I want to lose weight but it seems kind of difficult. I am trying not to eat too much salt, processed foods, sugar and diary, but sugar is my weakest point. I have cravings a lot. I started going to the gym and started walking a lot and I do a good amount of exercise, but when it comes to eating I have uncontrolable cravings for sweet, savory rarely. When I was trying to quit sugar I was trying to do my daily activities just as before but I was feeling nervous for some reason until I ate sweet. A few days ago I ate whole 14 PIECES of cake. Whaat? It gave me a lot of energy at first, but then I felt like if I ate one more, I would throw up. I am trying to burn off all these calories that I ate, but when there's such tasty food at home it's very difficult to resist all these temptations. I usually don't buy these things and buy only healthy things, but that is what is cooked at home and I don't know what to do to control myself better. It's like being addicted to it. Can somebody give tips for overcoming these cravings without actually eating sugar? I know how unhealthy and unnecessary sugar is and that is why I am trying to stop it. And it is causing me feel tired and not as good as I should feel.
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A craving for sugar is a symptom of not enough protein in your diet. You need to read some books about nutrition so you know how to eat right. Calories have nothing to do with it. You should be eating about 0.4 gram of complete protein per pound of body weight every day, counting only 6 grams per egg, 12 grams per glass of milk, and 24 grams per quarter pound of meat. Eat veggies with every meal, or whole grain bread every day, to keep your bowel movements regular. Set a schedule, twelve hours when you can eat and twelve hours when you do not eat. You are sleeping for eight of those hours, so that helps a little. The rest of the time you if you are hungry you may eat anything you want, as long as you are sure it's food. (That assumes you have read the books so you know what is food and what is not.) When you are not hungry, stop eating.