Physical reaction to the smell of carbs?

[mothette]

I am new to the Atkins thing. I am on extended induction and I started on 09-24-07. My Loving Inspirator aka fiancee and I went to subway (I got a salad/I was a good girl/no cheats) and as soon as we walked in the smell of the bread hit me like a tidal wave. I instantly got this weird feeling, was overcome with a strong almost despirate needing want for bread, and then was nauseous. Is that normal? Is that just something showing me how sickening my carb addiction really is? It was freaky. I've had the feeling again when I smelled cupcakes. I know I'm not pregnant so that's not it. It was just weird.

Anyone else ever do that?

[Hoping]

Re: Physical reaction to the smell of carbs?

I drool, does that count?
Just kidding, but originally I thought maybe pregnancy.
That's very interesting thought.
Sometimes the smell of bread will make me crave bread, but I don't get nauseous or anything.

[adreliluc]

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Oh me too!!! Though not so much these days thank God!!
But yes, I'd get 'almost' like this weird anxiety feeling. Like Gotta have it, give it me now, watch out cause I'm going to chase you around the block for a bite of that donut feeling. Kind of anxius and light headed and just... weird!
I still getthis way now but only when I'm STARVING, not for carbs.

[IrishSarahHB]

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Yeah .... when i was at the grocery store the other day i could smell the freshly made cinnamon rolls from the bakery .. it was sooooo hard to resist ...

[susan423]

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All the time. Like a yearning. I've been on Atkins since June and it hasn't gotten any better.

[D14965]

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I can cometimes smell fresh baked bread when there is no bread anywhere near by!!! how weird is that?

[Hoping]

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That's strange, Donna!

[ValidRouge]

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YES! I avoid bakeries like the plague.

The Auntie Ann's pretzel place in the mall is another one that gets me. I literally will breathe through my mouth when walking by it in the mall so that I don't smell it.

[Discolemonade]

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I sometimes react this way too. Mostly bakery items but alot of times it'll be french fries or smelling someones bag of doritos.

[CATBLUE]

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My husband bakes fresh french bread.. He starts from scratch.. It's crusty and just the best. I have a very hard time leaving it alone. Thank goodness he's been considerate enough to to bake it lately.

Basically the smell of bread just makes my mouth water.

[C-chan]

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My MIL makes cookies a lot and usually they don't affect me. But a couple of days ago she made some chocolate chip cookies. I looked that them and then all of a sudden...I wanted to cram them in my mouth!!! The whole time the cookies were in the house I just wanted to gobble them up. I told my husband to eat them all up before I do!

I didn't have any physical reaction to it, except running away from the cookies!

[mothette]

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Thank goodness that it's not just me.

I learned that I was truly addicted to carbs by the problems I had in the beginning of induction. Before that I wouldn't have thought someone could be addicted to a certain type of food. Just no will power to say no. These physical symptoms are a testament to how bad that addiction is. It's way more powerful than I can comprehend.