munchies

[Guest guest]

Hi Jill!

When I crave something sweet, I eat dried apricots as my carb with a

protein. 5 or 6 of these sweet little suckers is about a serving (20-

23g carbs). Plus they're low on the glycemic index which means

they'll keep you satisfied longer and act as a 'good' carb. Another

thing I keep handy are the Nitrotech bars or Myoplex Lite

bars...these help when I need that chocolate fix. If you're craving

ice cream, place a lite yogurt in the freezer at dinner time and then

it will be softly frozen 2 hours late when it's snack time! Not ice

cream, but smooth and creamy just the same.

Hope this helps!

a

[Guest guest]

You just may be a creature of habit. You're used to noshing and it's

just become a habit for you to. Just ride it out, I'd say. Keep

busy, chew gum, and make sure you keep your meals frequent enough.

> I have a question for all those that are doing so well on the BFL

> program. I've been reading all your posts and am so encouraged by

> them all.

>

> I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm a junk

> food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I love to

> eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything sweet

will

> do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice cream.

> Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the plain

> kind), I feel sick.

>

> I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is lacking in

the

> diet when cravings seem out of control.

>

> I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut butter,

> carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help when the

> munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

>

> Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't suffer from

PMS

> (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let work

stress

> me out to badly, and home life is great.

>

> So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

>

> Jill (Alaska)

[Guest guest]

Hi Jill,

The only thing that works for me whenever I have the craving for

sweets or choc, I will pop a chewing sugar free sweet (its like

chewing gum but after 30 mins of chewing, it melts in your mouth)

into my mouth. It works well for me coz after all that chewing, my

thoughts and urges of sweets and choc just goes away.

I hope this helps.

Take care,

Geri

[Guest guest]

<<I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is lacking in

the diet when cravings seem out of control>>

Not a vitamin, but yes your body is lacking *something* and cravings

are set off by over-insulin production in your body..its like a

roller coaster thing..eat a few MM's ..feeling fine..an hour

later..grumpy and craving more...something that may help, from the

article " Why Sugar Makes You Fat " at:

http://www.geocities.com/jgrrl2/sugar.html

" Try some supplements for intense sugar cravings:

Chromium Picolinate has been touted as helping insulin do its job

for blood sugar management, and it's virtually impossible to get

enough from your diet. Minimum 200 mcg a day is recommended. Also the

amino acid L-glutamine has been found to be helpful for many people.

Stir a couple of spoonfuls in some water/drink/and wait for 20

minutes. Personally I like swigging down a scoop of whey protein for

whatever I'm craving or if I'm hungry ~ again the 20 minute wait and

voila! I don't *really* want that candybar in the fridge that I've

been saving for freeday! "

<<joni>>

*There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the

path* - Morpheus in the Matrix

[Guest guest]

You're on the right track with the " Hi, I'm Jill.....etc. " Carb/sweet

junkies have to " dry out " just like alcoholics do in order to break

the cycle.

Once you have a couple of weeks without a lot of high glycemic carbs

you won't experience these cravings any more. Yes, the advice to ride

it out is sound advice because it does get better.

If you absolutely must have something sweet go for a piece/half an

EAS Low Carb Cookies and Cream bar. Except for the missing crunch

factor you'll think you are having an oreo. Hope this helps.

Stasia

[Guest guest]

You choco-holics out there might be interested in this.

I have been looking for a calcium supplement, and found " calcuim

chews " . One " chew " has 50% of your RDA of calcium, and they taste

like tootsie rolls. The down side is they have three grams of

sugar. Now, that is not a lot, but it is there. I figure if I'm

watching my sugar elsewhere, it will not be a problem for me.

Alys

[Guest guest]

Alys, I love those calcium chews! I've used them for a couple years. I have one

after my 3rd meal, and sometimes the 6th. I look forward to taking my calcium

now. It is like getting a bite of candy, only I'm in no danger of sitting down

with the whole container.

Re: Munchies

You choco-holics out there might be interested in this.

I have been looking for a calcium supplement, and found " calcuim

chews " . One " chew " has 50% of your RDA of calcium, and they taste

like tootsie rolls. The down side is they have three grams of

sugar. Now, that is not a lot, but it is there. I figure if I'm

watching my sugar elsewhere, it will not be a problem for me.

