My new addiction

[Beekel]

I'm comming up on a month of Atkins and doing great. To cope with losing the comfort foods in life I find I am spending a lot of time in the candle section at the store. I have never been drawn to candles like this before but I seem to search for the most tasty smelling one I can find and take it in. Do you do this too?

[xhaustedmomma]

Re: My new addiction

I try to avoid them myself. They make me hungry and thinking about all the cookies and fruit I'm not eating now. I go for the flowery or musky scents now, they don't remind me of food.

[Bastet]

Re: My new addiction

Hmm, I get it...I've started using the candles I have at home, mostly cause it makes me feel pampered.

In related olfactory news, my boyfriend got himself pizza for dinner last night, and I could smell it so well...it *smelled* delicious, but the thought of *eating* it and undoing all my hard work was repulsive! I experienced about 1/2 second of an urge to eat it, and then, that was just gone, and I could just appreciate how good it smelled.

[Beekel]

Re: My new addiction

That same thing happend to me with pizza, it sure smells good but the damage that would be done by it isn't worth it.

[IrishSarahHB]

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Yeah i love candles too .. i think its partly because we have to find new hobbies .. on the weekends i used to go to the store, buy a bunch of stuff to make cookies, come home , make the cookies, and then eat em all up .. that was a fun day for me . (lol wow what a loser? or should i say gainer hehe) Now i paint more, read more, we take the dog to the park more, go shopping more ........ Once i put the fork down, i was able to pick up alot of other things ... better things

[livelaughlove08]

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I love candles... especially the pumpkin pie and sugar cookie ones this year lol... It doesn't start cravings for me instead I think it makes me feel like I ate them or something... sounds wierd but iunno