Sugar has been part of my life since I was born. Cake, candy, cookies, pie, ice cream, pastries. Any kind of dessert or sweets. It is my go-to food for comfort and relaxation. My reward for struggling through the day. I am 49. I cannot stop sugar-binging at night. I will eat a slice of cake, then two or three cookies, then maybe a piece of chocolate, then an ice cream bar. Every. Single. Night. It's after everyone is asleep. I want them to hurry up and go to bed so I can sit in front of the TV and indulge. I look forward to it all day. I think, Today was crappy but thank God I can relax with my cake later on. If not for the fact I try to go jogging and work out when I can I'd weigh 200+ pounds. Right now I am about 20+ pounds overweight. I am stuck in the mindset that I can eat whatever I want and never gain an ounce - like I did in high school and college. WHAT DO I DO TO STOP? I'm losing hope. / P.S. - Substituting baby carrots DOES NOT work. / P.P.S. - I take medication for depression which probably doesn't help.
I recommend you get tested for Diabetes. Sugar cravings. Yep, there may be more than an emotional reason for binging. I can relate to binging.
@WhiteLamb Thanks - not a bad idea. Also my cholesterol is fairly normal but a bit high on the “bad” side.
Wow...how I can relate! Mine is in the morning then throughout the day. I get up get my coffee, get my hubby off to work, then sit down watch TV for a half hour or so then go dish up a bowl of ice cream (only choc chip mint will do however) then it goes down hill from there. I buy a bag of LifeSaver Wintergreen Mints, they are individually wrapped and I eat them all day long. I either finish the bag in one day or in two or three days. I have been anorexic since I was 12 until around 38 but I still have the tendencies so I too think I can eat as I please and be ok even though I have gained 25lbs in the past 8 years. I am at a healthy weight for my height now but I do have side handles now on my waist. My daily diet is Sugar for all three meals and I don't know how to get off it. I went a whole year when I was 19 or 20 without eating sugar. I was anorexic and only ate 500 calories a day but I stayed away from sugar and I was so proud, then I was making cookies with a friend, licked my finger and went straight to the store and bought a Butterfinger and ate the whole thing! I too need help! I hope we find it. Good luck.
@Freedomplz Thanks for replying. Wow. I think you have me beat in your sugar intake. Do you have annual checkups and blood work? I’m glad you are in recovery and at a healthy weight, but obviously not because of a healthy diet. Anorexia and other eating disorders (which I have never had) are tightly connected to addiction. I have an addictive personalty. I kick one habit just to pick up another. I abused alcohol for 27 years. I have been sober for 8 years. Quitting drinking was NOTHING compared to quitting sugar. My drink of choice, wine, is sugary so sweets make a good substitute. Last night, I had two pieces of cake, three cookies, some apple pie, etc. I’m sinking in a sea of sugar and depression. And sugar worsens depression! Please keep posting here. I’m glad I have found people who have the same problem. I don’t feel so alone!