Alys

[Guest guest]

I have a question on the sugar issue. I saw on a post once where someone uses

" unsweetened " soy milk? Can anyone tell me what brand that is? I am kind of

limited on my choices here and can't seem to find " unsweetened " I would rather

have that.

Thanks

Noelle

Re: Munchies

You choco-holics out there might be interested in this.

I have been looking for a calcium supplement, and found " calcuim

chews " . One " chew " has 50% of your RDA of calcium, and they taste

like tootsie rolls. The down side is they have three grams of

sugar. Now, that is not a lot, but it is there. I figure if I'm

watching my sugar elsewhere, it will not be a problem for me.

Alys

[Guest guest]

I can relate to the munchies and sugar craving. I'm an absolute

sugaraholic. I used to eat sugar and only sugar. I wouldn't want

anything that wasn't sweet. Unfortunately, I was such a picky eater

when I was young, that my mom allowed me to live on sugary cereal,

pop tarts and candy, anything to get me to eat.

I still struggle with temptation, but BFL has been extremely

helpful. I've found that eating my six meals a day and having a

protein at each meal keeps my blood sugar level from dipping. Also,

I really try to stay away from anything sweet. I have fruit with

cottage cheese and sometimes I mix yogurt with cottage cheese or have

sugar free jello as a snack, but that's about it. I do much better

when I don't have the sweet taste in my mouth. Just the taste

triggers cravings in me.

I used to chew sugar free gum and suck on sugar free mints, plus

drink sugar free, cal free flavored water, but all that made me crave

sugar all the more. Now I stick to plain water or the occassional

glass of Crystal Lite. I might chew one piece of gum a day, but

that's it. Twice a day, as a treat I take Tums sugar-free; they're

sweet, and it's a calcium supplement.

Like Joni, I like to drink some whey protein mixed in water if my

cravings get really bad. I truly believe that 98% of resisting

temptation is mental. YOu just have to tell yourself that being thin

and lean is more importaint than having those m and ms. Save them

for your free day and have one small package then if you still want

them.

Dani

[Guest guest]

> I have a question for all those that are doing so well on the BFL

> program. I've been reading all your posts and am so encouraged by

> them all.

>

> I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm a junk

> food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I love to

> eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything sweet

will

> do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice cream.

> Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the plain

> kind), I feel sick.

>

> I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is lacking in

the

> diet when cravings seem out of control.

>

> I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut butter,

> carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help when the

> munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

>

> Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't suffer from

PMS

> (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let work

stress

> me out to badly, and home life is great.

>

> So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

>

> Jill (Alaska)

I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may not be

the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars and cut them

up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer. I allow myself

1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy my craving.

Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again it's only 1

milk dud after I eat. For some reason I just don't feel " full " until

I've had my sweets

Colleen

[Guest guest]

colleenp99 <colleen_meacham@...> wrote:

> I have a question for all those that are doing so well on the BFL

> program. I've been reading all your posts and am so encouraged by

> them all.

>

> I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm a junk

> food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I love to

> eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything sweet

will

> do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice cream.

> Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the plain

> kind), I feel sick.

>

> I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is lacking in

the

> diet when cravings seem out of control.

>

> I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut butter,

> carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help when the

> munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

>

> Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't suffer from

PMS

> (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let work

stress

> me out to badly, and home life is great.

>

> So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

>

> Jill (Alaska)

I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may not be

the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars and cut them

up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer. I allow myself

1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy my craving.

Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again it's only 1

milk dud after I eat. For some reason I just don't feel " full " until

I've had my sweets

Colleen

[Guest guest]

I'm the same way as well - once I have something sweet, after a meal, I feel

" done " . We (unfortunately) have a small pack of M & Ms in the house right now

(theoretically for my ds - lol) and I've started having one after one or two of

my meals. Thankfully I just have one, sometimes two, so I doubt that it is

causing anything real slow down in progress, but I'm not sure why I've started

doing this lately as the same pack has been in the house since I started my

challenge and I've avoided it all along. I'm thinking it's because I'm in the

final week so am already starting to slack off a bit (ACK!!).

Kim

Re: Munchies

> I have a question for all those that are doing so well on the BFL

> program. I've been reading all your posts and am so encouraged by

> them all.

>

> I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm a junk

> food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I love to

> eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything sweet

will

> do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice cream.

> Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the plain

> kind), I feel sick.

