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Craving carbs

Riders

Well-Known Member
Well I tried to get back on my low carb diet today and low and behold I ordered pizza, barbecue chicken pizza with sweet rolls and pepsi.My carb addiction is bad Im gonna have to get ahold of myself and get off these carbs. Wondering who else has issues with carbs.
 

JustGeorge

Not As Much Fun As I Look
Staff member
Premium Member
I have issue with food, period. I don't eat or crave a whole lot of junk food, but I seem to be unable to control my portions.
 

Brickjectivity

Turned to Stone. Now I stretch daily.
Staff member
Premium Member
I've got family dealing with some blood pressure and pre-diabetic issues. They're trying to switch to vegetarian. Our family tends to have a tummy, and that is true going back for generations. I can't ignore food when it is around. If I can beat the tummy I think I can live long enough to make up for some lost time. If not then I will inherit several problems.

I've been learning to cook, and that is helping me. I buy my own groceries and cook my own food. I've also given up caffeine which helps with appetite. All of this has been difficult. Cooking has a steep learning curve. In the beginning I was eating frozen burritos, mini pizzas and nabs. To help me I have a microwave, an instant pot, a nice convection toaster oven, a small air fryer and an induction stove with 2 eyes. I've also got a single coil stove eye. I have limited power, so I cannot run all of these items simultaneously. Running the microwave and the toaster will trip a breaker.

Its frustrating that many foods are unhealthy, and there is conflicted information about what is healthy and what isn't; and I'm still trying to find out what I like to eat and to cook. I have read people saying beans aren't healthy, that rice isn't healthy, that potatoes aren't healthy! Well what the heck am I going to eat? I ignore that advice now, because in the end I have to eat something. If I can't eat beans and rice I may as well go sit on an anthill.

Did you know that delicious Brazil nuts are poisonous? Eating four in one sitting is the most you should eat at one time, and you should never, ever, ever give them to children. They're sold at most grocery stores -- the nuts not the children.

Recently someone gave me a cabbage. I looked at it for several days not knowing what to do with it. It was like having a bowling ball in the refrigerator. Finally I looked up a recipe and dealt with it. It was very good, but I still had about 80% of the cabbage left over. I'm still working on it two days later.

One time I kept some sweet potatoes for a long time until they went bad, because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. Since then I have taken a liking sweet potatoes raw. I peel and slice them cold.
 

Riders

Well-Known Member
I've got family dealing with some blood pressure and pre-diabetic issues. They're trying to switch to vegetarian. Our family tends to have a tummy, and that is true going back for generations. I can't ignore food when it is around. If I can beat the tummy I think I can live long enough to make up for some lost time. If not then I will inherit several problems.

I've been learning to cook, and that is helping me. I buy my own groceries and cook my own food. I've also given up caffeine which helps with appetite. All of this has been difficult. Cooking has a steep learning curve. In the beginning I was eating frozen burritos, mini pizzas and nabs. To help me I have a microwave, an instant pot, a nice convection toaster oven, a small air fryer and an induction stove with 2 eyes. I've also got a single coil stove eye. I have limited power, so I cannot run all of these items simultaneously. Running the microwave and the toaster will trip a breaker.

Its frustrating that many foods are unhealthy, and there is conflicted information about what is healthy and what isn't; and I'm still trying to find out what I like to eat and to cook. I have read people saying beans aren't healthy, that rice isn't healthy, that potatoes aren't healthy! Well what the heck am I going to eat? I ignore that advice now, because in the end I have to eat something. If I can't eat beans and rice I may as well go sit on an anthill.

Did you know that delicious Brazil nuts are poisonous? Eating four in one sitting is the most you should eat at one time, and you should never, ever, ever give them to children. They're sold at most grocery stores -- the nuts not the children.

