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The sugar in candy is called sucrose, which is composed of two molecules: glucose and fructose. The molecules split and allow some of the glucose to enter the bloodstream as soon as it enters the mouth.  This lets the brain receive glucose quickly when blood sugar is low.  This action also causes the body to cut back on using stored body fat because sugar is an acceptable energy substitute for fat.  If you continue to provide your body with sugar, it will have no need to burn stored fat.
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If you are the type of person who does not eat very much but continues to gain weight, you could be creating the condition that causes weight gain.  For instance, if you have an appetite for sweets, your body could be demanding the complex carbohydrates it needs to produce glucose.  It may also be craving the vitamins and minerals that would come with complex carbohydrates.  When you crave sugar, you might eat candy, cake, or other foods that contain sugar because your body has a need for glucose.  Since the sucrose in these foods can act quickly to satisfy your appetite, you may not eat the complex carbohydrates you need to satisfy your body’s demand.  When you use sugar, sweetened foods to satisfy your appetite, it is only a temporary fix.  After a while, your appetite will come back much stronger than it was before.
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When you eat complex carbohydrates, always give your body enough time to process it and put it in storage where it will stay until it can be used as energy.  To satisfy your appetite, eat a variety of foods rich in complex carbohydrates and eat a variety of vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, mushrooms, and carrots.  You should include some of these in a salad for lunch and have some as part of your evening meal.

Remember to drink water with every meal and while you are exercising because it is the best drink for losing weight.  Water dilutes and flushes the metabolic waste that is generated when fat is broken down and used for energy.  By drinking water on diet-day, you will ensure that your metabolism remains high even while you are sleeping.
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If you are super sensitive to sugar, you may find it more difficult to keep the pounds off than others who are not sensitive to sugar.  Sugar-sensitive people, including those who have diabetes, have trouble storing the sugar from carbohydrates.  If you are sensitive to sugar, get your complex carbohydrates from whole grain bread. 

By eating one large meal a day, you will be better able to control your blood sugar level.  When you eat only one large meal a day, your metabolism will slow down only once that day.  Eating three meals a day will cause your metabolism to slow down three times a day.  This routine can put you in a continuous loop of slow metabolism and makes it difficult to lose weight.  Also, your meal can be spread out over two or three hours. This will ensure that your system will not be flooded with sugar all at once.  After a large meal when your metabolism slows down, it will increase again only after most of your food has been digested.  Digestion can take up to four hours.
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Large meals that include simple carbohydrates will flood the body with sugar (glucose) every time you eat.  Sugar-sensitive people cannot process and store glucose rapidly enough to remove it from the blood stream.  They either need more time for the body to process and store the sugar, or they need to use insulin to help store it.

When your body is flooded with glucose, it is forced to continue to use sugar, never switching to fat, which is the preferred nutrient.  This is the serious side of Syndrome X, which is also known as the Metabolic Syndrome.  This condition interferes with the body’s ability to process and store glucose.  Syndrome X is more harmful to some people than it is to others.
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If you are sensitive to sugar, you may have to use mostly complex carbohydrates for energy rather that simple sugars.  By doing this, you will be cutting back on foods such a sugar, rice, potatoes, pasta, fruit and noodles and eating more whole wheat bread, legumes, and vegetables.  This will help control the amount of carbohydrates you consume, thereby controlling your blood-sugar level.

Note: If you have diabetes, do not go on the Skip A Day Diet without permission from your doctor.
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Scientists don’t know exactly how many carbohydrates we need each day because we all have different energy needs.  This leaves room for speculation and argument because people who are sensitive to sugar experience a metabolic slowdown even when they eat complex carbohydrates. Since there is no exact recommended dietary allowance for carbohydrates, it is a guessing game.  The glucose from white rice can have an effect on sugar-sensitive people that is similar to that of table sugar, which is to raise their blood sugar level.

How many carbohydrates should we eat?  When we look at the contents of a can of corn, we see that a one-half cup serving contains ten grams of carbohydrates, which is 4 percent of our daily carbohydrate allowance.  This leads us to believe that we should eat 250 grams of carbohydrates each day based on a 2,000-calorie diet. Yet many researchers believe that the average person needs between 75 and 150 grams of carbohydrates per day.
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It is possible that the estimation of 250 grams of carbohydrates a day is wrong.  Since scientists seem to know that we normally need between 75 and 150 grams of carbohydrates each day, this gives us a starting point and a range with which to work.  If a healthy, active 25-year-old man can manage with 150 grams of carbohydrates each day, a 25-year-old man who is inactive (sedentary) needs less.  The person who is sedentary can manage with less because of his inactivity.

If 150 grams of carbohydrates per day is enough, then 250 grams might be way too much.  Someone who is overweight, inactive, and whose body has a negative reaction to sugar needs much less carbohydrates.  This lets us see carbohydrates from a different point of view.  Instead of having carbohydrates supply 60 percent of our energy, maybe it should supply about 70 percent.  This would mean the rest of the daily calories would consist of about 20 percent fat and 10 percent protein.  If this is proven to be true, researchers may eventually change the carbohydrate allowance in the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA).
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Carbohydrates are consumed and transformed into glucose, which can be used by the body as a source of fuel. This fuel is used for the brain, nervous system, and developing red blood cells.  Glucose is also the primary fuel your muscles use when you start your exercise activities.  At other times, the muscles use fat as their primary energy source for activity.

Your cells will readily use the glucose found in candy, soda, and cake, even though your body prefers foods rich in complex carbohydrates.  This is important because processed sugar will upset your metabolic rate.  Your body will constantly use stored fat and save glucose, especially while you are doing low intensity activities.  Also, the body will continue to burn fat as long as you do not consume sugar.  When sugar is ingested, the body stops using stored fat and starts using the sugar.  The body is forced to use the sugar just to remove it from the bloodstream because it threatens to upset the blood/sugar balance.  A constant blood/sugar imbalance could lead to more serious medical problems.
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While dieting, some people deprive themselves of carbohydrates and create a hunger condition.  They eat small unbalanced meals that add up to less than 1,200 calories a day.  The high calorie foods do not fill the person’s stomach. In between meals the person gets hungry and may continue to snack on high-density foods such as candy, cake, cookies, or sodas.  Active people who want to lose weight should eat larger, well-balanced meals before they get hungry.  That is because food takes several hours to digest and become available for energy.  Instead of using sugar sweetened foods for between meal snacks, use whole grain bread, vegetables, and other healthy snacks.
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Raw sugar puts the metabolic system in a continuous negative cycle, a cycle that keeps your body from using stored fat. The amount of sugar that goes into the bloodstream is normally controlled when it leaves the liver.  However, raw sugar and some of the sugar from starch can enter the bloodstream without going through the liver where it would be doled out in the correct amounts. This is why the body stops deploying and burning stored fat.  Dieters can break this cycle by eating a variety of nutrient-rich foods including multi grain bread, vegetables, and lean meat such as chicken, fish, ham, and turkey.
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