Let's QUIT the sweets!?

I started buying it unsweetened and eating 1 serving daily. That's my treat. If I'm feeling crazy, I'll go for 88% dark Hachez (German) or 90% dark Wawel (Polish).

Oh man it's coffee-like bitter bliss. Only for the true chocoholic, and that's me...

What's 1 serving?
As for the 1 suqare/day - this means I had my squares for until 2010 already :noway: :laugh:
And yes, I also eat the dark chocolate to replace coffee. I think I'll give it up too, though.

Btw, the dark chocolate has been my only "sweet" stuff the past couple of days. 'Bout to be broken, cos I have quests and I made some tiramisu for tomorrow, which I'll want to test :blushing: (I plan to have just a bit, though).

I'm both scared and excited about trying this. Good luck, everyone! :flowerforyou:

So I was at Kelsey's for supper and of course HAD to look at the desset menu-with pics and all. I said they all looked disgusting at put it away. THAT IS SO NOT ME! I'm proud of myself, I've never done that before.:bigsmile: I thought chicken fajitas would be a good choice there, but seem to still have a lot of cals.:grumble:

I had a very small piece of birthday cake last night. The icing tasted pretty gnarly so I tried to conceal I wasn't eating it by smearing it all over the plate.

Next time I'll just skip the cake all together. I don't care for it anymore.

But ice cream...different story.

once you stop for a while, the craving seriously goes away....i still love granola bars and fruits, but i do not eat icecream or cookies or anything like that and i am fine. i dont even want it anymore so be strong and you can do it!

count me in I think:happy: :laugh:

Thank you for this thread!!

My problem has always been sweets. I know how to eat healthy, but actually DOING it is the challenge. There are cakes, cookies, and TWO candy jars in my office all the time, and if it is there I eat it. I look at my food diary and I am usually so good and disciplined, but almost every day I am a little naughty and waste 200+ calories on some kind of refined sugar.

Also, my doctor noticed a while ago that I had high triglycerides, which was unusual because I did not have high cholesterol or any other blood lipid issue. She explained that triglycerides are a biproduct of my liver processing alcohols and sugars. (As soon as she said this, I thought of my sugar intake... I am not a big drinker.) Granted, one main issue was my oral birth control that she took me off right away and my triglyceride levels dropped about 200 points. But she still said that I should be on a low-sugar diet to keep from having to go on medication after I have kids. That scared me. I don't want to go on meds unless it is absolutely necessary...and it would seem twisted if I kept scarfing cake at work and took expensive medication to counteract it at night!
Overcoming my willpower weakness when it comes to sugar is my last hurdle to eating what I consider to be a very nutritious diet. I look forward to visiting this thread the next time I am tempted!

If you haven't already, you've GOT to watch the video in my signature! Sugar: The Bitter Truth. I can't even begin to fathom having triglycerides as high as yours were that dropped 200 points?!?! wow!!!

You don't have to cut out chocolate, ladies! Just use unsweetened, no sodium cocoa powder! Raw cacao nibs or powder is best, but whatever ya got that can satisfy the choco monster! I make the most AWESOME chocolate shake that's low in cals and healthy for ya! Believe it or not, cocoa/cacao is GOOD for ya! It's all the other crap they put in with it that is bad!

I've posted a version of my recipe in the Recipe Forum, but I'll post it here again:

Susie's Super Chocolatey Shake (4 servings, approx 230 cals each serving)

1 can coconut milk (make sure the ingredients are just coconut milk or coconut milk and water)
10 Tbsp of cocoa powder (unsweetened, no sodium)
2 Tbsp Blue Agave Nectar
4 Tbsp of Hemp Protein Powder (or whatever kind of protein powder you use)
2 or 3 cups of ice

Blend and enjoy!!!

I vary this recipe by adding sunflower butter, or almond milk, flax seed meal, almond meal, a banana, etc. It's "to die for!" lol!!!

Best of all is, I have NO SUGAR CRAVINGS at all! I have a major sweet tooth too! Except for fruit, this is the only "free sugar" that I have, and even that is good for ya!

All the best on your journey, ladies! :flowerforyou:

I just saw this site and it stopped me dead in my tracks. Yes. Yes. Yes! I am so glad I have someone to do this with.

I am diabetic but that doesn't stop the playing the sugar-free game. And that stuff is full of fat.
So the sweetest thing from now on that will cross my lips is fruit and sweetnlow in my coffee.

And you know what? It isn't tortue for me because I feel so good after a few days
bless you! kc

Brenda, I just stopped in to say WOW What a picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're beautiful!!!!!

For September, I'll commit to not eating food sweetened with sugar. I use Splenda and I've gotten used to its taste. I know that there are claims about side-effects, but artificials do not bother me at all. I also drink diet soda which has aspartame. I use sugar-free Log Cabin on pancakes. With all of the above, I do not (usually) crave things like Little Debbies (which also contain saturated fat). OK maybe when I go by them in the store I crave 'em a little ... :drinker:

Good luck to us!


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I'm in with jaxter!
September, no sugar for me. this is gonna be toooooough. major sugar addict and comfort eater here... will check back in later.

Okay I must confess. . .I cheated today but not really I broke down and had one of the BIG oatmeal creme pies BUT I had enough extra calories left over to have it. I do have to say where I've not been eating the sweets for over a week now it "tasted" okay (NOT as good as I expected!) but I was literally sick for two hours afterwards and I had to drink,drink,drink lots of water to help with the bad sugary taste in my mouth:drinker: So anyways, my point is I cheated a little on our "no sweets" but it was good for me as I don't want anything like that for a loooong time :laugh:

Good job to everyone so far & continued success to each of you