I lost 23lbs eating sugar everyday 🍭

21 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Eric Roberts shares his personal experience of losing 23 pounds over eight weeks while still consuming sugar every day. He argues that labeling sugar—or any food—as the enemy leads to restrictive dieting, which eventually triggers stronger cravings and over‑indulgence when the restriction is lifted. Roberts emphasizes that weight loss depends on maintaining a total daily calorie deficit, not on eliminating specific foods. His core advice is to stop banning foods and instead budget them within a calorie‑deficit plan, allowing enjoyment of treats without sabotaging fat loss.

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I lost 23 pounds in 8 weeks eating sugar every day. And the problem is you decide sugar is the enemy, you completely cut it out, and for a small period of time you're like, oh yeah, I can do this. And then eventually you get to a point where you're too restricted, you miss having some of the foods that you enjoy, and when you do finally have the foods with sugar again, you don't just have a little bit. Anytime you tell yourself you can't have something, you're automatically going to crave it more because you don't have to cut out sugar to lose fat. You just have to fit it in your total daily calorie deficit. And if you can do that, you'll lose fat no matter what food you eat. So stop banning foods and start budgeting them into your calorie deficit.