Re: How do you fight cravings/addiction/overindulge ?

[Guest guest]

For me, I just need to think about how miserable I feel when I'm sick. Between

my fear of illness and my fear of ending up in the ER, I'm very good about not

overindulging in sweets and nuts :-).

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

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> This idea of a nut-addict group made me smile. If I ever put my hand in the

nut jar (my craziness right now is about brazil nut), I get uncontrolable and

can eat so much of them it hurts. This week-end, I couldn't stop eating cherries

and now i'm suffering...

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> Maybe we could share our tricks to avoid cravings or to have a better control

on portions and avoid excess ?

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> I'll start :

> - Between meals, I found that drinking tea is really helping with hunger.

Green tea is working the best, but I also take mint or ginger when my guts are

upset

> - I hide sweet stuff (like honey) behind other non-attractive things in my

cupboard, like the bottles of oil. So my eyes don't see it when I open the

cupboard

> - Never ever eat yogourt, or apple sauce or cheese directly in the container

or out of the package.

> - Freeze goodies as soon as they cooled down in induvidual portions

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> Sometimes it's not always working though. I'm still doing the " I'll take two

almonds and put the jar away " and 10 minutes later I'm still munching on them

with zero self-control

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> Damn.

> Annie

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[Guest guest]

Annie,

I'm no monk.

I have ended up with partial bowel obstructions to over indulging.

Some days I am good, others not so much.

" I can't quit you " comes to mind when it comes to nuts, honey and dates.

Misty- I am so tired with the addict attitude with these items.

Now, since I make coconut yogurt I have honey and dates in the house and it is

like beyond forbidden.

Have you ever made spiced nuts and stuffed dates. Whoa! beyond delicious I

loose all sense of proportion I inhabit a human shell.

My hubby tells me I don't eat " that much "

but that same " that much " gives me such a tummy ache and the runs that you would

think I learn..

Having it in the house out of sight is a true excersize in I don't even know

what to call it and at times I cave.

They should just usher me to a clinic to give me a fix.. like seriously.

In mourning full of loosing laughter with my fellows over the insanity of this

addiction..

Jodi

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> This idea of a nut-addict group made me smile. If I ever put my hand in the

nut jar (my craziness right now is about brazil nut), I get uncontrolable and

can eat so much of them it hurts. This week-end, I couldn't stop eating cherries

and now i'm suffering...

>

> Maybe we could share our tricks to avoid cravings or to have a better control

on portions and avoid excess ?

>

> I'll start :

> - Between meals, I found that drinking tea is really helping with hunger.

Green tea is working the best, but I also take mint or ginger when my guts are

upset

> - I hide sweet stuff (like honey) behind other non-attractive things in my

cupboard, like the bottles of oil. So my eyes don't see it when I open the

cupboard

> - Never ever eat yogourt, or apple sauce or cheese directly in the container

or out of the package.

> - Freeze goodies as soon as they cooled down in induvidual portions

>

> Sometimes it's not always working though. I'm still doing the " I'll take two

almonds and put the jar away " and 10 minutes later I'm still munching on them

with zero self-control

>

> Damn.

> Annie

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[Guest guest]

LOL-- I'm just VAIN!!! If I ate all the nuts and sweets I ever wanted I'm afraid

I would be wider than I am tall.

But I am also afraid of a belly ache from too much too.

PJ

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> > This idea of a nut-addict group made me smile. If I ever put my hand in the

nut jar (my craziness right now is about brazil nut), I get uncontrolable and

can eat so much of them it hurts. This week-end, I couldn't stop eating cherries

and now i'm suffering...

> >

> > Maybe we could share our tricks to avoid cravings or to have a better

control on portions and avoid excess ?

> >

> > I'll start :

> > - Between meals, I found that drinking tea is really helping with hunger.

Green tea is working the best, but I also take mint or ginger when my guts are

upset

> > - I hide sweet stuff (like honey) behind other non-attractive things in my

cupboard, like the bottles of oil. So my eyes don't see it when I open the

cupboard

> > - Never ever eat yogourt, or apple sauce or cheese directly in the container

or out of the package.

> > - Freeze goodies as soon as they cooled down in induvidual portions

> >

> > Sometimes it's not always working though. I'm still doing the " I'll take two

almonds and put the jar away " and 10 minutes later I'm still munching on them

with zero self-control

> >

> > Damn.

> > Annie

> >

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[Guest guest]

My only trick is to keep it completely out of my house. I have a Whole Foods

across the street from where I work so I have to be careful or I'm over there

everyday getting almond butter to mix with dried shredded coconut and honey. I

only buy enough for one serving, but doing it everyday messes me up. I've been

good this week so far.

I wish I had enough self control to hide my honey behind something else. That

addict part of my brain knows where it is.

Your suggestions are really good though!!!

Misty

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> Maybe we could share our tricks to avoid cravings or to have a better control

on portions and avoid excess ?

[Guest guest]

I have the feeling that being sick, or only the fear of being sick is a constant

stress for us. Add to this the fact that I'm constantly thinking about what I

could eat the next meal that won't hurt me, I end up thinking about food way too

much in a day (compared to healthy people...). I don't miss non-scd cake, ice

cream, chocolate that much. But once in while I crave so much for comfort food

(sweet, fat or worse, both) that I totally overindulge them. I'm pretty sure I'm

eating my stress then.

I remember another trick. When I get home late (8pm) after workout and I haven't

eaten yet, I'm starving so much that I could emptied the fridge. I drink half a

litre of water and eat half a pealed cucumber. That's really efficient to calm

down hunger and give me time to cook something healthy. And even if cucumber

could be considered as an advanced food, it always go through me well.

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> > Maybe we could share our tricks to avoid cravings or to have a better

control on portions and avoid excess ?

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[Guest guest]

For me, it's not about overindulging in a certain type of food, but just having

to be really careful about how much I eat at any one time of anything. I have

to eat very small meals and usually stop when I'm just close to full--if I eat

more than that, I'll feel yucky, sometimes for days. SO, what I find is helpful

is having something sweet to drink if I'm really wanting to eat more. I'll have

some diluted juice or (back when my tummy was handling it) a diet soda (one can

allowed per week). This usually helps.

Self-control is hard, even when we have fear of symptoms on our side!

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> > > Maybe we could share our tricks to avoid cravings or to have a better

control on portions and avoid excess ?

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