Dont beat yourself up. But sugar is as addictive as cocaine. Seriously it is. You are going to have to use a lot of strategies when you start treatment and for sure keep it out of the house. I am not going to lie and say a cheat is ok. Because once you start treatment, it isnt ok. A few bites of something that is on your tongue for a few minutes will be gone, but the anxiety of cheating will linger, and it will completely unravel your treatment. Agave will too. There is no way around this. The good news is if you can stay off sugar for a few weeks, your body and mind will change and you will stop craving it. I seriously don't miss it and rarely think about it, nor care when it is front of me. It is not real food. Once you move up the list you will be able to have berries which will be a nice sweet right after a meal. You can do this. Many people have given up sugar. Write down some positive affirmations about your health. You only have to get through one day at a time without sugar. The yeast in your body that has overgrown is contributing to your cravings. Pretty soon the yeast dies back. Sugar is feeding your chronic illness. It leads to heart disease, diabeties and cancer. It is seriously bad news. Have you seen the you tube video "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" ? Watch that!

Sugar is a tough addiction that is hard to kick.  I had a major sweet tooth prior to following the IC diet, but once I was able to notice how adversely sugar affected me, it was waay easier to stop and then I completely lost interest in it after a few weeks.  For me, it was always a day after eating it that I would notice the impact.  But even if you're not seeing a strong symptom correllation, try to remain strong for a few weeks and it'll leave your system and the cravings will die down.  I promise!  I was such an addict and now I zero interest whatsoever. 
 
Try not to beat yourself up about it.  It's hard to beat an addiction, but you can do it and it'll be so worth it! 

Dear sss7,
 Sugar is poison. Pure and simple poison. I wonder if you would eat rat poison or bleach? Sugar is really no different to your body. If you need motivation to leave it all behind forever I suggest you go see the movie playing in theaters now or buy it called Fed-Up. It brings to the fore this countries crazy crazy addiction to sugar. It's everywhere, simply everywhere. In bread, in snacks, in sodas, in juices, in cereal, in dressings, in any processed food and it destroys your arteries, intestines, immune system etc. You would weep to see the damage it is doing to the children of America as it is pushed my corporations in the same way they used to push cigarettes. As for your deliemma I had it too. Oh so much. Before I came here I used aspertame and splenda like it was ok too and destroyed my bladder in the process with diet coke and aspertame sugar free treats like ice cream and popscicles.   But now after being off it I don't crave it at all. Even the agave syrup is sickening to me. What isn't sickening too me is fruit. I seem to be satisfied with a mango or an apple as to sweetness. It just is enough, and the fructose in fruit doesn't go straight to you liver like sugar does it's processed much more slowly and has so many marvelous minerals and vitamins that our bodies need. So, when I went off sugar and substitutes I thought in my mind , this stuff is poison, really it has destroyed my bladder and intestines so what's the deal here why an I still using it or honoring it? It doesn't take long really. Let yourself go off of it for at least 3 weeks, instead maybe if it's on your list an apple a day will help etc. Whatever it takes. Just let it go and eat lots of veggies instead as best you can. It can't be allowed cause then the craving comes roaring back like you never left it. But once you do leave it and the craving goes the repusion comes in. If I see honey or agave syrup I want to barf. I really hate it. Yes I'd love  ice cream but somehow I've been able to mix blueberries and greek yogurt and it's enough. So I don't crave the sickening sweet ice cream either. I have a friend who is 92 and healthy, clear minded, fun loving and going like crazy. In her whole life she has never liked or eaten sugar. I see a connection there and she is bone thin too. Just saying, sugar is the enemy it really is. So I fight it with my mind, my will power and all the strength I can muster, you evil stuff i won't let you get into me any more, you appear sweet and delicious but the truth is your posion to my body, health and happiness. So there take that sugar. It works for me. So hope it works for you too. God bless, Julie

To comment on your sweet tooth, I can completely relate with the need to have sugar.  Before starting treatment I ate something sweet everyday including candy.  After 1 year and 4 months in treatment, occassionally I still crave something sweet, but this urge only happens once every other month or so.  What has helped me stay on course with my diet is making sure I have a carb at every meal.  For example, I will have 1/3 cup borwn rice, with 1/3 cup ground beef and  2 cups of broccoli with butter.  If you don't feed yourself adequately the cravings will be difficult to control.  I replaced my sweet craving with a craving for potato chips, which are ok in moderation as long as they are made with approved oils.  Eventually that craving has died down too and now I don't need as many carbs throughout the day as I did in the past.  As long as you keep your plate to a ratio of 1/4 carb to 1/4 protein to 1/2 veggie you will be able to help get thru the cravings while staying on track with the diet and a road to better health.  I make spelt/brown rice waffles with shredded zucchini topped with butter (level 1 diet).  Now I am able to melt mozzarella cheese on them.  I will also only eat 1/2 waffle at a meal.   When I get a sweet tooth, I make the same waffles with blueberries, which you will need to wait on the fruit.  I will put two over easy eggs on top for breakfast.  I know may seem overwhelming.  As I have learned it takes some patience and creativity to find out what helps get you thru the cravings. Most importantly as stated by others...don't beat yourself up for a set back.  Just get right back on course the next meal.
 

I USED to have a sweet tooth but it all changed from sweet to savory for me.
It's likely NOT YOU but the yeast that is driving the cravings to the levels you are experiencing. When you are on the herbs and the diet it is much easier  cause you are killing off the yeast and getting it all under control. The thought of a donut absolutely makes me sick. It's too sweet. You will be able to taste the sweetness in things that did not taste sweet to you before. Carrots are sweet. Zuchinni are sweet. and a strawberry after two years will be like CANDY. HEAVENLY. Best dessert EVER.
When you are in a battle of the craving and about to put it in your mouth take heed of advice that someone told me. "It's either you or IC." What is it gonna be? Understand that cheating drives the illness in deeper. DO NOT CHEAT! Even a bite here or there impeeds progress. IT adds up. Trust me on this.  BE strict. IT does become natural however and you won't have to deprive because it will be totally normal. You got to overcome that initial gravity and the above suggestions the ladies gave are excellent. YOU CAN DO THIS!