It's the end of the world as I know it

I'll admit it.  I'm addicted to sugar.  I have been for a long time.  I know there is nothing I need nutritionally from sugar.  I know it's not good for me, but that rational part of myself never seems to win the war when I'm faced with a cookie, cupcake, chocolate or piece of pie.  I just eat the stuff way too much.  I've gone without for periods of time before but as soon as I start eating it again, I just want to eat it all the time. Sugary cereal for breakfast followed by a Dr. Pepper and too many cookies with lunch, some chocolates or a happy hour drink from Sonic for an afternoon snack, and cupcakes after dinner.  It's way too much, and I'm ready to kick the habit.  I personally struggle to have a healthy, only eat it occasionally relationship with sugar.  So I've decided to cut it out all together - at least for a year.  Before when I would quit eating sugar, I didn't give myself a time frame. I just quit.  I always felt after a month or two I could start eating it again and I'd only eat it moderately.  I've been wrong about that every time.  I'm hoping that after a year I will either no longer have the desire to eat sugar once I see the positive changes in my health or I will be able to show restraint and only eat it occasionally.  I don't have any health problems right now other than being overweight.  However, I'm in my mid-thirties and I know if I don't start to make some changes, health problems are coming my way. I don't want that for myself.  I don't want to spend all my money on doctors and medicine.  I want to travel and have new experiences instead.  Now the only way I'm going to stick with this is if I'm accountable to someone else and that's why I've started this blog.  I don't know that anyone will read it, but someone might. I know if I slip up, I'll have to tell all of cyberspace I failed.  That thought will help me to get through some of the temptations that will come my way this year.  So these are my rules. No desserts of any kind or sweetener of any kind except (a) small amounts of sugar that are sometime used in tomato sauces to cut down on acidity or other small amounts like that and (b) stevia.  I am allowing myself to use stevia to sweeten my herbal tea and because it is used to sweeten the vega smoothies I love.  I plan to share recipes, review books about cutting out sugar, and share any information I find interesting that relates to this topic.  I'm a little scared and nervous about doing this but I'm also excited.  I feel that good things are ahead.