Any advice for stopping eating sugar

How are you eating (excess - in your eyes) sugar - other than in general foods? - which is relatively unavoidable - unless you go on hunger strike.

Unless you are, ridiculously, putting 3 spoonfuls in a cup of tea or coffee - and things like that - cannot see how you can cut out sugar to sufficiently meet your ideals...

- If you are eating about 6 doughnuts or cream cakes per day - then the answer is staring you in the face - or, your mouth, rather.

Knock all those 'additionals' on the  head.

Instead of cake - Water biscuits - spread a THIN layer of jam on them, initially, for some taste - then no  jam - then no water biscuits.

Tea will taste better, without sugar - far MORE refreshing, too - After a fortnight you will not be able to drink a cup of tea with sugar in it.

You will be amazed how easy it is ... Just 'Mind over matter' - and some self-discipline.

As @onlooker said, just do it. Your sweet tooth will quickly become less sweet.

But it sounds like there are really three separate things going on: your sweet tooth, lack of impulse control (the cake not lasting), and perhaps your metabolism.

For the second, the easiest place to resist temptation is at the supermarket. You've only got to spend 10 seconds not buying the cake, versus hours of not eating it once you've got it home. If you do not want to cut out cake altogether, try individually wrapped ones, or visit a bakery each day for a fresh one. Better still, try fruit instead (although the reason fruit is sweet is it naturally contains sugar).

If you are not getting fat then you are probably doing something right whether it be work, exercise or metabolism. Make sure you do not endanger your health by cutting back too quickly. It is one thing to feel tired or dizzy at your desk but not while you're driving, or taking someone's appendix out, or whatever it is you do. Good luck.

yes a banana instead of a chocolate biccy

Are your excess calories just coming from food? For me, beer was a significant factor. I cut down significantly on beer and started eating more sensibly, along the lines already suggested. I also started doing exercise. (walking & exercise bike). I carried on eating normal meals and lost a fair amount of weight. For me, it's the combination of eating sensibly, not drinking too much beer and doing regular exercise. I found putting a pedometer app on my phone useful to getting me doing more walking. If you replace some of your beer with certain shorts (e.g whiskey or Gin, you can enjoy a drink, whilst cutting down the calorie intake.
I add a teaspoon full of honey to my porridge (made with water) to make it a bit more palatable. I used to eat 2 bowls of fairly sugary cereal each morning.

Aye, the OP seemed more concerned with his future health rather than weight loss.

Bad habits leave one man in six with an ‘older’ heart

One in six men over 40 has a heart that is a decade “older” than he is, according to official data that highlights concerns about Britain’s unhealthy habits.
Four in five middle-aged people have hearts that have been prematurely aged by overeating, drinking and smoking, Public Health England (PHE) says. Millions are on the path to an early heart attack, according to its analysis of data from 1.2 million people who used a new “heart age calculator”. It records an individual’s weight, blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as age, sex and some basic medical details to calculate whether their heart has aged faster than they have.
Jamie Waterall, head of the PHE cardiovascular disease prevention programme, said: “We should all aim for our heart age to be the same as our real age. Addressing our risk of heart disease and stroke should not be left until we are older. The heart age test is really important as it gives an immediate idea of heart attack and stroke risk, with no doctor’s appointment needed.”
He said people should know their heart age as well as they know their height or weight, urging those with hearts older than they are to exercise more, eat better and give up smoking.
Older hearts increase the risk of an early heart attack and PHE says most of the 22,000 people who die of a heart attack or stroke each year before the age of 75 could have been saved. By the age of 50 the average person’s heart is 54 years old and one in ten men of this age have a heart that is a decade older than they are, PHE calculated.
Men are most at risk: two thirds of those with older hearts are male. Overall, 16 per cent of men and 11 per cent of women have a heart age more than ten years higher than their chronological age.
John Deanfield, who led the development of the test, said: “The heart age test takes the results of considerable research and translates this into messages that we can all apply to our heart health. Understanding personal risk, together with opportunities from intervention, empowers people to take control of their own cardiovascular health.”
Deaths from heart disease have halved in recent decades but it is still the biggest killer of British men and second-biggest killer of women. Half of those taking the heart age test did not know their blood pressure, which PHE says could mean they are unknowingly at even higher risk of heart disease.
An estimated 5.6 million people have high blood pressure without knowing it. Mike Knapton, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: “It’s extremely worrying that so many people don’t know their blood pressure or cholesterol levels, as these silent conditions can lead to a deadly heart attack or stroke if untreated.”
Katharine Jenner, chief executive of the charity Blood Pressure UK, said: “Getting your blood pressure tested in your nearest pharmacy or health centre can be the first important step to prolonging your life.”

