Anyone ever GORGED themselves on sugar?
 

Yesterday I od'd on sugary treats at a party:((
Mind you I had given up sugar a month ago. I justified it with thinking ' well everyone else is...'. Ugh! I am so disappointed in my lack of control:(

I was at a birthday party on Saturday. I started out good. Just one Laffy Taffy (my all time favorite and weakness). Then two. And so on. Then a bag of Cheetos. Then a sandwich. I mean, really??

Just get back on the horse and keep moving forward. Eventually, either we'll find the control or we'll find that we don't care for sugar all that much anymore. I hope it's the latter.

Yes, way too often unfortunately. After some serious self-analysis, I've figured out that giving in to sugar cravings has been the biggest roadblock to getting to my weight loss goal.

Some of us just can't handle it. I had to give up sugar for 6 months before I could introduce it at all. Even then I could still sit down and eat 170g of chocolate without thinking about it! It's taken a long time for me, I'm still not perfect and I know I just can't keep chocolate around me. I'll eat it until I get sick. So if I make desserts it has to be something that I can control myself around. Natural sweeteners are a big help (so cookies made from them don't make me insane) but chocolate is my big thing that I just can't keep in the house.

I haven't given it up entirely but I only buy single portions now.

Of course I have, I think that's why there are so many people on here trying to lose weight!

At my worst, I used to eat 1 jar of Nutella a day along with an entire loaf of bread, along with the donuts they had at the office. Yes...bad...

Most people I know are are either cheese lovers, or sugar lovers, and I am the sugar lover. lol

Binging in sugar is the main reason my weight topped out at 265lbs. I'm not good with sugar, my body is not good with sugar. I have had people tell me before that after giving up sugar for awhile they dot even like it anymore...that may be true for some, but even after monthes away from it, I can slip back into those sugar binges without a second thought, and it does still taste just like I remember it. I think it will just be one of those things I will always have to work on.

Yep. Sugar binges are bad. They make me feel like crap, I end up headachey and ill and really irritable. Sugar does awful things to my body. I know 100% that in order to be successful in the long term, and in order to do right by my body, I need to stay away from it. The worst part is that when you have some, you just want more...... One cookie isn't enough. Five isn't enough either. I'm not the kind of person who can do moderation with sugar.

Ah, jelly beans at Easter time...I bought a couple bags of spice flavor and finally told my husband to hide them on me - I can't stop! First it's 5-6, then a couple more, then several more, and then I'm feeling like cr@p. I love my sweets, candy especially. I do feel awful after a day of sugar binging, both mentally and physically. I just have to get back on the mind set that sugar is not my friend!

We all have times we eat too much. It's just how often do we do it and learning to do so sparingly.

yesterday I had way, way, way too much cake, but the cake is now gone. I sent it off to avoid further temptation. I know I enjoyed and can move on and probably won't have anything off plan for a couple months. It's when it becomes a regular thing that's the problem.

Yep!! Halloween came to mind.. I'm a HUGE fan of horror movies and anything scary so I seriously get into that holiday. I watch all my fav scary movies that month and I bought BAGS of "fun size" candies. All different kinds of chocolatey goodness. I remember eating like 10 in one night and feeling horrible :lol:

I've been thinking about this a lot since last night. At least, more so than usual.

Had a very long, stressful evening away from home yesterday. And about went nuts when a little girl my MIL was babysitting marched into the living room, eating a sugar cookie with frosting.

Now, keep in mind the only processed sugar I've had all month has been in the small serving of dark chocolate I have once a day, and I've been completely fine with that so far. I've been doing well with not having cookies, candy, ice cream, etc. . . I easily pass them up at the store and they rarely enter my home these days even when I'm not consciously dieting. But when I saw that damned cookie right out in front of me, I could not stop thinking about it. :(

Then my SIL pulls out some home made ice cream and offers me some. I politely decline, and pass the bowl across the room. It makes its way around the room and I have to pass it back to her. Then DH decides he wants some and I have to hand it back to him. Then he offers me some, holding the spoon out in front of me. I wanted to cry. I've been doing so well without the temptation right there in front of me.

