HELP Sugar Addict needs to quit and needs help!

I feel like I'm an absolute sugar addict. I'm even more convinced now that I've detoxed from sugar. I started one random, mundane day in October (no magic "ah ha" moment) and am sugar-free since then.

Week 1 is the worst! You just have to be prepared (and prepare your friends, co-workers, family) that you are going to feel irritable, exhausted,and headachey. I literally yelled at one of my staff (and later apologized for having inappropriately lost it) for bringing a snickers bar into my office during that week. So you just give in to how you feel. You say to yourself "ok, this is week one; my indulgence is no longer sugar, my indulgence this week is I can feel however I want all the time". Then you just do it.

The other trick is I did NOTHING else healthy for 2 weeks. I ate whatever the hell I wanted, refused to exercise, or even think of logging my food. I focused on doing this ONE thing completely. That was a huge huge help.

At this point, I don't crave sugar. I eat way less naturally and I feel much better. My niece came into town and ate cupcakes in front of me and I really could just pass without trouble. The weight is just coming off without any other life changes. It's fantastic.

Sugar is like a drug, you're going to have the withdrawal symptoms haha I've heard from a health nut that after about 3 days, that feeling basically goes away. That really motivated me because I always felt like I NEEDED sugar..

I too, was a sugar addict. One day I thought to myself "Can I give up sugar for 1 week?" Just ONE week, 7 days! So I put away all the sugars (white, brown, syrups, honey), all the artificial sweeteners (they, too, keep the cravings coming), sodas, treats (seriously, right now, just take all of them to the sink and ruin them. put water on them, or just pour ketchup or something on them. RUIN them. your health is more important than the money you spent on those things). Put them in a box and tell someone to hide that box somewhere.

After I did all that, I had a few steps:
-Make a mini-calendar of the sugar-free detox days
-Cut up a bunch of veggies (carrots(limited, less than the rest), bell peppers, celery, cucumbers, cauliflower)
-Limit fruit (1 or 2 per day)
----Whenever you get a sugar craving, seriously, just go to the refrigerator, grab a big bowl of veggies, and just munch them down. They fill you up so much and the thought of eating more kind of makes you feel sick.

Anyways, I followed all the above steps and after a few days it got pretty easy. I didn't think about since then, but now as I look back, I'm not really craving sugar anymore (this was literally like a month ago).

hope this helps! It worked for me. And its just a week. Try it!

I didn't keep a journal because I'm terrible at writing stuff down haha but that would be a great thing for you to do! Every time you find yourself reaching for a sweet, grab your journal and write how you feel. And, you don't have to be PERFECT your first attempt. My first few days, I would forget that I was sugar-free, and lick the spoon that I used to scoop honey. I would stop midway and think "Why? I don't need these extra calories!" and just reset. Don't kill yourself if you "fail" because then your more likely to just quit. Seriously, do the best you can. Just try to catch yourself when you realize what you are doing. I took a bite of a cupcake after a meal and realized what I was doing, and literally just spit it out into the garbage. It was HARD to just WILL myself to stop, but I walked away and got busy doing something else. Recognizing that you are eating the sweets will help you remember this thread and hopefully motivate you to stick to your sugar-free plan for the week....