What on earth is happening to me?

StacySkinny

...if you were like me, with a horrible sweet-carb tooth, if you eat something like cake, it can open a floodgate. Once you reintroduce bad foods into the body, you can start to crave them even worse than before you quit them. I cut out gluten, lost about 40lbs, started to slip up and now I am back at square one. Not that it will happen to you, but just be aware if you have a treat, it may be harder to kill the cravings later so it could help if you get yourself into the right mindset first. Hope this helps, Congrats on your new food awareness!...

Thank you for the words of caution! I do hope this doesn't happen to me. It's kind of what I'm afraid of too. I feel like I have SO MUCH CONTROL over cravings and desires for food right now (for the first time in my life) that I'm really scared of losing that and going back to the way I used to be.

I never imagined that I could feel this indifferent about food. Even when I'm hungry I'm not any less in control of my choices and instead of just grabbing what's handy I'll take the time to wash and cut up veggies, cook them, add some nuts, etc and then sit down to eat it. Before when I was hungry I would totally go for whatever was fastest and easiest because my self control over my choices was at it's weakest when I was hungry. Now I still have it even then, and it just blows me away.

StacySkinny

The book, EatIng to Live by Dr. Fuhrman, explains it well. If you are eating smaller meals spread throughout the day, your blood sugar will be more steady. If you eat more fruits, veggies, and other power nutritious foods, there is no need to eat more since you are getting the nutrition you need. Green leafy vegetables have more protein per calorie than a piece of meat. We have been taught to look at per weight instead, which is making us eat more meat and more calories.

You don't have to eat as much to get the nutrition you need if you are eating the power foods. From what you posted, your veggie meal is working!

That makes perfect sense. And that explains a LOT. I am shocked to find that I am getting full on portion sizes I wouldn't have believed would fill me up. It makes sense that my body triggers the full feeling when I get the adequate nutrition that my body needs. That also explains why I used to be able to eat huge portions of food that weren't so good for you and not feel full. I wasn't getting the nutrition my body needed.

Thanks for the great response!

StacySkinny

Thank you all for the great feedback, advice, and book recommendations! There is a reason why I love this site so much and you guys remind me of why! Thank you!