Sugar

[Lazyi]

It’s embarrassing and ridiculous, but I am addicted to sugar. Had a massive binge yesterday, ate 100g of sweets, massive slice of cake, a pack of cookies and a scone with jam and cream. Now getting night sweats and massive energy slumps. I’ve been addicted to alcohol in the past, and the feeling of cravings is similar. The buck stops here. Please help support me and join me if you wish. This is day one on my sugar free journey.

Hi can I join too?!

I've given up sugar in past and probably done about a month and then cracked!

I've just read the Paul Mckenna book but not listened to the hypnosis bits yet.

Count me in please. I've had a decent day today and want it to continue.

My weakness is when the kids go to bed and I hunt out any sugar in the house!! I'm not so worried about the desserts we have as a family. It's the crap that I eat on my own I need to control.

Day 1....

Please can I join?! Iv just read your thread and realised how bad I really am…someone worried about the 8 quality streets, I’d polish the box and then have more. I need to STOP! I’m not massively overweight, but it is not healthy.

Please may I join you? I’ve read this thread a few times now and decided today is the day.

I think I head to the kitchen every time I feel remotely stressed or cross, and obviously rely way too much on sugar to help me feel better. I too am all-or-nothing and can’t be trusted with a “share” pack.

I also have some weight to lose and reckon I’ll be on the way if I just switch sweet for something more virtuous.

Waa 😫

@Lazyi
Thanks for checking in

Dreadful week but starting over (again - like the bloody tide over and over …)

Also a sugar addict. Having a difficult time and have been stupid today with constant sweets, biscuits, ice cream .... I just seem to need it. But I feel terrible for it. Reading with interest.

Thank you for asking @Lazyi I appreciate it. I have failed almost every single day in January. So I am trying again not its a new month. Life is very very stressful, and I keep thinking I "deserve" sweets and biscuits, lots of them, every day.

But no more! February is going to be the month I dont mess up

@Nimbostratus100 - I hear you loud and clear... when I have a difficult day at work, or the kids are winding me up - sugar is my default "treat" - that leads to me feeling worse, bad parenting (because I am too focused on the sugar) and just generally feeling worse than I did at the start. I know that giving yourself other types of 'treats' always seems like a load of crap when you are in that mood, but can you think about stuff like that? For me, its never things like bubble baths or walks, but reading or snuggling up in bed with a hot water bottle (I am very motivated by warmth). I have also recently taken some stress out of my life, because it was having an impact on me in so many negative ways, but realise this isnt possible always. Go for it!

Welcome @nowtygaffer , @Doje @Avacadoandtoast and @DaffyDaffy . There is some really good advice at the start of this thread by @Billybagpuss and @thenewaveragebear1983 which I foudn useful. I have been reading a book called "say no to sugar" and the best advice in there so far has been:

. try to avoid the thing that triggers your habit
You can replace your response to the trigger with a sugar free alternitive
You can put an obstacle in the way of you and temptation

Please don't think I know it all... I'm only on day 8, but determined to succeed this time. I am trying to jump into it feet first.. so I can't give the excuse "oh, I didnt really commit to it, I can have some sugar and then do it properly next week".

I'm really ashamed of some of the ways I have behaved towards sweets... I'm embarrassed that it has taken me to low places (like booze) - such as eating raw icing sugar, taking my kids sweets etc. Proper adict behaviour.

Good luck all.

really ashamed of some of the ways I have behaved towards sweets... I'm embarrassed that it has taken me to low places (like booze) - such as eating raw icing sugar, taking my kids sweets etc. Proper adict behaviour

You're not alone in that, I've done it too, I've also made up a portion of butter icing or I'd mix it with currents!!

Its really interesting as I head to the 2 years on how my tastes have changed but I still don't trust the sugar monster has gone for good.

My first (and only) post was last Thursday. Since then I've cut back a bit on sweet stuff. I haven't bought anything from corner shops when out on errands. I've had some chocolate every day, and a bit of a slip when a visitor brought cookies.

Yesterday I succumbed to temptation with my tesco order, and today I ate two chocolate eclairs as well as 80g chocolate. However, I'm not bingeing, and seem to have lost interest in stuffing my face in front of tv.

Feel very slightly slimmer. Less bloating. It could be the extra exercise instead of couch potato. Midriff doesn't rub on the steering wheel.

@FatGirlTriesAgain23 … that’s great! Congratulations!

