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Sweet tooth bingeing
08-22-2014, 06:04 AM
I also ate fries and some cake today. Can't believe I've been eating this shit for a week now.
I must have the worst metabolism in the world.
As soon as I'm not eating strict I'm starting to swoll up. Where is the balance?
Gonna be great to soon have access to my own custom kitchen again.
But first some legendary BBQ sticks in Thailand... And all the other little things.
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Sweet tooth bingeing
08-24-2014, 08:11 AM
Have dealt with this a lot.
Ultimately I think it's psychological - but there are behavioural and environmental steps you can take to mitigate it.
-Eating big meals with lots of protein and good fats - coconut oil, grass-fed butter, etc - then you're "satisfied". You might indulge, but when you're full of substantial macronutrients you're way less likely to smash half a kilo of chocolate
-When you're bored and "thrillseeking" from food, go with a healthy buzz - coconut oil and green tea is a great combo here. The MCFAs in coconut oil (or coconut chunks) give you an uplifting mental-energy, combines well with the caffeine and theanine in green tea.
Dark chocolate too - less sugar than milk choc - although I find it too easy to abuse and actually get a real crash from the caffeine/theobromine/sugar. Coconut oil+ green tea is cleaner.
-Not shopping hungry.
-Drinking a large glass or 500ml bottle of water or water + protein powder before indulging a craving. Actually, drinking lots of water in general throughout the day is good for keeping cravings lower.
-Replacing your indulgent sweat binge with a slightly-less-unhealthy-but-still-similar indulgent sweet binge. Example: Instead of 250g of maltesers or a tub of ice cream, go with a tub of organic greek yoghurt with honey and fruit.
Still very dense in calories but it's much less poisonous/damaging to your body, and still gives you that "mmm I just ate a whole chocolate cake" kind of tasty satisfaction. Then you dont feel totally wrecked after.
-Supposedly glutamine is great for suppressing sugar cravings
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Sweet tooth bingeing
08-24-2014, 11:19 AM
For the last two weeks my caloric intake has been about 600-800 calories /day with no persistent feeling of hunger. 150 mg of wellbutrin on wakeup and 2.5 mg of cabergoline every 3.5 days. Eat in an intermittent fashion, one or two small meals a day, all in the evening, whithin four hours of each other. Paleo/keto friendly. Eggs, beef, chicken, fish, green veggies. About a handful /palm sized amount abates any feeling of hunger. If stressed / anxious and may become to feel hungryish i take another 150 or wellbutrin. Also seem to give even less fucks about stupid shit that would get a rise out of me
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Sweet tooth bingeing
10-23-2014, 03:17 PM
As a guy who's dad was a chef and mom a supreme baker; there was ALWAYS a Red Velvet Cake or Sweet Potato pie within reach
If it was for sports growing up; I can imagine I would be pushing 300 easy right now
All time favs : chocolate chip cookies
When I got my 1st place, It was nothing to wake up to a moon pie and wash it down with some 'red' kool-aid *cringe*
Luckily - as I've gotten older my tastes buds have changed and so now a lot of the shit I tortured myself with in my 20's are now too sweet to me.
Instead like some others it's more fruits : strawberries, bananas, cherries...and I've come back full circle to eating more yams
I still cheat on the weekends, but now I try to hold my more accountable
MDP
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Sweet tooth bingeing
10-23-2014, 03:49 PM
I suck at resisting sweets when I'm around them, every time I go visit my mother she has shit like chocolate eclairs, cupcakes, cookies and candy around the house and I always eat that shit, go home and wake up the next day with a bunch of pimples feeling like garbage. My apartment is void of that stuff though and as long as its not around I don't really crave it and if I crave something sweet I'll have a couple bites of dark chocolate (which I do keep around, but its better then milky ways and cupcakes). Sometimes I'll eat my eggs with a little maple syrup or have butternut squash with a tablespoon of brown sugar, those things satisfy my urge.
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Sweet tooth bingeing
10-24-2014, 12:45 PM
Listen to your body. If you're craving chocolate, that normally means your body wants more protein and fat. If you're craving sweets, it means you need more simple carbs in your diet. Eat more healthy saturated fats and protein. Bacon in the morning is a good source for this.
Try upping your protein and eating more fresh fruit. I have one hell of a wicked sweet tooth, but I satisfy it by eating a lot of fruit sugars and consuming protein.