anyone given up bread?

only for the next 5 days, omg these will be the longest 5 days EVER!

It just went off from my diet naturally, though I have there and that some bread. The thing is, independently from any specific food, should we run away the things we "binge" on ?
If tomorrow, all od a sudden you find yourself drinking orange juice like a tank, would you cease to buy it ?

The way I see it, it's more about having an accurate knowledge of yourself and what drives such behaviors, focus on the causes, not the consequences

I try not to eat a lot of bread. I found some low carb low calorie whole wheat tortilla shells that I replaced my bread with. 50 calories per shell. I make all of my sandwiches on them.

I started using tortillas when I started cutting calories. Now, I use the 80 calorie buns, the 45 calorie whole grain bread and find since I don't love it as much as a fresh baked tasteing slice I am not tempted to eat the whole loaf.
Another words, I just don't buy my favorites to test my will power

I've just done 7 days without bread and I am.......no wait, I WAS a breadaholic. To be honest I haven't missed it a great deal but that's probably the novelty factor, I just need to learn to do it in moderation.

About 3 weeks ago I hit my bread all time low - I bought a loaf of sliced brioche with chocolate chips in it, stood in front of the toaster with the bread and a slab of butter and literally toasted my way through the ENTIRE loaf in under 30 minutes. I swear it's like the crack cocaine of bread. Did it taste great? Yuh huh? Was it worth the self loathing and disgust? Not on your nelly.

Determined to get a healthy relationship with it though. Baby steps.

It is a true addiction feeling, because the wheat triggers the same endorphins as heroine. If you can, get a copy of Wheat belly. MIND BLOWING. Been off wheat since May. Haven't really lost weight, but it is nice to stop the binge. I have less pain, less headaches... It takes time to adjust, and I have slipped up, but after having to RRRRUUUUUNNN to the bathroom after having wheat, it was enough. I have a lot of support from my husband, and my mom, and sister are w.f. too...
It sounds hard. It kinda is. but the payoff:flowerforyou: is so good. Hang in there.

I haven't given it up... but, I'm thinking I should. I had fresh tomato and mozerella toast this morning for breakfast, and I am now feeling sick. Like you, I don't know how to quit when I start eating bread -- especially dinner rolls at places like O'Charley's (which I made the mistake of having the other night).

Initially i gave up bread, because i absolutely love it. But then it gradually started to creep back in.. so i have chosen to have only 2 slices max for any one day and now i eat the lowest caloric bread i can find.. wholewheat bread-70 ( i am in Jamaica so the varieties are not as much. i find that i am not as addicted anymore. The bread may actually go stale in my house, that has never happened before now.

reduced a lot. Just too many calories in the great German and French breads so eat processed carboard-like stuff and have some bread every once in a while.

I gave up Bread and Pasta and really haven't missed it.

Yep, I haven't had a bite of bread in 5 weeks....but I was also diagnosed with Celiac so its not a choice.

It was hard the first few days, but after the initial withdrawl it wasn't a big deal. Right now if I look at a peice of bread, I don't want it. Now soft white dinner rolls from one of the grocery stores in town..thats harder to not drool over.

I gave up bread for 2 weeks, on the 21 sugar detox diet. I ate a couple slices of pizza & the weight all seemed to come back instantly. I have been eating a slice every other day now. From my own experience, unless you want to keep bread out of your diet for good, the weight might come back when you start eating it again. Good luck!

It just went off from my diet naturally, though I have there and that some bread. The thing is, independently from any specific food, should we run away the things we "binge" on ?
If tomorrow, all od a sudden you find yourself drinking orange juice like a tank, would you cease to buy it ?

The way I see it, it's more about having an accurate knowledge of yourself and what drives such behaviors, focus on the causes, not the consequences

I DO drink orange juice like a tank or at least I used to. I stopped buying it for awhile and now I have much more restraint when it comes to it.

Sometimes we just need a break from things to adjust our attitudes towards them.

I know that for me when I stopped eating bread great things started to happen. I get so tired of dealing with the calories in/calories out crowd because they do not take in consideration how the kind of food we eat can manipulate our hormones and appetites for the good or for the bad. There was a period of really missing it but when the weight started falling off and my energy levels stabilized that went away as well. I have since learned that there is a very small difference between whole wheat/ whole grain products vs the bleached and processed ones. It is over hyped and we fall for it and then wonder why we are still fat. They are both fattening and turn to glucose fairly quickly in our system. What makes a difference is when you cut out bread and other highly addictive/glycemic foods altogether. Then after you have made a lot of progress, have met your goals and you feel safe in trying some of these things they don't seem as pleasurable as they once did.

ETA; Keep in mind that carbs are not the enemy. Its the type of carbs that can help us to feel more full and provide us with good nutrition and fiber that are important. Now we call all usually get by with eating starchy things when we are younger and the reason for it is because our hormones are more efficient and we can burn it off thermogenically. Then we go to the stage where reduced calorie or whole grain gets us back where we want to be. Eventually this fails as well. So, after 30, 45, 50 years old (everyone is different) we then have to address this thing more seriously. But, its wonderful to know that there are options and strategies that can help us to beat the ill effects of a modern western diet and the culture that surrounds it and seem to then defy the fattening downward cycle that everyone around us seems to think is inevitable.

I started eating Ezekiel bread instead of regular bread. It tastes tons better and has less calories, and it's MUCH healthier.