how to cure an addiction to bread

I like the idea of just making lettuce wraps, anything you put in a sandwich can be put in lettuce, but if you aren't ready to give up bread light bread. I don't know where your from Nickles and Aunt Millies both make bread that only have 35 calories per slice.

How much sugar do you eat? I'm wondering, because people are known to have sugar addictions, and once your body processes the carb in bread, it's the same fuel. Have you thought about trying the South Beach diet? It has you right off sugar and carbs for 2 weeks to 'break the addiction' and then slowly introducing healthy carbs back into your diet. My sister had great results with it. Good luck!

I agree with this. I think Atkins, south beach, or Dukan could help.

it may sound weird but i believe i have an addiction to bread.

At times, I've had cravings for raw pasta. How weird is that? I stopped a little before beginning to log here, but if I resumed I would hate to calculate all the calories.

If you crave weird things (or ice cold things), get checked for iron deficiency.

As far as the bread addiction, you're going to have to "budget" bread into your diet. It's not reasonable to never eat it for the rest of your life. You have to decide in advance how much and how often. Then whenever you eat it, you know you're not going to be able to eat it later. It limits binging.

Since you obviously enjoy GOOD bread, you might consider this strategy:
http://www.artisanbreadinfive.com/2010/02/09/back-to-basics-tips-and-techniques-to-create-a-great-loaf-in-5-minutes-a-day

You mix up a batch of yeast dough and keep it in the fridge. Every day you pinch off a ball, let it raise, and bake it. The smaller the ball you cut off, the more loaves you get from one batch.

You can also do sourdough and keep adding in more flour and water each time, so you have a perpetual source of daily loaves. That's not for people who don't want bread every day, of course.

I have a similar problem but it's starchy foods in general. Bread, rice Pasta. It doesn't seem to matter to my waistline that it is the highest quality bread, rice or pasta.
Basically I went cold turkey on grains (and potatoes) and my carbohydrate cravings diminished greatly by day 3. Hang in there! Now that I am off of it, I actually feel so much better, and I think I may actually have a wheat intolerance. Now that it has been nearly 5 weeks I generally will have one meal a week (saturday night) where I allow myself to have grains. But the more time goes on the less I want them.

I don't keep bread in the house because I too like it too much. It may as well be a loaf of donuts. My boyfriend always buys bread for himself, but I don't touch it because it is his. (He would gladly share if I want it, but I do not allow myself to have any.)

I don't believe keeping some around and "only enjoying some as a treat" will work right away for you if you're having an issue with "bread moderation." I say that because it definitely doesn't work for me! If you have to keep it in the house for your daughter, I would either A) think of it as completely off limits. You are not allowed to eat that bread. It is not yours... or Keep it in the freezer and toast it for her when you use it for her sandwiches, whatever.

I seriously believe the first thing to conquer is this idea that it's an addiction. By calling it an addiction when it may not be a true addiction, you are giving your cravings more power over you and making it bigger than it needs to be. I know you said you get a "rush" after eating bread, but I get satisfaction after eating as well. Your body wants you to eat to keep it alive, so naturally it would reward you with positive feelings.

Try thinking of them as cravings and not an addiction. For me anyway, that makes the idea smaller and easier to conquer. I have a gnarly sweet tooth, but by dealing with small cravings one at a time rather than "an addiction" it's much easier to manage.

In terms of conquering these cravings, you can try two things. You know yourself and your self control better than we do. If you keep bread in the house, will you be able to eat it in moderation? If the answer is yes, do that and set yourself a limit. If the answer is no, stop buying bread. If you can't eat it responsibly, don't buy it.

wheat addiction! It is pretty common and wheat does have addictive qualities. I would try cutting it and all forms of wheat (gluten) out for 30 days and see if your cravings go away. It will take a lot of willpower, especially if you are going to keep bread in the house for your daughter, but you can do it! Replace the calories with healthy fats and protein. Try some avocado, coconut oil, grassfed meats, whole fat dairy, etc.