I have 1 tablespoon brown sugar on two shredded wheat

cut out sugar in anything,ditch bread,pastry and dont fry stuff

If the Sugar is too hard too give up in one go in your tea, try half spoonful of stevia.

journeyman just done this at the second attempt

first attempt backfired as I tried to cut sugar out completely from day 1 - big mistake as I got more cratchetty than an addict giving up crack cocaine

second attempt I decided to get ween myself off slowly

reduce your intake gradually or else you will likely suffer side effects

try 1 sugar in your tea for a week, then a week with half a spoon, then a week with quarter of a spoon.

don't put any sugar on cereals

slowly slowly catchy monkey

good luck!

Wine Gums are a total menace.  Jeez I could demolish one of those bags in an hour no problem.  Like a bottle of Gin to an alcoholic they are to me.  Mustn't be seen near them

Advice!

Yin and yang. To help you cut your sugar intake, reduce your salt intake at the same time!

Dont eat anything that " God " did not make. For example bread! Forget Mutiny on The Bounty. Bread does not grow on trees or in the ground. They add salt and sugar to bread. Spaghetti does not grow on tree's. Rice is not white Or is it? ). God id not make pastries, sausage rolls, chips, pizza's or fried chicken or hamburgers.

Baked beans have salt and sugar added.

Try not to eat anything out of a tin, save tomatoes and beans without any sauce or additives like kidney beans, cannelini beans etc.

View sugar as The Devil, get thee behind me Satan attitude!

Every day put " cake " money in a clear glass bottle.

Fat is not the devil. Do not buy " Reduced Fat " foods like yoghurts because they add sugar to help with taste because of the lack of fat which has flavour. I am not advocating eating saturated fat but do not worry too much about it if it is on an animal carcass.

Modern processed foods are full of sugar and salt for longer shelf lives and to add to " taste or flavour ".

Why are " poor " people so fat? They eat rubbish food from tins, boxes and fast food restaurants! Very little from grocers and butchers!

Dont even think about how hard it might be to give up tea in sugar. Just do it for 21 days and you will be fine without it. I have a terribly sweet tooth still but don't take sugar in tea any more. I have half a teaspoon in fresh coffe but may even cut that out soon.

Salt is also dangerous so try and stop adding it to a dinner plate.

Good luck and do as I say not do as I do!

I don't believe in God but I think he believes in me!

I score one for you on that!

WD

Tea will taste better, without sugar - far MORE refreshing, too - After a fortnight you will not be able to drink a cup of tea with sugar in it.


I gave up sugar in tea and coffee and the way your taste re-adjusts after a period of time is incredible. I now find sugar in tea repulsive. You begin to really appreciate the taste between different coffee grounds as well.

Salt is another taste destroyer if over used

add a drop of honey to porridge

Reading this thread with intrest, ive got diabetes 2 and trying to give up /reduce sugar. I don't like Salad and prefer diet pop to water , love fruit and at the moment eating loads of strawberries to try and stop eating chocolate, just hope strawbs aint worse than chocolate !

alcohol is sugar
bread is sugar
rice is sugar