I've mostly given up refined sugar too. I cook a lot for myself, and almost never have a prepared dessert (a handful of dates or figs, more likely, or an apple

I've mostly given up refined sugar too. I cook a lot for myself, and almost never have a prepared dessert (a handful of dates or figs, more likely, or an apple). Once or twice a week I'll have a dessert item while I'm out at a coffee shop, and what gets me now is how unbelievably overly sweet those things taste. It's too much some of the time, even for something as mild as a rice crispy square. Sugared soda or a donut with icing? I simply can't take it anymore, it's far, far too sweet. And my hunger is sooo much more even-keeled these days, less of a consciousness-dominating craving, more of a hint that it's time for food.