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OK I admit it...I am a food junkie...I like cookies, chocolate, bagels, pizza, any kind of Italian food, Chinese food...anything sweet...icing from the can, Carvel...but where did they get me...UNHAPPY....Now at least my labs are good, clothes feel better, compliments are coming BUT WHAT....I still think and mentally crave cookies, etc. I dream about eating them...I cannot have the natural peanut butter and lite cool whip in the house because I will eat the whole thing in 2-3 days....WHAT TO DO...WHAT TO DO...Refuse to give in...When I get in this mood I eat as much SB friendly food as I want...I'll eat 8 tropical ice pops which at 15 calories a pop equal 120...which is 20 over the limit...but I do not beat myself up and toss in the towel...or the cookies....if I am still hungry or craving I'll eat cottage cheese...OK so it is not chocolate or Carvel...can't have those SF fudgsicles around either...At 40 calories each if I eat 5 then WHOA...way over the limit....The point is I don't want to be a craving junkie anymore...that is why I don't buy the peanut butter or fudgsicles..but I do eat as much SF friendly protein and vegetables and salad and eggs as I like because then I don't feel deprived.
ARE YOU A FOOD JUNKIE?
HOW TO YOU COPE? |
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:18 am |
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| mom41
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I'm a Food Junkie Too!
How Do I Cope?
Well, pretty much the same way you do. I don't buy the sweet stuff (much). I don't buy cookies unless my son asks me too (which is not often). Cakes are only in the house if I bake one...and I have to REALLY WANT IT to bake one. As far as the SB friendly sweets like SF fudgesicles, I quit buying those long ago. Natural peanut butter? Don't like it much. I work in a doctor's office, so we get lunch catered in quite a bit. Luckily, most of the lunches are pretty healthy. Especially this time of year. We get lots of chicken & vegetables, and some brown rice (I don't like brown rice :x ). I dive into the salad and eat a generous portion of the chicken if it's not covered in some kind of gravy or heavy sauce. I also have dessert, no matter what it is because, I won't be taking it home with me.
There are some who may read this and say, "She's not following the South Beach Diet". They would be right. I have chosen take the principles that work for me and incorporate them into my lifestyle, thus creating a new lifestyle for myself. There is no name to it. It's just "ME".
I don't feel deprived because if I want something, I eat it!...And I'm done with it. No more thinking about it, or craving it. Another trick I've learned is to eat my sweets or desserts immediately after I eat my meal. This slows the rate at which the sugar enters my blood stream, therefore the release of too much insulin is stopped. I know that's pretty technical, but hey, it helps me cope!
All things (sweets, breads, etc) in moderation is the best way I know to keep the many different sides of this "Food Junkie" happy :D
Now that I have incorporated a regular exercise program, I'm sure I will be seeing pleasing results soon. It's just a matter of time. 8) |
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Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:46 am |
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| I think you'll find many of us food junkies - hence why we're here! I just don't allow the bad foods in the house including the cool whip and other treats I go overboard on. Before I go out to eat, I look up the restaurant menu online and decide what I'm going to order - that way I'm less tempted to make a bad last minute decision. And if the craving beast does get ahold of me, I will go overboard but try to keep it to friendly foods. Last night around 9pm, I HAD to have something to eat. If junk food had been around - I would have had it. But it wasn't. So - my big splurge - green beans with extra slivered almonds on it. I went a little overboard on the almonds but not too bad and no harm done. |
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Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:50 am |
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| loveyourselftolose
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Hi Mom41 and Sarynit from Food Junkie
Glad to see you guys know what I'm talking about. It is better to modify WOE with the good stuff and not even have that other stuff around.
I'm sitting here...not really hungry at all...but just that time of night when you feel like munching on something...usually fattening where you end up eating the whole thing. That is why I don't have the peanut butter, cool whip or fudgsicles around. Guess I'll end up eating some cottage cheese since I already ate to tropical popsicles ...15 cals each ...and I can even eat 4 more. We'll see. |
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Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:08 am |
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| tyin'aknot
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I've always considered myself to be a bulemic who just doesn't purge - seriously. A few years ago, a close relative was suffering from an eating disorder, so I stocked up on some books from Amazon from the subject. And I totally fit the profile for bulemics who binge on anything and everything - I just never forced myself to throw it back up. Does that mean I"m an "overeater" instead? Who knows...
What I do know is, I'm tired of letting food be my master. I'm tired of seeing a Pizza Hut commerical and acting like the trained dog that salivates at the sound of the bell. And I'm tired of feeling terrible all the time.
I'm just starting Phase 2. I lost 14 pounds in Phase 1, mostly water of course. But I could never get rid of that water weight before, even with water pills. I feel better now on SB than I have in years.
I am still struggling tho - in the past, I was never mindful of the food I shoveled in my face. If I wanted it, in it went. Sometimes I didn't even want it, but in it went anyway. Now, on SB, I'm almost obsessing about the food I eat, checking out every item, etc. In the past 2 weeks I've read 4 SB or SB-related cookbooks, trying to get a handle on this new way of eating for my husband and I. I consider this somewhat good, because my former way was so extreme to the bad that I've got to hang on to what life preserver I can. I'm hoping the longer I stay with this WOL, I won't have to think about it as much or focus on it because it's zapping up a lot of my time and energy right now. |
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Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:20 am |
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Yes, it gets easier.......i've been Beaching it since Feb '07 but i have to stay on it.......treats controlled are wonderful but i still have to remember i'm riding a raving beast and if it gets out of control i'll suffer. i'd rather eat and look like a normal person than to give into every impulse to eat. After all, there will only be another impulse coming up.....better to control the impulses. The more i take control, the easier it is to control. After all everything takes practice. i'm feeling better and can do more and that's what counts. i no longer wake up in the morning hating myself and my inability to control my eating and that's worth a lot!
Best! mots |
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Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:10 pm |
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Well I'm happy to read positive feedback from you guys. It sounds like you are all on the right track and losing....It's also good to know we are not doing this alone...but all have our food demons....but we are now in control...I just went out of town to visit family and I basically stuck to SB...the only cheat I allowed myself was one chocolate martini...then strictly followed SB...the funny thing is that I was was worse than stuck at a plateau...what I mean is that I had been keeping away from the scale b/c I was not losing and sometimes gaining...I chalked this up to working out for the last 3 months and building muscle...but since we all spend too much time on the negative, I started obsessing about the scale and avoided it. I gave in though and weighed myself before I left last Friday...weight was still up...grrr....well I think the choc martine worked and jolted my body because Sunday night I was down 3.5 lbs...Made me feel better anyway.
Thanks for listening |
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