Okay, Day 2 done!

Feeling good as I got my period today but have not used it as an excuse to binge!

I'm sat on the sofa having been for a run with an Options hot chocolate.

Boom! 👊

Thanks for the welcome @Lazyi , and thanks to everyone for posting… I’ve been nodding along with your experiences.

Day 2 done today, no sweet drinks or obvious sugar at all, every time I thought about heading to the kitchen for sweet stuff I drank some water and had a few olives. I’ll probably have to give up olives next!

sending solidarity!

Can I join please? I’ve done one month now of no chocolate/cake/biscuits/sweets which I’m very surprised by as I was/am a full on addict. Totally out of control, eating literally thousands of calories a day in mainly chocolate but also whatever else I could get. So I’m really pleased with how I’ve done. However I have had the odd fizzy drink or cereal bar so now I’m cutting those things out too. Also trying to limit how much sugar is in stuff like cereal (no more granola!), fruit yoghurts etc. I’m also now drinking more often as I’m using it as an alternative treat so I’m going to limit to twice a week and only red wine or maybe beer (pretty high sugar but I can only really manage one beer as it makes me feel too full!).

Am also trying to cut down/cut out sugar. I think I'm on day 5 and it's going well. I did have a tiny bit of chocolate today but mostly am replacing chocolate, cakes and biscuits with fruit, as per the Dr Michael Mosley podcast. And it seems to be working!

Can i join too. I have done it before and lost so much weight and felt so much better. I am also trying to cut down on tea as ive got myself in a habit where i need a sweet fix with my cup of tea. Im down to three cups a day. One of the hardest thing i find is walking into a super market and controlling the urge to stick something in the trolley. Tomorrow will br day 1 for me.

I'd like to join too please. I think I've found my people!

This is Day 3 for me. I manage okay in the mornings but it goes downhill as the day goes on. I crave 'treats' so badly. I know it's trying to show myself love (I'm alone, having a tough time of things) through food but am trying to get my head round the fact that it's actually self-destructive in the longer run and I will only make myself more miserable. But oh God those minutes when I'm shoving something sweet and calorific into my mouth feel so good. Then afterwards the remorse and self-loathing comes. And so the cycle continues...

Hi to everyone and yes to @HundredMilesAnHour - I hear you with the treats/remorse cycle!

I’ve managed to make it to dinner today only drinking water (hot/sweet drinks are my downfall), and staving off the temptation by crunching a picked onion or two. I don’t feel too deprived but it’s only day 2 and I’m presumably in for the headache soon, it would be so great to look back in a few months and thank myself because of my new amazing skin/swishy hair/10lb loss/etc! In fact reading about effects does motivate me. Maybe I’ll go and listen to the Michael Mosley podcast.

…oh, and sunshiney mood, I almost forgot that one.

in all seriousness, the last few times (!) I gave up sugar, I noticed PMT was less of an issue.

This is day 5 for me of not going to cornershop, which is quite a big step in itself. Probably more like "mindful eating". I still have jam on toast for instance, stevia on my banana sandwich, and I'm sure there's sugar in some of the packet sauces I cook with.

I had some cereal for a snack today, and felt a bit woozy after. I won't buy it again. No-one else likes it anyway so once it's gone it's gone.

My arthritis feels a bit better. I think my limp is less pronounced. I'm moving more easily around the house and garden, and get restless after sitting still for a while.

It's getting easier not to think that every emotion deserves a binge after.

Day 10 for me. Woop!
@FatGirlTriesAgain2023 , you rock

@DaffyDaffy and @HundredMilesAnHour … we’ll done. @HundredMilesAnHour , I’m sorry you are having a tough time… anything you can talk about to a ‘room’ full of randoms on the internet ?

Thank you Lazyi 😀

Well, I've just had an interesting look at the packet mixes, and every one has sugar as its fifth or sixth ingredient. I've recently discovered new spicy sauces which have sugar as the second last ingredient or none at all, so these'll be on my shopping now instead.

The comparison is a bit apples and oranges, but it's certainly a bit of an eye-opener for me.

Day 2 complete for me - I am finding it surprisingly refreshing and cutting the sugar is actually meaning I am eating healthier in general, not even been tempted by crisps. I am however always good at things like this to start with and then I fall back to the same old cycle. I don’t know what triggers it. Will keep going for now though - enjoying feeling a bit better in myself (is that even possible after only 2 days?!)