Good morning, @callaloo, Don’t be too hard on yourself with your mission to cut out sugar! I’ve fallen off the wagon a few times myself. Sugar is so addicting and difficult to avoid…especially when there’s something enticing put in front of me. Saying NO and sticking to that decision is really a test of endurance and resolve! 😂.
Throughout my cancer journey, I really had no craving for sugar anymore. Not even for dark chocolate! Gasp!!! Well, thank heaven’s that made a reappearance because a day without chocolate well…I didn’t fight this hard to go without at least one vice! I’ve had to give up wine and caffeine, so chocolate would have been too much to bear. I can pass up cake, pie, cheesecake, but I really struggle when cookies are put in front of me. Just one…surely, just one couldn’t hurt. Next thing you know a plate of chocolate chip cookies is reduced to a pile of crumps. My spirit’s willing but my flesh is weak and I end up eating more ‘junk’ for a few days until the guilt overcomes me and I ‘get religion’ again! 😅

My husband and I are pretty good about maintaining a Mediterranean type diet and seldom have desserts. Sweets at the end of the meal are some type of fresh fruit. My dietician isn’t recommending a keto diet for me because the extra protein is too much for my kidneys. So, everything healthy in moderation.

The switch to no sugar doesn’t have to be all or nothing. There are swaps that can be made when you want to indulge. I find eating just small one bite of a forbidden dessert is all I need!

Here’s an article that might be helpful. It explains why sugar is addictive, what it does to our body and offers ways to help wean off of sugar with lists of foods that are healthy for us along with lists of sugars! Sugar is sugar, no matter the name it goes by!
https://www.onnit.com/academy/the-no-sugar-diet-plan/
Good luck in your pursuit of sugar liberation. 🙂