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Post by caressa on May 17, 2012 19:58:04 GMT -5
Hunger Is a Habit
Have you ever had the experience of being so interested in what you were doing that meal time came and went before you realized that it was time to eat? Because you were not thinking about food, you were not aware of being hungry.
Food for ThoughtFood goes both ways for me. Either it occupies my mind, and that is all I think about, especially if it is a donut I want, or Chinese food, or an orange. I get very obsessive, compulsive about it. Other times I am not hungry at all, don't think of food, especially when I am on the computer and I miss meals and I am late taking my medication, which is not good, being diabetic. I am suppose to eat 5 small meals a day according to the clinic I went to. I ended up eating 5 large meals a day. Then I cut down on size, and I found myself not getting a well balance diet. A lot of it is the thinking. I think that most addictions are a thinking problem, it is the thinking behind the eating, drinking, etc. that is the problem. I don't want my food, my computer, my reading, my relationships, etc. to take over my life and be the be all and end all, like they have in the past. It was always, all or nothing at all with me.
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Post by Lin on Sept 10, 2012 8:35:14 GMT -5
I agree with this statement. It may be noon and I'm not hungry but I eat jsut because I know it is mealtime. I think another habit is when you eat sweets and carbs like bread you just want more of them. When I was first on a diet in 2002 I didn't eat many sweets and didn't even miss them. Fruits were my sweets. But the last couple of eyars I have added bars and ice cream and other sweets and it seems the more of them Ieat the more I crave them.
LIN
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Post by caressa on Sept 11, 2012 23:13:18 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing Lin. I never did eat many sweets, but like the addict I am, when they told me I couldn't have them, it was a different story. I find it is okay if I buy a piece of pie as a treat it is okay, but I can't make or buy a whole pie and bring it into the house because then it is gone. My sister said, you have no will power. What I don't have is "Won't power."
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Post by Lin on Sept 12, 2012 14:03:53 GMT -5
That's exactly what I used to tell my members when I was a leader. I woudl say if you crave chocolate cake or pumpkin pie go to a restaurant and buy one piece. Dont bake a whole one and expect to only eat one piece.
LIN
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Post by SunnyGirl on Sept 14, 2012 16:55:06 GMT -5
I rarely eat breakfast or lunch, but by dinner time I am ready to eat. I have no physical reason to not eat sweets, but I crave a glass of milk with cookies or something sweet before I go to bed. No point for me to buy one slice of cake as I eat a slice each day.... Hugs, SG
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Post by caressa on Sept 25, 2012 18:09:02 GMT -5
When I went to the Diabetic Clinic, they said the worst thing, especially for a diabetic was to eat only once a day, in fact they said, that type of diet would put weight on instead of take it off. It was hard for me to eat small portions, they suggested 5 or more. When I got it down to smaller portions, I found that I was eating 5 times and the portions got bigger, so had to turn it over and my thinking for what was good for ME.
With my sleep disorder, my breakfast is often other people's dinners and so I had to adjust my own thinking as well about what I should eat at that time of the day, and to eat what was a healthy choice for me at that time of the day.
The other day, I went and bought a date square. It was much better than making a butterscotch pudding cake and eating the whole thing over the course of the day and putting my sugar up to 11.9, when it is normally between 5-7.
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Post by caressa222 on Sept 25, 2020 20:45:26 GMT -5
Tonight I was told my sugar was 5.9. the nurse said, "You are perfect.". I said "Almost perfect," considering I had a double chocolate muffins and a couple of glasses of juice.
I am what I eat.
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