Anyone else feel addicted to sugar? Any tips to break the addiction?

I have similar issues. You can try to switch to healthier carbs like fruit which tastes sweet but is much better for you. Your taste buds will adapt but it may take time. I'm craving some cookies right now so I'm going to run to the store. Good thing I run alot.

good luck.

Eat more fruit.

Big smoothie when you crave candy. I'm talking about 5 or 6 bananas, strawberries, etc.

I used to have the same problem. Ate candy everyday, and I mean like a bag.

I was still rail thing because I ran 100mpw, but I switched over to eating massive amounts of fruit instead and feel so much better, have more energy, etc.

Fruit is natures candy.

What evidence do you have that sugar is harmful to your running? As a cheap source of "fuel" for your muscles, I'd have thought that sugar would be beneficial to your running.

I feel you. I have the biggest sweet tooth and even feel physically better when I binge on sweets. I eat (or used to) eat way too much. Chocolate covered jellies, jelly beans, ice cream, shakes, pudding etc.

Cure: Go right now to Trader Joes, buy a bag of thier almonds chashews and chocolate peices. Fantastic, and best of all the sugar content is pretty low. For some reason it satisfies my sweet tooth completely. This mix acutally has LESS sugar than nut and fruit mixes.

Go now

Cold Turkey... Get yourself into a ketogenic state where you are fat adapted and then reintroduce carbs to the point where you optimize your performance.

I started eating brown sugar.

(Stay away from white pasta, white bread, white sugar, white flour, white rice, white milk but, whities but, it's OK to eat brown sugar, brown pasta, brown bread, brown flour, brown rice, brown milk and brownies.)

ZANE wrote:

I started eating brown sugar.

(Stay away from white pasta, white bread, white sugar, white flour, white rice, white milk but, whities but, it's OK to eat brown sugar, brown pasta, brown bread, brown flour, brown rice, brown milk and brownies.)

No, it's the same, except the color. MORON.

Xfit_guy_the_real_one_1 wrote:

ZANE wrote:

I started eating brown sugar.

(Stay away from white pasta, white bread, white sugar, white flour, white rice, white milk but, whities but, it's OK to eat brown sugar, brown pasta, brown bread, brown flour, brown rice, brown milk and brownies.)

No, it's the same, except the color. MORON.

YOU KNOW WHAT. I'm SICK and TIRED of your BS X_FIT.

I Bet you still eat CAULIFLOWER...

Do you even EAT, bro?

I crave sugar and other empty carbs when I'm overtrained. I think teaching the body to rely more on fat is a key to weight control, a key issue for American runners. Fruits and vegs tasted better when I cut out meat.

runner who professes wrote:

I crave sugar and other empty carbs when I'm overtrained. I think teaching the body to rely more on fat is a key to weight control, a key issue for American runners. Fruits and vegs tasted better when I cut out meat.

Why would you cut out meat. Vegetarians are rather unhealthy on average.

sugar shock, its a great read and knowledge is the key to getting where you want to be.

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Your situation sounds familiar - I'm into aerobics (3times a week) and I used to have a candy bat right after the workout...I just couldn't resist.

One way you can approach your problem is by cutting it down slowly and stick to a detailed plan. I did the 21 day sugar detox...which was very hard in the first 3 days...but once you're past the first week, eating sugar free becomes 'normal'.

Did you try to substitute your "snacks" with healthy alternatives? You may want to have a look at the 21 day manual at timreviews.com/21daysugardetox . As mentioned, you'll have to need some discipline btu the effort will pay off.

Janine

Take the things you are most addicted to. Allow yourself to have it, but only half of it. You get the other half after your next workout.

Not only does it allow you what you want, and control portion size, it encourages you to workout twice a day. Sometimes, I was so happy with myself after doing the second workout in a day and having eaten well, I threw away the other half of the apple fritter. Self-control can be an addictive feeling too, especially if it's a new thing.

ZANE wrote:

I started eating brown sugar.

(Stay away from white pasta, white bread, white sugar, white flour, white rice, white milk but, whities but, it's OK to eat brown sugar, brown pasta, brown bread, brown flour, brown rice, brown milk and brownies.)

I know this is a joke, but I just feel like adding this interesting piece of trivia -- "brown sugar" is generally just white sugar mixed with molasses.

you have to treat it like an addiction. if you're addicted to heroin and stop, you can't expect to do "just a little" again and control it. you just stop. that's it. amazingly simple, yet incredibly difficult.

i found one of the big problems was that 95% of my sugar intake was at night when i was tired. when i started craving sweets i finally figured out that my "safe place" was bed! just get in bed, don't go to the kitchen.

I think I eat too much sugar as well.

I love chocolate bars. I never put sugar in/on anything (I don't own any sugar on its own) but its all in the chocolate I eat.

Hey guys so since I made this post I struggled for a few days and ate way too much sugar... but then got my act together, decided to get down to it and eat a whole food diet and for the most part my diet has been a lot better this past week. I still ate some cookies yesterday, but for the most part the "worst" stuff I eat each day is dark chocolate. I don't calorie count, I'm just trying to eat as natural as possible.. so yesterday I wanted something sweet and salty, so I had a lot of raisins, bananas, and peanut butter... maybe not the healthiest, but I think it's better than a lot of processed foods. I've noticed I feel better usually/not bloated outside of running, though my running has been slow but i think that's just because I'm tired and went through a harder training spell. I'm taking this week as a down week running wise so we'll see. I just make sure to eat until I'm full so I have energy and I've been feeling less hungry. After the initial hump, I'm also craving junk a lot less, it just doesn't taste as good.

For me, if food's is in the house, then it is too late. The place to stop it is at the market. Don't buy it. Ever. No excuses. Bad day/great day/whatever, no excuses.