Kick the Sugar Habit - Why?

Sugar is by far my biggest dieting downfall.  I cannot lie about it.  Once I start eating goodies with sugar in it, my body craves it and it takes me a long time sometimes to get completely off of it.  There I said it!  Now you know why I'm a baker and love to make goodies that mimic our old faves.  I have a sweet tooth that demands to be satisfied.  Sure I've gone for periods without anything sweet, but I was plain old miserable!!  It is much better for me to have some legal treats around most of the time, so that I don't cave and have the real thing - even if it is simply plain yogurt sweetened with Splenda and some strawberries or blueberries.  That usually does the trick if there is nothing else in the house.  I will occasionally have some honey, but only occasionally.
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Here is an article about why we should forswear sugar written by Mike O'Donnell, who is a fitness and health guru, with a simple message of how to lose weight through eating only 2 meals a day (that is his latest e-book).  Many, if not most of us, eat too much and too frequently.  We live in a world of abundance.  It takes restraint to reign ourselves in for the sake of our health and weight.