The Best Things in Life are Sugar-Free.
Mar 23, 2009 · Comments (3)
Why is it that most people who attempt to quit sugar fail? Because they’re attempting to quit sugar! That is, they are trying to stop themselves from doing something they love to do. And, quite often, they’re trying to do it alone with no support.
What happens? They make it several weeks, possibly several months, and then they get stressed out about something and go right back to bingeing on sweets. This is not uncommon and people shouldn’t feel badly about it if this happens.
Don’t feel badly, just start again!
Imagine if you stopped trying to talk the first time you mispronounced a word.
Imagine if you quit learning how to read when you came across a big word.
Imagine if you stopped going out because you once tripped and fell.
To Stop Being Sweet means to create a sustainable sugar abstinence plan. For some it means eating sweets once a week. For others (like me) it means eating sweets once a year.
Figure out what works for you. Doing so doesn’t happen quickly. There is no magic meal plan that will work for everyone. It’s up to YOU to figure it out.
shelly
Apr 20, 2009
I had the thing practically beat. I was doing very well. I lost several pounds. But then I found myself in an intensely stressful situation where I was working on college work that was far harder than I had ever done, spending several hours at a desk isolated and frustrated. I also am very busy aside from that with a 10 yr old and working pt time. Being a christian, I do not feel that I can turn to the alcohol and drugs that used to calm me when I got this stressed. So, comfort food is all I have. I have no friends (no time). I don’t even have time to really get real with my relationship with God. No time to pray, or read my Bible. So when I sit at my desk frustrated what can I justify doing. grabbing a snack to take a break. But, that snack is almost gone so fast i don’t hardly taste it. Then if it was sweet I need a salty one to chase it. It is vicious. Anyone who deals with this knows that it IS a disease. But, everyone is so busy looking down their nose at the fat people that they won’t help us do something real about it. Heck they even have things to help crackhead’s beat the addiction. What about us?
Suzanna
Jun 23, 2011
Shelly: I just ran across this post from over 2 years ago, but if you get this response I say you hang onto the solution that you already mentioned…Christ. The solution is the same whether one is addicted to drugs, alcohol, porn, seeking approval from others, or sugar…ad infinitum. We all long to be loved and accepted and when we use anything other than God to fill that need only God can, it will never be enough. Check out the book that someone else on this site recommended to me, “Made to Crave” by Lysa Terkeurst. I think you’ll like it. God speed
Bevel
Apr 11, 2009
Anything we try to do that is an “all or nothing” scenario is destined to fail. No choices we make are simply “yes” or simply “no”. The “all or nothing” situations set us up to fail.
B