I've been struggling to reduce and then eliminate most sugar from my diet. I say most because I would allow myself the occasional small treat and because I wasn't rabid about eliminating all foods with sugar, provided it was a low percentage and I didn't eat it much or often. For the last month I have stuck to this with success. A week ago I finally summoned the courage to test myself.

Before, if I had sugar in some form in the house I would obsess over it until I finally ate it all. I literally could not think about anything else. It was very unhealthy and it has always been something I hated about myself. A week ago I bought a small tub of icecream. I have allowed myself a small scoop every few days in accordance with my diet plan.

The icecream still sits mostly full in the freezer.

I am utterly flabbergasted that I was able to do this and hugely proud of myself. This week I've had some bad cravings but I still didn't binge. I honestly expected that I would end up dumping the icecream because I wouldn't leave it alone. I thought it was waaaaay too soon to have ditched this bad food habit. I sure surprised myself!

MN.

Congratulations. Sugar is my big demon too. I've given it up for Lent and plan on keeping it to a weekend only food when lent is up.

Every time I think I've conquered sugar, cravings just comes back. I think the best way to deal with it is to realize that you'll be fighting it on and off for a long, long time, but you'll just have to say no.

Good for you , the first step is the hardest.

Thanks for the encouragement and I agree that it has to be something I'll never be able to eat without caution. Too much will just trigger a binge but so far I've been able to moderate myself. Not that I'm going to tempt myself too much. I certainly won't be stocking up on sweet treats! I do that and I don't think I'd last .

MN.

That's so great! I love not feeling controlled by a tub of ice cream or box of cookies

That is so awesome! Keep it up