health scare but we can do it. So can you. You've come way too far to let yourself go back to the beginning. So find something else to replace sugar and find your way back!! I know you can!9 -
Hats off to all of us. We have to own our demons, or they own us.5
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cmriverside wrote: »I'm with you, @springlering62, and have the same problem(s) but this forum is just not friendly to food addiction.
I think after spending a lot of time dealing with this I had to accept that just like alcoholism, people who don't have this problem tend to say, "Just don't drink. Just have one. Just have a small piece of chocolate every day. Why can't you have one beer and stop? Try having a small bowl of ice cream."
As if.
They don't understand because it is not their biological experience. They are able to stop.
@cmriverside , I completely understand having trouble moderating certain foods. Funyun/Chips are one of mine. I fully abstain. I also state that many foods, especially those with high carb/fat combinations can use the same reward pathways as certain chemicals of addiction. Not just food, shopping, hell, even exercise can cause addictive like behaviors, but to call ones self addicted is hard for me to say. While ice cream may cause reward centers in my brain to light up, I won't go into a seizure, poop myself, and possibly die if I don't get it. While no expert in addiction, I have been a nurse for well over 100 people detoxing from alcohol and drugs.
**edit** interesting blog here.... http://www.stephanguyenet.com/why-are-some-people-carboholics/11 -
psychod787 wrote: »@cmriverside , I completely understand having trouble moderating certain foods. Funyun/Chips are one of mine. I fully abstain. I also state that many foods, especially those with high carb/fat combinations can use the same reward pathways as certain chemicals of addiction. Not just food, shopping, hell, even exercise can cause addictive like behaviors, but to call ones self addicted is hard for me to say. While ice cream may cause reward centers in my brain to light up, I won't go into a seizure, poop myself, and possibly die if I don't get it. While no expert in addiction, I have been a nurse for well over 100 people detoxing from alcohol and drugs.
**edit** interesting blog here.... http://www.stephanguyenet.com/why-are-some-people-carboholics/
There are also behavior addictions/obsessions like kleptomania, gambling and even internet addiction, and I believe they're still trying to get them appropriately categorized in DSM, though they are *recognized.*
... Which Is where I'm at with the quitting smoking thing. I have no problem dropping nicotine, but I can't stop chewing my pens... (It's been 9 YEARS.)5 -
Great discussion everyone! Glad I'm not alone! We can do this!!5
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psychod787 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »I'm with you, @springlering62, and have the same problem(s) but this forum is just not friendly to food addiction.
I think after spending a lot of time dealing with this I had to accept that just like alcoholism, people who don't have this problem tend to say, "Just don't drink. Just have one. Just have a small piece of chocolate every day. Why can't you have one beer and stop? Try having a small bowl of ice cream."
As if.
They don't understand because it is not their biological experience. They are able to stop.
@cmriverside , I completely understand having trouble moderating certain foods. Funyun/Chips are one of mine. I fully abstain. I also state that many foods, especially those with high carb/fat combinations can use the same reward pathways as certain chemicals of addiction. Not just food, shopping, hell, even exercise can cause addictive like behaviors, but to call ones self addicted is hard for me to say. While ice cream may cause reward centers in my brain to light up, I won't go into a seizure, poop myself, and possibly die if I don't get it. While no expert in addiction, I have been a nurse for well over 100 people detoxing from alcohol and drugs.
**edit** interesting blog here.... http://www.stephanguyenet.com/why-are-some-people-carboholics/
And yet, that is exactly the conclusion of Guyenet's article...1 -
Carlos_421 wrote: »Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »Having lost so much weight, I think you must have become an expert and I'd like to hear more about how you've done so well!
The bolded is rarely ever true.
I have lost over 150 lbs and I would say I am an expert. If you lose weight by changing how you eat, what you eat and exercising I do not see how you do it without becoming an expert. It does not mean you are perfect, but you become pretty knowledgeable about what it takes to lose weight.3 -
I'm in the same situation right now. I've come to the realization that it's a lifetime sentence and I'll be fighting sugar until the day I die. Some days and stretches of time are better than others although I'm pulling out of a tough patch right now. I find that if I cut it off altogether it's the best result. As I don't eat it, I don't crave it. I do eat plenty of fruits though, both fresh and dried no sugar added. It helps to get some of natures candy when you're saying no to all the fake candy. It's hard to explain but I find that I'm very competitive with myself so if I look ahead a the week and say no junk, only packed lunches this week, I tend to want to 'win'. I also tell people around me and they eventually stop offering things they know I'm trying to avoid. People may say you have to live a little but I know myself very well, living a little is eating a piece of pie on Thanksgiving, what I do when I loose control is something else completely. I also make sure not to let me exercise go by the wayside. It at least helps counteract plus its really hard to run with a belly full of sugar.2
LOL, Kshama.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrVLZwwZF6g
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