Summary of Molly Carmel's Breaking Up With Sugar

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#1 I was in a horribly abusive relationship with Sugar. I was always hungry, and my obsession with food grew as I got older. I was always so excited about going to the amusement park, but I was most excited about the cotton candy and funnel cakes.

#2 I have been trying and failing to lose weight for my entire life. I have been to diet after diet, and even went to a weight-loss camp when I was eleven. But Sugar always won over me.

#3 I was constantly trying new diets, but they all failed me. I was constantly obese and miserable, and I felt like something was wrong with me because I couldn’t get better.

#4 I was morbidly obese, and the evils of which only those who have experienced it can understand. I was constantly judged for my weight, and I was constantly in pain. I was breaking a daily promise to myself to try to get help and get better.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822528352

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was in a horribly abusive relationship with Sugar. I was always hungry, and my obsession with food grew as I got older. I was always so excited about going to the amusement park, but I was most excited about the cotton candy and funnel cakes.

#2

I have been trying and failing to lose weight for my entire life. I have been to diet after diet, and even went to a weight-loss camp when I was eleven. But Sugar always won over me.

#3

I was constantly trying new diets, but they all failed me. I was constantly obese and miserable, and I felt like something was wrong with me because I couldn’t get better.

#4

I was morbidly obese, and the evils of which only those who have experienced it can understand. I was constantly judged for my weight, and I was constantly in pain. I was breaking a daily promise to myself to try to get help and get better.

#5

I had weight loss surgery, and while I lost some weight, I gained it back quickly. I was able to maintain a size 12 or 14 largely because I was having most of my food portioned for me at the programs I was running. I lived in constant fear of gaining weight.

#6

I began gaining weight after I moved back to New York. I was scared that this weight gain would impact my job, just like it had in college at the aerobics studio, and that the 50 pounds would turn into 80, 100, 150 in no time.

#7

I had become addicted to sugar, and I knew it. I had spent my entire career helping people lose weight and keep it off, but I was secretly struggling with it every single day. I wanted to stop the madness and be free from the constant urges and cravings.

#8

I knew I had to bring the idea of breaking up with Sugar to the Beacon, my clinic in Manhattan. I was still touting the idea of low-fat eating, and I knew I had to overhaul my program completely. I knew