This is where I admit it once and for all. ANY kind, especially whole wheat.
I'm not even going to weigh myself right now. I just can't look! I'll just count my cals, and see how it goes by Monday or something.
I tried to have it "in moderation" No can do. In fact, honestly, this is what ends up foiling my diet (all 3 times in the past). Its that I try and try to have bread once in awhile and it turns into this all out eating fest. Well, I kicked out the sweets...and I had the biggest sweet tooth.
I need to cut out the bread. There's no more denying it.
I just tossed it. I hope that I didn't do too much damage with all that eating.
I just want to cry. But you know, this is where I do things differently. At this point I would have given up and just continued this pattern. But no, this time, I will just cut out the bread instead of giving into my addiction. I don't even find it tasty. WTF. but I was reading how some people are addicted to fats/sugar/foods rarely found in nature and that might just be in some people's genes.
Anyways, here goes. Tomorrow is a new day. Writing this out made me feel a whole lot better because I know that things are different this time because I am more honest with myself and my limitations.
Last edited by pixelllate; 03-07-2012 at 08:12 PM.
Bread can make you bloated and can be addictive. My aunt cut out bread for a while as part of her diet (and trust me when I say she could go through half a loaf in a day). When she tried eating it again she found it made her feel horribly bloated, and it was easier for her not to binge on it.
You will feel better for it
Crisps are my guilty pleasure, so for lent I gave them up. I've found that my snacking in general has massively decreased as a result.
Thank you both so much! Yes I can totally eat half a loaf. Its a texture thing for me. UGH. Seriously its not that delicious, its no cake! LOL
By making this thread and seeing it, I know its totally real. I do have to cut it out. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this IRL (as opposed to chocolate) because I don't think that its as common as lets say...a dessert item. But yes, its totally for real and needs to be dropped like Nutella!
my downfall is sour dough French bread... I love the heels.... all the crust but I do not let myself have any now.......... because I will eat the entire loaf.....
I too am addicted to bread. To toast. It's not filling, it's not energizing, and it just seems to spur my tastes towards more carb-loaded, fatty things. It basically just serves as a vehicle for earth balance and jam. I need to give it up... at least for the time being. Or at the very least switch to sprouted wheat bread, which I seem to be able to do in moderation.
I haven't really been a big bread eater at home, but if i'm at a restaurant and they start you off with some bread... GAME OVER!
I have no doubt that I could take on grown men in a bread eating contest for two restaurants in particular:
1) The rolls with the sweet butter at Texas Roadhouse
2) The cheesy biscuits at Red Lobster...
I eat the bread at both of those restaurants like the rolls are chips!!! I can easily eat my own basket (which is usually 4 or 5 rolls). It's such a fail, and I can't control myself.
The breadsticks at Olive Garden are a danger zone for me as well.
K i'm making myself hungry!!!
I don't see harm in enjoying yourself every once in a while though as long as you don't let it spin out of control. I posted in another thread that a few weeks ago, I went to Boston to visit some friends, and cutting back wasn't even on my radar! I had good food and good beer for 4 days straigt. I gained more weight than I expected, but because I got right back on track when I returned, those pounds came off almost as quickly as they came on. Hang in there! Stay strong! Don't punish yourself too badly.
I haven't really been a big bread eater at home, but if i'm at a restaurant and they start you off with some bread... GAME OVER!
I have no doubt that I could take on grown men in a bread eating contest for two restaurants in particular:
1) The rolls with the sweet butter at Texas Roadhouse
2) The cheesy biscuits at Red Lobster...
I eat the bread at both of those restaurants like the rolls are chips!!! I can easily eat my own basket (which is usually 4 or 5 rolls). It's such a fail, and I can't control myself.
The breadsticks at Olive Garden are a danger zone for me as well.
K i'm making myself hungry!!!
I don't see harm in enjoying yourself every once in a while though as long as you don't let it spin out of control. I posted in another thread that a few weeks ago, I went to Boston to visit some friends, and cutting back wasn't even on my radar! I had good food and good beer for 4 days straigt. I gained more weight than I expected, but because I got right back on track when I returned, those pounds came off almost as quickly as they came on. Hang in there! Stay strong! Don't punish yourself too badly.
Thanks! But its a real addiction. I've been in denial for years about it, it does turn something on in me - just like sugar or fat does for some people. Ah well, I don't even like it that much. I'm just addicted to it.
Pixelllate - I absolutely understand. I grew up in an Italian home and there was always bread on the table - real, good home made bread. It is the hardest thing for me to give up. I love any kind - whole wheat, multi-grain, toasted, rolls, bagels.
When I do indulge, the scale definitely shows it for a few days.
Bread is a trigger food for me, so is cereal - I must be addicted to those grains.
If I eat it, I enjoy it, but I do limit my bread intake to once or twice a week, and I only eat it if it is of good quality. Also, when I go without it for a while, I don't miss it anywhere as much as I used to.
You may need to go cold turkey for a while. Hang in there, others have done it, and you can too. You will find that your cravings diminish.
As with everything else, your food plan begins in the grocery store. Don't buy it, if you can help it.
I know! Even when I'm making healthy choices its wholewheat pasta, crackers and bread but I'm trying to hold down portion control, I have little scoops and 50 cal bread and crackers, if I don't see result in month now using the gym I might have to cut it, not so emotionally attached anymore but I know when im in a situation like in a restaurant, partner getting a take away I am so bad.
Thank you everyone! Its nice to know that other people understand the grain thing. I don't think that its as common as lets say sugar addiction (altho I've been doing some reading about that...) so I hesitate to talk about it IRL. I feel like people would be like "bread...?" wheras something like chocolate would be more um understandable lol
So whether you are going cold turkey, or portioning, congrats to all of you for taking steps and thank you for the support!
Bread is my thing. I have a cheat day once a week and when I first started this low carb (No grains, only carbs from veggies) and low-no sugar thing, I thought my cheat day would be dominated by chocolate and candy and ice cream. But it's not. It's run by muffins, pizza, pancakes, french toast, things like that. Never would have guessed I'd prefer my breads over pure sugar. And the bread was harder to give up, which was another thing I really didn't see happening.
I second those Texas Roadhouse rolls and Red Lobster biscuits. CANNOT help myself
Hey all. After my carbo binge yesterday, I nodded off to sleep...at 5 PM!! I was so tired from the sugar rush and CRASH.
Anyways, I am glad that I decided to say no. Saying "yes" once in awhile drove me nuts. Once I decided to say no, it made things so simple and I saw the bread and didn't care because its a forever no for me and it made me so much more relaxed. I don't have to "plan" to fit it into my diet, don't have to deal with the after triggers it gives me. its only been a day but I think that this is a good sign (usually right after is when I feel the most temptation)
I am addicted to bread.
