Anyone Ever Successfully Conquered a Rabid Sweet Tooth?

[Nibble]

I'm using that in my latest novel if you don't mind Dribble. I'll give you a couple of KitKats and a pack of Love Hearts in lieu of royalties if I ever get published.

Feel free. However, Love Hearts make me cough uncontrollably for some reason so please exchange for some wasabi peas.

 

[fat old seagull]

I'm also on an "Intermittant Diet". I don't eat between midnight and 8.00 am.
............ Unless of course I go to bed very late or get up early.

 

[fat old seagull]

After about 4 hours of not eating the brain stops functioning efficiently,reaction times get slower, body temperature starts to drop, cell regeneration starts to slow down, your kidneys and liver functions become less efficient, drowsiness sets in, you become less responsive. That's 4 hours, god knows what shape your body will be in after 16 hours of no food!!!

Sorry Nibble that's crepe mate, if it were true I'd have won Mastermind by now !

 

[herecomesaregular]

I'm not being funny here but how is that a diet at all? You seriously cannot go from 7pm to 11am without having to eat food? And diet coke? Really?

fair do's for the criticism on here (expected) but there was a recent investigation (admittedly with small group of people only 20-30 believe) with running two diets with exact same calorie intake where one group ate that over 6 meals a day (modern thinking being small and regular is better) and other ate just two big meals and fasted in between - later group lost more weight (not unexpected) but had better blood sugar levels (surprising)- no time to google but it was on bbc news recently. also, with the recent bbc chap who did the 5:2, it was found after tests that he was healthier......

i am sceptic also (and yes i'm wrong with diet coke, it's a poor recommendation, although it is calorie free, generally i stick to herbal tea with diet coke as a bad "treat", sue me) but the fasting process interests me..... so, hey, i thought i'd try it. And seriously 7pm to 11am is not difficult at all! that's a late breakfast, a lunch and a dinner, not particularly radical.

finally, Ramadan any one? Seems to work fine for millions.

 

[Horses Arse]

I'm not talking about having one or two chocolate bars a day, I'm talking trawling through the cupboards at home looking for cooking chocolate or edible cake decorations because you've eaten everything else containing sugar that you can find, including making yourself multiple jam sandwiches. When I lived on my own I just wouldn't have anything sweet in the house and it worked fine, but in a family situation there is always sugar in some form around.

Anyone else? Back later, off to hunt down the chocolate-tastic digestives.

Just lay off the grass - it'll work a treat!

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

I'm not talking about having one or two chocolate bars a day, I'm talking trawling through the cupboards at home looking for cooking chocolate or edible cake decorations because you've eaten everything else containing sugar that you can find, including making yourself multiple jam sandwiches. When I lived on my own I just wouldn't have anything sweet in the house and it worked fine, but in a family situation there is always sugar in some form around.

Anyone else? Back later, off to hunt down the chocolate-tastic digestives.

Yes!

I'm an insulin dependent diabetic and have spent the last 25 years of my life balancing carb intake, insulin dose and exercise. When I get this wrong to the low blood sugar side - aka either too much insulin, too much exercise or not enough carbs, I get a hypoglycemic attack. Some of you "normal" folk may have experienced similar [but unlikely as severe].

The craving for chocolate, or anything with a carb kick, is MASSIVE - I can scoop nutella or peanut butter by the spoonful straight from the jar [we don't have chocolate bars lying around in our house for obvious reasons].

The body is very clever and the attack quickly subsides, usually about 10 mins, but during this time I'm not able to stop eating vast quantities of carbs. The trouble is, many of these carbs come attached to fat [ie chocolate] and the body strugles to convert the fat to energy quickly.

I do have some special gel sticks which are pure carb [no fat] and utterly tasteless but these can recover me in 2-3 minutes. Because they are so tasteless they are never my first port of call in such emergencies. Of course, the consequence of carb overload for a type 1 diabetic like me is that hyperglycemia is heading my way unless I take a dose of insulin. And so the "game" continues .....

I've learned there are 4 calories in every gram of carb and also the same for protein but 9 calories in every gram of fat. I need 1 unit of insulin for every 4 gram of carb, testing my blood every day, sometime 2 or 3 times, tell me how well I'm playing the "game". Unfortunately, its a game I can never win, only keep playing or lose.

Ho hum ....

