Hi, anybody else addicted to sugar?

Sugar is in literally everything. It's like crack. Unless you grow your own food or know it's actually organic food, then you'll be getting refined sugars/HFCS.

I do not consume high fructose corn syrup. It makes me sick whenever I have it. I make sure the items I consume don't have it in it (and yes, you can find sugary treats without it!).

Uuggghh! I started off on here cutting out all sweets and chocolate, apart from one treat at the weekend and it was actually not nearly as hard as I thought.....however, in the last couple of weeks I've lost it and have started eating more sweets than I really want!! I made fudge and scottish tablet for christmas pressies (both have MASSIVE amounts of sugar in them and I have to give it all away today as I've munched on it continuously since I made it....despite telling myself that I'm not having any more....I just keep going back! Once Christmas is out of the way I really have to just get back on the horse! It's not making me feel so good!!

I used to be (loved lollies and anything carby), but I've been doing Atkins for 5 weeks now and I don't miss it at all

I'm not a sugar-tooth at all. I don't worry about sugar addiction, but... I kind of have a cheese addiction >.>

I could srsly eat a wedge of brie in one sitting. It's that easy for me and I'd still want more!

As to sweets-cravings, I did little swaps. Instead of fruity candy like gummy bears and jolly ranchers, I would crack open a 50 calorie cup of Mott's Country Berry applesauce with no sugar added (sufficiently sweet and fruity). Instead of eating milk chocolate, caramel, etc., I would have 1 square of dark chocolate. Dark chocolate has loads of anti-oxidants and lacks a great deal of dairy-fat that milk chocolate has, but I do NOT overdo it (even though it's easy to overindulge!). Instead of sugar, I use honey. I heard that agave nectar is very good but I have never tried it!

Instead of soda, I drink flavored teas. I've been off of soda for 3 weeks now and I don't miss that stuff!

I have to use a lot of willpower to resist cravings, and it's working so well. If any of you are having trouble, try swapping out one thing at a time: soda for flavored vitamin water or tea, solid dark chocolate instead of milk or filled chocolates, fruit instead of fruit candy, honey or agave nectar instead of sugar!

All day, every day. Plan to get a handle on it after the New Year.

I used to be addicted to sugar... but not anymore. I wrote about it in my blog: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/4milesat40/view/6-months-primal-179202

Sugar is my ally sometimes and my enemy the next. Keeps me going when my blood sugar's low, but doesn't help the belly fat, Not one bit! Good luck everyone with your no chocolate diets. I think it's a bad idea to just ward it off at one time. Try just picking one day a week and save a chocolate "miniature" for that day. It's like a little gift to yourself for trying so hard. It has worked for me!

Uuggghh! I started off on here cutting out all sweets and chocolate, apart from one treat at the weekend and it was actually not nearly as hard as I thought.....however, in the last couple of weeks I've lost it and have started eating more sweets than I really want!! I made fudge and scottish tablet for christmas pressies (both have MASSIVE amounts of sugar in them and I have to give it all away today as I've munched on it continuously since I made it....despite telling myself that I'm not having any more....I just keep going back! Once Christmas is out of the way I really have to just get back on the horse! It's not making me feel so good!!

Ditto...I do all the baking for Christmas at my parent's with the whole family...so I've been surrounded by sweets lately...but once the holidays are over...

i have worked on my sugar craving/intake for a couple yrs now but i had to cut back on sugar help prevent diabetes ( which runs on both sides) i went from using 20 something packs of sugar in my coffee (16oz) to 3 equals/sweet n low it was hard but it was worth it it helped me in my weight loss and its 0 calories!!! lol its an acquired taste but something 2 try

I used to be addicted to sugar... but not anymore. I wrote about it in my blog: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/4milesat40/view/6-months-primal-179202

Thank you for sharing. I read your blog post and your story is inspirational! I was curious about the marksdaiilyapple site you mentioned so went and checked it out - amazing! Looking forward to trying some of the recipes.

Sugar, oh my word! My best friend and my worst nightmare. Whenever I have a really bad day, I crave sugar. Anything will do the trick. Chocolate, tootsie dots, hard candy, plain sugar in my coffee. All I need is that lovely sweetness, followed by that incredible high. And then, when it's already way past being too late to stop, it hits you. You feel dreadful. You feel dirty. You feel guilty. You feel like a big fat cow. Oh how I hate being so dependent on SUGAR. I think it is horridly evil!

OMG yes!! I'm totally addicted...chocolate especially. My mom lost over 60lbs going on a diabetic diet.

OMG i am totally and completely addicted to sugar! any type of sweet that that crosses my path is constantly screaming my name! and i never even feel bad about it! well at least until lately, now i can tell what my addiction has been doing to my stomach and its totally irritating! we should start a self help group.