Are you addicted to sugar? Do you find it impossible to stop eating it once you start? Do you crave bread and sweets? You may be someone who’s “sugar sensitive” – someone whose body reacts strongly to sugar, leading to sugar bingeing, overeating and, eventually, addiction. This wrecks havoc on your body, mind and spirit.
You probably feel horribly guilty and ashamed. But, dear one, it’s not your fault. Sugar sensitivity starts in the brain – it’s your biochemistry.
And yet caring for your sugar sensitivity – and finding freedom from sugar addiction – may mean limiting how much sugar you eat or giving up sugar altogether. Gulp. No more ice cream? Candy? Soda? I promise you: you can do it, and without white knuckling it, will power, and stress and striving. I can show you how.
Sugar addiction resources
- Read the book, Overcoming Sugar Addiction, now in its 2nd edition.
- Read the companion workbook, Becoming Binge Free.
- Get 1 on 1 coaching with Karly to help you become sugar free.
- Get our reading list for sugar addiction.
I was sugar addicted for most of my life. I spent over 10 years trying to become sugar free. I now help others find freedom from sugar addiction with a gentle, compassionate approach.
Start by just observing yourself. Keep a food diary and track your eating. How much sugar are you eating? How do you feel after you eat sugar? What triggers a sugar binge? With this awareness, step back and examine your patterns. Does one bite lead to a desire for more and more?
Consider experimenting with a few days without sugar. Track how you feel. At first you may feel awful as you detox from sugar. But after a few days without sugar, the physical cravings disappear. You don’t feel so hooked. This may tell you that sugar abstinence is something you want to pursue over the long haul.
Sugar addiction reading suggestions:
- Uncover the hidden sources of sugar in your diet
- 10 tips to help you become sugar free
- How to walk away from sugar when you’re tempted
- Soften sugar cravings with this tool
- Tired of self sabotage? Soften your resistance to giving up sugar
- 4 crucial needs to stop sugar bingeing
- The 3 stages of healing a sugar addiction
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Audio message from Karly: A guide for where to begin… |
 Overcoming Sugar Addiction book by author Karly Randolph Pitman |
Sugar addiction – one baby step at a time
It may seem impossible to live a joyful sugar free life. Start with one day at a time. It’s a gradual, step-by-step process. Little by little your eating habits will change. Little by little your emotional habits will change, too.
Once you aren’t physically craving sugar anymore, you have the space to focus on the emotional healing – healing the drive for sugar in the first place. This enables you to stay sugar free for good.
You can do this – you can be free of sugar cravings, mood swings, and sugar bingeing. And you’re not alone – you can do this with the loving support of a community, what we offer here at First Ourselves.
If you’re serious about giving up sugar, I invite you to listen to this free audio on navigating the sugar detox phase.
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