I ended up taking a very small bite, and yes, it was good. And I was told to take more. I politely declined once again, and ended up handing it back to my SIL. And on the way home I made sure we stopped at Walmart so I could buy both frosted cookies and ice cream. :o

At least I made sure the cookies are sugar-free and the ice cream is no-sugar-added. I planned on having just one cookie but ended up eating two. I planned on trying one bite of ice cream and ended up having three. And I'm sort of angry with myself for caving into the cravings and buying such overly-processed foods. But perhaps it's a victory that I at least chose low sugar options and did not binge, because sugar really is my biggest issue. I wanted to have more. It felt like my body was starving for it, even though I knew I wasn't physically hungry.

I'll see how I do having these things right here in the house. I'm hoping that I can ration out reasonable amounts in the next few weeks, incorporating the occasional treat into my plan. If I'm tempted to binge, I'll probably have to just throw them out. I don't want to restart any bad eating patterns; I've been known to eat regular frosting right out of the container and that's the very last thing I want to devolve to. :(

Oh yeah. I've been working on several health items the past two years. One of course is to lose weight. I also have been working on cutting down on sugar intake & getting my cholesterol under control.

I have done a great job in cutting down the sugar, & I allow myself certain treats. But just every once in a while, I get a craving for something, a craving so wicked and commanding, that when I do have it, I keep on having it... and having it, & having it, & having it.... ad nauseam. And then I feel like absolute crap for the rest of the day & sometimes into the next couple of days! Then it's quite a while before I even entertain the thought of going on a "bender" again. :barf:

I simply FEEL MUCH BETTER when I limit my sugar/processed junk. I'd much rather "gorge" on fresh tomatoes, sliced cucumber, baby carrots, and sliced oven-roasted turkey breast. Much more filling & WAY better for me. :carrot:

Gourmet cheese and fine chocolate are two of my favourite foods. In my heyday I could eat a 400 gram jar of Nutella in one sitting -- WITHOUT getting sick. And I could demolish a loaf of French bread if there was Brie or Cambozola to put on it. I still allow myself these foods, but in much smaller portions. And rather inexplicably I'm now able to keep them in the house without obsessing over them.

F.

After all the homemade cakes, frosted easter egg cookies and banana pudding ( yes! I had one of each )... I literally felt sick. I woke this morning feeling still sick and not until around 2:30 did I begin feeling normal again. I am convinced it was eating too much, and mostly sugar!

You know, I always thought I was a hardcore sugar junkie, but in the past two months of not eating any wheat at all, I've discovered that I can actually handle a little sugar now. I can have one serving of ice cream like a 'normal' person! It's so weird. So I guess instead of being a sugar addict, it turns out I'm a wheat addict.

I gorge myself until I'm sick. Really nothing makes me feel better than eating a box of oatmeal creme pies or just white cake with frosting. Probably two of my most favorite indulgences.

When I stopped sugar a month ago, I stopped "wheat" and all grains, really.
I believe more ppl than not are gluten sensitive.

It happens to all of us, I know very few healthy weight people who haven't experienced the same. The problem is if it becomes pattern or the frequency is such that we cannot easily undo the deleterious effects on our health.

With all but the rarest occasion I don't do sugar any more, at all, really. I have a serving of dark chocolate and gourmet cheese as part of my dessert factored into my lunch or dinner when I am maintaining, but that's literally it. More sugar than the (extremely dark and quite expensive ;) ) chocolate contains would set me up for cravings and inflammation, and it isn't worth it. That doesn't mean the occasional piece of birthday cake will screw me up forever, but it does factor into the calculations my brain makes when deciding if a food is worth eating or worth passing up!

I too am a sugar junkie. It had gotten to the point where if I ate one candy, I had to finish the entire box. As if aliens had taken over my body.

Well, last night on 60 Minutes there was a very interesting report concerning people eating too much sugar. Everyone should watch it. The very short version is that the scientists in the report believe that sugar is the cause of many cancers. Human bodies were not made to process sugar and that is why such an uptick in cancers since sugar became prominent in the diet. Also, cultures who don't use sugar don't have much cancer. The other important thing is that scientists believe that your brain can't process the sugar either, and it is similar to the high from cocaine.

Everyone should watch the segment online to form their own opinion. It was very enlightening to me.

That doesn't make any sense to me. Sugars are found in many "natural" foods - fruits, veggies, etc. Of course the human body can process sugar!
As far as being similar to the "high" from cocaine, I can believe that. But I also know it's NOT similar to the high from cocaine.

