So---Is this weird? Dealing with Temptation ;/

heroyalslimness
heroyalslimness Posts: 591 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am trying to go raw--eat mainly raw foods---but with my protein cooked. I am also trying sooooooooooo hard to abstain from
sugar, white flour, fried etc. :sad:

Really trying to wean my self from that stuff--once I do
it does not even taste good.:noway:
But the point of trying and being there is far and wide.

When I am out---I get tempted by all the name fast food places. But I am also a cafe junkie. I love cafes---and often order the lattes and a pastry. Last night I was in little Korea--and there is this new awesome cafe--where some of the pastries are baked or fried as lightly sugar coated buns and stuffed with ---curry--tuna---creamed corn---etc.

I bought hot chocolate---and three of the buns---plus a small brownie cup cake and a sweet potato ball.about 2inches diameter

I know I know! :embarassed:

But here's what I DID. I took maybe four sips of the hot choc--about 1/4 of it---and then two bites of the brownie
and ate half of the sweet potato ball--excluding the filling. ----then threw the remainder in the trash
And took home the buns.

Today I pinched a tiny piece off each of the three buns,barely tasted the fillings--- and then--tossed THOSE in the trash.
So essentially--all those purchases--boiled down to small tastings. I thought--you know---perhaps that's one way to handle food craving and slowly wean off the bad stuff? I know there are raw desserts--or healthier---but sometimes--chocolate is as ONLY chocolate does.

Any health-nuts please friend me!

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  • foreversunshine1
    foreversunshine1 Posts: 46 Member
    I am not a health nut from the raw standpoint. I am trying to tailor this quest to not just the temporary "diet to lose weight". I like sweets now and then, so if I am craving it, I work it into my calories for the day. I would hate to think this way of living could not include things I enjoy ... too restrictive, I would cave and eat everything on your list at one time :-/...

    I think you did well! Weaning yourself off by slowly changing your habits would give you a better chance of it becoming a lifestyle change. Great job! (It all sounded so yummy, btw!)
  • mfkn_Titanium
    mfkn_Titanium Posts: 131
    I'm a big fan of not depriving yourself - you will end up bingeing if you do. So all things in moderation. Build the treats into your daily diet by pre-logging your food (hit your protein and fat first, then see what you have left to work with and toss in a cookie or two...or five...whatever).
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    That seems like such a waste of money. ;_; Split it with a friend!
  • CountryBoy65
    CountryBoy65 Posts: 908 Member
    I'm a big fan of not depriving yourself - you will end up bingeing if you do. So all things in moderation. Build the treats into your daily diet by pre-logging your food (hit your protein and fat first, then see what you have left to work with and toss in a cookie or two...or five...whatever).

    ^--This. All day long.
  • angelachristin
    angelachristin Posts: 15
    I am not a health nut from the raw standpoint. I am trying to tailor this quest to not just the temporary "diet to lose weight". I like sweets now and then, so if I am craving it, I work it into my calories for the day. I would hate to think this way of living could not include things I enjoy ... too restrictive, I would cave and eat everything on your list at one time :-/...

    I think you did well! Weaning yourself off by slowly changing your habits would give you a better chance of it becoming a lifestyle change. Great job! (It all sounded so yummy, btw!)

    If I go too long without giving into my cravings, I tend to binge eat and end up feeling like crap afterwards. I have to give into my cravings (by working them into my daily calories), otherwise I will go stark mad. Not kidding. I get to the point where I can't focus on anything else.

    I think it's ok to give in a little bit, as long as you're doing everything else right and consistently.
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    If you are trying to go raw....it's obviously difficult for you to do if you're buying pastries and such.

    Are you sure that's what you're wanting to do?
  • sparklelioness
    sparklelioness Posts: 600 Member
    I think it seems like a waste of food, honestly. Maybe take some bites and save the rest for later, instead of throwing it out?
  • heroyalslimness
    heroyalslimness Posts: 591 Member
    I am not a health nut from the raw standpoint. I am trying to tailor this quest to not just the temporary "diet to lose weight". I like sweets now and then, so if I am craving it, I work it into my calories for the day. I would hate to think this way of living could not include things I enjoy ... too restrictive, I would cave and eat everything on your list at one time :-/...

    I think you did well! Weaning yourself off by slowly changing your habits would give you a better chance of it becoming a lifestyle change. Great job! (It all sounded so yummy, btw!)



    Thank you---this is so helpful!

    I am going to take the suggestions of including a sweet or two in daily food---and figure in calories---with the idea of weaning away. My vision is dessert only through fruit---but I guess --I am further away from that goal than I thought

    I see now through the feedback--that trying to force an abstinence led me to controlled binging.

    Buying 5 pastries and a sugary drink--in one sitting---then throwing it away---comes down to--an attempt at controlled binging.
    So glad people brought up that word---so I could come out of denial.
  • heroyalslimness
    heroyalslimness Posts: 591 Member
    If you are trying to go raw....it's obviously difficult for you to do if you're buying pastries and such.

    Are you sure that's what you're wanting to do?


    Raw foods is not actually abstaining from sweets--that was my decision---but you can go raw and eat desserts.
    There is a brand of raw granola bars--which I did eat in my first months of going raw to help wean me off sweets and it worked.
    I will go back to those. Then eventually there all kinds of cool things to do with fruit---that can help the sweet-tooth.
    Frozen banana custard...young coconut pudding....watermelon-mint-lemon slush--etc
  • heroyalslimness
    heroyalslimness Posts: 591 Member
    I think it seems like a waste of food, honestly. Maybe take some bites and save the rest for later, instead of throwing it out?


    I agree about wasting---I don't feel great about it.. After reading the feedback,though--and identifying what that was ---a binge waiting to happen ....I am glad it got thrown away, rather than justifying or rationalizing--consuming all of that---in order
    " not to waste it"

    How many times have I eaten my way into that--excuse.

    And I'd feel weird giving my left-overs--to -say a homeless person--sharing even a friend.

    I guess that part of it--is what it is.

    But now---I can do differently!
  • MissyBenj
    MissyBenj Posts: 186 Member
    I'm a big fan of not depriving yourself - you will end up bingeing if you do. So all things in moderation. Build the treats into your daily diet by pre-logging your food (hit your protein and fat first, then see what you have left to work with and toss in a cookie or two...or five...whatever).

    Haha, love this :)
  • heroyalslimness
    heroyalslimness Posts: 591 Member
    I'm a big fan of not depriving yourself - you will end up bingeing if you do. So all things in moderation. Build the treats into your daily diet by pre-logging your food (hit your protein and fat first, then see what you have left to work with and toss in a cookie or two...or five...whatever).

    THANK YOU FOR THE BINGE WARNING.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..
    THAT'S what was happening----the title of this thread REALLY should be---ON THE VERGE OF A BINGE
    and I was feeling out of control and scared--which was why I tried to get rid of the sugar---fast.

    Totally going to do the pre-logging food.

    How do you do that?
  • heroyalslimness
    heroyalslimness Posts: 591 Member
    If I go too long without giving into my cravings, I tend to binge eat and end up feeling like crap afterwards. I have to give into my cravings (by working them into my daily calories), otherwise I will go stark mad. Not kidding. I get to the point where I can't focus on anything else.

    I think it's ok to give in a little bit, as long as you're doing everything else right and consistently.

    Exactly---THANK YOU---for the wisdom.
    I could see that was going to happen---where I'd hate myself. Work a sweet into daily cal---WILL DO.

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