I Haven't Eaten...

Treadmillmom1st
Treadmillmom1st Posts: 579 Member
in Motivation and Support
...cakes, sweets nor chocolate for five days and it's absolute hell!

After spectacularly falling off the clean eating wagon for two weeks I started afresh Monday morning but it's driving me crazy.

I'm like a junkie, I actually have a headache today and I never get headaches!
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  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    If it's so hard to stay on the wagon, what's the point of being so restrictive?

    Why not just do "everything in moderation"?
  • rassha01
    rassha01 Posts: 534 Member
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  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    Who said chocolate can't be clean? I love Endangered Species or Green & Black's 70%. The bars with fruit in them are absolutely delicious.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    If it's so hard to stay on the wagon, what's the point of being so restrictive?

    Why not just do "everything in moderation"?

    logic
  • Martucha123
    Martucha123 Posts: 1,089 Member
    mmmm cake
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    I'm going to take a wild stab and say you're doing 1200 cals a day, right?
  • oldandhealthier
    oldandhealthier Posts: 449 Member
    I used to get headaches when the doctors took mw off sugar. Sugar withdraw. Why are you not eating chocolate or cakes? I eat a few hersheys kisses every day. It is not what you eat but how much.:flowerforyou:
  • HannahJDiaz25
    HannahJDiaz25 Posts: 329 Member
    if you are trying to break a sugar addiction then cold turkey may be the best way to go...(I agree with trying to dark, low sugar chocolate)
    In a couple weeks you will feel awesome! just keep it up a little longer. Then its ok to have a sweet occasionally...(although I find the less I eat the less I crave...)
  • MzManiak
    MzManiak Posts: 1,361 Member
    Yeah, I'm not into punishing myself with food. I'd rather use that ice cream as motivation to push harder at the gym....

    But- your life, your body, your choice! I wish you luck! :smile:
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    I never restrict any food, everything is allow in moderation!!!
  • mdhummel
    mdhummel Posts: 201 Member
    I beat the chocolate cravings with a chocolate protein shake. Add a little low-fat milk and ice in the blender and it will resemble a chocolate frosty without the fat and empty calories - yummy!
  • fionahay
    fionahay Posts: 44
    And this is why IIFYM is the way to go.

    Have your cake and eat it.

    :)
  • pbrinnm
    pbrinnm Posts: 39
    Agree that the less sugar I eat the less I want. When I really want sweets, there is always at least 1 person in my friends/family who prefers to split something with me. Went to lunch with three friends this week and we split a piece of peach pie 4 ways. We all had our sugar fix and I didn't feel deprived.
  • APalmieri2012
    APalmieri2012 Posts: 14 Member
    There is a vast majority of diets that fail because the consumers deprive themselves of the stuff they crave. They have been eating in such a way for a long time and cutting all of that junk food cold turkey will inevitably lead to a slip up.

    Allowing yourself a cheat meal, once in a while is not a bad thing. Slowly work the junk food out of your diet and conciously start making healthier choices. After a while you will notice that your cravings will diminish and when you do splurge on that piece of cake or sweets, then your body will act as if it is a huge intake of suger and you will eat less.

    By doing this, and have that small something once in a while it won't be as hellish as cutting it out all together.

    Hope that helps!
  • bfpower
    bfpower Posts: 92 Member
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    so. much. win.
  • Fitnin6280
    Fitnin6280 Posts: 618 Member
    Yea, not everyone can do "everything in moderation". For some of us, one small piece of cake turns into the whole flippin thing. No offence, but that logic just doesn't work for everyone.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Yea, not everyone can do "everything in moderation". For some of us, one small piece of cake turns into the whole flippin thing. No offence, but that logic just doesn't work for everyone.

    Well the logic of depriving isn't working either!!
  • michellechawner
    michellechawner Posts: 892
    If it's so hard to stay on the wagon, what's the point of being so restrictive?

