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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grateful to have found this thread—it’s the first day of a new month, and I am feeling motivated at last to clean up my diet, give more than lip service to strength training, and drop my Emotional Eater pounds.

So January 1 was a month ago. I’m a late bloomer.[/quote]

Happy to have found this thread as well. I’ve lost 12 pounds since last May and would like to lose 30 more.  It’s a slow slog. I’ve decreased sweets and portion sizes but know from experience if I cut it all out completely I’ll give up and eat all the sweets. I’ve also started exercising with more intention and lifting weights. [/quote]

For me, the big problem is sugar. I wish there was a 12-step meeting for sugar-aholics. I am certain I'm addicted to sugar, and I can't get off of it, no matter how hard I try.

the only thing I've been able to do is add more natural sugar -- fruit -- to my diet, but it's hard in the winter when there are far fewer fruits to eat. I don't like frozen or canned fruit, so that's a problem. In cold weather or when I'm stressed, I crave sweets.

I do restrict my calories by keeping a food diary and limiting portions of food I eat. No more cheese, which was causing me to gain weight. I eat an avocado nearly every day. Lots of salads, vegetables. I've taken to eating a bowl of applesauce before I eat anything sweet, and that seems to help me stop eating a bunch of sugar.

And I always stop eating when I'm full. I wait to feel hungry again before I eat. It's hard because I eat a lot out of boredom or when I'm stressed and anxious or procrastinating.

More exercise is in my future. I've started exercising, stopped, started again. I do stretches and strengthening exercises most days at home, but only for 5-10 minutes, which is nowhere near enough. I have to lose 10 more pounds, and it's really hard. But I want to live to 100 and be walking, gardening, enjoying life and traveling when I'm 100, so I must lose weight and exercise and eat a healthy diet if I'm going to live to a healthy old age. [/quote]

another sugar addict here. i have cut back a lot and have noticed that the less i eat it, the less i crave it. but, the cravings aren’t gone.

here are a few ideas of what i eat when a sugar craving hits  (I only allow myself to do one of these per day):

eat a protein bar with low sugar alcohols

mix a tablespoon of dark choco chips into 2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter, microwave it for 15-30 sec, stir and eat

[b]suck on one dove chocolate[/b]

[b]breyers carb smart frozen fudge bar [/b]
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2nd the sucking on chocolate - but make sure it's DARK, as dark as you can tolerate/find "sweet enough"
Those carb smart fudge bars are GOOD![/quote]

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