Re: Could sugar addiction be real?...

[Guest guest]

Anyone who knows me personally knows I've been a lifelong self-proclaimed

chocoholic. While standing in a pharmacy line, I was reading an interview with

Dr. Oz. He said something which I've been wondering about because my own love

affair with sugar has seemed to evaporate in the past couple of months.

He made the point that the body is always wanting to nourish itself, that when

you eat junk food, even if you fill up your stomach, your body has not received

the nourishment it needs, so it contiues to seek nourishment, thus you keep

eating more and more junk food because your body never does get nourished. But

when you fill your body with whole foods, it receives nourishment and your

hunger declines.

Since I've been eating to honor my body, also focusing on getting a variety of

of nutrients, especially lots of fruits and veggies, I have been amazed that

I've gone for days without chocolate or other sugary treats, and then when I get

them, they are somewhat tasteless and not what my body wants at all. I would

NEVER have believed I'd have gone this long without chocolate, or at least not

much of it anymore.

This IE thing seems to have 2 parts: One, that you eat everything you feel

you've been deprived of on diets, and two, that once you are past feeling

deprived, you begin to really be able to listen to what your body wants rather

than what your mind wants. At this point is when I began to lose my need for

chocolatey and other desserts as well.

Sara

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> I've been working on IE for several months now and honestly don't feel any

further ahead than when I started. I have gone through so much chocolate that

you'd think I'd explode only to wake up the next day w/ the same craving for it.

I don't think I'll ever get sick of it and just not want it. I read something a

long time ago that said " your body will never stop craving sugar as long as you

keep it in your system " . What if this is true? I know diets aren't the answer

but I just want to eat healthier so I feel better but just can't stop eating

chocolate which I know makes me feel tired, groggy, and just plain blah. If I

know something is making me feel that way then why can't I stop it? Could there

really be an addiction?

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> Barb

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[Guest guest]

Yay Sandarah!! I love how such 'craves' poop out if we really give them a chance

to let our bodies decide instead of the shoulding monster in our heads. I had

some M & Ms a few weeks back and I was surprised how much I didn't find them tasty

at all.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

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> For the first month or two I ate M & M's like they were going out of style.

And even though my mouth hurt and I was plumping up, the next day I still wanted

them. And so I ate them, lots of them. I bought them in bulk. I had decided

to 1) not fight myself anymore and 2) not criticize and judge myself for eating

them, regardless.

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> I don't remember why I stopped or when or how - but it all just ran out of gas

eventually. This past Sunday I was at a gathering and the woman put cups of M &

M's on the table in front of everyone. I ate maybe a couple of small handsful -

they didn't taste that good. I didn't eat or want any more. It does get

better.

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> Today, I'm not interested in having a mint patty - though I did do some self

talk around the matter, which worked. Sandarah

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