    Why not just do "everything in moderation"?

    logic

    Agreed! I still eat it. And I've lost 13 so far. I also eat pizza and drink wine once in a while. It's called control. If you can not have it for 5 days, then you probably can have it in moderation, you've controlled yourself so far. Same concept.

    Or, have a little piece and work your butt off for it.
  • tanyamstrain
    tanyamstrain Posts: 6 Member
    Try the cocoa roasted almonds - they are a great chocolate fix, plus they are a healthy snack! (1oz (28 almonds) is only 150 Calories per serving size).

    I find if I deprive myself of sweets, I crave them more. If you crave a sweet, eat a smaller portion or try to find the healthy version of it. That way you can have your cake and eat it too!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    So... maybe you should consider that the method you have chosen for weight loss might not be the right method for you after all. Do some research on other things and reevaluate. Clean-eating isn't the only way to do it.
  • hopscotchery
    hopscotchery Posts: 6 Member
    My aunt and I had a bit of a dispute on a group text message this morning. I told her I had ice cream yesterday. She responded with, "Imagine if you didn't have that ice cream how many more pounds you would've lost". My response was, "I probably would've been upset being the only person in the office not getting free ice cream, and I would've felt bad about myself. Besides, I read the nutrition label and I measured out one serving of the ice cream. Even though it was reduced-fat, I didn't eat the whole container. That way, I got the satisfaction I needed from eating what I wanted to eat, without spending all my calories on it."

    My aunt was an extreme grapefruit dieter back when I was a kid and cut everything fun out of her daily diet. She was my second mom growing up, and it pained me to know she would stop visiting and hanging out with me because we were surrounded by "bad foods" that would tempt her. Throughout my childhood she was a yo-yo dieter, and I was always like, "Why does it have to be like this?" Now I know thanks to MFP and other resources this does not have to be the case.

    Fast forward 15 years, and I am on my first "diet". But rather than focus on deprivation, I work on making better choices throughout my day. I love meat and sweets, so why stop them completely? Craving them in the long run just makes me more suceptible to binge on them when I'm feeling weak. I walk 3-5 miles a day, eat way less than I used to, more importantly, eat BETTER than I used to. I pay attention to portion sizes and how they fit into my daily routine. This week, I have had barbequed pork, ice cream, and beer, and I have not felt hungry once while eating on a deficit. The vast majority of my days include lean protein and are mostly vegetarian. Today though, I wanted a delicious sausage, egg and cheese on a brioche, and you know what I did? I ate half of it and saved the rest, and now I'm munching on green beans. That way, even impulsive-me can do my best to not fall off the wagon, get the nutrients I need, but eat what I want in moderation.
  • Ohnoes
    Ohnoes Posts: 98 Member
    single serving treats are the key for me. also, i like to make cookies. my family loves cookies. i freeze the dough and make just the right amount for everybody. desert is possible. i loooooove desert. i fit three chocolate chip cookies into my calories yesterday. if i had to give that up this would not be happening.
  • Kelley528
    Kelley528 Posts: 319 Member
    I eat sweets 7 days a week and havent gained a pound in 4 months. (Technically, I havent gained a pound in over a year and a half but 4 months has been how long sine I increased my calorie intake.) There is no reason to give them up. You just need to control what you put in your mouth. Just dont pig out or binge.

    If a serving size of cake or pie says something like a 6th of pie or 2oz then thats all I eat. If chips say 28grams then I eat 28grams. If ice cream is a 1/2 cup serving...etc...When I have the extra calories I will double up the serving size. On the rare occasion I have the urge to consume more than that but since I know its not because I am actually hungry I just resist it. It would be a lot harder to resist pigging out if I wasnt allowed to eat it at all.
  • hopscotchery
    hopscotchery Posts: 6 Member
    I eat sweets 7 days a week and havent gained a pound in 4 months. (Technically, I havent gained a pound in over a year and a half but 4 months has been how long sine I increased my calorie intake.) There is no reason to give them up. You just need to control what you put in your mouth. Just dont pig out or binge.

