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Hello, I’m currently on day three of what I thought was going to be my start on a raw vegan diet. So, I used to eat vegan before, and thrived on it, eating mostly whole food, little refined sugars and lots of vegetables and fruits. But then life happened and my pmdd got worse and I had to start medications, first antidepressants and later hormones. This completely changed my eating habits, cravings, fullness after meals or rather the lack of it. I gained weight and now after quitting all medication finally had the energy and sane mind to make changes. I have lipedema as well and I knew I had to lessen the inflammation in my body to get it under control, and a raw vegan diet seemed like a good option to start. But after two days I felt so sick and shitty I had to google it, which led me to the rabbit hole of sugar withdrawal and it all made sense. I have never cut sugar from my diet before, even in my healthiest days I just naturally ate less but never stopped. So here I am discovering that I’m a full blown addict, reading everyone’s stories and it makes so much sense and I can see how much sugar has affected my life. I have struggled with maintaining diets in the past, it felt like a struggle, like one slip up could ruin everything but I never figured out what trigger was.
Right now I feel so shitty I just want to give up, I will keep reading all the stories you guys post here and try to stay positive though. Is there any advice on how to stay on top of the evil sugar devil telling me it’s okay to have a tiny bit of cake? I saw someone using an app to track cravings, does that work? I really feel that the evil sugar may be the root cause of my problems so I take every advice anyone can give me! And I will try to tell myself this is an actual thing and not just something I made up in my head, sugar addiction exists, I can already hear friends and family say "but a little sugar doesn’t hurt anyone". Ugh. If you read all of this, thank you.