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sugar addiction

smokijoe24

smokijoe24

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Type of diabetes
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Does anyone else on here crave sugar? Sweets, chocolate, cakes, in drinks, etc......I can't stand it I feel like a junkie and once the thought of it gets in my head, I just want it more and more and get very ratty, and it got worse after diagnosis. Am I alone in this?
 
No, you are not alone. The best way to get rid of the cravings is to go cold turkey on the carbs. Cut out sugar, rice, grains, and starchy veg. It worked for me. I think I eat too much cheese now, though.
 
smokijoe24 said:
Does anyone else on here crave sugar? Sweets, chocolate, cakes, in drinks, etc......I can't stand it I feel like a junkie and once the thought of it gets in my head, I just want it more and more and get very ratty, and it got worse after diagnosis. Am I alone in this?
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No your not I have been diagnosed 8 months and always hungry especially for sugary foods and feel down and grumpy because I have to resist, I treat myself once a week with chocolate but always want more it's HARD
 
Thank goodness I aren't alone, I thought there was something wrong with me. Went low carb 8 days ago, but seem to be wobbling today, feel very down.
 
I went cold turkey when I first found out I had my 3 meals a day and only fruit in between meals that made me more ill but was scared to have chocolate/cake/sweets at all but got told to treat myself every so often but with me having one only makes me want more but having will power isn't so easy
 
I craved sugar every day. My breakfast would be toast or a sarnie followed by biscuits or chocolate. I couldn't get enough of the stuff and would eat it till my heart raced and I felt sick. It was like i didn't have a full signal with chocolate. Since doing LCHF ive only had one bad craving day and it feels really strange to me. Ive never stayed on an eating plan without cheating for more than a couple of days. Tried slimming world more times than ive had hot dinners and always failed on the second or third day. I don't know where the self control has come from!
 
carbs are like a drug for me, the more I have the more I want..if I slip, I have a carb craving for the rest of the day..luckily It's gone in the morning and I start again.
it seems it's part of our evolution. where when season carbs are about, we gorge and lay down fat for winter. the trouble is there is never a winter in our food supply

I had to go cold turkey and cut all carbs for a month and with metformin, I was back to normal BG numbers by the end of the month...
a bowl of muesli will still spike me in to the 11's though

it’s a long page and a few good video’s
http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf

For me, the more carbs we eat the more carbs we want. they don’t give up easy
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/firstweek.htm

how much carb
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarb101/a/carblevel.htm

cravings
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/lowcarbliving/a/Food-Cravings.htm
 
smokijoe24 said:
Does anyone else on here crave sugar? Sweets, chocolate, cakes, in drinks, etc......I can't stand it I feel like a junkie and once the thought of it gets in my head, I just want it more and more and get very ratty, and it got worse after diagnosis. Am I alone in this?
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I am the same I'm absolutely addicted to chocolate I love cakes and other sweet things, I could live off them. I have to have it everyday. I spoke to my dsn on Tuesday and I'm on a list to see a psychologist about this. It's no good anybody saying 'don't buy it' that doesn't work, I've tried that and then it's on my mind all the time and I have to go to the shop to buy it.
 
It's kind of a relief to see that I am not alone. It's like I almost feel good is my friend. It's my only comfort in my fight against this big bad world. And now that's been taken away I feel lost.
 
Muggle71 said:
It's kind of a relief to see that I am not alone. It's like I almost feel good is my friend. It's my only comfort in my fight against this big bad world. And now that's been taken away I feel lost.
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Sounds worse than quitting smoking. And they tell us sugar isn't addictive.
 
You certainly aren't alone. 10 months of low carbing and I still have cravings but I can manage them better now. Going cold turkey never worked for me, I just end up binging afterwards, constant monitoring and allowing myself small amounts worked better, so its not a case of 'No I can't have that' it more 'No I can't have that at the moment, but in a little while I'll test again and then then I should be able to have a little bit'. Its a case of working out what works best for you.

One I have managed to get into the habit of is saying No when people are offering things around at work, even before I know what is on offer, I find it easier not to think about what I am refusing and then having a small amount of the dark chocolate I carry with me to cushion the blow.

While at home a mug of hot chocolate made with cocoa powder, double cream and sweetener can certainly help overcome the cravings.

I hope you find a method that suits you.
 
Good morning, last night's wobble over, and i'm raring to go again. Thanks all of you, it certainly helps to know i'm not alone in my sugar madness x
 
smokijoe24 said:
Good morning, last night's wobble over, and i'm raring to go again. Thanks all of you, it certainly helps to know i'm not alone in my sugar madness x
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Good to read your wobble is over! :) The cravings do pass eventually. I am a sugar addict and my past diet was full of bread, pasta, potatoes, rice and sweets.

I find now that the lower carb my breakfast is, the less cravings I have throughout the day. If I start the day with something a bit carby, I want them all day! So I really try to make breakfast (or anything I eat before noon) as low carb as possible.
 
I had to treat it as an addiction just like smoking and found going cold turkey was the only way for me. I can't buy biscuits or other sweet stuff to keep at home for an occasional treat because i end up eating the lot, although I'm lucky that I live alone now so I don't have to buy forbidden fruits for other people in the household ;)
Didn't take long to get over it, was much easier than I ever thought it would be :)
 
@smokijoe24 That question is a loaded gun, I used to buzz off the fact that if my sugar went low i could plough into a 'full fat' coke and a mars bar, i loved it, it became an excuse to binge. I'd then watch my bg rise dramatically from low to high. i don't do it any more as i know it pours fuel onto my fire and i believe refined sugars are a deadly poison that plays havoc with the auto immune system.

The large food corps are simply drug pushers forcing their drugs on to us and we do little to resist because of a lack of knowledge and awareness. Try giving up sugar for a week, its easier to give up smoking. Have you had that feeling yet that you have been lied to on a scale with such grandeur that you actually believe the food on the supermarket shelves is harmless?

Love is the drug as they say, and so is sugar and it's being recognizing now as true, fact, scientifically proven, those craving are an addictive response because you have trained the biological machine you are in to consume copious amounts of unnatural monosaccharaides. To naturally control and keep the bg low i have to break the cycle and force myself to stop consuming the 'white death' so easily and readily available on the shelves of all recommended retail outlets near you...

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and in your granny's sugar bowl "One lump or two dear?". We need to re-educate ourselves and choose an alternative that does not harm us and force those money hungry marketeers and sociopathic big corp drug pimps to pull it from the foods we so easily consume without questioning. There are many addictions to break, being diabetic, food addictions take priority.

My name is spencer67 i am a recovering monosaccharide dependent and my granny is trying to kill me.

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Sugar is 'addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times'>>>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...and-the-most-dangerous-drug-of-the-times.html
 
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I really struggle with this. I have drastically reduced my sugar intake and cut out anything sweet and mainly only eat brown carbs. This has stopped the cravings but if I fall off the wagon I feel really ill the next day. I make sure I eat small snacks in the morning - that's when I'm most likely to have low sugars. I eat lots of cheese, nuts and seeds.

I spend ages looking at the sugar contents of prepared foods. As a general rule of thumb, if it says the word 'sweet' like in sweet chilli then don't have it. If there's even a hint of fruit in it then don't have it. I never eat fruit only veggies. Beware of tomato based sauces and check out the breads that you buy.
 
Thank you so much everyone who commented on my thread. I've taken your advise, and as of yet, no more cravings and no hunger pangs either, but best of all my bs is right down to 6.5 the lowest since diagnosis 2 years ago. :D
 
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