Does anyone know how to get off sweets? - Weight Loss Message Board

needhealing777 · 03-30-2005, 03:45 PM

I have exercised for 25 years and at times excessively...I am now very overweight (to me anyway) and I can't lose with all the exercise I do..I know that all diets work if you stick with them, but it's the actual doing it I can't get..and I am so addicted to sweets I could just eat them all day...I don't know how to break this habit. I want to cry every nite and make a promise that tomorrow will be different..well, it never is! Has anyone kicked the sugar addiction and how?

rach12 · 03-30-2005, 05:41 PM

Well first of all you have to WANT to loose weight and be healthy more than sweets. We can not have our cake and eat it too and stay slim and healthy. haha Second why are you eating them??? Sounds to me like you may have emotional link with food. Before you chow down the cake or whatever you are reaching for ask yourself why you want it?? Are you just bored? Go outside and go for a walk then. We eat to give fuel to our bodies. Do you think that cookie is fuel for your body? NOPE. WHATEVER YOU DO do not "just eat the low fat kind" yes the fat is less but there is still crap carbs and processed junk in it. Try lowfat yougert. Fruit, etc.
Do not think " I want to loose weight" Think I want to be healthy and give my body what it needs. Good luck!

bluehen94 · 03-30-2005, 07:24 PM

I think that you need to replace the habit, not kill it, like the other poster said try fruit, yogurt an occasional sugar free ice pop or a piece of sugar free gum sometimes kills my craving.

Annee · 03-30-2005, 09:06 PM

I've found that brushing my teeth often, and eating pickles (zero calories!) works to curb my sweet tooth. You might also try to wean yourself from the good stuff with chocolate graham crackers and sugarless gum. Also, remember, you only have to have self-control when you're at the grocery store. If you don't have it, you can't eat it.

white dove · 03-31-2005, 01:26 AM

1) Don't buy sweets or sugar, as annee says. You make hard choices when shopping, not all the time. -->If I wanted dessert, I had to go get it. I'd eat enough for the moment, not bring any back home.

2) Xylitol: tastes like sugar, fewer calories, good for teeth. Some health stores have it. You can read the wonders of xylitol & buy it on the web. Xylipro is one place. It slows growth of plaque, that smelly coating on teeth. Gum helps me too. We buy Smart Smile xylitol gum and mints from Xylipro on the web. Koolerz is a delicious gum. Have you tried it?

It took a few years on XYLITOL + Splenda, to get my body off sugar.(+Splenda because eating more than 1-2 ounces xylitol a day causes the runs. Like sorbitol.) I hope your household cooperates with keeping sugar out. That was key for me for years. Still helps.

3) Yogurt, as other posters said. Unsweetened Greek yogurt (at Trader Joe's) is luscious & creamy, NOT like the gelatinized stuff in cups. It's yummy just plain. For sweetness, I mix in xylitol and fruit.

4) I brush my teeth (like another poster), then massage my tongue with fresh toothpaste. With clean fingers, of course, and don't swallow. That's possible because of my wonderful soothing toothpaste, SQUIGLE Enamel Saver. It tastes & feels like food. (Other toothpastes hurt.) I've often recommended squigle for other purposes.

I'm going to get pickles tomorrow. I can tell by how my mouth feels, thinking about it, it's a good idea. Thanks!