I think at some point in our lives, almost all of us have had an addiction to sugar. In fact, I never really liked sugar until a couple of years ago. My husband has been a sugar addict most of his life though and I’ve watched him and his family struggle through the sugar cravings and every now and then, the awful pains they go through as the quit sugar cold turkey. My husband has come home from work with miserable headaches because he went all workday without sugar.
Here I’d like to suggest 3 ways to slow your sugar addiction. These are just suggestions and you really should consult your dietitian before making big life-changing decisions about your diet.
1. Start slowly. It may or may not be because I hate doing things cold turkey or without much thought, but going cold turkey is hard. Sometimes it’s because after a day or so, you think about it so much that you end up doing a binge of sugar or because of the headaches that come from going cold turkey, but it’s hard. Make a goal to your consumption to a lower amount each day. Not that you have to lower yourself to my amount, but on a normal week, I only eat 1 or 2 desserts of some sort.
2. Decide to not eat after a certain time in the evening. A lot of people stop eating after 7 pm but my limit is usually 9 pm. It gives me enough time to eat a snack if I want to (we eat dinner around 5:30 pm) and it allows us to go out to eat for date nights. But setting a time to stop makes sure that you don’t snack on goodies while watching movies at night or when those late-night hunger pains start taking over, you’ve already decided not to eat. And if you’re like me, I tend to eat when I’m tired to keep myself awake so if I’ve already decided to not eat after a certain time when I’ll obviously be tired, I won’t eat that sugar.
3. Exercise more. When I’m treating my body well and exercising, I don’t crave sugar. Instead I tend to want fruits and vegetables. Plus, when I do exercise and do eat that sugar, I don’t feel quite as bad about eating it.
What are ways you curb your sugar cravings?
Thanks so much for the tips! We’ve been cutting out sugar completely, but it is a struggle.
Erica
OnBlissStreet.blogspot.com
These are all great tips! It’s so hard to stop eating sugar all together but if I can just not eat as much I think eventually cutting it out of my diet will be much easier.
I definitely have a sugar addiction. And for me, exercise is the biggest help. When I exercise I drink way more water and I tend to crave healthier things.
these are great tips – thank you!
I used to love eating chocolates, now I hardly ever do it. I used to be one of those girls that her favorite meal was dessert now I rarely get it!
That’s great! Go for the healthy foods!
I definitely need to work on this because I have a sweet tooth that cannot be controlled! Haha
Great ideas! I have tried to go cold turkey to get away from sugar, and usually end up eating even more. Thanks for the more realistic pointers!
That’s exactly what my husband does on cold turkey. He’ll eat sugar for two straight days to make up for all he was craving. 🙂
This is extremely helpful and you’re leading us readers into the right path to healthy. I love it! Thank you
Yay thanks for this on a good diet but I want sugar and chocolate so bad lol I had to pin for a reminder thanks for sharing
Ha ha, it was hard for me to even write this. All I wanted was ice cream. Good luck on your diet! And don’t think about sugar too much. 🙂
These are great tips… I’m trying to cut back my sugar intake (just like everyone else!) and I think my worst habit is a late night snack, usually ice cream! I have. to. stop. Thanks for the reminder!!
I really like this post! I have a few people in my family who really struggle with sugar addictions and these steps are so doable! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the tips! I’ve been trying to cut back, but it’s so hard. I will try this.