Well - do you? I am going mad because I just want to eat cake and chocolate and sweet stuff and I know it's wrong but..well I just don't want to stop.
I know my diet sucks but I can't seem to do the right thing and eat properly and it's really getting me down. HELP!
fee
__________________ Age 31 - textbook case, no meds right now but have tried Diannette (for 8 years -great but weight and blood pressure went up) and Metformin (didn't agree with me). hoping to start Clomid within the next few months. No period since September '02 - Hormones and moods are going haywire!
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i am the same way! not an hour goes by that i don't want something rotten for me. i love cake soooo much but cookies or candy will do as well. i have even tried not buying any of the stuff but if i don't, i will try to make sweet things at home with what ever i have on hand. i have come up with some strange things just trying to satisfy my sweet tooth!
i want to eat well and not be such a slave to the craving but it seems like i eat more just THINKING about "dieting". they say that your craving for sweets will go away (when you are on atkins or carbo addict's) in about two weeks but that has never happened for me. even if i suddenly didn't want cake or chocolate i would still have to have bread!!
i am getting depressed (and hungry) just thinkng about all of this. take care and good luck. let me know if you come up with a solution.
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shelle
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I just eat for satisfaction, I live for food. I am happy in nearly all other parts of my life - not content but I would definately not say depressed (been there so I know the difference in my personality) I am frustrated and I don't know what to do.
fee
__________________ Age 31 - textbook case, no meds right now but have tried Diannette (for 8 years -great but weight and blood pressure went up) and Metformin (didn't agree with me). hoping to start Clomid within the next few months. No period since September '02 - Hormones and moods are going haywire!
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that does not sound silly at all!!!!! at least not to me. my dh thinks one cannot be addicted to food but i do think so. whole heartedly!!!
i know what you mean about the depression. i've been there before, and i know am not depressed now. i am content in my life, not deleriously happy but i am reasonably glad i'm just so dissapointed in myself for not being able to do what i know i have to do to be healthy.
i have heard that some people have had wondeul success with hypno-therapy but it is a bit steep in cost. maybe i should try that. i would make up for the cost by not having to buy sweets all the time
i am so tired of being heavy. i just want to be healthy, not a super model
Yeah it's the health issue for me to be honest. I am sooooooooo over weight and it's getting me down
I have been mega depressed and I am so far away from that now, my only issues are my health (although I would like more money!!! ) but I can't seem to buckle down and lose the damn weight and I know it's my own fault because my diet is just awful and I can't stop eating.
fee
__________________ Age 31 - textbook case, no meds right now but have tried Diannette (for 8 years -great but weight and blood pressure went up) and Metformin (didn't agree with me). hoping to start Clomid within the next few months. No period since September '02 - Hormones and moods are going haywire!
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you know, i had wondered about the same things. do we crave the sweets simply because we know we shouldn't have them? like forbidden fruit? (or like alcohol to those under 21?)
or do we crave these foods because it is the one way our bodies know they will get enough carbs to be sure that we get some energy? i swear that with the insulin resistance, when i actually do go low carb, i never have any get up and go! my energy level is always low but even after i spend weeks on a "diet" made for insulin resistance it never gets any better. plus i always crave sweets. (and i agree, frosting is the end all be all of sweets. i'm convinced that for me heaven would be a bakery and i would never gain a pound no matter how much frosted stuff i eat.)
I have chocolate cravings and no matter what I do, even eating a ton, they won't go away. I even made myself pudding at noon yesterday, from scratch. But then Af came in the afternoon and I am blaming it on her. So, last night I was craving plain glazed donuts, chocolate and hot chocolate. Well, they didn't have any donuts so dh got me sugar cookies, the soft ones with frosting and sprinkles. Oh that was bad, cause now they are gone. Two days ago, I was craving chocolate bad and made myself some frosting, from scratch, that cured it cause it was too rich for me, but not long enough.
I have tried the sugar free icecream and for me, if it isn't the real thing, then I just don't want it. Like Vanilla has to be real not artificial and I can't eat ice milk. Yuck. So, I can stay away from that for a while. I am going nuts, because when dh came home last night, he got not only the cookies, but peanut mms, not a small bag either. I want to lose weight and so does dh, but he is sweet enought to listen to my mouth and not my brain. I just wish that one of these days he would bring me something good to eat, like cottage cheese, an artichoke, maybe some cheese and meat. Anything good for me. I know I would be disappointed, but I would get over it. I know this because if I don't have what I am craving and no means to make it, I will eat the stuff in fridge that is ok to eat, like we have celery and cream cheese, and lunch meat but until the sweets are gone, I won't eat the good for me stuff. Ugh, I have no self control when it comes to snacks.
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to be honest - I think it's just plain lack of willpower,greed & laziness with me and I can't stand it. I wish I could make myself change but I don't know how to do it.
I printed off some stuff from Overeaters Anonymous and I am thinking of attending a meeting to see what it's like.
fee
__________________ Age 31 - textbook case, no meds right now but have tried Diannette (for 8 years -great but weight and blood pressure went up) and Metformin (didn't agree with me). hoping to start Clomid within the next few months. No period since September '02 - Hormones and moods are going haywire!
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Twix,,KitKat,,Mars,,Snickers,,Aero,,Bounty,,Milkyw ay,,TimeOut,,Crunchie,,Penguins,,Cookies,,Buttons, ,I love em all!!!! I always seem to crave them after i have had my main meal in the evening,I try not to give in so i settle for a hot chocolate drink,,it does the job but not the same as a mound of choccie!!
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i do!!! in fact, since i've started metformin, it seems to have gotten worse and ALSO, i allow myself to have sweets more often because i've convinced myself that the medication helps me process it more efficiently. ironically, sugar magnifies my side effects.
i am interested in learning about alternatives to processed sugar (like sugar-free candy, cookies, ice cream, etc.). also, i eat a lot of fruit. i know this is not the best choice for me, but i figure it's better than a candy bar.
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Type II is under control!
need to lose 100 lbs.
Weird..but I've found that if I do have too many good carbs on a given day that I will CRAVE sweets for the next few days. That to me is an insulin issue. I sit here today waiting for that overwhelming urge for chocolate to hit me because of my weakness yesterday. I helped myself to not one but two (rather large) chocolate chip cookies that I made for my son and his friends. Thank goodness thay ate them all!
I will often eat a scoop of peanut butter (has a bit of sugar) to get past the moment. I keep those little cups of sugar-free jello in the fridge along with real whipped cream in the can. It seems to appease my body.
My vice is candy. I love sour stuff so I eat alot of sweettarts and shock tarts and things like that. Right before, during and right after AF Its chocolate. It doesnt matter what form, it could be cookies, ice cream, candy bars or those chocolate chips that are
"supposed" to go in the cookies. Around AF there isnt much I can do to control it but during other times I've found a few things that help. The jello thing works for me but I have to buy the sugar free jolly rancher jello because its sour. When I just want something sweet I eat those crunchy granola bars. And when I NEED chocolate I drink a sugar free carnation instant breakfast. You can also heat it if you like hot cocoa. I buy beef jerky for those times when I'm too hungry to take time to cook, that keeps me from reaching for the chips. I also like the sugarfree pudding. While Im talking about food...does anyone know if we can have bananas?
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Do you crave sweet things? 
ME TOO!!!! 
i'm just so dissapointed in myself for not being able to do what i know i have to do to be healthy.
choccie!! 
