Any Sugar Addicts Out There???

Ok, so I love sugar. I want it in the mid-afternoon everyday, even if I have a healthy lunch, even if I am not hungry. If I am at home, I usually resist and have a diet soda or a clementine until the urge subsides. BUT when I am at work (Starbucks) surrounded by donuts and caramel sauce and chocolate chips.... I just have to have a taste of something. And then I feel like I have to reduce my dinner because I just ate sugar and fat. Anyone here have a similar problem? Or a possible solution? Also, random note, my mom had gestational diabetes when she was pregnant with me, and so I suspect that maybe my body doesn't process sugar normally, which is why I crave it.

I know just what you mean!...at the beginning of the year...i started having little desserts after dinner...and they were fine and totally controlled at first...but it gradually became bigger and more unhealthy....now i am like an addict...its not good and pretty much caused my whole weight gain...

im trying to lessen them with having days without sugar...(really hard) or days ill try and chew gum, have diet sodas, or tea....but i hate it, i used to never be like this, but once i get over it i can get to my goal weight. I almost think that if i cut sugar out of my diet, like a cleanse....then i'll be more sensitive to sugary things, therefore eating less of it...i think after new years ill do some sort of liver cleanse......yeaah

me too! I eat great throughout the day, but after dinner i always end up eating something sweet & unhealthy(& calorie-filled). i don't eat enough to gain weight by it, but my weight loss would be much more quick if i didn't. besides i don't want to get diabetes.

I had the same problem of surgary/fatty snacks in the afternoon and then not being able to eat healthy at dinner.  I swore I was addicted to sugar also.

Cutting out refined flour and sugar in my meals and having a Kashi cookie/bar or Fiber 1 bar with a cup of coffee in the pm has helped me lose 35 lbs.

I do fine with sugar so long as I stay away from it completely.  One taste of sugar and I'm off to the races....absolutely no self-controll.  I'm glad the holidays are over and the sugary devils are gone. 

I have tried the 100 calorie snack packs....no good since one package leads me directly to finishing the entire box in one binge. 

I'm coming off the holiday sugar run now.  Hopefully the 1 lb bag of peanut M & M's I ate yesterday will be the end of it.  One M & M is too much and the entire bag is not enough!  At least I didn't buy the 52 oz bag! 

I too love sweets!  As we all know, the sense of smell is so connected to eating that it must be doubly hard working at Starbucks with everything smelling so delicious. 

I learned on this forum that if you completely eliminate diet drinks from your diet, you will much more easily resist sweets.  It is really worked for me.  

I usually eat sugar free jello with a dollop of low fat yogurt (60 calories) after dinner or a Healthy Choice ice cream bar (90 calories) for my "sweet fix".

 Good luck! 

  

I have a huge sweet tooth. I know a key is that if you overeat it at one time not to restrict like you said your dinner cause it just keeps the cycle going. A few things my nutritionist suggested is to make sure you have a balance of carbs/fat/protein at each meals,eat every few hours no skipping meals,adequate nutrient like not too low in carbs or fat. I do know the more I have the more I want but I have tried the cold turkey and that doesn't work either.

im a sugar addict, i usully quench the craving for sugar by fruit milk &nuts! yummm