Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] I blew it

Monday, December 14, 2009

Re: [fast5] I blew it

If you are at a party or something, you might try bringing something
low-calorie but savory. Savory flavors will drown out sugar, at least
momentarily. Lemon-juice tea does it for me, or fizz water with
lemon or lime ... if I can keep my mouth busy drinking and sipping,
I don't reflexively reach for something to munch.

I think a lot of my "munching" at parties has to do with social
nervousness as much as anything. I need something to do with
my hands. During say, a TV show, I tend to do crafts of some
sort, like making rugs, that are routine and don't require much
eye-time.

Food gifts are hard. People keep bringing them: but I *can't*
eat them or I get very sick (like food-poisoning sick). I give
them away if it's something they don't expect me to taste
immediately.

Anyway, I wouldn't beat yourself up ... rather ask your inner
self what it WANTS when it eats sugar. What does it REALLY
feel like eating? Plain sugar doesn't taste all that good: I think
some of the craving might have to do with the starch/fat/salt
combo in cookies, the gluten, or the "forbidden food" aspect.
My inner "craver" though, really likes fruit, and given the choice
between a cookie or a mango, will take the mango. There usually
wasn't a mango around though: so now I keep fresh fruit in sight
always. I don't eat it as much as I used to (because of the eating
window) but knowing it exists is enough to satisfy the craving,
oddly enough.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:06 AM, grdmahelen <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
> Yesterday was a mess for me.. I ate all day.. well , it seemed like I did...
> my 2hr PP last evening was 155 :( Wow .. I've never had a BS that high...
> that I know of.. but also I've been dieting for the last 2 yrs so how would
> I know it ...
> Of course my weight is up 3 lbs this morning...
> I sure hope I do my FF today... I fully intend on doing it...
>
> To much Holiday cheer and treats around this time of yr and next time
> someone brings me something with sugar... I'm giving it back to them
> or throwing it out... I hate to throw anything out but it's poison to me..
> And that was after I told her .. we don't eat anything with sugar.... well,
> I will if it's here and I'll eat it all and get sick... what's the matter with me...
>
> Helen
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