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="4d49">Thoughts to overcome the moment</h2><ul><li>Abstaining is more beneficial to my longterm health than moderation.</li><li>The pain of avoiding in the moment is far less unbearable than going through the symptoms that follow sugar “use”.</li><li>Mom can make these things for me another day if i really want, this is not a once in a lifetime opportunity.</li><li>FOMO (fear of missing out) is a mental construct.</li><li>Feeling better tomorrow is worth more than feeling a mouthful of chocolate in the moment.</li><li>I made a deal with myself. I am worth it to keep my word and promise to not eat sugar.</li></ul><h2 id="2adb">Speak up</h2><p id="3279">Quiting an addiction is going to be a rollercoaster of emotions. Talk. Shame hides in the dark.</p><p id="a183">I was feeling overwhelmed with the urge to give up, so I turned to my family.</p><blockquote id="ca8b"><p>I quit sugar almost 4 months ago. This is really hard. Can someone help?</p></blockquote><p id="c2cd">One family member was especially helpful. She said that I made a deal with myself for now. I can get Mom to make these treats anytime. There’re brownies available next week if I want. I don’t have to make this choice right now.</p><p id="89bd">Eating a brownie now isn’t going to change anything about your body today, or tomorrow, but you’re doing a thing right now and you know you’ll be happier sticking to the plan.</p><h2 id="2847">Bet on yourself</h2><p id="9b80">Just for today, uphold your word.</p><p id="426e">The urge to qu

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it might be difficult today, but the satisfaction of following through will be better tomorrow.</p><p id="416d">If I decide to quit tomorrow, so be it; but ride the wave today.</p><p id="36e7">I don’t have to listen to everything my mind tells me. It’s just noise.</p><p id="a488">I don’t have to give in to my addiction because I’m uncomfortable in a moment of desire.</p><p id="0f24">I want to feel proud of myself and really good in my body tomorrow.</p><p id="39b9">I want to feel in control of myself. Sugar makes me a crazy person. Not eating the brownie is aligned with my integrity. I don’t want to have to deal with the follout tomorrow of tight clothes and a stomach ache. The disappointment of letting myself down is also not something I’d like to feel…over a brownie.</p><h2 id="adb2">Get your dopamine elsewhere</h2><p id="a2df">I understand that it’s just food. I didn’t get to an uncomfortable place in my body by making one bad choice, it was from multiple incongruous choices over time. I want to feel better in my body so I have to make this choice to be sugar free.</p><p id="025b">I know what kind of person sugar turns me into. I don’t like her. The rush of dopamine from eating needs to be rewired. I chose fruit, conversation, and family instead.</p><p id="08c8">At the end of the day, it’s only food and one day of enjoying dessert isn’t going to break me. I’m trying to build mental toughness. Tonight was a good practice for that. It was a real hard push to resist the things that hurt me.</p></article></body>

How To Stay Sugar-Sober During The Holidays

Strategies for when you’re about to break

Oh my god this is so hard. What’s one day? One day isn’t going to make a difference on my whole life. It’s only one thing. It looks so good. I’ve been so good for so long. You only live once.

The thought freight train slammed into me at full speed. It raced through my mind as I stood there staring at the gooiest, fudgiest, crunchy-on-top, glorious brownies I’d ever seen my Mom made. Ever.

And the cheesecake. Don’t even get me started on that masterpiece. Marble chocolate swirl with chocolate ganache.

Three and a half months is a pretty good run. One day and one thing can’t hurt, and no one has to know.

But I would know.

My integrity isn’t so low that I would let myself get away with such a lie. The guilt would, ironically, eat me alive.

I am sugar sober now. I know what eating a brownie and cheesecake would mean: shakes, irritability, crankiness, gut ache, bloating, racing heart, insomnia… and it wouldn’t be just one bite or one slice. It would turn into a full blown binge.

I know myself well enough by now.

Thoughts to overcome the moment

Abstaining is more beneficial to my longterm health than moderation.
The pain of avoiding in the moment is far less unbearable than going through the symptoms that follow sugar “use”.
Mom can make these things for me another day if i really want, this is not a once in a lifetime opportunity.
FOMO (fear of missing out) is a mental construct.
Feeling better tomorrow is worth more than feeling a mouthful of chocolate in the moment.
I made a deal with myself. I am worth it to keep my word and promise to not eat sugar.

Speak up

Quiting an addiction is going to be a rollercoaster of emotions. Talk. Shame hides in the dark.

I was feeling overwhelmed with the urge to give up, so I turned to my family.

I quit sugar almost 4 months ago. This is really hard. Can someone help?

One family member was especially helpful. She said that I made a deal with myself for now. I can get Mom to make these treats anytime. There’re brownies available next week if I want. I don’t have to make this choice right now.

Eating a brownie now isn’t going to change anything about your body today, or tomorrow, but you’re doing a thing right now and you know you’ll be happier sticking to the plan.

Bet on yourself

Just for today, uphold your word.

The urge to quit might be difficult today, but the satisfaction of following through will be better tomorrow.

If I decide to quit tomorrow, so be it; but ride the wave today.

I don’t have to listen to everything my mind tells me. It’s just noise.

I don’t have to give in to my addiction because I’m uncomfortable in a moment of desire.

I want to feel proud of myself and really good in my body tomorrow.

I want to feel in control of myself. Sugar makes me a crazy person. Not eating the brownie is aligned with my integrity. I don’t want to have to deal with the follout tomorrow of tight clothes and a stomach ache. The disappointment of letting myself down is also not something I’d like to feel…over a brownie.

Get your dopamine elsewhere

I understand that it’s just food. I didn’t get to an uncomfortable place in my body by making one bad choice, it was from multiple incongruous choices over time. I want to feel better in my body so I have to make this choice to be sugar free.

I know what kind of person sugar turns me into. I don’t like her. The rush of dopamine from eating needs to be rewired. I chose fruit, conversation, and family instead.

At the end of the day, it’s only food and one day of enjoying dessert isn’t going to break me. I’m trying to build mental toughness. Tonight was a good practice for that. It was a real hard push to resist the things that hurt me.