Computer & virus problems
I haven't posted in a while because I had to have a friend take Vundo virus off my computer, so now I'm back. And he didn't need to swipe our hard drive to get rid of it. I haven't been able to post since around 3-11-09, so I'm glad to be back again.
I once attended a meeting of Food Addicts Anonymous, and their food plan cut out all sugar, flour, wheat products, articial sweeteners like Sweet 'N Low, and caffeine. I felt "hungry" (deprivation hunger, not real hunger) during the meeting, and felt I could never stick to a strict food plan like that. I have been on around 20 weight loss diets in my adult life, and I feel that is not the answer. I've been losing weight slowly, and weighing myself once a month since around October 2008. I believe I've gone from around 279 or 277 or so to 264.5. I lost 3.5 pounds in October, 2.5 pounds in November, 1.5 pounds in December, gained 1 pound in January, and lost 5 pounds in February. I guess that's about 11 or 12 pounds or so, unless my arithmetic is off.
I noticed a post about Celiac Disease, which is gluten intolerance and malabsorption of nutrients in food. I've never heard of that before, but I am going to ask my family doctor about testing me for it. I've ranged from being overweight to morbidly obese my entire adult life, and I did start food addiction around 8 years old. I know I eat for emotional reasons at times, but could CD be further complicating my life?
Anyway, it's good to be back, and I do notice that if I eat something with sugar in it (any junk food) right after a regular meal (as a dessert), I can eat a moderate amount of it, without any terrible cravings to eat more of it. Can anybody explain this phenomenom?
Denise Phares/kitties4
I once attended a meeting of Food Addicts Anonymous, and their food plan cut out all sugar, flour, wheat products, articial sweeteners like Sweet 'N Low, and caffeine. I felt "hungry" (deprivation hunger, not real hunger) during the meeting, and felt I could never stick to a strict food plan like that. I have been on around 20 weight loss diets in my adult life, and I feel that is not the answer. I've been losing weight slowly, and weighing myself once a month since around October 2008. I believe I've gone from around 279 or 277 or so to 264.5. I lost 3.5 pounds in October, 2.5 pounds in November, 1.5 pounds in December, gained 1 pound in January, and lost 5 pounds in February. I guess that's about 11 or 12 pounds or so, unless my arithmetic is off.
I noticed a post about Celiac Disease, which is gluten intolerance and malabsorption of nutrients in food. I've never heard of that before, but I am going to ask my family doctor about testing me for it. I've ranged from being overweight to morbidly obese my entire adult life, and I did start food addiction around 8 years old. I know I eat for emotional reasons at times, but could CD be further complicating my life?
Anyway, it's good to be back, and I do notice that if I eat something with sugar in it (any junk food) right after a regular meal (as a dessert), I can eat a moderate amount of it, without any terrible cravings to eat more of it. Can anybody explain this phenomenom?
Denise Phares/kitties4
hi kitties...i wondered what happened to you, too! Glad to see ya.
Your last line about eating sugar/dessert after a meal is bascially what I am able to do and be able to eat that type of food without eating myself sick on it.
I think we can eat it that way with less likehood to binge b/c our brains are satiated, our bellies are full, so if nothing else, we are not physically capable of eating a lot of it. And we don't really want it. Being full, especially on a meal heavy on protein and at least moderate in fat will slow the release of sugar (which if released too quickly will cause hunger to surge).
I would attribute the phenomenon of wanting an insane amount when eating it on an empty stomach to the fast release of glucose to the blood, triggering insulin which can affect hunger.
I learned a LONG time ago to never eat sugary/desserty things on an empty or even kind of empty stomach. I am better off to do it like in the old days - as part of a full meal.
I try harder these days to eat foods closer to nature: meats, veggies, fruits, dairy, beans, grains. The other stuff like what you mention: added sugar, too much wheat flour/wheat products, articial sweeteners like Sweet 'N Low, and caffeine can aggravate my hunger levels too.
I think it's a good basis in fact to avoid all that where possible.
Even if you may not have celiac, do consider that your system may be irritated by eating gluten, and try to cut it all out anyway. Won't hurt a thing to follow that diet anyway, may help you release weight, who knows?
Bob's Red Mill website has tons of recipes for soy or almond flour goods. Not bad at all! You can try buying the ingredients at your local big box store or at the health food store - that's where i go get some to try some of those recipes. You can buy just the amount you need for a couple recipes and not be stuck with a gigantic amount!
Good luck!
Your last line about eating sugar/dessert after a meal is bascially what I am able to do and be able to eat that type of food without eating myself sick on it.
I think we can eat it that way with less likehood to binge b/c our brains are satiated, our bellies are full, so if nothing else, we are not physically capable of eating a lot of it. And we don't really want it. Being full, especially on a meal heavy on protein and at least moderate in fat will slow the release of sugar (which if released too quickly will cause hunger to surge).
I would attribute the phenomenon of wanting an insane amount when eating it on an empty stomach to the fast release of glucose to the blood, triggering insulin which can affect hunger.
I learned a LONG time ago to never eat sugary/desserty things on an empty or even kind of empty stomach. I am better off to do it like in the old days - as part of a full meal.
I try harder these days to eat foods closer to nature: meats, veggies, fruits, dairy, beans, grains. The other stuff like what you mention: added sugar, too much wheat flour/wheat products, articial sweeteners like Sweet 'N Low, and caffeine can aggravate my hunger levels too.
I think it's a good basis in fact to avoid all that where possible.
Even if you may not have celiac, do consider that your system may be irritated by eating gluten, and try to cut it all out anyway. Won't hurt a thing to follow that diet anyway, may help you release weight, who knows?
Bob's Red Mill website has tons of recipes for soy or almond flour goods. Not bad at all! You can try buying the ingredients at your local big box store or at the health food store - that's where i go get some to try some of those recipes. You can buy just the amount you need for a couple recipes and not be stuck with a gigantic amount!
Good luck!
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
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