CRAVINGS....

Hey Ya'll,< ( sound like Paula Deen huh?) Last night I cooked a pretty darn good supper and I think im my mind I could eat it lol... I fixed pork chops and potatoes in the oven with lipton onion mix, some northern beans and buttermilk cornbread... Ugh. I ate a small piece of the pork chop that I also cooked in with the dried northern beans. Usually thats about the only way I can eat really lean pork. To dense mostly... And also had about a half a cup of the beans. Well they were satisfying to me and were very good. But..... That there buttermilk cornbread was calling my name. It was so overwhelming till I called my kids.. (rotten kids werent home to answer phone lol) so I called my sister Martha ( evil twin in Athens)... Thank God she was home lol... I told her I was freaking out wanting this cornbread which has absolutely no nut value at all to me. Lol... And she said well....... Throw it out if bothers you that bad... I didnt see the point of that at the time because my hubby takes left overs for lunch the next day. So.... She said go take a bath and if you still feel that way then... Throw out. She didnt make fun of me either because she knows to well what its like to crave food and also be trying to eat right. So I went upstairs and took a long bath but before I did I made leons dinner plate. Then put the rest in the freezer for another one of his meals...( see, aint I the stepford wife or what? Lol) anywho when I came back down I felt so much better. Its just like a crack head I guess. Lol.. I was over the feeling of wanting it. Also not having it staring at me when walking in the kitchen helped. I guess thats what they say when talking about us being human and also addicted at the same time. People, I know im a addict. So when things like that trigger a feeling in me I just avoid the situation. See usually I make him the jiffy kind and its got sugar in it. So even my sister says next time that happens make sure I add sugar to his homeade kind. Because she knows I dont touch sugar lol... I was just wondering if yall ever feel that way and what triggers yalls demons? Im so bad till I dont buy ritz, cheeze its, any snack crackers but have krispers full of sweets for leon. Go figure... See, in my mind I know I aint gonna touch that and dump for nobody!!! Wish I felt that way about all stuff lol.. Hugs Marge

Marge, I hope your husband isn't as scary looking as Paula's! What's up with his yellow beard, anyway? You bet I get cravings! I find that the cravings only show up after I have eaten a meal with lots of carbs in it. We like to make a dish that has lean ground beef, brown gravy, and mashed potatoes. My sister makes the world's best mashed potatoes, and I could eat them by the vatful. I noticed last time we had this dish that I was craving all sorts of foods I hadn't been missing for awhile. I also notice the cravings pop up around PMS time. Bread is a real trigger food for me. When my sister buys bread, I ask her to hide it so it can't wave at me and call my name. It would be hard to refuse cornbread, especially with a slab of unsweetened butter on it. Of course, we heathens out West don't put sugar in our cornbread like the Lord intended. For the most part, I find that if I follow a high protein, low carb menu, I may think that a certain forbidden food sounds good, but it's not anything I really want to eat. I am so worried about screwing up and gaining my weight back that I really do take it one day at a time. I guess that makes me an addict, too. Kix

Hey Marge, I love Paula Dean by the way! I too have issues with food, and I'm just finding out about them, can you believe that? I can now tell you what triggers me to turn to food, and I know what I can and can't have in the house. Chips or Cheeto's are the devils handiwork I've decided. I cannot keep them in the house. Before WLS I used to crave sweets 24 hours a day and I too know it will make me (I've told myself this over and over) so I don't go near sugar. Sunday we went to a huge Super Bowl party at my best friends, they had 65-70 people there, it was a bit stressful. We went early so I could help get things ready and my girlfriend got mad and yelled at me for something stupid (I knew she was mad at her husband but she took it out on me). I walked away but instantly wanted to eat something. That's the first time I've been able to pin point a trigger for me. I had also baked and taken my very favorite cookies and lemon bars, the entire time I know I wanted them, but I didn't go near them. When we got home I sat down and had a SF fudgecicle and instantly that sweet craving was gone. It's the very first time I've noticed that I've had any kind of cravings at all and I'm not even sure it was that much of a craving. Jan

Hi my name is Vi and I am addicted to most foods! I think about food 24 hours a day...seriously, I even dream of food. I salivate over food that's displayed in movies, commercials, I think about how good it looks, how good it use to taste...sigh. I have not been able to detect a pattern to my cravings...I thought maybe it was because I am just six weeks out and feeling a bit restricted with food choices, but I realized I just want regular food. I have been successful in not eating chips or cookies those ole devilish foods...but what I really want are those bad for you fast food items and pasta!! I would probably hurt someone for a slice of lasagna or mannicotti now. I really understand taking things day to day, sometimes, I have to take it hour to hour. I know what has been keeping me from sampling a bite of cheeseburger is the FEAR of that godawful pain and vomiting (the absolute worse thing for me). It has been so comforting to read about others craving foods, just knowing that I am not alone make it's a little better...