Recently someone gave me a cabbage. I looked at it for several days not knowing what to do with it. It was like having a bowling ball in the refrigerator. Finally I looked up a recipe and dealt with it. It was very good, but I still had about 80% of the cabbage left over. I'm still working on it two days later.

One time I kept some sweet potatoes for a long time until they went bad, because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them. Since then I have taken a liking sweet potatoes raw. I peel and slice them cold.

I'm allowed to have rice if it's brown rice and only one or 2 servings a day of bread. One serving of a baked potato is ok if it's baked not mashed. I get 2 clean breads a day, bread as a whole baked potato, or brown or whole wheat breads like brown rice, whole wheat bread, or made from corn such as a crispy corn taco shell. No white bread are allowed and no mashed potatos.
 

Lyndon

"Peace is the answer" quote: GOD, 2014
Premium Member
mashing a baked potato doesn't make it any worse for you, powdered mashed potatoes might be a problem though
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
today I watched a documentary....Game Changers....Netflix
all about plant based diets
no meat
and it seems some people become unusually fit
a few become extraordinary
 

JustGeorge

Not As Much Fun As I Look
Staff member
Premium Member
today I watched a documentary....Game Changers....Netflix
all about plant based diets
no meat
and it seems some people become unusually fit
a few become extraordinary

I can tell you I never had any weight concerns when I was vegan. And I was far from the 'health nut' type.
 

RestlessSoul

Well-Known Member
I get a veggie box delivered once a week, all fresh, in season, organic produce. Plus, I share an allotment (vegetable garden) with a friend. I hate waste, so all this stuff has to be cooked and eaten, which has improved my diet immensely.

On the other hand, someone went and opened a new bakery on my local high street. Best chocolate eclairs in the world. Win some, lose some.

Bread is the real enemy though. Bumped into an ex colleague the other day, who’d lost so much weight I almost didn’t recognise him. He said he’d given up bread completely.
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
I get a veggie box delivered once a week, all fresh, in season, organic produce. Plus, I share an allotment (vegetable garden) with a friend. I hate waste, so all this stuff has to be cooked and eaten, which has improved my diet immensely.

On the other hand, someone went and opened a new bakery on my local high street. Best chocolate eclairs in the world. Win some, lose some.

Bread is the real enemy though. Bumped into an ex colleague the other day, who’d lost so much weight I almost didn’t recognise him. He said he’d given up bread completely.
bread.....with azodicarbonamide
the US has a GRAS policy......Generally Regarded As Safe

the bread won't spoil
even in a ziplock bag and left on top of my ice box......FOR A YEAR!!!!!!

azodi-.....is illegal in other countries
fines AND penalties would be dealt

in your gut it will greatly unbalance your bionome
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
my hook in the lip......Coke

we need 45grams of sugar in the muscle just to get up and move about
we need 45grams of sugar in the blood to replace the spent energy

one bottle of Coke has 54grams

you should not eat ANY more sugar, or flour, or fruit, or much of anything else
if you had a Coke today
 

Riders

Well-Known Member
Well, i am trying to get back on my diet today. I may order out but get a piece of steak and baked potato.
 

Riders

Well-Known Member
I Can't eat vegan or vegetarian, I have a reoccurring wound that I am supposed to eat high protein for.
 

JustGeorge

Not As Much Fun As I Look
Staff member
Premium Member
my hook in the lip......Coke

we need 45grams of sugar in the muscle just to get up and move about
we need 45grams of sugar in the blood to replace the spent energy

one bottle of Coke has 54grams

you should not eat ANY more sugar, or flour, or fruit, or much of anything else
if you had a Coke today

My vice is diet soda...

I KNOW. Its terrible for me. But... I am a flawed human.

And yes, I actually prefer the taste of diet. Its not a weight loss attempt. But no one believes me... :(
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
I have a reoccurring wound that I am supposed to eat high protein for.
this one thing......a wound that won't heal

not good

I hope your doctor knows about this

if not............you are at risk

call your doctor
 
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