cravings - an observation
Since I started my diet I haven't really craved anything. Around my TOM I just want food, any food but I've found that it doesn't need to be junk food or chocolate (although those were often the forms it used to take).
But this afternoon I made homemade mac&cheese for the town's hot dish supper and made a tiny dish for myself to enjoy later. This is so very much not on my diet in so many ways - pasta (and not even whole wheat pasta), cheese, whole milk. But it is one of my all time favorite foods and something I hope to allow myself very occassionaly.
So I had my small serving - small by my old standard although I felt very full and satisfied after I was done eating it. And then I went to grab a couple hours sleep before coming in to work.
I woke up CRAVING more of the mac & cheese. I was still feeling full but my first thought when the alarm went off was how much I wanted more. It was so much like an addiction - I needed a mac & cheese fix. Which I didn't have; and now I'm at work and recovered from my unreasonable desire.
This was an interesting observation and realization for me. I am so used to my mindless eating habits and not paying attention to my body, or saying no to it either.
Last edited by Vladadog; 07-18-2008 at 01:05 AM.
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