Hwo to avoid eating sweet stuff

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   Lgaliposted 15 years ago

   I needs anything sweet after my food any advice other than not go near

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      apekshaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      will power ..only that can stop u ..

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         Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         thanks for this how to get this will power I am trying for many years

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            apekshaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

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            when the food is in front of u...think about what  the drawbacks of eating extra sweets, ..---- that will cause u to become more fat, ten u will look ugly, u would not enjoy to wear swim suits and slimy dress, boys will no longer look at u.
            you think that u r the most desirable woman in the world and feel like celebrity so that u must not eat ...sweets...the will power will automatically bust up....

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      andromidaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      There is no problem eating sweet food after your meal.But take a bit less Lgali.

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         Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         I take less but still i can not avoid totally

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            andromidaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Sounds great.Then why don't you try some alternative of sweet food which is the second best in your fav list.Continue that for a couple of weeks and you will see the change by yourself.

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               Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               good idea thnaks i type wrong again

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                  Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                  yesterday i try to eat fruit but my craving did not stop

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                     andromidaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                     Why don't you try it today also.Keep trying one more week.or just don't keep any sweet food in your house for the next week.

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                        Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                        i will do thanks for suggestion

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   Eaglekiwiposted 15 years ago

   Me too , the only answer for me is to wire my jaw up

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      Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      very funny i wish i could do same very hard for me to avoid sugary stuff

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      apekshaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I answered that very well , read it,...mam.

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   girly_girl09posted 15 years ago

   Shirley Anderson wrote a hub about how to beat sugar cravings:
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Sugar-Sensitivi … -and-Tired
   
   She also recommended a book, which I ordered last week and just got in the mail today. I'm actually headed off to read it right now!
   
   After reading Shirley's article, it made me think about how I couldn't imagine not eating sugar and desserts - a sure sign of addiction, for sure!
   
   Yes, it's ok to eat sugar once in a while, but I REALLY love it and I know I would feel better and much more healthier from refraining from refined sugar and carbohydrates.

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   spiderpamposted 15 years ago

   Me three! I'm coo-coo for Snickers, Twix and Peppermints.

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   Teresa McGurkposted 15 years ago

   I've tried drinking a cup of coffee every time I want to eat sweets, I munch on raw green beans or raw carrots instead, I drink orange juice (although there is natural sugar in that it isn't as much as in a Hershey bar). 
   
   I don't know what to try next.  Yesterday I got in the car to go get ice cream (chocolate extreme blizzard with extra stuff), the craving was so bad. 
   
   So if anyone has a way to help, I'd appreciate hearing it, too.
   
   EDIT:  I just read girly_girl's comment, and Shirley's hub.  Thanks for the link -- it's great advice.

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   Uninvited Writerposted 15 years ago

   Have some fruit instead.

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   Lady_Eposted 15 years ago

   Yoghurt? or savoury things like litte scotch eggs?  peanuts?
   
   Fruit is best though. (Grapes, Strawberries...)
   
   Smoothy?

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      Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      wow lot of choices thanks

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   Davinagirl3posted 15 years ago

   The only thing that worked for me was to stop with sweets, completely.  Now, on occasion, I eat sweets and it is really a treat.  Your body can develop a dependency on sweets like drugs.

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      Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      how to avoid very difficult

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         Davinagirl3posted 15 years agoin reply to this

         It is very difficult, but I just said no, unless it was special occasion.  When I was pregnant with my daughter, I ate tons of sweets, and I gained way too much weight.  I will eat a cookie, occasionally, and sweets on special occasions, but I don't even think about sweets on a daily basis.

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   apekshaposted 15 years ago

   Look at the sweets and tell him..sorry I can't eat u...wait...sorry..say me thanks..bye bye..sweets..

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    kerrygposted 15 years ago

    I don't keep sweets around the house on a regular basis. That way I'm not as tempted to eat them, and when I do have a craving, I have to decide if it's really serious enough to make a special trip to the store. Usually it's not.
    
    When I do get sweets, I get higher quality stuff. Even though it's more expensive, it satisfies me more with a smaller amount, so I break even both in dollars and calories. As often as not, I find that it's really the fat in a pint of Ben and Jerry's or a bar of 72% cocoa dark chocolate that I'm craving anyway, not the sugar. I can eat a small cup of B&J's and be satisfied, where lower quality ice cream will take a heaping bowlful.

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       thanks for good advice. How to tell your spouse not buy sweets most difficult thing in home.

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    charlemontposted 15 years ago

    I end my meals with green tea (no sugar added) and easily live week after week without candies at all. Bananas, peaches are tasty sweeteners to replace sugar.

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       is green tea is good for sugar addcition?

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    lrohnerposted 15 years ago

    I very rarely have sweets in the house since one of my kids is a diabetic. But when I do, it's little things like Hershey Kisses. When I get a chocolate craving, one little Hershey Kiss can satisfy it just as well as a piece of chocolate cake.