>

> I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is lacking in

the

> diet when cravings seem out of control.

>

> I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut butter,

> carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help when the

> munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

>

> Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't suffer from

PMS

> (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let work

stress

> me out to badly, and home life is great.

>

> So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

>

> Jill (Alaska)

I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may not be

the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars and cut them

up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer. I allow myself

1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy my craving.

Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again it's only 1

milk dud after I eat. For some reason I just don't feel " full " until

I've had my sweets

Colleen

[Guest guest]

,

It's good to know I'm not the only sugar freak out there. I could

live on the stuff. All I ever crave are donuts and pastries and

puddings and chocolate. I can't even have sugar on my free day.

It just sets off a binge in me. I have one free meal, usually on

Saturday, and I'll have something I normally wouldn't have like

pasta with cream sauce and bread with butter, but I can't have

dessert. As soon as I eat one bite of cheesecake, I want the

whole damn thing!

Dani

> > I can relate to the munchies and sugar craving. I'm an

absolute

> > sugaraholic. I used to eat sugar and only sugar. I wouldn't

want

> > anything that wasn't sweet. Unfortunately, I was such a picky

> eater

> > when I was young, that my mom allowed me to live on sugary

cereal,

> > pop tarts and candy, anything to get me to eat.

> >

> > I still struggle with temptation, but BFL has been extremely

> > helpful. I've found that eating my six meals a day and having

a

> > protein at each meal keeps my blood sugar level from

dipping.

> Also,

> > I really try to stay away from anything sweet. I have fruit with

> > cottage cheese and sometimes I mix yogurt with cottage

cheese or

> have

> > sugar free jello as a snack, but that's about it. I do much

better

> > when I don't have the sweet taste in my mouth. Just the taste

> > triggers cravings in me.

> >

> > I used to chew sugar free gum and suck on sugar free mints,

plus

> > drink sugar free, cal free flavored water, but all that made me

> crave

> > sugar all the more. Now I stick to plain water or the

occassional

> > glass of Crystal Lite. I might chew one piece of gum a day,

but

> > that's it. Twice a day, as a treat I take Tums sugar-free;

they're

> > sweet, and it's a calcium supplement.

> >

> > Like Joni, I like to drink some whey protein mixed in water if

my

> > cravings get really bad. I truly believe that 98% of resisting

> > temptation is mental. YOu just have to tell yourself that being

> thin

> > and lean is more importaint than having those m and ms.

Save them

> > for your free day and have one small package then if you still

want

> > them.

> >

> > Dani

[Guest guest]

Oh, my gosh, Kim, what you wrote literally sounds like a miracle

to me. I could NEVER have just one or two or even ten m & ms.

If I have even one, I eat the whole bag and go searching for

more. I kid you not. It's a force stronger than my desire to be

lean. I cannot have any sweets, or I will fall off the wagon. I know

this about myself, and I stay away. Last night a friend offered me

some m & ms. She dumped them in my hand before I could say

" no, " then left for a few minutes. I was so tempted, but I threw

them all away in the garbage before I could eat one. I was so

proud of myself. A binge avoided!!

Dani

> > I have a question for all those that are doing so well on the

BFL

> > program. I've been reading all your posts and am so

encouraged by

> > them all.

> >

> > I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm a junk

> > food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I

love to

> > eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything

sweet

> will

> > do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice

cream.

> > Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the

plain

> > kind), I feel sick.

> >

> > I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is

lacking in

> the

> > diet when cravings seem out of control.

> >

> > I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut

butter,

> > carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help when

the

> > munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

> >

> > Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't suffer

from

> PMS

> > (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let

work

> stress

> > me out to badly, and home life is great.

> >

> > So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

> >

> > Jill (Alaska)

>

> I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may not

be

> the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars and

cut them

> up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer. I allow

myself

> 1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy my craving.

> Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again it's only

1

> milk dud after I eat. For some reason I just don't feel " full " until

> I've had my sweets

>

> Colleen

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Coleen wrote

" I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may not be

the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars "

My, aren't they YUMMMYYY???? Must be because of the REAL CARAMEL in

them...lol.

" and cut them up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer.

I allow myself 1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy

my craving. Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again

it's only 1 milk dud after I eat. "

This sounds like a pretty good compromise for you, for now. Do you

think it is helping to ween you off of sweets? Have you tried having

some sweet fruit at the end of the meal instead? Does that do the

same trick? Might be better than the milk-duds, although one is not

a problem really. I can't believe you could have a bag of them

around and not eat all of them!