^^^ I agree ^^^

You are most likely addicted to sugar and the spike in glucose when you eat bread. I also LOVE bread and am a bread/carb/sugar addict. I quit sugar, fruit, dairy (except plain Greek yogurt), grains, alcohol, most processed foods etc. (pretty much anything that converts to sugar in the body) for 3 months. I know it sounds crazy but it helped me SO much and seriously - If I could do it - so can you! Here are some link that can help you out, even if you aren't ready to try giving up sugar...

http://whole9life.com/
http://www.mariahealth.blogspot.com/
http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/

I have something called candida overgrowth which led me to the decision to quit sugar. There is a lot of useful info on this site as well.

http://www.thecandidadiet.com/

Good Luck!

read Wheat Belly. Game changer. Bread is just a transportation device for better tasting things.

I have the same problem, and a five yr old too....this is what i do i buy the family good bread i buy myself the low sodium low calorie whole wheat. I have gotten myself to one slice or none a day. but i tricked myself if i want a sandwich i make a fold over, garlic bread(my favorite) i got in half that way i eat half and go back for the second(u know u always want to get seconds lol). it works for me. yesterday i went to subway i actually took the bottom half of the bread off. I just woke up and realized that i was wasting my calories on bread when i could actually eat more of something else. never stop buying it especially with kids just train yourself to eat half...same with pizza i buy a cheese pizza and before anyone can touch it i cut each piece into half why? u always want that second piece so i get to do that and still eat one piece good luck but u can do it

it may sound weird but i believe i have an addiction to bread. I love bread. whole grain, 12 grain, flax seed, sunflower, it doesn't really matter. i do eat the "healthy" breads,whole grains and such, but i tend to eat alot of it. anywhere from 8-16 slices a day. and at 120 calories per slice it's hard to loose weight. now i say i an addicted cause when i eat bread i actually get a little "rush" or "high" like feeling. Is it just me that suffers from this? anyone know how to beat it? I've tried to just not have it...that didn't work to well. Any psychological advice? ways to think? tricks to help me not think about my next "bread score".

i'm seriously bamboozled

thanks all

I would suggest reading the book "Wheat Belly". These statements you have made will then TOTALLY make sense.

personally i would be ok with that but i have a 5 year old daughter that we need to have nice healthy bread for. nice thought though

Check out Trader Joe's branded sprouted breads. 60 calories per slice, low in carbs, high in fiber and tasty.

As others have said, quite often you crave the foods you are actually intolerant to. As for still needing to have it in the house, keep it frozen then only lift out what you need for your daughter. Frozen bread is never as appealing and the fact that it wouldnt be an instant fix might take the edge off the impulse of eating it.

I stopped having bread in my home a long time ago. If I did buy it in, I would end up munching through 4 slices of toast before bed, which made me feel bad. I very occasionally now buy a sandwich if I am out and fancy one, and very occasionally have pizza, but aside from that, I don't tend to have bread products anymore and I don't really miss it.

Just don't eat it. The first week or so will suck but then after that the craving is gone. My favorite food in the world used to be potatoes -- mashed, fried, baked it didn't matter I ate them every single day.

So I stopped. Completely. No more cravings for them and no more empty carbs for me.

If you need substitutes try whole grain pitas (I buy flax ones sometimes when I can justify the sodium in them) or my really only almost everyday bread product is Mission extra thin corn tortillas. Not the hard ones these are by the softshells and are not fried have no trans fat, low sodium and low(er) carbs. 80 calories for 2 and I can still have my tacos and tortilla pizzas.

I freely admit I am a starchy carbs addict. And I can only quit cold turkey. I did it once before and felt amazing! So I am on my 6th day....it can be done.

That doesnt mean there is no bread in my house....the b/f uses it. But I have no desire to eat his bread. In fact, I still have a loaf of my bread I haven't touched. There arent any tricks....you simply have to make up your mind you arent going to eat it anymore.