I posted a few days ago asking if anyone avoids flour/sugar because I was thinking I should try giving it up. I did and by day 2.5 I was so angry and upset I gave in. By that last day I was thinking: OMG I can't go another day without eating what I want. This is too hard, it isn't possible. If life is like this without sugar- No thank you. I'd rather be fat. I'd rather be unhappy. I will do anything to never feel like this again!!!!
Yea- I was basically going crazy. But now, after having spent an hour eating through a bag (and may I add my personal temptation-in its most pure form) of Reese's Eggs and reading a post about emotional eating- I really believe what I do is not emotional eating. I feel like I am physically and mentally addicted to certain foods and going without them is torture. I wasn't upset, sad, bored, happy, elated, lonely, or anything. I needed sugar- and I needed a lot of it. It was a drug- and I needed my fix. This is not to say that I won't give it up- it's getting fairly obvious I need to stop doing drugs. I mean sugar.
So maybe I am fooling myself, but does anyone else think there is a difference as well? Sorry if this is long-winded. Thank you everyone for sharing and posting every week- it is this forum that has kept me from losing my mind in the last 2 months!!