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| Fri, 01-16-2004 - 12:00am |
I've not started yet, still making my recipe lists, etc to start on Monday. But I have been eating less carbs. Tonight I went to a party and I ate fruit (first carb of the day BTW) and I was very full, I had a brownie on my plate and I wasn't even hungry to eat it, didn't want to eat it! But after my fruit settled a bit I ate the brownie anyway. It's as if I've got habits of eating carbs but how do I break the habit? Yeah I know just don't get the brownie. But has anyone ever discovered that they don't want it yet they eat it anyway? Like something sweet? That's just so weird to me...

Welcome to the board!
Susan :)
People eat what is in front of them, whether they want it or not. Until you learn to say no when your brain screams for a brownie, don't have them around.
Check out this article if you want proof:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040103/ap_on_he_me/food_portions_1
I bet you were thinking, possibly subconsciously, that once you put the brownie on your plate, no one else would want to eat it. I agree, I would not want to eat something once it had been on your plate. So the only two things you could do with it was eat it or toss it out. But a really strong, GREAT SBD person could learn to put it in the trash where it belongs.
Keep this in mind if this happens again. It makes your SBD muscles strong to put sugary foods in the trash.
Just my two cents.
Irene
The one thing that I have learned about myself and temptation, is the only way not to be tempted is not to be around it. (I AM NOT SAYING DON'T LEAVE YOUR HOUSE.) If there is a room with food in it, I can't go in that room our I will eat, and once I start I don't stop...When I go out to a bar or pool hall, I don't go the bar.... I make my best friend get me really big glasses of water, b/c if I am tempted there is always that chance I will give in. Also, another thing I learned at WW,is to mentally reherse (sp?) the event. You know that there will be sweets..... BUT play in you mind before going that you will skip that table and enjoy fruits and veggies.... IF you just HAVE to have a brownie, mentally plan to only have a small one or share one or just take a bit, that way you don't feel deprived.
-Megan
In my 31 years on this earth I have noticed there are 2 kinds of people...
those who live to eat and those who eat to live
My Mom used to tell me to eat more because I just wasn't that interested in food when I was young.