Muscles posted...My body is just craving sugar so bad after 2 days without drinking any pop or energy drinks or sweetened tea
Years ago when I very significantly cut back on drinking soda(now it's rare I do today), I found the big drink I discovered which enabled me to really cut back was discovering La Croix. Or for that matter, any other flavored carbonated water out there that's sold. And also switching to drinking cane sugar sodas over high fructose corn syrup sodas, was another thing that made me feel a lot better. It's worth it to look for those stores selling imported Mexican Coke or other sodas, since for whatever reason unlike the US, they are sold with cane sugar in the soda instead in that country. I prefer cane sugar sodas over HFCS soda, since my stomach doesn't feel so bloated after drinking the cane sugar type. I used to worry like you I'd never successfully cut back, but I managed to do so sometime in the mid or late 2000s. Good luck to you, I hope you're able to accomplish that goal.
And as for other things like ice cream, I often substituted lower fat and lower sugar things like fruit bars. Will still eat ice cream from time to time, of course. Good luck, hope you're able to accomplish this overall goal. Like others said, try to eat some fruits and vegetables at times as well. Even if its just fruit that has sugar in it naturally, like bananas or pineapple. For carrots, I know what often encourages me to eat that is to combine that with having a garlic hummus dip for them.
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