munchies

[Guest guest]

Ok,

SOrry to mention a food product here--delete if you need to NOW.

A good snack if you want something kind of sweet and crunchie...dried fruit

from www.justtomatoes.com nothing added and they have 1 oz servings....they

also have dried vegetables.

in NEbraska

[Guest guest]

I don't know if others object, but for me talk about food all you

want!

You know what else is good and is really helping me with those candy

munchies? Costco has the big bags of frozen mixed fruit. The small

pieces of fruit are frozen individually, so you can keep it in the

freezer and pick out a couple pieces at a time. Love the pineapple

and peaches!!!

Just noticed something strange. When I eat healthfully I really LOVE

food, like to an almost indecent extent. But when I'm doing the

carbo binge stuff, I never really enjoy the food...just keep

compulsively feeding the craving. Maybe what experts says about

carbs setting up a cycle of addiction is true after all.

Still, I find it unnatural to jones after zuchinni!

Vicki A.

> Ok,

> SOrry to mention a food product here--delete if you need to NOW.

>

> A good snack if you want something kind of sweet and

crunchie...dried fruit

> from www.justtomatoes.com nothing added and they have 1 oz

servings....they

> also have dried vegetables.

> in NEbraska

[Guest guest]

Ok...20 years later......here's how I maintain. First of all, I CANNOT

eliminate carbs. Don't even want to. Carbs (complex, preferably) are my

energy source. I am absolutely addicted to Quaker White Cheddar corn cakes.

Have been for years. But, by choosing the white cheddar, I figure I'm

getting some protein in there with the cheese. LOL. 2 cakes, 70 calories.

When I want something sweet, I eat a dill pickle. Don't ask me why, but it

kills the craving for chocolate or other sweets.

I LOVE to cook! I've been cooking since I was 7. Three or four times a year,

I cook a dinner for 70+ for our Elks Lodge. I cook dinner for my husband

EVERY NIGHT. I don't buy a lot of junk food (don't count the corn cakes as

junk.), and I bake my own whole wheat bread once a week. I find, that by

tasting as I cook, that my appetite is GONE when dinner is ready. And

tasting really IS tasting. Not eating as I cook. It takes 15 to 20 minutes

for your brain to tell your stomach that you are full. If it takes me 30

minutes to an hour to cook a simple dinner, my brain has had time to

communicate with my stomach, and I'm not hungry.

If I didn't prepare the meal, say, we go out to eat...if I eat a salad and a

roll while waiting on the entrée...the entrée is coming home in a Styrofoam

container. I'm the carry-out queen of OKC. It's that 15 minute communication

thing. I try to not eat much before what I ordered, and really want, is

served. If I am at someone else's home, I don't eat the hor d'ourves, I'll

have a cup of coffee or a glass of tea or wine.

Finally, the biggest behavior modification...chew, chew, chew. The more you

chew, the better you digest, and the longer you enjoy the flavor. Take small

bites. Lay your fork on your plate between EVERY BITE. Consciously. Think,

" Cut small bite. Put in mouth. Lay fork down. CHEW CHEW CHEW CHEW CHEW.

Smile. Repeat. " In the last three years, I've gotten my husband to slow

down, take smaller bites, and chew longer. And he doesn't have a weight

problem. But he has less indigestion now.

Jac

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