Re: Re: need to go back on to P1? PAM? CHRIS?

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cravecraving [input] [input] Main Entry: crave

Pronunciation: 'krAv

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): craved; crav·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English crafian; akin to Old Norse krefja to

crave, demand

transitive senses

1 : to ask for earnestly : BEG, DEMAND

2 a : to want greatly : NEED b : to yearn for

intransitive senses : to have a strong or inward desire

synonym see DESIRE

- crav·er noun

For me, the overwhelming urge to eat junk food. I hadn't been having cravings

at all - I was fine with the SBD foods - until I started eating too much bread

and stuff. Suddenly I couldn't resist the urge for junk food. Nothing else

would satisfy. It wasn't hunger. I think it was more an emotional need than a

physical - after all, I wasn't hungry. I just *had* to have something sweet.

The desire for sweets overpowered any self-control I'd had. I didn't care if

I blew my diet all to hell - I had to have some chips, or a cake. Diet? What

diet? That's where I was.

There's a huge difference between just making better choices, and making

choices based on cravings. I hadn't even realized that until the bought with

cravings. I just used to always eat whatever I wanted. I started the SBD, and

for a month I was great - no cravings - this was easy.

Then, as I said, I started sliding the weekend after Thanksgiving. Now I

understand what cravings are.

Take care,

Chris

anne_wycke horg@...> wrote:

THIS IS WHERE I'M CONFUSED.

WHAT, EXACTLY, IS A CRAVING?

HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE ONE?

IS IT EMOTIONAL? PHYSICAL? BOTH?

WHERE DOES SELF CONTROL COME INTO THE PICTURE?

DOES LOSING WEIGHT BOIL DOWN TO BATTLING CRAVINGS?

OR HAVING WILL POWER?

OR BOTH?

Sorry I was on caps. . . I don't always look at what I'm typing when I'm doing

several things

at once...

Annie D.

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> Cravings defined as ~really~ wanting something sweet, not the just hungry

feeling,

right?

> Pam

> Re: need to go back on to P1?

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> I would think that would be up to you. If you're not having cravings and

you're ok with

sticking to the diet now, I don't see why you'd need to.

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> I have started having cravings for sweets/chips, which is why I'm going

back on P1 for

a little while. I just want to get rid of those cravings.

>

> Take care,

> Chris

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