| If you need to lose weight but you find it difficult | | | | clear the taste of food out of your mouth by drinking a |
| because you are faced with overwhelming sugar | | | | glass of water, coffee or tea or chewing a stick of |
| cravings you are not alone. This is a challenge many | | | | gum. This squashes the craving and you avoid the |
| people face and it is one that I have faced in the past. | | | | extra calories. |
| This article shares ways you can break free of your | | | | 3. Keep the sweets out of your house. If the sweets |
| sugar cravings. | | | | are not there you will not eat them...or be tempted by |
| Free From Sugar Cravings | | | | them. Do not make it harder then it has to be to avoid |
| 1. Have a compelling reason to drop the sugar. If you | | | | the snacks, go around your house and clear away the |
| do not have a good enough reason to not have the | | | | snacks or if others in the house are eating them at |
| sugar when a craving hits you will eat the sugar. How | | | | least move them out of sight to an inconvenient place |
| do you get a compelling reason? By setting a goal. | | | | so you don't grab and go. |
| Take a few moments to ask yourself what you really | | | | 4. Eat treats more mindfully. When you do have a |
| want and then set a goal. For instance, if you have a | | | | sweet treat do not simply gobble it down so you can |
| craving but you can say to yourself, "I want the sugar | | | | have more. Eat it mindfully by taking a few seconds to |
| but I want to lose 10 pounds this month even more | | | | look at the food and notice what it looks like, then |
| then the sugar." Then you are on your way to | | | | notice how it smells and how it feels inside your mouth. |
| breaking free. | | | | You will experience the snack differently and you will |
| 2. Remove yourself from the eating occasion. A sugar | | | | find that you naturally eat it more calmly and you eat |
| craving will often hit after a meal, "you just want | | | | less of it. |
| something a little sweet." To move past this craving | | | | |