Alys

[Guest guest]

Wow Dani - good for you! Once my hand is on something it would take an act of

God to make me throw it in the garbage! I can't even come within reach of M & Ms!

Park

Re: Munchies

Oh, my gosh, Kim, what you wrote literally sounds like a miracle

to me. I could NEVER have just one or two or even ten m & ms.

If I have even one, I eat the whole bag and go searching for

more. I kid you not. It's a force stronger than my desire to be

lean. I cannot have any sweets, or I will fall off the wagon. I know

this about myself, and I stay away. Last night a friend offered me

some m & ms. She dumped them in my hand before I could say

" no, " then left for a few minutes. I was so tempted, but I threw

them all away in the garbage before I could eat one. I was so

proud of myself. A binge avoided!!

Dani

> > I have a question for all those that are doing so well on the

BFL

> > program. I've been reading all your posts and am so

encouraged by

> > them all.

> >

> > I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm a junk

> > food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I

love to

> > eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything

sweet

> will

> > do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice

cream.

> > Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the

plain

> > kind), I feel sick.

> >

> > I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is

lacking in

> the

> > diet when cravings seem out of control.

> >

> > I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut

butter,

> > carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help when

the

> > munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

> >

> > Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't suffer

from

> PMS

> > (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let

work

> stress

> > me out to badly, and home life is great.

> >

> > So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

> >

> > Jill (Alaska)

>

> I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may not

be

> the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars and

cut them

> up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer. I allow

myself

> 1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy my craving.

> Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again it's only

1

> milk dud after I eat. For some reason I just don't feel " full " until

> I've had my sweets

>

> Colleen

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Good for you for throwing them away! I think this is a relatively new thing for

me - I don't remember ever before being able to only have a couple of anything,

but then again I never bothered trying before - I was perfectly happy to eat

whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted (not that my body didn't show the effects

of course, I just had a pretty good case of denial and excuses going on! lol).

I have been guilty in the past though of buying a tub of chocolate icing just to

eat it straight, and yes, the entire tub! I don't think I've ever admitted that

before! lol Woohoo, the first step is admitting it! lol Seriously though,

that's really great that you know that about yourself and are able to control

it. I don't know that I could.

Kim

Re: Munchies

Oh, my gosh, Kim, what you wrote literally sounds like a miracle

to me. I could NEVER have just one or two or even ten m & ms.

If I have even one, I eat the whole bag and go searching for

more. I kid you not. It's a force stronger than my desire to be

lean. I cannot have any sweets, or I will fall off the wagon. I know

this about myself, and I stay away. Last night a friend offered me

some m & ms. She dumped them in my hand before I could say

" no, " then left for a few minutes. I was so tempted, but I threw

them all away in the garbage before I could eat one. I was so

proud of myself. A binge avoided!!

Dani

> > I have a question for all those that are doing so well on the

BFL

> > program. I've been reading all your posts and am so

encouraged by

> > them all.

> >

> > I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm a junk

> > food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I

love to

> > eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything

sweet

> will

> > do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice

cream.

> > Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the

plain

> > kind), I feel sick.

> >

> > I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is

lacking in

> the

> > diet when cravings seem out of control.

> >

> > I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut

butter,

> > carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help when

the

> > munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

> >

> > Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't suffer

from

> PMS

> > (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let

work

> stress

> > me out to badly, and home life is great.

> >

> > So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

> >

> > Jill (Alaska)

>

> I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may not

be

> the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars and

cut them

> up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer. I allow

myself

> 1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy my craving.

> Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again it's only

1

> milk dud after I eat. For some reason I just don't feel " full " until

> I've had my sweets

>

> Colleen

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you everyone for all the great advise and testimonials.

I've been chocolate free now for two days. I have a raving headache

(I'm sure it's from withdraw). Everyone says its one step at a time

so I can do this. Tomorrow will be the hardest. I've always heard

the last 24 hours are the worst.

Dani, I admire your strength in throwing out the M & M's. I would

never be able to do that. WTG!

Colleen great advise about the little pieces in the freezer but I

know for sure I would not stop at one.

The frozen yogurt in the fridge sounds like a great idea for ice

cream.

