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@Fyoosh
I’m currently doing the same thing. For me it’s always been chocolate that I crave. Earlier this year it was a bag of Cadbury’s giant buttons, put in the freezer for 10 minutes, in one sitting, almost every night.
Gaining weight is actually something I struggle to do, my BMI is on the very low side of normal. So I’m not cutting out the sugar for weight but for the reason it must be seriously messing up my body in all kinds of other ways. I always struggle with cravings the most at night, particularly if I’m watching TV.
Two things that are helping me. Oranges. I’m eating two a day, the sweetness satisfies the craving for me. And dried raisins. One or two small handfuls, probably a total of 30g a day or every other day. Touch wood, that completely kills the cravings right now. And considering those bastard Giant Buttons have 56g of sugar per bag, it’s got to be better.
The second thing that has really helped, and I think this is the most important factor and will make lasting change possible, is that I was comfort eating. Being able to step back, be honest with myself and come to the realisation that because I’m actually very stressed, shovelling chocolate into my mouth at 8pm every night was a reaction to that stress. That purple bag of sugary fatty joy was basically the equivalent of a toddlers comfort blanket.
For me, realising the purpose sugar serves and that I’m really craving comfort and distraction from my stress, has quite quickly made it easier to stop myself giving in to the craving. It’s added a sort of distance so that I can stop and think, don’t eat 56g of sugar you dumb fuck before I’m left holding an empty bag.
TL;DR someone is probably going to tell me oranges are bad...