[txrangerette]

Just my observation after decades of personal experience...the more sweets you eat, the MORE you want. That's why you can't satisfy the feeling of wanting them.

Conversely, the less of them you eat, the LESS of them you want. However, this takes quite some time for the body to make this adjustment. But it can and will happen if stuck to.

In the meantime, try to scale back the sweets to lesser intense ones. And much smaller servings of the more intense ones. Substitute complex starches for the simple sugars. Increase intake of KNOWN "good-for-you" foods such as veggies, whole grains, yogurts, etc. and try a little more protein; also, even a small amount of fat will help fill up the empty feeling.

Oh, and for anyone who thinks eating plenty of sweets is great and who has no concerns...well...I'm not directing my comments to them.

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I think that is very true about sugar. I have found this to be true with chocolate over the last 3 months. Having not eaten it for about 3 months I no longer crave it.

I am not saying I will never eat chocolate again but I do not crave it like I do before I cut it out.

I also agree about fat but of course here you have to be careful because fat is twice the calories of sugar. Though I have been dieting I have made sure that I have some fat in my diet - more probably than some who are not dieting in Britain but of course keep the total calories within my daily allowance.

Fat does fill you up and stops the craving for more that is why many people fail on a very low fat or fat free diet.