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    James S. Thorntonposted 15 years ago

    My advice would be to just not buy it in the first place.
    
    Self discipline starts in the super market.

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       thanks for advice

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       Eaglekiwiposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I agree James,wholeheartedly but
       I just ate a snickers bar washed down with a caramel milkshake and damn it was good!!! no regrets ,just pleased to be alive.

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       very nice

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    Ms Chievousposted 15 years ago

    Everytime you have  a temptation to eat sweets think about how the sugar just turns to fat.  That seemed to have worked for me.  I haven not had a sugary soft drink or chocolate in over a month and I dropped ten pounds.  I have gotten into a habit of eating fruit in place of the sweet stuff and now I crave the fruit rather than the things I shouldn't eat.  Hopefully I can keep this up for another ten pounds??

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       fruits are good choice but very hard to change

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          Ms Chievousposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Then start out with fruits with a low fat whipped topping, yougurt or a sugar free chocolate dip.. work your way into eating the fruit by itself

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             Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             very nice advice thanks

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    SweetiePieposted 15 years ago

    The easiest thing for me is just not to buy sweets.  I just would rather buy fruit and keep healthy snacks on hand.  Of course eating sweets once a week is okay, and helps to fight those gravings.

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       thanks for good advice

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    Beth100posted 15 years ago

    Sugar is an important part of nutrition..but sugar can take many forms.  There is fructose, which is a simple sugar thata can be found in fruits and certain root vegetables like beets.  Glucose which is a byproduct of the body's metabolism.  Finally, there is sucrose, which is a combination of fructose and glucose.  It is commonly known as sugar.  When metobalized, it is broken down into fructose and glucose.
    
    It's important to remember that our bodies require sugar in moderate amounts, but from what is written before me, there is a concern of over-consumption of sugar.
    
    If this is the case, then I agree that one should not purchase these items as a temptation for weak times of need.  For me, I drink a lot of water (5L per day) and eat lots of fruit and vegetables.  I use to be addicted to sugar -- in tea, coffee, desserts, candies, cake, you name it.  Even ate it off a spoon whenever I had the chance.
    
    I found that once I was able to cut back on the intake, my taste for sugar changed.  The less I ate it, the more I noticed it in other foods.  Before long, these foods became too sweet for me to eat.  That's how I cut back on my sugar intake.     
    
    Now, chocolate, that's a whole different story!!!

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       wow very excellent advice thanks I will try

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    HealthCare Basicsposted 15 years ago

    I never buy sweets to bring home, and getting into the car to buy sweets is just too much work after I am at home and comfy..

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       that only works if u are alone but with spouse and children

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          HealthCare Basicsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Yeah, I see your point on that one.....

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             Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             very hard thing i find

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    Lgaliposted 15 years ago

    any body other than me have same problem?

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    Eaglekiwiposted 15 years ago

    No sugar on days that end in 'Y' diet, lol

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       waht is y diet

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          Eaglekiwiposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Y Diet
          
          MondaY
          TuesdaY
          WednesdaY
          ThursdaY
          FridaY
          
          No sugar on Y days...

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    Hack Retisposted 15 years ago

    Move to Korea, they virtually use no sugar in most recipes.

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       Eaglekiwiposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Interesting but if they keeps mishaving ,I wont need a diet

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          Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          good one

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             Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Now i am eating fruits miss my sweets

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                Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                yesterday i did eat sweets

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       very nice idea for sugar

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       i will do that thanks

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    Hack Retisposted 15 years ago

    Haha.
    
    That's only the bad side, I've never met a bad Korean who was free to work for Samsung. Or the other two companies in Korea.

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    Eaglekiwiposted 15 years ago

    Actually my son wants to go there , or China the whole culture thing has his undivided attention.
    We have had some great discussions on Communism recently.
    
    I am so ignorant about South n North Korea ( one part America supports ,the other not?)
    
    oops sorry which thread is this...yep sorry
    back to brownies

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    Hack Retisposted 15 years ago

    Mm, brownies.
    
    South Korea is the good one. And communism is the same as capitalism.
    
    North Korea has a fetish for track suits, so I've stricken them off my list of Do-Gooder Nations.

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       Eaglekiwiposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Thankyou

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    Hack Retisposted 15 years ago

    It was (a) Know problem.

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    Lisa HWposted 15 years ago

    I lived for decades without ever eating anything sugary (except when someone gave me candy for a holiday).  You just get used to not eating it after a while.  The one thing I did do, though, was have a cup of tea every day after lunch and add a single packet of sugar.  I saw it as my "dessert" - and it got the taste of whatever salad I'd eaten (sometimes tuna or egg) away.

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       Lgaliposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       thanks lisa i think u do not have those sweet teeth we sugar loving prople has..

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