has anyone had successs in conquering a sweets addiction? I have a real addicition to particulary chocolate. I had a nutrionist tell me i had an addiction wich i already knew but i cant seem to find anyone to tell me how to overcome it!!

You stop eating them.

I'm not trying to be flip, but you have 100% control over what you put in your mouth. If you can't eat them in moderation, then cut them completely out of your diet. Sugar addiction is real, but it's also something that can be conquered by abstaining from eating sugar. Sugar cravings feed on themselves. If you stop eating sweets, the cravings will subside within just a few days. You will probably have a headache and feel kind of poorly for a couple days as you come off of it.

If you need some mental motivation, watch "Sugar, the bitter truth" on YouTube. It's an eye opener and will totally change how you look at sugar forever.

Agreed! Everyone craves different things. Some people (like myself) can have a small amount of sugar without ruining their diet but if you personally cannot then just go cold turkey. That's what I did with pizza. It's tough at first but trust me the cravings do go away. When I say that you won't crave chocolate of course you might still like the taste, but you won't uncontrollably and randomly desire it

I was practically addicted to sweets and candy for many, many years. I went cold turkey and did not have any sugar or sweets from August - early October. Whenever I would crave it I would add a teaspoon of organic apple cider vinegar to a glass of water and that killed any cravings.

Now I am able to enjoy very small amounts of candy once in a while and don't have eat the entire box.

I completely agree, just stop eating them and the addiction goes away. Like smoking or any other addiction. And watch that video, it is mind boggling and makes you think completely differently about sugar.

Yes, it's good advice to watch that video. Very insightful indeed.

If sweets are a big problem for you then it's a good idea to remove them completely from your diet!

I just watched the video this last weekend after seeing it posted on here, and it has definitely changed the way I feel about my sweet tooth! I used to be so hard on myself for losing control around cookies and chocolate, but now I think I understand it more.

I still love sweets, but no longer will I be subbing applesauce for butter thinking it is healthier. It isn't.

Plus it explains why when I eat Reece's Puffs I feel More Hungry as I am eating instead of less hungry.

This is very true. We are led to believe that we have a sweet tooth because we are weak-willed, that we succumb easily. Sugar is like any drug like tobacco, alcohol or even cocaine. It's an addiction. I like the part where he says that nature makes it very difficult for us to get sugar. It either comes from beehives or it comes from cane and you have to work hard to extract the sweetness from either of those. And suddenly sugar is in everything we eat, of course obesity is an epidemic.

What's difficult about that is that it suddenly makes "life" an obstacle course. Food and sugar-laden food is everywhere any time of day and it's in everything. It's really really really not fair to have to conquer a sugar addiction while someone is shoving it down your throat everywhere you look.

I also have a problem with sweets, but I never could accept giving them totally up. I have tried, and I always failed and started bingeing. Doing without my favorite foods made me feel deprived and rebellious. I researched it recently and discovered that sugar isn't very good for your body, and yes, it does seem to be addictive. But I still didn't want to totally give it up. I discovered that some experts advise you to limit added sugar to 20-30 grams per day for women. I started keeping track of my sugar grams in a small notebook. My goal is to stay below 30 and eventually work down to 20 or less. It's been working out really well for me. If you are used to eating a lot of sweets, the first 3 or 4 days are the hardest, after that it gets easier. Keeping sugar on a budget makes me feel like I'm getting my eating problem under better control. It also keeps me from feeling deprived because I can have a little something everyday or plan for something special.