10 Tips That Will Help You Quit Sugar

September 19, 2009 ↓ Comments (2)

1. Keep It A Secret

You’re at your friend’s house for dinner. Dessert comes and you announce, “No thanks, I am quitting sugar.” The most common reaction is laughter, surprise and disbelief followed by your friend attempting to temp you into just one bite. Instead of telling them you are on a mission, quietly say you just don’t feel like it. Suddenly they’re concerned, offer you some fruit or something else, and soon the situation passes.

2. Get Rid of the Stuff

Get rid of all the tempting foods from your kitchen, pantry, closet, cupboards, car, purse, backpack, desk, etc. Wherever you keep it get rid of it! Even if you get a hankering for something sweet, it’s a lot hard to eat sugar when it’s not there.

3. Replace Sugary Snacks with Healthy Foods

When you’re hungry for a candy bar but you don’t have any in the house, you’ve got to eat something. Stock up on all the good things you like to eat and you’ll end up eating more of them.

4. Bring Dessert to Parties

People do not usually make healthy, sugar-free desserts. When you go to a friend’s for dinner, bring a fruit salad or some other type of sugar free dessert for you and everyone.

5. Avoid the Places You Used to Go

If you are accustomed to eating lunch in the break room and that includes having some cookies from the cookie jar, a free soda from the tap and some candy from the candy vending machine, then start eating someplace else. Eat at your desk. Eat outside. Take a walk. It is not like you will never go back to the lunchroom, but while you transition from a sweetie to an unsweet person, staying away helps.

6. Write Down Everything You Eat

Include how much you paid as well. You will be surprised at the end of the week.

7. Don’t Do It Alone

If you can, find a friend and avoid sweets together. It really helps to be able to discuss what you’re going through with others who are also going through the same thing.

8. Expect to Eat MORE

When you first quit sweets you will end up actually eating more (healthy) foods in order to satisfy your sweet cravings. This will pass.

9. Read Books & Websites

There is tons of information on the subject of sugar. Read, read, read and learn, learn, learn.

10. Create An Outlet

Create a blog. Keep a personal journal. Make drawings. Cut the lawn. Feed the birds. Find or figure out an activity that you like to do and do it whenever you have the sweet cravings. It will not be easy at first, but in time you will be able to change your behavior.

Comments · 10 Tips That Will Help You Quit Sugar

Traci
Sep 19, 2009

Love the suggestions. Especially the first one…it’s true that the minute you admit you are on a mission, your well meaning friends freak a little. Especially if your sweet addiction is legendary. Also appreciate the reassurance that eating more healthy food at first is normal. Keep it up!
Love coming to this site!

yoda
Dec 09, 2009

These are good suggestions, some of it just common sense.

Fyi, I know it sounds weird, but stevia, I assume pure stevia without sugar alcohols, maltodextrin, dextrose,etc, can actually help curb cravings for sweets because stevia provides the very minerals that help us do that. Apparently, the most common reason why sweet cravings occur are because of deficiencies of these minerals.

I have personally found this to be true as I like SweetLeaf stevia.