5.27.2009
I'm a Total Addict! Help Me!
I think I have a serious problem. I think I am addicted to junk food. I guess I should say I AM addicted to junk food. I use to be a very healthy eater and only eat sweets on occasion. Now I can't stop eating sweets. I am constantly craving some form of sugar. Its becoming a real struggle for me. You may not be able to see this addiction manifesting itself on the outside of my body (in a bathing suit you can tell tho) but I can tell my body is very unhealthy. I feel it in every part of my body. I use to be able to have a little nibble of something then walk away feeling satisfied but now I absolutely cannot. If its chocolate.... there is NO saying no or walking away! If I take a small piece of a donut just to 'taste' I always end up going back 2 seconds later and eating 2 more donuts. This may sound like a joke or like I'm trying to be funny but really its become a huge struggle for me. I eat sweets and junk even when I'm so full I'm ready to burst. I love fruits and vegetables but haven't been buying them because they are so expensive right now. Plus, we've been going to the cabin and hanging out with friends a lot so we buy 'snacks'. Of course those 'snacks' are never anything healthy. At my work there is always someone with candy or someone bringing in donuts, cakes, brownies, cookies, etc. I'm constantly surrounded by crap. And now I have been drinking a ton of Diet Coke too. Every morning my supervisor and I go on a Diet Coke run. Without my Diet Coke in the mornings I can't function it seems. I try to drink only water when I am at home (or I drink 100% juices) but that Diet Coke in the mornings still has a lot of sugar. I don't think I would mind eating all this junk food if I would work out more. My problem there is I am gone 12 hours a day so when I get home I cook dinner and by the time I am done with that its time to put Sawyer down for the night. I could go running by myself around say 9 O'clock but I'm so beat by that time of night I am ready for bed. Besides, I work out so much better if I have someone else there to exercise and motivate me. Brandon says he wants to go running with me but he seems to always have an excuse as to why he cant. :0) Why can't they come out with a miracle drug to help suppress the appetite? There was that one .... can't think of the name but it ended up giving everyone who took it heart problems. I heard that it really worked tho!! I know being healthy and thin is not something that you can get from a pill or just dieting. If it were that simple everyone would be thin right? I love exercising and eating right. I am just going through a eating and exercising slump I guess. I am going to have to change my thinking in order to overcome this addiction. I talked to my BFF who is sooo into dieting and she said "A moment on the lips, FOREVER on the hips!" How true is that?! If anyone has any inspiration/motivating thoughts or even some advice I'd love to hear it! I'm open to suggestions! I honestly never thought I'd have a problem with junk food. Just goes to show you ya never know what your trials will be! Could be worse I guess. Least its not drugs or drinking righ?! *sigh*
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I'm glad I just stumbled upon your blog. I love your list of favorite quotes. I plugged in "can't stop eating" in google blog and this posting of yours was one of the first listed. I have been a runner since age 21, had my first child at 35, now just turned 40. The entire year of being 39 was kind of wasted. I had just completed a half-marathon that I do every December, then I just stopped running. My husband is my running partner and he tried to keep me going but it just didn't work. That has been 17 months and I feel like I am still on this spiral downward. I have always loved fresh fruit and veg, running. Never have been into fried foods. But like you, sweets are a serious weakness for me. I can't just have one cookie, I have to eat the whole bag. There is no longer an "in moderation" chip in my brain. I truly feel disconnected from my body, like I don't know it anymore. It was so nice to read someone express the same feelings I am having. I am lucky to have a patient, understanding husband. But I know he can't really understand totally. Nice to know that I am not alone. Thank you.
Diet coke has no sugar so don't worry about the calories or sugar in it BUT... I heard and don't quote me but Diet drinks make you crave sugar more. See if you drink a regular soda like Coke or Dr. pepper(not diet) SMALL SIZE and see if maybe it cuts your cravings. It have more calories but in the long run a small soda is like 200 calories and if it cuts your sugar craving then you want eat 2 donuts that have 200 calories each. Make sense. Also i love the Quaker mini rice cakes in chocolate delight. SO YUMMY. They are way not bad, for 7 of them they are only 1 weight watcher point. It totally curves my sugar craving. Worth a try. Try it for a few days and see what happens. It has worked so good for me.
Hey Sheena, I feel your pain. I have always been addicted to candy, since I was a little girl and spent any penny (literally) I ever had or found on it. Now that I'm older I can stay away from candy if I try, but not chocolate. Or if I do, I have to say NO CHOCOLATE. I also can eat almost half a pan of brownies in a sitting. It's very bad. I also have the same problem as you where it doesn't really show that I eat so terribly. I don't get fat, really.
I decided once a few years ago to stop eating candy altogether and I spent 2 full years never eating candy or chocolate during the day and only baking once or twice a week (I need SOME cookies! otherwise I'd never be able to stay away from other stuff). That was when I was my thinnest and feeling my best. Then I got pregnant and went back to eating chocolate, since I had with my other two pregnancies and both those kids had turned out so sweet, I was sure it was because of all the chocolate, and I didn't want to deprive this child.
Now I try not to eat too much, and I can if I'm being good. If I'm stressed or not feeling well I'm more likely to eat too much, but definitely it's the baked stuff that I overdo it on. All I can say to you is that it might be worth it to choose some specific weaknesses to give up completely and see how you feel. It's so much easier for me because it really is like all or nothing. There's no "just a little". Good luck!
Hey Sheena, I'm also a recovering addict. I've tried going cold turkey, which works, but only for a short time. After that short period I would always come back like the cookie monster to candy with an awful binge session that would leave me sick for a day.
I have recently been doing something that works very well: relying on a someone else to dictate my sugar intake. If I ever want hard candy, I just ask Melissa if it's ok. She is really good at regulating my intake and I've been doing this now for a couple months. I'm to the point now where I don't eat that much sugar anymore, by default.
I've found that it's not about cutting off the supply all together, but using it in moderation. Having someone to moderate that for you, relieves a lot of the stress off of me, and onto her :-)
Hope this helps!
-Jake
I am going to a weigh loss coach that has taught me TONS on all kinds of these kinds of subjects. I am starting one soon at my house if you are interested. It has helped me not eat any sugar and my cravings are totally gone.
I completely relate. I go through phases where I am this way and other times I go on a health food kick... but always back to the sweets. I think you're on the right track with the soda thing, and I love that eat this not that website!!
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