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[bettygirl]

SUGAR..SUGAR...SUGAR...Sugar...sugar...fekking sugar...40 days sober and all i want to do is eat sugar!!!!

[Nelz]

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Im still eating too daym many cookies........it could be worse I guess

[kuya]

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bettygirl;1412815 wrote: SUGAR..SUGAR...SUGAR...Sugar...sugar...fekking sugar...40 days sober and all i want to do is eat sugar!!!!

Betty, cut the sugar, it blew my last quit, was eating two chocolate bars a night and neglected my diet. Protein, veg, salad in large quantities, supplement your omega 3s and only take sugar via fruit.

[paulywogg]

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hi betty,unfortunately i feel your pain,moosetrack ice cream is my new best friend,if i cut out the sugar,i know ill drink,i cant give up everything yet.

[Lavande]

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Betty,

I tried L-Glutamine to help with sugar cravings. It worked but it did cause me some unpleasant side effects.
Here's a good article with 20 tips to help curb sugar cravings.

Dr. Frank Lipman: 20 Tips to Curb Sugar Cravings and Kick the Addiction

[bettygirl]

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thansk guys...yesterday was crazy, as i don't normally eat sweets at all, but was literally driven to get to the store and buy something sweet! i got dark chocolate roca, and ate about 4 pieces...more cansy than i've eaten in years! i also find on days when i am not indulging in sugar, my blood sugar drops around 4-5 pm, and i get shaky and weak, and MUST eat something before i DIE!!!! egad, what alcohol has done to my poor body.
grant me the serenity to NOT EAT ALLLLL THE SUGAR today! lol

[bettygirl]

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thanks lav!

[bettygirl]

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i actually have been very adamant about not eating sugar for most of my life. i know that sugar feeds cancer cells, and for that reson alone, it scares me. i am vegetarian/vegan and am pretty serious about nutrition, so this new obsession with sugar is bizarre. my poor pancreas!

[bettygirl]

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det, i don't want to hear about the paleo diet, either!!!

[Turnagain]

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Hiya Betty....

I had a problem with sugar even before I became an addicted drinker and I often wonder if I ended up becoming an addicted drinker because alcohol is the jet fuel of sugars. Either way - my metabolism was even more screwed up than before.

Now, I am almost back to normal. I use l-glut to help stabilize the acute sugar cravings and take chromium and niacin as well. Additionally, I make sure I eat foods rich in fiber and protein to slow digestion and keep insulin levels in balance. I never skip a meal. I eat healthy snacks between meals, too.

I will tell you this...even now, with all this work...once I DO eat anything with a lot of sugar in it...I am a craving machine. I want more and more and more and more and more. Just like alcohol. Hmmmmmm. Same shit...just different forms. But both will kill.

In the early days...I was a real fan of red lentils. Filling...good for you and easy to make. Quinoa is another good treat that digests nice and slowly and keeps those sugar spikes at bay.

By the way...LOVE your avatar. Makes me smile. And shudder!

Good luck getting a handle on the sugar crap....

[techie]

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kuya;1412895 wrote: Betty, cut the sugar, it blew my last quit, was eating two chocolate bars a night and neglected my diet. Protein, veg, salad in large quantities, supplement your omega 3s and only take sugar via fruit.

no better advice could be given!

[CanToo]

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:yeahthat:

[SKendall]

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Hi Betty, I agree with Lav and the L-glut, it really helps.

Turnagain also, slowly released proteins like those suggested keep the sugar monster at bay.

[Determinator]

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Betty, my best (brief) advice is to ditto what Kuya said:

Originally Posted by kuya
Betty, cut the sugar, it blew my last quit, was eating two chocolate bars a night and neglected my diet. Protein, veg, salad in large quantities, supplement your omega 3s and only take sugar via fruit.

blood sugar instability is very common among vegetarians and vegans and it can drive you bonkers. do you know approx how much dietary fat and how many grams of protein you are getting daily? a craving for chocolate is often a craving for dietary fats.

[scottish lass]

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Betty - I am the same, I am eating a lot of sugar and feel that I need it - I also have shakes around 5pm if I don't. I tried really hard to start to cut back and last night I had one of the worst evenings in a long tme when I had been doing pretty well. I agree with a lot of what has been posted and do not want to carry this on for much longer, but honestly I am more worried about the effects of drinking, so I am not depriving my cravings and doing whatever it takes to ensure I don't drink, and today I have fed my sugar cravings and feel a whole lot better than this time yesterday....I will work on the sugar later.....