Posted by mars on January 25, 2001, at 12:32:51
In reply to obsessing about food, posted by super on January 24, 2001, at 14:53:52
Hi Super ~
I totally will have short term infatuations with certain foods. This month it's nuts and popcorn. I was eating way too much of both, so then I found smaller packages of the nuts and switched to low-fat popcorn. The dangerous time, of course, is when I'm in the store. I wish I could have a little alarm that would go off when I approach the supermarket to remind me to BEWARE. (The silent, vibrating kind might, ahem, be the least embarassing.)
Another trick I've tried if I want to binge on something: I'll go on the internet and look at as many pictures of that food as I can - but I keep surfing until I realize that I am so, so glad that I have not binged. It sounds weird, but it works for me. I wanted chocolate so badly around the holidays, and was ready to get bagfuls, so I looked at the Godiva site. I imagined eating every damn Godiva chocolate there is, over and over. My craving wore off totally - it took a lotta clicking, but I was sooooo glad I hadn't eaten all the chocolate I would have done otherwise. It was like I got the "I wish I hadn't done that" feeling without the having-done-it calories.
Wish I had more helpful advice. I grew up with one parent who compulsively over-ate and the other who was anorexic, so as you can imagine I have a few food issues myself.
best,
mary
p.s. chromium picolinate has helped mucho with my sugar cravings - i'm not sure whether it's the placebo effect or not, but i'm not arguing with it. sugar's always been a huge downfall and aside from the calories it messes up my mood really badly. i've been taking the supplement since the early 1990's.
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