Re: Re: Compulsive overeater

[Guest guest]

Ali wrote:

In fact, if you are very disciplined with it and keep your carbs low enough

to be in Ketosis (fat-burning mode) all the time, you don't even get hungry

like you do on the carbs.

****So what I don't understand is why, for the 2 years prior to starting

Bee's program, I had NO appetite on my carb-heavy diet. I would fast for 3

or 4 days at a time and not be hungry. But once I start eating low carb, I

have ravenous hunger immediately, and it's still here 6 months later. I'm

sure it will normalize in time, but just wondering why....

And , my hunger has increased, but thankfully I am no longer

overeating like I was before.

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much. I am going to try Bee's diet.

 

Hi - I would echo .

I too had compulsions to eat carbs - sometimes when out I would buy a chocolate

bar knowing that if I ate it I would feel sick - so I would eat it and feel

sick!

The only thing that stopped me was when my digestion finally collapsed and I

couldn't cope with the carbs any more. Since then I have realised the damage

that these things are doing to everybody and that has made a big difference. I

no longer feel deprived - well just a little bit, occasionally, when my daughter

has baked yet another of her delicious gluten-free cakes, but certainly not all

the time.

What I and a lot of others have found is that within a short time - for some

people just a few days, others take maybe two or three weeks, on a very low-carb

diet, you lose the cravings. It's hard going until it's passed, but it is only

temporary and you can get through it.

In fact, if you are very disciplined with it and keep your carbs low enough to

be in Ketosis (fat-burning mode) all the time, you don't even get hungry like

you do on the carbs.

In his book 'Life without bread', Dr Wolfgang Lutz mentions that overconsumption

of carbs - and particularly processed carbs, upsets the digestive signalling

mechanisms and instead of only producing stomach acid when one is eating, can

also produce it when it is empty. I suspect that what we interpret as hunger is

not hunger at all, but the stomach telling us it is full of acid and needs food

to digest. Acid in the stomach without any food could lead to stomach ulcers and

other damage, so because there is acid there all the time, people eat all the

time!

It seems that after some time on the low-carb regime, the signalling reverts to

normal and what we interpret as those gut-wrenching hunger pangs go away.

So no, there is no reason why you couldn't follow Bee's diet. It takes a bit of

getting your head around, but there are many of us here to help and support you

and we are all benefiting from it in many different ways.

Regards, Ali.

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> Dear ,

>

> I've found that I only want to overeat carbohydrates. I used to stuff

> myself on sweets, fruit, rice, etc, but I don't have that same desire eating

> meat, fat, and non-starchy veggies.

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> Good luck,

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