I am addicted....to bad carbs

I have this problem too. I can't stop thinking about junk food. I work out to avoid eating. Then I get home and plan to eat healthy and usually do. The problem is, the cravings never go away, I can't stop myself and I binge. I easily eat 1000cal in 1 hour. I've tried eating the bad carbs I'm craving first, but that's just as bad. Willpower doesn't work. If I do get through today, I'll just wake up with cravings in the morning that are worse. How do I fight this???

Try eating healthy carbs like oatmeal and sweet potatoes.

I too am a carb junkie!! I LOVE them! I have found that I can still have them often if I choose the ones that are low cal. I eat Heiner's 35 calorie bread... I either toast it or get it warm in the microwave and then I spray as much Parkay butter spray on it as I want.... that gives me a quick fix when I am about to have a bread breakdown for only 35 cals! Also, I have found that 2% Breakstone's Cottage Cheese seems to really quench my fits. I buy the little 90 cal snack packs.... and throw a little pepper on it.... MMMMM!!!! Oh, AND.... the instant grits are only 100 cals a pack. I make those for breakfast and put the butter spray and two tbls. of Splenda in them.... YUM! And then lets don't forget the Jimmy Dean Delights Breakfast sandwiches for 230 cals. MMMMM. For a chippy type of snack- Try Goldfish... You can have alot of those for very few calories. As far as the Miracle Noodles go... don't waste your money! They have the consistency of worms and absolutely NO flavor. Ewwww. Good luck!!!!

i try like the heckto stay away from white flour products .. today was not one of them days but thats ok because out of all year today was the first day i didnt stick to my plan.. we are allowed those days now and then and with losing 80lbs i certaintly wouldve gone bonkers had i not indulged now and then...

only input i can give you is ..how bad do you want to make changes? its all your choice ..you think you are depriving yourself of the food pleasures in life but what you are really depriving yourself from is a healhier lifestyle.. having pizza or other so called bad carbs is ok when its in moderation or once in a rare moon as a treat to yourself but if you eat that all the time you wont obtain your goals.

when i ate that stuff all the time i evaluated my life at the time.i spent a ton of time at home and in front of the tv and or computer.. since them days i have become extremely active in the community and i work alot ..i also joined a gym that im pretty faithful in going to. i set up my gym at home in one of my ivingrooms where the tv is .there is NO comfort in that room..i either sit on the floor to watch tv or go on a machine and move my *kitten* while im watching something .

it takes time to form new habits but you have to be willing to do what it takes ..dont think about what you cant have but rather what you can have.. many of us are food addicts and once you discover that there is more to life than food then you lift that demon off your back.

Thanks for posting! I'm a self-proclaimed junk-a-terian. I LOVE bread, rice, pasta, chips, crackers and I don't like meat. Veggies are tasty, but not very filling. Maybe a "cold turkey" approach would break the addiction.

The only way to break your addition is to stop eating those things. There are many sources that say that carbohydrates are just as addictive as cigarettes or other drugs.

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The problem with substituting one carb for another carb is that you're still consuming a carb. You'll still have cravings.

Phase one of South Beach completely got rid of my sweet and starch cravings.

I know this post is old but I was searching "addicted to bad carbs" and this came up. lol. I agree, I did South Beach years ago and it cured my bad carb cravings too. Guess I'm going to have to do it. I'm an all or nothing kinda girl so limiting my bad carbs doesn't work for me.