Nee,

I've said that to myself SOOO many times in my life - I'm a strong woman, I quit smoking after a pack a day habit, I work and study, I did so many rounds of IVF. Why is it I could be strong for those things but not with my weight? I felt like it was an addiction I could not break, no matter what I did, and it made me feel weak.

I have to say though that the writing for me is now on the wall. It wasn't about strength, it was about a crap metabolism, and years of yo-yo dieting, and now I'm almost 30kgs lighter than I was 6 months ago, but it was from exercising like a demon and eating the equivelant of a 3yo at each meal (and that's thanks to my lapband, btw)! How many people can honestly sustain that sort of thing FOREVER, when temptation is there everyday, in fact whenever you're hungry? I know I couldn't! Hell, we're human, not robots!

You shouldn't be so hard on yourself, babe. The fact is, if you want to quit sugar, put your mind to it and do it. But be prepared to fall off the wagon sometimes (I do too!). And if you do, don't despair, just get back on it the next day. Eventually you will come to a day when you will not be addicted anymore.

To answer your other question: on my re-op diet, I only ate veg and meat for two weeks, no fruits at all. But I do eat fruits quite a lot now - it's the only sweet thing I still eat regularly.