Is there such thing as Carb Withdrawal?

You are too funny, but I totally can relate to your pain! This girl loves rice. :blushing:
To answer your direct question, while I am not so sure about “carb withdrawal’ you can deny yourself carbs to the point that it craves it. This is actually the most important aspect (but most forgotten) of what is called carb-loading that often runners do to prepare for a race. But enough of my rant on that.

What you may be feeling is your body adjusting to sustaining itself on the new foods you have given it. I do want to say that all carbs are equal…nor bad. You’ve got simple and complex carbs and you really just want to reduce the simple carbs. If you keep it mostly complex carbs you can afford to go over. Rather than cutting out carbs all together, it may be easier to replace the simple carbs with more complex ones. It will help you feel full and may reduce those cravings.

So brown rice instead of white rice. Whole wheat pasta/bread instead of white. That sort of stuff. Though I can taste the difference with whole wheat bread, when it comes to pasta, by the time you add the sauce it taste the same to me. Since I like white rice, I will buy both white and brown and mix them together in my container. So when I make rice I am having a little bit of both. Try sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes. You can roast them up or bake them too and they are much healthier. I have had cucumbers and squash cut up and sautéed and it is a little heavier so I don’t miss my rice as much. Did I mention I LOVE rice? :bigsmile: The hardest thing is sustaining weight loss and some of these changes are tough so take your time and do what you know you can sustain over time.