sweets

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Welcome, Becky & !

Becky wrote:

New research has shown that there

> may be a " sweet tooth gene " , if that's so I definatly have it. I would

> really like to break away from my cookie and cake binges. Any suggestions?

I've got that gene too, as well as a fondness for junk food. My suggestion

is to go slow and gradually cut down on the sweets. Eventually stop buying

and stop making and baking those sweets, or switch to CR smart recipes. (Try

making a batch of Sherm's bingeing brownies if you have a lot of time on

your hands!) Allow yourself some exceptions -- a special dessert on Sunday,

for example.

Aim to make the sweets and junk (the occasional Cheeto!) the *exception*

rather than the norm. Then enjoy it to the hilt... and you *will* enjoy it

more.

Last week after my son's violin recital there was a huge table covered with

a near-obscene amount of cookies, cakes and chocolate. I sampled a couple

confections and, to my surprise, was satisfied not to go back for more. An

earlier version of me would have reveled in a sugar high.

Good luck and stick with it. Remember the Zen master's words of

encouragement: " Seven times down, eight times up. "

Dixie

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iT'S Early hear and I just had my coffee. I can't believe I am answering this

E-mail. You know yeast is the culprit. Also we are flesh and flesh craves

Indulgence. We eat such a restrictive diet if we are truly committed to getting

better. This means no white flour, no fruit, no sugar in any of it's forms

shall pass these lips. Bummer days. It is the holidays and everyone here is

celebrating by having cheese and wine and various activities. Holy cow who can

resist.

Yet I have no interest in people who drink. Again that ugly lack of ability to

tolerate other people's short comings. But there are few things, Pediophiles,

Tweakers, Murders, that I find intolerable. I don't mean those who " take a

little wine for your stomach's sake " . I mean hard core ALCOHOLICS.

These people seem to feel the world belongs to them. And now that I think about

it, it does. Praise God and pass the amunition. Walk softly carry a big

stick. Take names and Kick dragon. And praise his name. I have been listening

to Christ Mass music all morning.

KATL1957@... wrote:

In a message dated 11/16/2005 2:14:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

fancy1413@... writes:

I ate a piece of pecan pie the other day and the next day I ached,

tired, irritable and etc. I usually eat very very little in the way

of sweets normally.

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In a message dated 11/17/2005 2:44:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

millie_miller@... writes:

Yet I have no interest in people who drink. Again that ugly lack of ability

to tolerate other people's short comings. But there are few things,

Pediophiles, Tweakers, Murders, that I find intolerable. I don't mean those who

" take a little wine for your stomach's sake " . I mean hard core ALCOHOLICS.

These people seem to feel the world belongs to them. And now that I think

about it, it does. Praise God and pass the amunition. Walk softly carry a

big stick. Take names and Kick dragon. And praise his name. I have been

listening to Christ Mass music all morning.

I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. ALCHOLISM IS A DISEASE THAT HURTS THE ALCOHOLIC

MUCH MORE THAN ANYONE. YES IT IS TREATABLE AND I PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THIS

DISEASE TO SEEK HELP. BUT I HAVE WORKED WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS IN MY NURSING

CAREER AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY THINK THEY 'OWN THE WORLD'. I THINK THEY

DON'T THINK THEY FIT IN ANYWHERE IN THIS WORLD ....AND MAYBE THAT IS WHY THEY

DRINK. NOT TO MENTION GENETICS ....