Struggling with Sugar Cravings? It's Not Your Lack of Willpower….

It never failed! I would be so good all day. I’d have my dried out chicken breast and plain steamed broccoli for lunch, my rice cakes with sugar-free peanut butter for a snack. I even passed up the donuts at the staff meeting.

Just to go home and somehow find myself standing in the pantry elbow deep in a package of oreos…

❓Why do I do this every time? 

❓Why does willpower seem to run out just when you need it the most? 

❓How am I ever gonna lose weight this way?

The turning point came one Friday night. I had been so diligent all week. I felt so proud of myself. I was relaxing on the couch, catching up on the Real Housewives (of I don’t even remember which city). 

Suddenly my mind drifted to that bag of hershey's kisses that I had stashed in the back of the cabinet. 

I should have thrown them out but I just couldn’t so I pushed them to the very back of the cabinet in case one day I just needed a little treat.

I tried with everything I had to stop thinking about those little bits of chocolatey goodness - I didn’t want to ruin all the progress I’d made all week but it seemed like the more I tried NOT to think about them the more I kept thinking about them.

I tried having some Greek yogurt with a little fruit to try to shake the craving…but I could NOT stop thinking about the chocolate…

I felt like they were literally calling my name until I finally gave in and thought “well I have been really good this week maybe I’ll just have one - just one won’t hurt…”

Then before I knew it I had a pile of balled up foil wrappers sitting in front of me…that “just one” turned into many…I didn’t even want to know HOW many. Argh! Why do I ALWAYS do this??

I felt guilt, regret and quite frankly a little sick. 

“Why can’t I ever stick to anything?” “Why can’t I just be stronger?” “I just ruined all my hard work…”

That's when I knew something had to change - I couldn’t keep going like this…

I was determined to figure it out, and I did. I discovered why I struggled with cravings and staying on track – and it wasn’t about willpower or needing to restrict more.

I was insulin resistant and I didn’t know it.

Once I learned what insulin resistance is and what to do about it, that's when everything changed.

I learned how insulin resistance and having blood sugar that was outta whack contributed to my cravings feeling out of control.

Once I started taking the steps to fix that I was able to get control of my hunger and cravings and I got the added bonus - the scale finally started moving in the right direction again..

If you’re struggling with this too, I put together a FREE guide that will help walk you through the steps that I took to work with my body rather than continuing to try to fight against it. You can grab your copy here.