Sugar Attack!

I crave sugar like there is no tomorrow, and for a long while that is all I ate to have energy to make it through the day.  I have been starting to feel a little better over the past few days, thank God, and find myself going right to the sugar. I am noticing that I am getting pains and my stomach is rumbling after I injest candy. Does this happen to anyone else? If I have to give up sugar, this could be the hardest challenge of my life....but I guess it would be worth it in the end.  I guess I could always do a trial run, but with next week being finals, this could get interesting. 

Thanks for the info! It was really helpful. I have looked into the Candida thing. I had never heard of this before. Sent my doc an email asking what he thinks...hopefully this is the answer we have been searching for.

I had blood work done right before thanksgiving, and have more scheduled for next week. Doc said everything looked ok, I assume he would have said something...

I have bad sugar cravings as well.  I try to limit them best as I am able.  But there comes a time, especially on my days off, that I start to feel a bit shaky, and light headed if I don't eat some candy.  Talked to the GI and he said go with it (my blood work is awesome and so is my heart) because it was something my body was obviously craving.  I have to admit I would have lost lots more weight if I didn't have so many of these calories coming in.  But still, I weigh less now than I did about 12 years ago.  I also realize each of us have our own health issues.  But the sugar may not necessarily be a bad thing.