i have a serious sweet tooth, how am i supposed to loose weight? :(

[Saffy]

Read 'Sweet Poison' by David Gillespie, its about sugar addiction and how to break it, I still have the occassional thing but have cut back HEAPS, and went for about 2 months straight without eating any sugary food.

[~*Niadalla*~]

Simply getting it out of my house has worked a treat. I've not touched any chocolate in about 6 weeks. No ice cream (apart from the odd treat of skinny cow sundaes), no lollies, no cakes. Nothing.
It helps that I can't just duck to a supermarket, but mainly it's my new found will power muscle.

take it from someone who used to sit down and eat an entire block of choccie, followed by a massive bowlful of icecream with choccie topping several nights a week (not including all the cakes and things during the week) ..... it can be done

[krysalyss]

I am a big sweet tooth too. I have to be really careful that I don't buy big portion sizes. If I buy a chocolate bar I have to buy a freddo or milky way. I can't kid myself that I won't eat an entire family block of chocolate if it is in the fridge. Or a whole packet of lollies. I simply can't have it in the house. I feel your pain on this one. I also have some holes in my teeth which I can't fix up until I finish studying and get a job, so they like to remind me that I shouldn't be eating so much sugar. I won't cut back on whole fruits though. They may have sugar in them but they also have nutrients which is something that junk sugar doesn't have, as well as water so you feel more full. Bring on the summer fruit I say!

[Bloom]

I have cut out sugar (or fructose) like in the Sweet Poison book. I really didn't think I could do it, as I have a major sweet tooth and also binge eat. If I start, I can't stop. But I have been sugar free for almost 4 weeks and it has been easier than I thought it would be. I don't have really strong urges for chocolate or cheesecake or other sugary fatty treats. I have been pleasantly suprised by how well I've done. (Let's not talk about the fact that I have gained 2kg... we are working on that). But seriously I think not eating sguar is the key to stopping binge eating for me. I am hoping to keep this up long term (i.e. I can see myself not eating sugar except for maybe really special occasions for the rest of my life).