[Pipindula]

Most of us, if not all of us, have a food addiction/unhealthy relationship with food. One of the most common complaints/problems I read about on the forum are people who have headaches and other symptoms that describe withdrawal symptoms (from carbs, sugars, etc...). I think what amazes me the most- is that most people have no clue that their body is having withdrawals from all the crap many of us put into our system on a daily basis- even things we don't even think are that awful.

It doesn't matter what weight loss method you use, if you don't change your root behavior(s) it is nearly inevitable that you will gain the weight back again at some point.

Food addictions are very hard- and this is just my personal opinion- but much harder than any other addiction. I am not saying in any way shape or form that it is not easy to overcome other addictions and that it isn't always a struggle- but a food addiction is like no other addiction- in the fact that we need food to survive.

Breaking addictions is all about finding other ways to cope and deal with stressors in life. Sorry, I think I got a bit distracted there. My question is this- (because I am not at this point yet)- What fundamental changes did you make to break your food addiction?

Comments? Ideas? (from anyone)... I'm open for a good discussion on this topic.

[2swasseneons]

I found that once I got all the crap out of my system, and I just felt cleaner, I didn't want to gunk up the works again. I would try some of my old favs, but I would immediately feel something was off. You get addicted to that clean healthy feeling and you want to keep it going. I still slip up every now and then, and I always pay for it! Hope this helps.

[soSldI4i]

HCG has helped me to break free of my sugar and bad carb addiction. I have no desire to indulge in either because I am totally convinced such are toxic and unhealthy for my body. What runs through my mind: I don't want to go back to Egypt (bondage) - back to being enslaved by obesity with the great likelihood of eventual diabetes/cancer/etc.

[irrehoobe]

I def had carb weaknesses! When I was at home alone (no H, no kids), I'd eat a pot full of cheese grits, or the entire daggone box of macaroni and cheese. Even if the kids were here (H travels a lot for work), I would get into bed and read or watch a movie or surf the net and eat candy (gummy bears, skittles, starburst, M&Ms, more gummy bears, and there was manna from heaven if I found a bag of hard, stale marshmallows hiding in the cabinet), and I would eat literally POUNDS of sugar in a month. Valentine's Day means those terrible chalky I Luv U heart candy, and Easter means PEEPS and Christmas means those mint nougats and fudge, and Halloween just mean gorgegorgegorge.

Then I stumbled across the hCG stuff, after I overheard an acquaintance ask a friend if I were pregnant. And I started to read. I read all about the candida overgrowth, and it made sense to me. I have no idea if I had a candida overgrowth, and honestly, it doesn't matter. You know when you boil a whole chicken, and you get that sickly white, sticky gross bubbles of fat and gunk floating all over the top of the pot? That is what I picture rolling around in my body. Big bubbles of greasy, sticky candida yeast roiling in my intestines.

Ew. Eat 2 pounds of gummys and feed that monster? No thanks.

This weekend I was around a sea of candy and teens. Every time I turned around, someone was handing me a Lifesaver or a mini Twix bar, or a bag of Doritoes. And while I knew that I liked the taste and that it would taste good, I was not tempted. I am looking forward to the days when I can eat moderate amounts of carbs, starches and sugars without re-creating and feeding that monster! A serving, or even a half serving - and walk away, happy and content! And SLIM!