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Kiki McGaha - 24 Jul 2004 15:34 GMT
 Hello everyone,

I am a newbie, so here is my question, how can I stop this pattern.
Morning.
Two cups of coffee.
Noon.
One yogurt, one banana, a lot of water during the all Day.
Evening, everything sweet that I can put my hand on, follow by the guilty
feeling, and the ok, tomorrow I stop for sure.
I have this craving for sweets and if I try not to eat, all I do is think
about it and can't concentrate on anything else.

Any suggestions?

Allie.
Teri - 24 Jul 2004 15:10 GMT
>   Hello everyone,
>
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>
> Allie.

Eat something with protein for breakfast. Have a snack between lunch and
dinner.  Eat food for dinner and budget into your allotted calories a sweet
treat - like sugar-free jello, fruit or yoplait whipped lime yogurt w/
whipped cream (a little) and five teddy grahams ('key lime pie' yummy)!
Good luck.
Teri
ALIEN_69@c.com - 24 Jul 2004 20:16 GMT
>>   Hello everyone,
>>
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>> I have this craving for sweets and if I try not to eat, all I do is
>> think about it and can't concentrate on anything else.

If you can grind your teeth through the cravings for a week or so. The
need to have those things will dramatically subside. When ever I eat a
pastry or the like, I have to suffer through tough cravings for a few
days. The cravings will subside. Atleast tolerable and not to the
point where they become primal. Then again everyone is different. This
is just my experience after eating sweets.
If I eat a ***serving*** of plain dark chocolate.I find the cravings
arent near as bad. Its when I give in to the pastry varieties that
those **primal** cravings surface.
Vera55 - 25 Jul 2004 11:04 GMT
> >>   Hello everyone,
> >>
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> arent near as bad. Its when I give in to the pastry varieties that
> those **primal** cravings surface.

I have the same experience. I stopped eating (hidden) sugar. The craving
went away gradually in 3 days time. I banned bananas because they contain
too many calories. I replaced them with high fiber - low calorie fruits like
grapefruit.
Chris Braun - 24 Jul 2004 22:21 GMT
>  Hello everyone,
>
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>
>Allie.

You are starving your body during the day and then when you get
over-hungry your body wants a quick energy hit and craves sweets.  You
need to eat a much better breakfast and lunch -- even if you're
feeling full or guilty from the night before.  You need to get the day
off to a good start.  Both meals need to include some protein -- not
just starchy foods and fruits.  

Try a couple of eggs with whole wheat toast for breakfast, or maybe a
bowl of oatmeal with some fruit.  For lunch, eat a big salad with some
meat or seafood in it.  Snack on some nuts or cheese & fruit
mid-afternoon.  For dinner, eat a piece of meat or fish with a couple
of vegetables.  If you eat proper meals like this during the day you
probably won't have so much appetite left for sweets.  

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)
Kasey - 24 Jul 2004 22:37 GMT
Greetings and welcome.

Without more details (your age, height, weight, desired weight,
health, why you want to lose weight, how much you exercise, any health
problems, etc.) it's difficult to give specific advice.

But you're only consuming about 350 calories all day. Of course you
have cravings in the evening.

So my generic advice is eat more (within reason; don't interpret that
as an exhortation to eat junk food or 5,000 calories of anything)
during the day. And eat a balanced diet. That might help ease the
cravings. It will certainly be healthier than starving yourself all
day and eating "everything sweet that I can put my hand on" in the
evening.

As always, YMMV.

Kasey
365/253/???
Ignoramus32355 - 25 Jul 2004 00:43 GMT
try eating more during the day, and make sure to eat your fat.

why are you starving yourself int he morning?

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Doug Freyburger - 26 Jul 2004 21:25 GMT
> I am a newbie, so here is my question, how can I stop this pattern.

> Morning. Two cups of coffee.

You would never send a child to school without breakfast.  What's
your excuse for sending an adult to work without breakfast?  Step
one, decide on something for breakfast.  Doesn't have to be a lot
just something reasonable.

> Noon. One yogurt, one banana, a lot of water during the all Day.

So you almost aren't eating anything at all during the day.  No
wonder you're binging at night.  Skipping meals ensures backlash.
Skimping meals ensures backlash.  Step two, decide on something
for lunch.  Doesn't have to be a lot just something reasonable.

> Evening, everything sweet that I can put my hand on, follow by
> the guilty feeling, and the ok, tomorrow I stop for sure.
> I have this craving for sweets and if I try not to eat, all I do
> is think about it and can't concentrate on anything else.

The fix for sweet cravings is Atkins Induction.  If what you want
to do is resolve the sweet cravings specifically, that's what you
should do.

Whatever general plan you need to select, select some general
plan.  Right now, you don't have one beyond doing stuff tuned to
trigger binges.  So stop doing what you're doing now and do
something else.  What you designed didn't work, so pick a plan
that someone else designed.  It doesn't appear that you have
thought the isssue through past "I want to avoid eating" and
that didn't work.  Okay, try a plan from a book then.  The
authors of books send a decade or two designing, testing and
refining their design.  It doesn't matter which book you select
it is bound to work better than what you have been doing.
Design beats lack of design.

Pick a plan.  Follow its directions.  You'll do fine.  You have
already put in more work by trying your own thing than most
well designed plans take.  Low carb, low fat, watchers, you name
it are all less effort than what you've been doing.

It also doesn't appear that you're eating any veggies.  One
banana doesn't cut it for several servings of fruits-n-veggies
per day.
 
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