SA (Sugar Annonymous) Meeting

Posted on January 28, 2015

Hello. My name is Robin, and I am addicted to sugar. I really try so hard to stay away from it, but I can't help it. I justify it by saying, "I'm eating fruits. Fruit is good for you." Yes. That is very true. Grapes are GREAT for you. Fully of anti-oxidants, vitamins, AND SUGAR. A REGULAR serving size of grapes are GREAT for you, but the whole bag is not. And then there are the pastries.....

I know I have a problem when after I find out that I am under my caloric intake for the day and "GET A HONEY BUN" comes to mind because I "have to fill up my total calorie count!" I feel like I could be doing so much better in my weight loss, but sugar has me feening like Jodeci (25 years old and above can understand that analogy). I SNEAK sugar. After losing some weight, I decided to "celebrate" with a M&M ice cream sandwich. AHHHHH!!!!!

What is the real issue? What am I really stuff in my mouth? What am I really suppressing? I know its root, but these root issues have created habits from me "dealing with it" that are hard to break. Being addicted to sugar is different from anything else. When you are addicted to alcohol, you have to go to a certain section of a grocery store, or a certain type of story. If you are addicted to drugs, you have to find someone who sells what you want, make arrangements to get it and then do the drugs all while not being caught. With sugar, IT IS EVERYWHERE and in EVERYTHING!!! As I am using Livestrong app to track my eating (which is awesome by the way), everyday, I am CONSISTENTLY over my sugar allowance. My calorie, fat, sodium, and/or whatever can be on point, but my sugar is CONSTANTLY over.

This is a monkey I intend on putting and keeping in a cage. I will say I have self-control and actively work towards it until I see change happen within me.

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02/11/2015 6:54PM

I am so there with you! My downfall is baked goods. I LOVE baked goods so much that I taught myself to bake! I have had the most difficult time not whipping up some oatmeal cookies or my famous buttermilk pound cake.What's worse, is my family makes it harder! My sister is always asking me to bake a pound cake, and I make a triple layer chocolate cake for all of my siblings birthdays. When I showed up to my brother's birthday with a normal, non-fudge-frosted, gift, I got so much side eye! I just couldn't do it! If I made that cake, I'd have eaten that cake, and licked the bowl! I am working at this too. I do feel your pain and am a sister in your struggle.

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Caramel4

Well we can do it! ..and also make cakes without licking the bowl. Try chewing some gum and make it a habit to immediately rinse the bowl out or use one of those really good Pampered Chef scrapers to scrape EVERYTHING out. There may be some money in that baking. I wouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water ;)

RockinRhonda

01/28/2015 9:58AM

Thanks for sharing - your words are pretty much my own. There are some foods that I LOVE that I just can't have at all. If I do, it will set me on a downward spiral and I will gain back all the pounds I've lost, my brain will be in a fog and I will have no energy. Before xmas, I was doing great and I had great plans of sticking to it. Well, it all started with ONE stupid cookie - that turned into a full-on binge for about 10 days. I snapped out of it and it took me almost a month to lose what I gained in that short time. NOT worth it! I take it all as a lesson learned and that one stupid cookie just isn't worth it to me. I am not someone who can eat sugar in moderation, because I just. can't. stop! Best of luck to you!

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