sugar - killer yet temptaion....please help to control????

I also cannot control myself as far as sugar is concerned. But I do not eat two much sweets or chocolate. I take little bit of sugar in milk and one or two piece of sweet in a day. I do not ununcessarily eat ice-creams and chocolates, toffees etc.

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Dear apsara, I think you have already taken a step forward by educating yourself and actually doing your bit to curtail sugar intake. I have seen that ppl tend to consume sweets when they are hungry so ideally, we should keep our tummies more or less full, ofcourse with healthy food. If we can do that, our job is almost done. Sugar substitutes work but we havd to have strong motivation, afte all it doesn't taste the same. I do use sugar free tablets but many a times I keep switching over to sugar as well. No motivation at all. lol..

Once one man came to Ghandiji and asked to tell his son who is eating too much sugar. Then Ghandiji told him to go and come back ten days.So he came back after 10 days.Then he asked why you have taken ten days to answer his request.Then Gandhiji replied, I was trying to see myself how I could avoid sugar myself before giving him a advise.So be practical.

Hi apsara! I do not have diabetics but have it in the family. So for over 6 months i have switched to 'sugarfree' and i do not find an difference in taste. I also have succeeded in reducing the quantity of sweetness i use. I also try to avoid sweets these days but howmuchever I am tempted I consume only 1/4th of what i would have consumed otherwise. My advice is not to avoid or reduce sugar in one go but do it gradually.

Hi apsara, I used to like sugar in my coffee. But now I either take black or just creamer without the sugar. You shd get to the root of problems. Not try to find a way to get rid of sugar from your body. What you plan to do is like..you slap a person n say I love you after tht. Taking sugar subs is worst than taking sugar. Maybe you can try taking brown sugar or honey in your tea.

Well, I know I am not too "sweet-tooth" as much as you are, however I can relate to you sometimes somehow. I know what you mean when you say it's so hard to control the temptation for sugar. There are times that I seek a certain food that contains sugar and it tastes so good that I buy more and then I have to say to myself to quit because of obvious reasons that too much sugar is unhealthy. And it's like no, I can't it tastes so good. But you know that's where you can test your self discipline. It's just willpower, when you practice each time and exercise it regularly you can make self discipline work for you. So, take it one step at a time, everytime you think about the temptation replace it with willpower. There are other things you can think about to replace cravings for sweets. There are varieties of fruits that are equally delicious and much, much more healthy. Now, about sugar replacement I have heard that Splenda is great as a sugar substitute. It is natural and has no bad side effects as that of the other sugar substitute kinds like nutrasweet, equal, pal, and so on. So, you can safely take that. Though, it is much more expensive. But it is better to be safe and healthy, right?

Well it is right that eating too much sugar is bad for health.Friend everything is in mind.Try to control your greed.If you practice it will happen.Don't surrender yourself to the taste .Think & eat.It will be benefecial for you in future.I thankfully don't like much sweet & i am also not too much into them.

You got yourself a difficult problem as the sugar intake is not thru sweeties, it is just tea. Honey is the first thing that came into my mind, depending on the type it can leave a different taste on your drink. So I would suggest adding lemon to make less sweetie. With some luck you will think you can do with less sugar. Nothing is granted thou and you need fresh lemons around you all the time. If it was candies and sweeties, our grandmother could advice us to take a tablespoon of olive oil after the meals and sweeties intake. After tea thou would fell awkward and too harsh. Scientist have proved that if one is more likely to repeat with a good taste in their mouths than with olive oil or other products. Best of luck.

You need some motivation to control eating sugar. Start doing some exercises for body, that will give strength and motivation to balance your diet as well. Simply cutting off sugars with no exercise will only make you more depressed.

Honestly there's notthign you can do. Sugar is good, but you have to be mentally strong not to always eat it. I cannot stand sugar substitutes of aspartame, it is disquisting and downright just as bad for you. I say if you have to have your sugar fix, make sure to drink alot of water with it inorder to dilute the sugar content. When drinking tea, add honey instead. But in the end, it comes down to mental toughness and being smart when you do decide to binge

That is really hard to do. My wife also loves sweet and I am worried for her. I just think that you just really have to make up your mind that you have to reduce sugar intake.