Check out "146 reasons why sugar is ruining your health" on the internet. Personally I think that sugar is addictive in a big way and you just want more and more eg binging. If it is your trigger food why not give it up completely. I gave it up because it seemed to make my bread addiction worse - giving up sugar was just so easy compared to giving up bread which I find impossible to do. So many foods contain sugar and its a difficult one to get rid of in one's daily diet but you can do it. Take care and be strong for yourself.

I've also read that about sugar.... As well as high fructose corn syrup (sugar) actually impairs your body's satiety hormones. You can't tell when your full. Talk about messed up....

Hi Mel!
Please just try giving up sugar for 2 weeks. Two weeks. I know it sounds like a long time, but just do this for yourself. You will be amazed at how much your body will get used to not having it and it will not be such a big deal. Then you can treat yourself on the weekend or continue to cut it out of your diet. I have found that I am able to not have any sugar during the week and then on Saturday night I either have a few beers or plan on having something with sugar or some junky carbs. I find that without eating the sugar and even foods with sugar in them, I am eating more whole foods and feeling so much better. Best of luck to you.

To all of you who've given up sugar, do you mean "junky" foods or also eg fruits with a high sugar content?

I've been bingeing a lot recently and want to give up sugar, but I'm afraid if I give up the fruits that I really like, I wont have any food that I enjoy and will just start to binge again out of deprivation.

To all of you who've given up sugar, do you mean "junky" foods or also eg fruits with a high sugar content?

I've been bingeing a lot recently and want to give up sugar, but I'm afraid if I give up the fruits that I really like, I wont have any food that I enjoy and will just start to binge again out of deprivation.

I completely understand. I am addicted to sugar as well. I am not sure how to stop it! Please know that you are not alone and we should take it one day at a time.

I totally love sugar too and I know that I'm addicted to it. I come from an abusive, alcoholic family and two parents that were mentally ill. I been hooked on sugar since I was a kid. My weight has yo-yo-ed for many, many years. When I had my support group,(20 years ago) I didn't feel the need for sugar, but everyone went their own way. I still feel very sad about that.

I wish I could say I had ONE type of trigger food! For me, it just depends on my mood, could be candy or pasta or chips. I never binge on meat, really not a big fan of meat, maybe I should keep more of that in the house....

I know a couple people who did nothing else but stay off the sugar & they did lose a lot of weight. It's amazing how much sugar can add on to our weight... Good luck!

I have been off of sugar for 4 weeks. I have lost about 12 lbs because I am able to make good food choices now that I have the sugar out of my system. When I am on sugar ( like a drug)I am always hungry. Being off sugar, I get full and satisfied with healthy food. I do eat fruit. I don't eat processed sugar.

I'm trying to avoid sugar,it becomes difficult when you really start, everything has sugar in it: bread, icicles, kachup. I also try to avoid refined carbs, since they readily convert into sugar in the body.

it does seem to keep binges at bay. If i do have sugar, i find I want more and more of it,like a domino effect.

Gosh, I need advice so badly: I have to stay of sugar and substitutes completely: it makes me very ill. And yet. I dont! I'm really and truly addicted. I obsess about it all the time. Carbs are closely related. I am like a drug addict who knows that they are playing with their lives, yet still do it.
Any advice?