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I'm debating whether to count calories or not. It has been doing my head in. Wondering if I should just practice some healthy habits for a while and once I'm used to those, count everything. I am still quite big so I would probably lose weight.

The question is, can I get full without going over my calories? (something I struggle with). What I find is if I am not watching my calories, but eat some healthy stuff before I go to KFC I am satisfied with a smaller portion.

Ok, fair enough. Thank you.

Thanks. Sorry for blowing up at you, I'm sure we can have a nice chat on another thread.

@singingflutelady @Sloth2016 Calories in, calories out blah blah blah. Look- Its quite likely I have diabetes. I don't care about weight loss at the moment, especially if it is at the cost of my life. I am fighting for my health and sanity. I care about what is causing cravings. If you want to debate or argue, find another…

I don't think its illegal. All kinds of stuff gets put into processed foods. They put corn syrup into foods under unidentifiable names and multiple other products with names that can't be pronounced or random numbers. I don't think adding food colouring to food is a good thing. Or things to enhance flavours if it makes it…

I realise that, my parents are scientists/medical professionals. I kind of mean chemicals made in the lab to produce pleasure or cravings. Chemicals put in food that are unnatural and that the body doesn't agree with.

I own that book but never finished it. Too boring for me. I found this article more useful for building habits: http://collegeinfogeek.com/conditional-habits/

I don't know, lots of things make me happy. Addiction is probably a strong word for gaming and validation, I don't game that often and I think validation is a basic human need, like if you aren't appreciated by your friends and family theres something wrong. I am definately addicted to food. Either I'm stuffing my face and…

How do you get your protein if you can't eat chicken?

I'm addicted to food, gaming and validation. There are addiction issues in my family for drugs and alcohol so I have always avoided those. I only have alcohol a few times a year, and never enough to get drunk.

@cbusnightowl @YvetteK2015 @Sloth2016 @Noel_57 Ok, I don't know for sure if MSG is deadly or addictive, but that is not the point of this thread. What I want to know is, what is it about the KFC that creates such a big craving in me that causes me to refuse any other food until I get my fix, or not be able to stop thinking…

@Red_Pill What kind of foods can you get a dopamine release from at home cooked meals?

I wrote ''seems like'' not ''is''

@ronjsteele1 I found a list, it seems like MSG is in everything processed. I really like salt and vinegar rice crackers which are quite salty, and cous cous drenched in lots of lemon and soy sauce... apparently if food is really salty, its likely to have MSG and soy sauce generally has MSG. This explains a lot for me. What…

KFC kills my cravings. When I want KFC, I can't think about any other food, and the cravings don't go away until I have it. I have done some research, and apparently MSG is very addictive and deadly. I don't know if that explains the other things I have been feeling (satisfaction, happiness, a high etc)

I'm 5'8 and have a medium/large frame, although a few people have told me I have little hips.

To be honest, I think most peoples thighs look big. It depends what you wear as to how they look. When I was young and slim, I felt upset about how fat my thighs look, but now I think its normal- I think woman tend to have bigger thighs. It just means theres more space to hold a puppy/kitten/baby :)

I ate 5 pieces of pizza instead of my usual 16 (not a typo)

140 but it's probably too thin for me. Maybe a bit higher, but toned?

Btw, when I saw the salad is drenched in dressing, its probably like 4-6 teaspoons, I'm not totally gross. Something like lemon juice would probably work, but what do you pair that with? I like all of the ingrediants of the salad to be coated with something. Btw, I am not a fan of garden salads, but they seem simple and…

Would prefer simple stuff I can make at home, not sure if Mrs Dash sends to New Zealand? I imagine it would be a fortune. Thanks though :)

Whats EVOO? I would be inclined to agree with you about healthy oils, but I like to keep salads as low cal as possible, so I can eat stuff like chocolate instead.

@PurplePamplemousse Thanks, I have accepted your friend request.

You're right, and its been like this since I was 8/9 to varying degrees.

Another thing is, I want to eat until I'm almost stuffed and I want to eat foods I love, but I don't think thats possible with the amount of calories I am allowed, even if I increase them to the maximum amount.

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I have Bipolar and possibly diabetes if you wanna add me

Chocolate protein powder?

He was cute in that movie when he was portrayed as looking 30...