Eating Sugar- How To Break The Habit And Avoid Eating Sweets In Your Diet

Sugar in unhealthy. It causes heart disease, liver disease, diabetes, cancer, allergies, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other illnesses. It is also addicting.

Learn how to kick the habit.

Like with any habit, it’s far easier to build a new habit in place of an old one than just trying to get rid of the old habit, so let’s take action:

1) Create your new identity.  “I am somebody who is in full control of the food that I eat.” “I will use organic raw honey in place of sugar.”  “I don’t eat cookies.”  The more specific and positive that you can make your new identity, the more likely you will be to eventually make that identity your new reality.

2) Be aware of your cravings. When you start to crave sugar, pause.  Take a few minutes and look at the situation: Is it because you are depressed and unhappy? Bored? Hungry?  Sugar creates a good feeling in your brain, and so you could be craving sugar for any number of reasons.

3) Once you identify the reason for your sugar craving, decide if there is another activity you can complete to accomplish the intended desire without sugar.  You could be bored. So, do something else then eat! If you’re sad, the quick rush of sugar will NOT beat out long-term happiness and success.  If you’re hungry, eat food that is healthy.

4) Come up with rules for yourself, and stick with them by reducing the willpower required.  “Today, I will replace one of my sodas with water. “I don’t ________.”  It’s helpful to use “don’t” instead of “can’t”. Studies have shown that using “don’t” results in a much stronger dedication to habit building.

5) Help yourself out!  Don’t buy or bring home food that contain sugar. If you are trying to eat less sugar, increase the number of steps between you and sugar. 

Exercise

Get fresh air

You are in control of your life, your thoughts, and your habits.

You can celebrate Valentines Day and other holidays in NEW CREATIVE WAYS that are not centered around eating sweets.

 Reference- Nerd Fitness

                  By Diane Gammon M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counselor

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