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Originally Posted by Natsu  This site provides very simple and useful information, specially about why dieting is not the solution, and why you need to do life-lasting changes. Flat Stomach Exercises - How to Flatten Your Tummy
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If you don't mind I'd like to ask you something related. I am really trying to lead a good eating lifestyle, I'm really trying to get good eating habits. But.
But I think I am addicted to sugary stuff. I can live without chips, without soda, without salty snacks. But one day without sweets, pies, cakes or ice creams, and the craving arrives. Weird thing is I don't drink alcohol or smoke, I never had. Do you think sugar can be addictive? I get really strong cravings, despite how much I want to lose weight. I'm not fat now, but am slightly overweight and if I don't get control of my body and health now I'm 29, later on it's going to be worse.
So, how would you stop the craving for sweets? I know that they give me nothing good... During years of attempts to leave them, I've learned at least to sense how greasy and heavy they are. I have managed to cut out doughnuts and other very greasy sweets. But chocolate, panettone and ice creams still get the best of me. How would you leave them? I have no problems with my weight... Or I wouldn't if I didn't crave for sweets that much. Has anyone had this problem? Has anyone gotten over it? |
Sugar is
absolutely addictive. People who only get sugar from natural fruits, etc, don't gorge on is. But processed sugar is another story, and is definitely my stongest addiction. I quit smoking, but I haven't been able to quit sugar for more than 2 weeks. I believe sugar is the main source of my feeling generally unhealthy, and my extra weight. I have a belly that pokes out from all the bloating (read: candida). I see people all the time who look just like me - tired, fatigued, depressed, irritable, with the same puffy belly. I've tried quitting sugar, but when I allow myself any, even moderately, my cravings go NUTS. This is true for me when the sugar is just white flour, too - it makes me want tons of other unhealthy, carb-laden stuff. So I'm trying to gradually move into a raw diet for awhile, which I've never done before.