Sugar and carb cravings
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Anonymous
| This is my biggest challenge with weight loss. ISO tips on how you managed sugar and carbohydrate cravings. |
Anonymous
| Cold turkey. It sucks but is the only way (for me) |
Anonymous
| Cold turkey. I have a major major sweet tooth—as in I would eat three donuts to feel satiated. I had gestational diabetes and my parents both have type 2. After giving birth I would go to wegmans and get two pieces of chocolate cake every day. I decided to finally quit refined sugar in January and have five pounds left to my target weight and I no longer have the cravings! If you really do have a sweet tooth moderation won’t help you. |
Anonymous
| Check out glucose goodess. Her hacks help stabilize blood sugar and reduce cravings. That has helped me a lot but I still struggle. I can’t bake or have things in the house or I’ll eat it. One brownie and I want to keep going. I can avoid alcohol way easier. |
Anonymous
| My sister wears one of those monitors. She is not a diabetic. |
Anonymous
How does wearing the monitor reduce her cravings? |
Anonymous
| If sugar is your problem, as others have suggested, you just gotta cut it out. The same way people with problems with Alcohol also really do best when eliminating it entirely. |
Anonymous
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#1. Keep it out of your house. I had an intense sugar craving last night but...had NOTHING easy to reach, problem solved.
#2. If I really want a treat, I'll save it for a planned time, like Sat night, I'll eat ice cream/a cookie. Then it's more special and weekly vs. nightly. #3. Know yourself and if you're a black and white person who needs to go 100% without sugar to be successful or someone who can moderate. Neither is superior, it's just who you are. My husband (a former chocolate freak) went off sugar 5 yrs ago and it is easy for him to abstain from all desserts/sugar. I'm able to moderate and can do occasional sugar without going overboard. |
Anonymous
+2 About four weeks ago I cut out all sugar (including added sugar), simple carbs (like white potatoes), grains like rice but also wheat/gluten, and processed foods. It sucked for a week; I was extremely hungry and had cravings like mad. After a week of eating nutritiously, that’s what I started craving. Since then I’ve had servings of wheat/sugar/some combination thereof maybe six times; I don’t enjoy it as much and I don’t desire more immediately, like I did before. |
Anonymous
I stopped drinking 4+ months ago and have no desire to start again. Even if it’s in the house. But I can’t say the same for sweets. Ugh. |
Anonymous
| All this is so, so true. I’ve heard that there’s a probiotic that helps get rid of sugar cravings. I will post if I find it. |