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I am one of many that through poor diet have become addicted to sugar. Cookies and Snack Cakes are my drug of choice. My question is how do I kick this habit? Its killing me.
I thought it was easier to cut back slowly than go cold turkey. Caffine and sugar felt worse to quit than smoking to me. At least with smoking you feel better right away. The previous two...ugh...
Cut it by half until you are comfortable to cut some more out again.
I am one of many that through poor diet have become addicted to sugar. Cookies and Snack Cakes are my drug of choice. My question is how do I kick this habit? Its killing me.
I kicked my sugar addiction by increasing foods that are both high protein AND high carb like black beans, chicken chili, etc. Also increasing the amount of fiber in my diet really helped.
I would also recommend going cold turkey on the processed sugary snack products. Sugar is like rust in our internal organs. Also stay away from sugar substitutes because they will actually INCREASE your cravings for sugar. Sugar substitutes also make you fatter because your body is not getting the caloric intake that it thinks it is getting and you eat more.
I am one of many that through poor diet have become addicted to sugar. Cookies and Snack Cakes are my drug of choice. My question is how do I kick this habit? Its killing me.
You start making healthier choices and stop putting sugar in everything. For example, I start my diet by drinking black coffee -- no honey or cream. And then I cut out things like ice-cream and white bread and rice, and start eating more vegetables and lean meats.
It is difficult at first, but then you realize, "this is not so bad." Tonight I had squash that I cooked in the microwave, and I wasn't even tempted to put butter and brown sugar on it. I just added a little salt, that's it.
And those little things gradually add up and you gradually start to feel a little trimmer. Try it and see!
I try to eat healthy but do go off. My wife is a sugar junky. I concentrate on the main meal and she thinks about dessert. We are both over 60 and not over weight for our age. I try to walk also.
I started another thread about favorite diet foods, but I should have called it favorite healthy foods.
I recently began the South Beach Diet and it is a great way to rid your body of the addiction to sugar and all the high sugared processed food. The cravings were not really that bad and since the first 2 weeks are very strick you get over those cravings fast. This is a perfect time to kick those cravings before the holidays since in the past they made my cravings much worse for me with all the extra treats around!!
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