I still envy my SIL for being able to say sweets are too sweet for her; I doubt I'll ever reach that point. But if I stay adamant and vigilant about my eating plan by tracking my food, I'm hoping to stay on top of things. I wish I could just be an intuitive eater, but at least I'm taking control now.
It IS possible! You CAN retrain your taste buds, especially when it comes to sweet. I remember when I gave up artificial sweeteners in my coffee a while back. I forced myself to do it and my coffee became like a form of torture. For 2 whole months every time I took a sip of non-sweetened coffee I'd think YUCK and I'd make a scrunchy face. I never thought I'd get used to it. And then one day suddenly it wasn't yucky anymore! I can't stand the thought of sweetness in my coffee anymore. Recently I got a cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts and asked for milk-no sugar and they accidentally put sugar in it. I took one sip and spit it out YUCK!!!!!!
I do get concerned that concept of being "naturally thin" convinces many people that they are "naturally fat", and thus incapable of losing weight.
I agree. A while back I read a quote from an obesity doctor who said there isn't a person who can't lose weight on a medically supervised in-hospital program, where people are monitored 24/7 so they can't cheat.
That's why my first reaction to posts that say "I've been eating 800 calories per day for 2 months but haven't lost a pound" is skepticism. Hope I'm not offending anyone by saying this -- just sharing some honest thoughts.
I agree with this & the post you quoted also. That is why I like threads like this where people can freely say what they think.
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Originally Posted by freelancemomma
I agree. A while back I read a quote from an obesity doctor who said there isn't a person who can't lose weight on a medically supervised in-hospital program, where people are monitored 24/7 so they can't cheat.
That's why my first reaction to posts that say "I've been eating 800 calories per day for 2 months but haven't lost a pound" is skepticism. Hope I'm not offending anyone by saying this -- just sharing some honest thoughts.
It IS possible! You CAN retrain your taste buds, especially when it comes to sweet. I remember when I gave up artificial sweeteners in my coffee a while back. I forced myself to do it and my coffee became like a form of torture. For 2 whole months every time I took a sip of non-sweetened coffee I'd think YUCK and I'd make a scrunchy face. I never thought I'd get used to it. And then one day suddenly it wasn't yucky anymore! I can't stand the thought of sweetness in my coffee anymore. Recently I got a cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts and asked for milk-no sugar and they accidentally put sugar in it. I took one sip and spit it out YUCK!!!!!!
I already have to a certain extent; I can enjoy those fruits now without pouring sugar all over them, it just took some time. I haven't really given myself the chance to find out if raw sugar and frosting and the like would be too sweet for me now, but I suspect it isn't. I could be wrong but I don't want to give myself the chance to fall back into old habits!
I can't stand the thought of sweetness in my coffee anymore. Recently I got a cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts and asked for milk-no sugar and they accidentally put sugar in it. I took one sip and spit it out YUCK!!!!!!
Yes! I've lost my taste for sugar in coffee and regular soda and generally like less sweet foods. I don't even like Chobani Bite or Flip unless it's for dessert.
That's why my first reaction to posts that say "I've been eating 800 calories per day for 2 months but haven't lost a pound" is skepticism
ITA---particularly when the person says that they've been to the doctor, checked their thyroid, etc. Something doesn't add up there. There are exceptions to everything, but I just cannot accept that someone is eating so low, has no medical issue, and isn't losing.
It IS possible! You CAN retrain your taste buds, especially when it comes to sweet. I remember when I gave up artificial sweeteners in my coffee a while back. I forced myself to do it and my coffee became like a form of torture. For 2 whole months every time I took a sip of non-sweetened coffee I'd think YUCK and I'd make a scrunchy face. I never thought I'd get used to it. And then one day suddenly it wasn't yucky anymore! I can't stand the thought of sweetness in my coffee anymore. Recently I got a cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts and asked for milk-no sugar and they accidentally put sugar in it. I took one sip and spit it out YUCK!!!!!!
This is similar to my experience.
When I was 18 & a freshman in college, I went on my first diet to lose the Freshman 15 (or in my case, 20). At the time I drank coffee loaded with cream and sugar. I didn't want to waste those calories in coffee so my RA told me that if I drank my coffee black for 30 days I wouldn't like it but I wouldn't be able to go back to drinking it with sugar.
I did what she suggested and I remember choking down coffee those first weeks. I went from being able to drink about a half-cup the first week back up to about two cups by the end of the 30 days. Still didn't like it, though.
So when the 30 days were up I tried it with cream and sugar again, just to see if what she said was true. Just like you, wannabeskinny, I had to spit it out. It was nasty.
It took me another few months to learn to actually ENJOY black coffee. Now it is the first thing I go for in the morning and nothing is more relaxing than having that warm cup of black coffee first thing every morning.
If anyone is trying to learn how to drink coffee black, believe me, this works.
Lately, I've tried to lower how much creamer I've used. I was using 4-5 non-dairy creamers, 5-6 sugars at work. Now I will do an almost exact TBSP of a liquid creamer if I have a choice with 1 splenda.
It is so true! I actually have a close friend who researchers this.
One of the thing she always says is "you crave the foods that you know" ... and says that if you force a lifestyle change, after about three months, you will generally start craving the healthy foods you have been eating instead of junk!
You can absolutely train your taste buds, for sugar as well as for salt.
I've been using very little salt, as I cook for two toddlers. In the beginning, I would just cook everything without salt and then add some salt on my plate, but then I was too lazy to do that and actually got used to eating what my toddlers eat, i.ej. potatoes, rice, pasta or vegetables with very little salt.
Downside of this is I no more enjoy most meals in restaurants, as they're too salty for me!
Same with sugar, I've been on SBD for two weeks now and the other day I took a sip of coke...ewww, overly sweet now that I haven't been having anything sweet for two weeks. Truth is I haven't been using much arteficial sweataners either, so my taste buds had forgotten what sweets taste like. Never thought this would happen in just two weeks, and I was sugar addict before!
Maybe I should try that! It really would be easier to just have black coffee.
I agree as well. Not the same as sugar, but I weaned my hubby down from whole milk to 1% by stepping down to the next level down of fat. Sometimes I would mix half of 2% and half of 1% until he got used to it, but eventually he said whole milk is too rich to drink.
Did the same thing with sugar in my coffee. I could never go cold turkey, so I just added one less packet until I go used to it, then stepped down again. Now I think the Starbucks creations are just too thick and sweet to drink.
I haven't really given myself the chance to find out if raw sugar and frosting and the like would be too sweet for me now, but I suspect it isn't. I could be wrong but I don't want to give myself the chance to fall back into old habits! 
