Are you a sugar addict? I am.
In 2005 I vowed to quit and began
writing about life without sweets.
This site contains a forum,
product reviews, my journal,
educational Sugar Challenges,
and the Stop Being Sweet ebook.

Sweet Performance Art Video

June 11, 2010 • Comments (2)

He says he’s an artist but any sugar addict knows he’s actually having a routine sugar binge and trying to cover it up under the guise of “performance art.” Video Title: My High Fructose Corn Syrup Fix.

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on 06/11/10 • Comment

Sugar Addicts Set Themselves Up for Failure

June 09, 2010 • Comments (0)

addict People don’t want to quit their addiction and so they set themselves up to fail. They tell themselves it’s all or nothing. They want to quit right now and they want it to last forever. And then it doesn’t work and they’re like, “I can’t do it. I guess I’ll go finish that tub of ice cream.”

It’s easier being a failure than it is being an achiever. Failing is easy. You don’t have to work at failing. Achieving, on the other hand, requires practice and skill. Skill is the result of practice. Practicing requires effort. To succeed at anything takes effort. You already know that.

Ask yourself if you really want to quit sweets and you’ll probably say no. That said, you know you’d be better off if you stopped eating sugar and junk food. Why can’t you just moderate it? Because it’s very difficult to break habits you don’t know you have. In order to manage (different from moderate) your sugar intake, try creating a realistic goal. Start small and don’t set yourself up to fail with all-or-nothing declarations. You don’t need to quit sweets forever—it might be impossible to do—but you can stop being sweet.

• 20 Ways to Stop Being Sweet
• Try Removing Sweets One-At-A-Time

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on 06/09/10 • Comment

Weekly Sugar Challenge: Week of June 7, 2010

June 07, 2010 • Comments (0)

Ingredients

What’s in your food? What the heck is that? The assignment for this week, should you choose to accept it, is an easy one. When you eat something—especially if you eat junk food—read the label and locate an ingredient of which you’ve never heard. Then Google it and learn about what it is you’re putting in your body!

Try to discover one ingredient a day. If you’re up for it, add the food, the ingredient and the definition in the comments below. Good luck!

Posted in Sugar Challenge on 06/07/10 • Comment

Temptation Never Goes Away

June 04, 2010 • Comments (0)

Chocolate Pretzels There’s a bulk foods section at Winco’s food store. Every single time I go through there I notice all the sweets. They have an end cap devoted to sugar free candy, but it’s all sweetened with Maltitol and eating any more than one piece of that stuff will make your guts explode.

Last night we were shopping and I saw a barrel full of Andes Candies mints. They were next to the barrel full of chocolate covered pretzels. That’s when it hit me: Halloween is coming and it’s just a matter of months before I can eat that stuff for a weekend. I immediately started planning to buy bulk bags of Andes Candies, Kit Kat, Reeses, chocolate covered pretzels and whatever else strikes my fancy when the time comes.

The desire for sweets never goes away.

Check the Bulk Food Aisle

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on 06/04/10 • Comment

Weekly Sugar Challenge: Week of May 31, 2010

May 31, 2010 • Comments (0)

This week’s assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to not eat or purchase anything containing High Fructose Corn Syrup.

How do you know if it contains HFCS? You simply read the label and look for “High Fructose Corn Syrup”.

Ingredients

If you’re not sure if there’s HFCS in the food you want to eat, avoid that food.

Here’s a list of some foods that often contain HFCS:

- Ketchup
- Mayonaise
- Salad dressing
- Soft drinks
- Juice drinks
- Health/energy bars
- Breakfast cereals
- Sandwiches
- Foods for sale in a gas station or convenience store
- Yogurt
- Bread
- Cough Syrup
- Crackers
- Frozen Foods
- Peanut Butter
- Jams, Jellies and Syrup
- Pasta Sauce
- All kinds of snacks