Raisins, dates, freeze-dried fruit, great ideas. I just need to

remember there can be alot of carbs in these and to watch the intake.

Just so many cool ideas. I just keep telling myself this is for life

and there are sacrifices that must be made to get to that goal and

stay there.

Thanks again everyone,

Jill (Alaska)

[Guest guest]

Good for you Dani! I know how hard that must have been!

How're things in Boston?

Kathleen

> Oh, my gosh, Kim, what you wrote literally sounds like a miracle

> to me. I could NEVER have just one or two or even ten m & ms.

> If I have even one, I eat the whole bag and go searching for

> more. I kid you not. It's a force stronger than my desire to be

> lean. I cannot have any sweets, or I will fall off the wagon. I

know

> this about myself, and I stay away. Last night a friend offered me

> some m & ms. She dumped them in my hand before I could say

> " no, " then left for a few minutes. I was so tempted, but I threw

> them all away in the garbage before I could eat one. I was so

> proud of myself. A binge avoided!!

>

> Dani

>

[Guest guest]

When I played cards with the ladies a couple of weeks ago, M & Ms were

definitely my downfall! I just sat there picking up one after

another. I will have to write M & Ms down on the cheat day list!

Kathleen

> Wow Dani - good for you! Once my hand is on something it would

take an act of God to make me throw it in the garbage! I can't even

come within reach of M & Ms!

> Park

[Guest guest]

Jill-

You can do it! One more day and the worst will be over! Good luck!

Kathleen

> Thank you everyone for all the great advise and testimonials.

>

> I've been chocolate free now for two days. I have a raving

headache

> (I'm sure it's from withdraw). Everyone says its one step at a

time

> so I can do this. Tomorrow will be the hardest. I've always heard

> the last 24 hours are the worst.

>

> Dani, I admire your strength in throwing out the M & M's. I would

> never be able to do that. WTG!

>

> Colleen great advise about the little pieces in the freezer but I

> know for sure I would not stop at one.

>

> The frozen yogurt in the fridge sounds like a great idea for ice

> cream.

>

> Raisins, dates, freeze-dried fruit, great ideas. I just need to

> remember there can be alot of carbs in these and to watch the

intake.

>

> Just so many cool ideas. I just keep telling myself this is for

life

> and there are sacrifices that must be made to get to that goal and

> stay there.

>

> Thanks again everyone,

>

> Jill (Alaska)

[Guest guest]

WOW Dani, I am SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOO proud of you, that is a major step

I know.

I also must say you are REALLY good if you can stay away from sweets

on your free day, that is really the only thing I want on that day,

but it is what keeps me perfect the rest of the week so I let myself

have it. You have alot of will power if you can resist, you should

be very proud of yourself.

I am the same way with m & m's there is no such thing as just having

one or two or ten, I want the whole bag, especially the Peanut Butter

ones MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM,favorite.

Seriously though you should be proud of yourself for throwing them

away, give yourself a major pat on the back.

> > > I have a question for all those that are doing so well on the

> BFL

> > > program. I've been reading all your posts and am so

> encouraged by

> > > them all.

> > >

> > > I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm a

junk

> > > food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I

> love to

> > > eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything

> sweet

> > will

> > > do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice

> cream.

> > > Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the

> plain

> > > kind), I feel sick.

> > >

> > > I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is

> lacking in

> > the

> > > diet when cravings seem out of control.

> > >

> > > I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut

> butter,

> > > carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help when

> the

> > > munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

> > >

> > > Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't suffer

> from

> > PMS

> > > (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let

> work

> > stress

> > > me out to badly, and home life is great.

> > >

> > > So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

> > >

> > > Jill (Alaska)

> >

> > I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may not

> be

> > the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars and

> cut them

> > up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer. I allow

> myself

> > 1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy my

craving.

> > Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again it's

only

> 1

> > milk dud after I eat. For some reason I just don't feel " full "

until

> > I've had my sweets

> >

> > Colleen

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I am with you Kim on eating whole containers of stuff, I would eat an

entire half gallon of ice cream in one sitting, no guilt whatsoever.

I would go out and buy the fat free stuff so I thought it was ok,

then I would sit there with my 3 yr old daughter and feed her some

too so that it wouldn't seem like I ate the whole thing by myself. I

still can eat alot of ice cream but I haven't eaten it like I used to

in quite a while, that is something for me to be proud of.