 

[ForestRowSeagull]

Not entirely related but an interesting read nonetheless. May be of interest to some of you: http://tryandstaypositive.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/my-uncensored-opinion-on-meal-replacement-diets/

 

[MarioOrlandi]

Yes!

I'm an insulin dependent diabetic and have spent the last 25 years of my life balancing carb intake, insulin dose and exercise. When I get this wrong to the low blood sugar side - aka either too much insulin, too much exercise or not enough carbs, I get a hypoglycemic attack. Some of you "normal" folk may have experienced similar [but unlikely as severe].

The craving for chocolate, or anything with a carb kick, is MASSIVE - I can scoop nutella or peanut butter by the spoonful straight from the jar [we don't have chocolate bars lying around in our house for obvious reasons].

The body is very clever and the attack quickly subsides, usually about 10 mins, but during this time I'm not able to stop eating vast quantities of carbs. The trouble is, many of these carbs come attached to fat [ie chocolate] and the body strugles to convert the fat to energy quickly.

I do have some special gel sticks which are pure carb [no fat] and utterly tasteless but these can recover me in 2-3 minutes. Because they are so tasteless they are never my first port of call in such emergencies. Of course, the consequence of carb overload for a type 1 diabetic like me is that hyperglycemia is heading my way unless I take a dose of insulin. And so the "game" continues .....

I've learned there are 4 calories in every gram of carb and also the same for protein but 9 calories in every gram of fat. I need 1 unit of insulin for every 4 gram of carb, testing my blood every day, sometime 2 or 3 times, tell me how well I'm playing the "game". Unfortunately, its a game I can never win, only keep playing or lose.

Ho hum ....

Keep up the fight

 

[8ace]

Alcohol addiction is your best bet Cheeky.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Alcohol addiction is your best bet Cheeky.

I'm cultivating a nice beer/sugar gut as it is thanks Ace.

 

[looney]

I'm not being funny here but how is that a diet at all? You seriously cannot go from 7pm to 11am without having to eat food? And diet coke? Really?

When I gave up smoking my weight ballooned, its come back down now but one of the things i did was not eat before midday, so to me 11am to 7pm seems a bit wide. Quite often 12 to 5ish. Didn't know it had a name, i just found the longer i went without food in a day the less i ate when i eventually began to eat.

 

[Husty]

When I gave up smoking my weight ballooned, its come back down now but one of the things i did was not eat before midday, so to me 11am to 7pm seems a bit wide. Quite often 12 to 5ish. Didn't know it had a name, i just found the longer i went without food in a day the less i ate when i eventually began to eat.

Yes that's what I'm essentially saying, my daily routine involves eating meals in an 8 hour window as I imagine does many peoples, I just don't see what is so 'different' about it. (I generally eat my daily intake in about a 3 hour period in the evenings.)

 

[Kumquat]

I thought the sensible advice was if you're gonna concentrate your eating in a specific window is to do it early morning ie breakfast. Obviously it depends what you eat. But I've lost weight over recent months by having a regular energy loaded breakfast. Generally, two eggs, two brown toast and bananas. I feel a lot healthier for it too. Bananas and eggs are great for filling you up and also drinking lots of water. I find i'm eating a lot less later on in the day and sleeping better.

 

[Questions]

I am on my second week of not eating bread or pasta. I have a proper lunchbox of salad and tuna, salami or eggs and although I eat more during the day I've shed a few pounds and feel so much better. No bloatedness or tiredness now after my lunch.

 

[Questions]

Read david duchovny's guide to life. After you have read it you can conquer any addiction and problems in your life.

What even the goat thing ?

 

[superbhafc]

What even the goat thing ?

That was an illusion for the nay sayers

 

[superbhafc]

crack you never see a fat crack head

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Have you tried fruit? I'm addicted to the stuff and regularly eat far more than my five a day recommendation.

How about freezing raspberries, blueberries, grapes or what have you. They are like little sorbets. Natural sugar as opposed to industrial.

 

[fat old seagull]

I am on my second week of not eating bread or pasta. I have a proper lunchbox of salad and tuna, salami or eggs and although I eat more during the day I've shed a few pounds and feel so much better. No bloatedness or tiredness now after my lunch.

Trying to be serious for just a minute ( although it's painful) no bread at all is a guaranteed weight loss contributor. I can lose weight at anytime by just doing that. It helps if you cut back on rice, pasta and spuds too. But cutting out bread will do the job on its own, but take a bit longer.