I have been trying out a Clean Eating diet plan. It's been going pretty well considering I am taking two college summer school classes and working full time. On Mondays I feel pretty tired and grumpy. I have been blaming my attitude and lack of energy on school but I know it's lack of exercise and occasional bad food choice (McDonald's). So, today I was googling food addiction in general and came across one the best explanations of food addiction. I think my problem is during the week I eat super healthy. On the weekends I eat ok to bad. I allow myself wonderful things like Mexican food and chips n salsa. I also squeeze in a coke and maybe some sort of desert/treat. I think what is happening is I am screwing up my craving balance. I think it takes me all week to get my body nutritionally happy and then on the weekend's I give in to cravings. The cravings stir up my emotional food addiction as well as my love of salty fried foods. This part of the article really spoke to me ...
"The body’s homeostatic balance is affected by diet. Consumption of massive amounts of sugar, salt, caffeine or fried foods drastically affects homeostatic balance. Natural hunger becomes distorted as the body craves for the substances necessary for balance. The body reacts as it would to any addiction. Powerful cravings override the body’s natural needs. Food allergies can also cause an addiction-like dependence due to homeostatic disturbance. Your favorite foods are usually the ones to which you are addicted. You usually feel better immediately after eating the food that you are addicted to, but shortly afterward the allergic reaction produces a feeling of irritability. It causes flatulence, nausea, depression or headaches."
So, I think I need to better plan. My DH and I eat out all weekend and that's not going to change. It's part of our entertainment. So, I will have to stick to making food choices that are closer to clean eating. For me a biggie is no processed carbs ie bread, pasta, rice. I automatically feel sleepy or jittery or down right crappie when I eat these things even though I felt like I was in Heaven when I put them in my mouth. God I love processed carbs!! I think having gastric by-pass (RNY) was the best choice for me to finally get a hold of my carb consumption. Yes, I can still eat them but now it's not fun bc I can only eat a couple of bites and then I feel like crap. Before surgery I would eat bowls of carbs til I could eat no more which would cause sleepiness so I would follow that up with a DingDong sugar boost. I thought that was Heaven! Now, though, having dropped 80 pounds in 9 months I realize I was trading carb loading for life living.
"Your food addiction is great for Business"
http://www.healthrecipes.com/eat5.htm
"The body’s homeostatic balance is affected by diet. Consumption of massive amounts of sugar, salt, caffeine or fried foods drastically affects homeostatic balance. Natural hunger becomes distorted as the body craves for the substances necessary for balance. The body reacts as it would to any addiction. Powerful cravings override the body’s natural needs. Food allergies can also cause an addiction-like dependence due to homeostatic disturbance. Your favorite foods are usually the ones to which you are addicted. You usually feel better immediately after eating the food that you are addicted to, but shortly afterward the allergic reaction produces a feeling of irritability. It causes flatulence, nausea, depression or headaches."
So, I think I need to better plan. My DH and I eat out all weekend and that's not going to change. It's part of our entertainment. So, I will have to stick to making food choices that are closer to clean eating. For me a biggie is no processed carbs ie bread, pasta, rice. I automatically feel sleepy or jittery or down right crappie when I eat these things even though I felt like I was in Heaven when I put them in my mouth. God I love processed carbs!! I think having gastric by-pass (RNY) was the best choice for me to finally get a hold of my carb consumption. Yes, I can still eat them but now it's not fun bc I can only eat a couple of bites and then I feel like crap. Before surgery I would eat bowls of carbs til I could eat no more which would cause sleepiness so I would follow that up with a DingDong sugar boost. I thought that was Heaven! Now, though, having dropped 80 pounds in 9 months I realize I was trading carb loading for life living.
"Your food addiction is great for Business"
http://www.healthrecipes.com/eat5.htm
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