It is truly all about self control, which is very hard to have at

times, especially around my period.

> > > I have a question for all those that are doing so well on

the

> BFL

> > > program. I've been reading all your posts and am so

> encouraged by

> > > them all.

> > >

> > > I'm a junk food junkie. (Kind of like " Hi, I'm Jill and I'm

a junk

> > > food- aholic and have been junk foodless for 3 hours " ). I

> love to

> > > eat M & M's. and if there are no M & M's around anything

> sweet

> > will

> > > do. There are times after I eat lunch that I just crave ice

> cream.

> > > Today I had so many M & M's (with peanuts mind you not the

> plain

> > > kind), I feel sick.

> > >

> > > I remember reading somewhere that a certain vitamin is

> lacking in

> > the

> > > diet when cravings seem out of control.

> > >

> > > I've been trying to subsitute plain rice cakes and peanut

> butter,

> > > carrot sticks, celery, water (I slosh sometimes) to help

when

> the

> > > munchies strike but it really doesn't work.

> > >

> > > Had my blood sugar checked and it is normal, I don't

suffer

> from

> > PMS

> > > (unless you consider men at my work), I usually don't let

> work

> > stress

> > > me out to badly, and home life is great.

> > >

> > > So...............I'm open to any and all suggestions.

> > >

> > > Jill (Alaska)

> >

> > I'm an addict, a total junk food addict! And what I do, may

not

> be

> > the best thing, but I use Balance Bar Gold Carmel bars and

> cut them

> > up into bite size pieces and put them in the freezer. I allow

> myself

> > 1 tiny piece after my meals and it seems to satisfy my

craving.

> > Sometimes, I'll " splurge " and buy milk duds, but again it's

only

> 1

> > milk dud after I eat. For some reason I just don't feel

" full " until

> > I've had my sweets

> >

> > Colleen

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hey Jill and Kim,

I can't always control myself around sugar, only sometimes. It's

really, really hard, a life-long process, at least for me. I'll always

be an addict, and I've just now gotten to the point where I can

throw out the m & ms before they get me! Of course, I still slip up.

I still have cravings, and I still give into them.

The most important thing I've learned, though, is not beating

yourself up for it, and not turning one slip up into a day long or a

weekend long binge. I used to do that, and it was a viscious

cycle. I would get so depressed and despise myself so much

for my " weakness, " that I would end up just bingeing again, and

feeling even worse.

Now, I try to put slip ups into perspective. Even if I eat two donuts

and a candybar in one sitting, that's about 700 calories, not

great, but certainly not a deal breaker if the binge ends there. I

try to not do the all or nothing thinking, where I go, " okay, I

messed up, so I might as well pig out for the rest of the day, or

the rest of the weekend, or whatever. " A few " bad " meals aren't

going to break the bank, but a week-worth of bad eating can turn

into a month, which can turn into four months, which can turn into

a 35 pound weight gain. I know something about that. We all

gain weight a pound at a time. No body gains 20 pounds

overnight.

Stay strong, ladies!

Dani

> Thank you everyone for all the great advise and testimonials.

>

> I've been chocolate free now for two days. I have a raving

headache

> (I'm sure it's from withdraw). Everyone says its one step at a

time

> so I can do this. Tomorrow will be the hardest. I've always

heard

> the last 24 hours are the worst.

>

> Dani, I admire your strength in throwing out the M & M's. I

would

> never be able to do that. WTG!

>

> Colleen great advise about the little pieces in the freezer but I

> know for sure I would not stop at one.

>

> The frozen yogurt in the fridge sounds like a great idea for ice

> cream.

>

> Raisins, dates, freeze-dried fruit, great ideas. I just need to

> remember there can be alot of carbs in these and to watch the

intake.

>

> Just so many cool ideas. I just keep telling myself this is for

life

> and there are sacrifices that must be made to get to that goal

and

> stay there.

>

> Thanks again everyone,

>

> Jill (Alaska)

[Guest guest]

Nothing wrong with munchin on pickles..unless you are trying to watch your

sodium intake..if you are..whoa baby! LOL I get craving for pickles all

the time!

Munchies

>

>

> I'm not hungry. I just want to eat.

>

> I had 3 gerkin-sized sour (not sweet!) pickles. I just need to munch. It's

> a couple of hours

> still until snack time. GRRR!

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