The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[dkearby]

I have a question:

Are any of you food addicts, especially carb/sugar addicts. Carbs and sugar are my weekness. For those of you who can relate, how has medifast affected you carb/sugar - food addiction?

Thanks

David

[kmr]

David,
Read my post about my experience in my journal.

[alohacate]

Hello, my name is Cate and I am a carb addict. Okay, with that said - Medifast has changed my addiction in that I don't "crave" for these carbs anymore!! I feel that I am in control of my food rather than my food controlling me. Hope this helps!

[DogMa]

I am, too, which is why I've most frequently turned to programs like Atkins to lose weight. I have always had issues with carbs and sugar, and a small amount has always led to binges. Severely limiting carbs was the only thing that worked for me and freed me from the cravings.

These days, I'm on maintenance and I'm encouraged to see that I've been able to enjoy carbs and sugar again, but without going crazy.

[Arklahoma]

I am definitely a carb addict. In fact, I recently added protein calories to my plan b/c of exercise and I have definitely decreased my carbs well below MF standards. I feel much better.

[VictoriousNat]

I am, too, which is why I've most frequently turned to programs like Atkins to lose weight. I have always had issues with carbs and sugar, and a small amount has always led to binges. Severely limiting carbs was the only thing that worked for me and freed me from the cravings.

These days, I'm on maintenance and I'm encouraged to see that I've been able to enjoy carbs and sugar again, but without going crazy.

Ditto to everything except the maintainance part - I am a long way from that.

[Mike]

Huge carb addict. Not so much the sugar, but the carbs.
Its always a struggle, but when you are in the medizone, its much easier.

[Bailey]

I think anyone who is overweight is a carb addict. I have a book about this womans experience as a carb addict and she says you have to deal with it the same as an alcoholic or drug addict. Her opinion is that you stay away from the bad carbs altogether or your cravings will start again. I believe that but I'm not sure how many people could stay away completely. She says she has not had a bad carb in over 10 years and has no trouble keeping her weight down.

[2saturn]

Bailey,

Would you mind posting the name of that book? I'd be very interested in reading it.

Thank you.

[Bailey]

The name of the book is "Why Can't I Stop Eating" Recognizing, understanding, and overcoming food addiction by Debbie Danowski & Pedro Lazaro, M.D.

This is what it says on the back of the book:

Why can't I stop eating? If, like millions of others, you often ask yourself this question, you may be addicted to food-the food you eat may be precisely what makes you crave more...and more.This straight-talking book puts the widespread problem of food addiction into clear perspective and points the way to a life free of the obsession with food. Debbie Danowski, whose food addiction nearly ruined her life, and Pedro Lazaro combine forces to give readers a full understanding of this debilitating condition: its sources, patterns, consequences, and physiological underpinnings. Unlike fad diets and drugs with their side effects, hidden costs, and infamous failure rates, the program outlined in this book goes to the root cause of chronic overeating-and puts the tools for a lifelong cure into the hands of anyone willing to accept responsibility for a healthy, happy future.

Debbie Danowski has maintained a weight loss of 150 pounds for more than 10 years.

This gives you a little info about the book. I read it several years ago and I knew she was on the right track. I really need to read it again but when I did what she said in the book and gave up the bad carbs all my cravings went away. I could bake cookies for my husband and not be tempted to eat any. The first 9 days after I gave up sugar and the white stuff I was sooo sick but after that I felt great and like I said the cravings stopped. I lost weight and got to my goal and stayed there longer than I ever have. Then Christmas came and I thought maybe I'll just have a couple cookies, they made me so sick that I actually threw up. To make an already long story a little shorter, I slowly added sugar and bad carbs and started gaining and now I've gained it all back. I know we all know that the cravings stop when you get the bad stuff out but most people think that they should be able to have a treat now and then when they get to goal but the main point of the book is most of us just can't handle it, makes you crave all the wrong things again and then the yo-yo cycle starts all over again. It really is like an alcoholic. They can't have just 1 drink. Sorry this is so long.

Bailey

[2saturn]

Thank you SO much! I'm going to try to find it and order it for both my sister and myself.

Have a blessed day!

[beeah_b]

sounds like a interesting read. Thanks for the info!