    If a serving size of cake or pie says something like a 6th of pie or 2oz then thats all I eat. If chips say 28grams then I eat 28grams. If ice cream is a 1/2 cup serving...etc...When I have the extra calories I will double up the serving size. On the rare occasion I have the urge to consume more than that but since I know its not because I am actually hungry I just resist it. It would be a lot harder to resist pigging out if I wasnt allowed to eat it at all.

    For the first time in my entire life last Saturday, I found out what 1 serving of Doritos looked like and that I have been doing it wrong for 27 years.

    Also, I realized that 1 serving was totally enough. And very delicious.
  • dwalt15110
    dwalt15110 Posts: 246 Member
    Have you ever gone to a bakery and the smell of baked good smells so good when you approach and when you walk through the door. However, after you have been there a few minutes, you don't even notice the smell anymore. The same is true for taste. The first few bites, you really can taste the flavor. As you eat, the flavor is less dominant and you are just finishing what is on your plate.

    With that first bite of cake, or a good steak, or pasta, you get that look on your face and you say, "Ah this is sooooo good!" (If you are having a conversation with someone, you don't register that thought again.) After the last bite, you say "I am so full," usually not "That was soooo good."

    As obese people or former obese people, we practically "inhale" our desserts because we want them gone from the plate as quickly as possible so no one looks to see this overweight person having a piece of cheesecake. We never actually savor the flavor.

    It takes a few minutes for a Hershey Kiss to dissolve in your mouth and many more minutes before the flavor dissipates. The key is to let it slowly dissolve and savor every bit of that flavor. This is true with anything, especially sweets. Don't eat the second one, or take a second bite until the flavor from the first is gone. It takes time to get into the habit, because we want to bite and chew everything, but learning to savor is well worth it. You will noticce how much less of something you eat.
  • MG_Fit
    MG_Fit Posts: 1,143 Member
    If it's so hard to stay on the wagon, what's the point of being so restrictive?

    Why not just do "everything in moderation"?

    logic

    Sometimes that's the hardest conclusion to accept.
  • KatAdele
    KatAdele Posts: 290 Member
    I found footsie rolls help when I need a little something sweet - 15 calories each and they take awhile to chew. 'Real' chocolate is too much of a trigger for me. I also make fruit based desserts at home for my family so I can control the ingredients but still get the sweet.
  • mish24canada
    mish24canada Posts: 152 Member
    Hi I still in chocolate and sweets and but i have found low calorie verisons that taste good. I have found recipes in the following cookbooks one is called hungry girl and the other is looneyspoons
  • Buff2022
    Buff2022 Posts: 373 Member
    Yea, not everyone can do "everything in moderation". For some of us, one small piece of cake turns into the whole flippin thing. No offence, but that logic just doesn't work for everyone.

    EXACTLY!!!! That is why when I want chips I have to find a 50 cent bag. Because I am eating the whole thing. I don't do well if I buy say "Special K" chips. I will eat the whole box.

    That is just the way I am!
  • rowanwood
    rowanwood Posts: 509 Member
    Yea, not everyone can do "everything in moderation". For some of us, one small piece of cake turns into the whole flippin thing. No offence, but that logic just doesn't work for everyone.

    EXACTLY!!!! That is why when I want chips I have to find a 50 cent bag. Because I am eating the whole thing. I don't do well if I buy say "Special K" chips. I will eat the whole box.

    That is just the way I am!

    That's a sign of an eating disorder that you probably could use treatment for. Binge eating isn't normal, even though society says it is. If you honestly cannot stop, you need to seek professional help...or you need to put your serving in a bowl and leave the rest in the kitchen so you don't give yourself the excuse that you can't stop...because short of a mental illness you need to have treated, unless someone is holding a gun to your head, you CAN stop.

    Having all or nothing mentality is what made a lot of us fat in the first place. I know I don't want to be the one encouraging that mind set.

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