Fri, Jan-05-18, 13:01
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Plan: No gluten, CAD
Stats: 196.0/158.5/149.0
BF:36/29.0/27.3
Progress: 80%
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Originally Posted by kathleen24
Knowing that about myself, I now tell the girls, "No, but I'll make a donation," and I do.
Even the LC treats are treading dangerous grounds for me. If I am looking for something to eat just for the pleasure of eating, I'm starting to slide down the slippery slope. This process of retraining my appetite is a slow one, but I can tell you that it's working. I don't feel deprived in not having treats. I had some slices of salami with cream cheese between them a few weeks ago, and took concerned note of how this functioned for me as a strong stimulant of my pleasure centers, and how I wanted to continue to eat them--not out of hunger, but just chasing that high. I didn't have any more, because I know me.
I don't use the sugar-is-poison route of avoiding eating the treats out there. I have more of a snobby, nose-in-the-air attitude: a sniff, followed by "I don't put THAT in my body." Seems to be working for me.
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That's interesting that you're retraining your appetite. What do people do when we're not eating for hunger. We say, do I want sweet or savory or salty and then try to figure out what will make us feel the best.
Cookies have been #1 temptation and I don't like them. There's a store near enough to walk to and they put a whole row of cookies on the same aisle as the coffee and tea. It taken me a few weeks to realize that's where the word cookie got in my mind.
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