by AnnetteW » Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:59 pm
Whoa whoa whoa...I just watched two of the cram circuit videos, the one here on this site and one with Chef AJ interviewing Doug Lisle about it. It feels quite refreshing to know that this is exactly an issue I have. My only difference is that I have it with eating after lunch, and luckily not dinner. I've always been a bit "proud" of my lack of evening munchies, but the moment I'm done with my lunch, I'm looking for more.
Thankfully I'm not "cramming" on crap, but I'm still eating way too much afterwards, lots of fruit. And even though I can totally rationalize it as healthy and I'm still losing weight, it wouldn't matter which diet plan I was following, I've done this for ages now.
I recently gave up coffee...that wasn't too terribly difficult (being sick helped the first few days.) Then I was out of town for the week, drank coffee daily, and was ready to start right back up. I resisted that urge. I'm still not 100% caffeine free yet though. Perhaps I just need to throw the last of the caffeinated tea in the trash.
I always called alcohol a bad habit, I could easily drink up to a full bottle in the evening. It did feel like such a pleasant habit, pour a drink in the late afternoon, and just keep on going. And if I was out for lunch with friends I'd have a glass (probably 2) at that time. I've given it up a few times in the past. For some reason this time, when I started WFPB was so much easier. I only allow myself to have some out of the house, and just recently now I try to pay even more attention, that it's only 1 glass, and not multiple times in a week, especially close together. I don't sit around and crave it. I think it is that I broke the cram circuit of drinking the alcohol. Like I said, I've stopped drinking multiple times before. I don't feel the addiction is as strong as the habit (not saying at all that it's not addictive, it truly is.)
Last night we went out for a birthday dinner. Very nice Mexican, not heavy and greasy at all. I even had veggies with the salsas, but a few chips. The food was highly seasoned, so a mouth taste treat. The margarita I had was divine. Driving home I had a little conversation going in my head about how nice it would be to relax the diet a bit. I had to stop those thoughts right in their tracks.
There is still a thought in my head that when my weight is gone I can relax the diet. Maybe with a little soy, nuts and seeds. This is where I'll have to watch out.
But back to the CRAM circuit. I need to work on breaking that after lunch eating habit. If I eat out, then don't go home (spend the afternoon out shopping or errands) I don't have a desire to eat, or hunger. So I do know I'm fully satisfied nutritionally.
This will be something to work on. I wonder if others want to work on this too. A group challenge perhaps.
I guess I can start a post.