Good for you! I struggle with the same thing so I completely understand the sugar cravings. I don't do well when I just try to cut back on stuff without an actual plan to follow. Here's a couple things that seem to work for me.

South Beach - It's a healthy way to eat, not a "diet". There are 3 phases and phase 1 addresses the sugar craving problem. Phase 1 lasts 2 weeks and is fairly restrictive on what you can and cannot eat but it works wonders for me. Mostly it's a lot of veggies, beans, meats, and cheese. You're not supposed to stay on it longer than 2 weeks and if you are exercising a lot you do need to add more complex-carb foods. When I did P1 I added a fruit and grain on the days I rode and felt fine.

Right now I'm doing a 1 week detox diet from Leanne at www.savingdinner.com I love her menu-mailers and shopping lists so decided to give this a try to give myself a kick-start. I'm also wondering if I have a sensitivity to gluten and hopefully this will help me find out. Even though it's cutting out lots of stuff I love (coffee and chocolate!) it's only for 1 week and I know I can do that. I'm on Day 3 and feeling pretty good. Lots of salads and veggies with quite a bit of fruit.

Good luck!

Lora