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birdtobe
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This morning I came in to a pile of Christmas treats on my desk. Hadn't had breakfast, so I said, "What the hell!" and ate a cookie for breakfast, along with some almonds and string cheese. Now it's 11:30 and I'm ready to chew my arm off as my body reels from the sugar. It's hard to believe that this is how I used to eat--front-loading my day with sugar from muffins, lattes, and other crap. No wonder I was always starving by lunchtime.
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Ditto. I've been off plan most of the last 2-1/2 months, and I'm always hungry, have way less energy, and just generally feel unwell. I'm back on track as of yesterday morning, and I'm already feeling better and more in control.
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I ate 2 chocolate covered pretzels (tiny ones) and a bite of a mini cupcake at an office party, and I am amazed at how sweet they taste, almost sickening sweet. I didn't finish it. YUK. Funny how I didn't enjoy it at all. I guess I consider it a success :-) but it made me feel yucky.2
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I was setting up for a workshop the other day and I could SMELL the cakes and sweet things. It was a real turn off. My co-worker thought I was nuts when I said "can't you smell all that sugar?"
I am not even tempted anymore, I still remember that gnawing hunger I got when eating carbs. I don't miss it.6 -
When I gave up sugar it was such a revelation! I had always felt like I was in a battle with my body.3
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Wine gums and jujubes. Trouble for me. All the time.
Christmas baking not so much....0 -
I've stuck to the plan 100% (since starting three weeks ago) except for a Caesar salad with Marie's Caesar dressing, which has sugar and bad oils in it. I couldn't believe the cravings I had later that night! This wasn't caused by a cookie or candy, but salad dressing! That really shocked me. And it scared me from ever thinking I can have just one little bite of anything with sugar without paying a price, and I'm not talking about weight gain but about the havoc it wreaks with my appetite. I hate those cravings! Ugh.0
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I wish I could say that I have stuck to the plan 100%, but I have not. When I do not, the cravings come back big time, and then I get to start over. Salad dressing is a big one I have found. Have to be really careful with it. Costco is another place that I get into trouble. Just one little taste. But tomorrow is another day.0
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Salad dressing is a big one I have found. Have to be really careful with it.
I've started making my own salad dressings now and it has helped a lot. Dietdoctor.com has a really good recipe for blue cheese dressing. I also found one online for Caesar (my fave) and an apple cider vinaigrette which is very good. It's easy to sub healthy oils and fats into the recipes you find. I never buy dressing anymore.3 -
Thanks, I should try making my own. I make everything else myself, why not salad dressing?1
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missippibelle wrote: »I ate 2 chocolate covered pretzels (tiny ones) and a bite of a mini cupcake at an office party, and I am amazed at how sweet they taste, almost sickening sweet. I didn't finish it. YUK. Funny how I didn't enjoy it at all. I guess I consider it a success :-) but it made me feel yucky.
I have been struggling of late but after a very long run of eating well, I find anything seeet like that tastes not only cloying but also a bit chemically and artificial if you know what I mean?!
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my favorite bleu cheese dressing - equal parts bleu cheese, buttermilk, and mayo, then just mix...yum...but thin, not thick like a dip...1
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missippibelle wrote: »I ate 2 chocolate covered pretzels (tiny ones) and a bite of a mini cupcake at an office party, and I am amazed at how sweet they taste, almost sickening sweet. I didn't finish it. YUK. Funny how I didn't enjoy it at all. I guess I consider it a success :-) but it made me feel yucky.
I have been struggling of late but after a very long run of eating well, I find anything seeet like that tastes not only cloying but also a bit chemically and artificial if you know what I mean?!
YES! exactly. After eating real food for so long, it just doesn't taste good. I wonder how I ever liked that stuff before.2 -
Ditto on the salad dressings. While going through my refrigerator as part of a kitchen cleanup last month, I tossed the few commercial dressings I'd been hoarding. Salad dressings are incredibly easy to make; even my grocery store's never ending Buy One Get One offers shouldn't tempt me.0