Sugar has had its demons for many decades. I believe that "all things in moderation" is the way to approach most things in life. :^:

Yes. Nutella. Or Icing. Ack. :dizzy: It seems to be hormonal with me. I have noticed that I can turn that stuff down mostly, but when PMS, look out.

Yeah, and then I get tired so I don't feel like cooking something healthy, and then I eat something junky, and then I feel tired so I eat sugar... :lol:

Not that long ago I ate an entire bag of butterfingers in 24 hours after realizing they don't contain gluten. So..Yeah.

Ugh, yes. I've been trying very hard to cut sugary foods out of my diet (except fruits), but last week I was just so busy and gorged on candy and donuts for DAYS. It was awful. My body felt awful (I get super gassy when I have to many sweets. Gross) and I felt awful for giving in to temptation.

I have cut sugar out of my diet before, and it was incredibly helpful in my weight loss success. But every time I think "I haven't had sugar in a month, so I'll treat myself to a candy bar," I fall back into old habits and am not able to get back out for MONTHS. No sugar for me. Sugar is bad for my success.

Have I ever gorged myself on sugar?

Is the Pope Catholic?

Do I breathe air?

Do I bleed blood?

LOL!!! I short...yes. Many many times over, yes!

Yes, I have but I much prefer savory foods. I have gorged on mac-n-cheese -- which most of us know converts to sugar anyway, so I believe it's all the same.

I totally believe our bodies were not meant to consume sugar that's not in it's natural form. Even fruit wouldn't have been available all year round in endless quantities so people typically didn't eat a whole lot of that either -- not to the extent that we do now. I think refined and processed sugars are especially toxic and have thought so for a long time.

Research has shown sugar has an opiate effect in our brains, and provides a definite "high" of sorts. Same with all carbohydrates, especially simple ones.

That said, I am a "most things in moderation" type of person so ideally I would consume sugar on occasion. Hopefully rarely, hopefully in a natural form (I enjoy things flavored with raw honey), and hopefully in a reasonable quantity.

However, that doesn't always happen (clearly lol).

I always feel like crap (emotionally AND physically) when I consume unhealthy amounts of sugar (and savory carbs). But yeah, totally been there.

The "sugar" from fruits and vegetables is minimal compared to the sugar found in coca cola, cakes, cookies, etc., and the sugar that is added to many of the foods we eat in the form of high fructose corn syrup. People have not started eating processed sugar only 100 years ago according to the report. Like I said, you need to watch the report to draw your own opinions.

Ditto :-(

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Oh god! for a minute i imagined you meant sitting down with a bag of sugar and a spoon....i need to get out more {-(

I gave up sugar for Lent. It wasn't as hard as I thought. I actually liked not having to fit desserts in. Easter I will once again be able to eat sweets. I am soooo scared. I told my trainer that I think I am going to allow myself only 5 mins...because I am afraid it will make me sick. Guess we will see what happens. Wanted to tell you...instead of being down about what you ate...be happy for how long you DIDN'T eat it.:hug:

I am both. :p Chocolate, cakes, muffins, cookies are wonderful. As is brie or feta or oka or fresh mozzarella or cheese curds, etc.

I've been cutting down and having success, but I had a binge last month of eating 800 calories worth of ice cream and some hardening chocolate topping. I stopped 'early' because it didn't taste as good as it used to.

I'm lucky - it used to be much more at half of the ice cream plus almost all of the topping bottle. (Maybe 2000?)

5 minutes is a looong time. i could do a lot of damage in 5 minutes lmao

HA! Ya me too! :bunny2: <---- The bunny has nothing to do with it, it's just cute.

I am a cheese lover and a sugar lover .:dizzy: I hope if I eat enough cabbage and carrots it'll be better.

I could easily eat one of those sees chocolate butter eggs in 5 minutes. They are about 1000 kcal

I used to gorge constantly, on both sugary and non-sugary foods. It's embarrassing to admit how much I could shove down my throat.

Eating half a pizza or more? No problem. On my binge days, I could eat half a dozen donuts in the morning, then a junk food lunch (like spending $14 off the Taco Bell value menu :( ), chased down with a dozen cookies, then a full dinner. And a pint of my friends Ben and Jerry for dessert.

Sad thing is, I could very easily return to this behavior...

Ugh. I had a day like that last week. Big flippin' fail.