Smell of sugar triggers cravings/hunger?

[cherribom1]

Does anyone get triggered to eat by the smell of sugar?! Wow, I was just sitting on the computer, when my boyfriend walked in the room with a bowl of sugary smelling cereal... I think it was lucky charms. Just the sugar smell alone started up my hunger even after just feeling full from a breakfast omelet with broccoli and cheese. So I drank a bottle of water and a couple of Almonds. But wow, what a trigger! And on an additional side note, I have been drinking tons of water, more water than I have ever had in my life! YAY!

[SunnySmile501]

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I was never a sweets person, so sugar doesn't do it to me, but things like pizza and baking bread certainly do. We are so cued into our triggers. I can be stuffed and smell something or even read a recipe and see a picture and I am drooling and feel hungry.

This is bad because I am writing a low carb cookbook, so I am looking at food all the time. Sometimes I have to just stop and do something else for a while to keep from eating every five minutes.

[cherribom1]

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I guess no cookie dough scented air fresheners for us! LOL! That's awesome you are writing a low carb cookbook, I should do that myself!

[FwL]

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What has gotten me, twice now, is the smell of bread being heated... once as the wife was making toast (my god how I do love toast)... and again just this morning as she was making a grilled tuna sandwich.


Since you mention air fresheners...

My business partner got the bright Idea to hang up vanilla scented trees in our equipment trailer. I have flip-flopped probably 10,000 times between thinking the smell is rancid and thinking I could sure go for some vanilla flavored anything.

[boonie stomper]

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[msanjelpie]

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Hubby was making brownies the other night... Oh the smell was divine... I also love the smell of Krispy Kreme donuts fresh baked glazed in all their glory...

I used to live near the Kilpatricks bread factory in California... you couldn't drive down the freeway without being immersed in the aroma of fresh baked bread...

Sourdough toast... mmmmmmm

[boonie stomper]

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Did this happen??
..... . . . ..

[chinadoll]

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fresh doughnuts, hot bread baking, apple pie, pizza, ---yep, one sniff ans the salivary glands kick in, stomach starts gurgling and the red flags go up with an alarm sounding "Get out of here ASAP"

[ZoeMom]

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same thing happened to me last night................

My son was making Pop Tarts and the smell totally got me. I felt like I was in heaven's bakery for a few minutes and it smelled irresistably good. Keep in mind that I hate PopTarts and never even looked at them before I went on Atkins.

I guess ones brain/smell receptors become highly sensitive for smells after a being a while on atkins.

[MrsChesterDogg]

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If anything in the world would do it for me it would be the smell of those darn Krispy Kream donuts! So, far I've been able to avoid them at work.

[phil h]

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Prob get hungry by secretion of insulin as well as pleasure centers of brain being stimulated.That is why I don't eat any artificail sweetners,I can do just well on fatty meat.

[Desertthorn]

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I agree with FwL, baking bread, bakeries, OMG, my mouth starts to squirt

[cherribom1]

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I think just reading this thread is making me hungry.... lol ~

[keriann_forgoodthistime]

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earlier today i was in an appointment with our mortgage company, as we refinanced our home... (5% wooohoo!!)
anyways - in the meeting room there were cookies on a plate in the middle of the table - and holy the smell of those cookies was driving me INSANE!!!!!

oh i soooooooooo wanted one - but i kept looking at it and telling myself why there was absolutely no reason to - no nutritional value whatsoever and the only thing it'd do for me is make me fat. haha. (whatever works)

but yes. i was hungry after that. came home and had some blackberries!

[Lacypie]

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Ohh man.. it's so good to know that we all have been there. Bread baking,or grilled, toasted.. you name it.. It just about makes me crazy.. go for a walk do anything to avoid that alluring aroma. I do ok though.. i some how manage to get through it without a tumble off the Atkins wagon. Thing have been pretty slow going for me, but I am doing pretty well. I have my moments where I feel like.. uhh this is so hard and for what?? But I stick to it, and usually really glad and proud that I do. Keep up the Great work everyone...
Hey!! Did you all see the finale for Biggest Looser tonight? Wow!! I was so proud of all of them, my heart was swelling with happiness for them.