Food Addiction - Gettin Rid Of The Triggers

[presidentholmes]

I was watching an epsiode of "The West Wing" in which one of the main characters is an alcoholic. When asked can he have just one drink, he replies that he doesn't want one drink...he doesn't understand one drink...he wants TEN drinks...he wants ALL THE DRINKS.

It reminded me of me and others I know on Atkins.
I'd get in with the groceries, open a box of Jaffa Cakes or a pack of Kit-Kats and a gallon of milk and before I had unpacked or even taken my jacket off...the whole packet would have gone along with a litre of milk!

I don't want a choccie bar, I want all of them. If you give me a slice of cake, I'm already eyeing up my second slice and panicing that I might not get it!

It's the same with Atkins bars...I know they stall some people but I was fine with them, so was gonna buy a box, but thought to myself, Bill...you'll eat loads of them at a time and then waht's the point!!!

Anyway...I'm babbling on here but was just trying to say that it really is an addiction isn't it? While on Atkins, the addiction goes away and the draving for sweets is absent...but after just one taste of something "bad" or "naughty" or whatever we wanna call it, it really is like an alcoholic having one drink. Can they have one drink? No! Can you have a little "naughty" or just a taste of something not in the acceptable list? NO!

Anyway, feel free to comment...had any trigger experiences yourself? What's your trigger food?

[Hayden]

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What a brilliant thread !!

[SunnySmile501]

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Anyway, feel free to comment...had any trigger experiences yourself? What's your trigger food?

Strangely enough, fresh green beans and fresh garden tomatoes! Twice this summer, I have eaten so many green beans that my stomach hurt! First, I was just getting small bowl after small bowl full. Then, I was scarfing them down out of the pan with my fingers.

Sunny!

[Laurenfra]

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This is such a big issue for me. I went out for dinner with co-workers last night. As friend asked me why I didnt eat 1/2 a piece of the bread there that I like so much, knowing I am in owl amd could afford the carbs. The answer was very simple I am not able to eat 1/2. It would have been all that was left or nothing. It took me a long time to understand this. I wish there was a way to make others see it. I think people would think longer before having a little cheat

[fowlergirl]

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My trigger is stress. Whenever I find myself extremely stressed it seems as though nothing relieves it like chocolate. Something about eating it seems to calm me down and make me able to deal with whatever the situation is. I am in the process of learning other ways to relieve this stress when it occurs.

Thank you so much for putting into words what I couldn't and for letting me know that someone else understands this. I could never have one piece of chocolate, ever!

[ValidRouge]

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ANYTHING high carb, and even low-carb "desserts" and treats. They'll make me go off on a binge and absolutely disgrace myself.

I am an addict.

I don't want one piece of bread, cake, candy...I want them ALL. I want them all until I make myself SICK.

I know that at any given moment, I am only ONE hand to mouth movement away from being fat again, because that one bit can send me spiraling and struggling. Yet, there are times I do it. AND then I have to FIGHT to regain my control.

[Tack Candy]

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My craving seem to creep up on me. I have a legal sweet and then I have one the following day and the following day etc. until it becomes habit. Then, it is something else I feel I need every day....another sweet, a cup of coffee. Then, I allow those hidden carbs telling myself just alittle won't hurt. All this snowballs until I find - hey, wait a minute - I am not following the plan anymore. THEN I am in the struggle to gain control over food again. A battle I don't feel I am strong enough to win if I have to start from the very beginning.

[*Wendy*]

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My old favorites were crunchy Cheetos and the jumbo bag of peanut M&Ms. I'd eat the whole bag of both the same night I'd buy them. Every time.

Now that I eat this new way, it seems like my cravings run towards brocolli oddly enough. Every time I have brocolli with dinner I just keep eating it and I never feel like I've had quite enough. I dip each bite in melted butter and eat so many my belly hurts!

[deelytful1]

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Boredom and Loneliness is my trigger. At night, when my son goes to bed and I'm alone and bored. No friends to come over so I turn to my oldest and dearest friend...food.

[dreamof145]

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Me too. I can't trust myself to make a decision to have just a bite or just one of anything. I know me too well. Its easier to just walk as fast as I can past the temptation and feel good about my decision. Good threat!! I think we are all addicts and just like alcoholics we are better off not going there.

[sallyseachange]

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So many of us are "all or nothing" personalities. Me too. "Just one" is just one big problem for me.