Hey Jen

There are several reasons you may be craving sugar. Are you on a low fat diet......or in a habit of eating low fat. Not getting enough fats is a common cause for sugar cravings. My go to's when I have an overwhelming urge to pig out on brownies and ICE CREAM! is to up the olive oil and avacados.

As far as detox......Good ol' water.....I know there are "Detox" drinks and what not but I don't think sugar creates a bunch of free radicals that you have to get rid off. Nothing like a good work-out either.

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(formerly LuctorEtEmergo)

No suggestions, but I'm with you, sister. For me, anyway, eating right is the hardest part of this game. Hill repeats on the bike ... easy. Yasso 800s ... piece of cake. Skipping that cake ... hard hard hard.

Maybe a support group is in order. Like Fight Club for cheeseburgers.

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"In case of flood climb to safety"

I don't know what you mean by "detox" ... if you want to eat healthier... the best way to do it is just start doing the all-healthy thing and the cravings will go eventually (sugar craving: grab a sweet piece of fruit - alternatively, grapefruit, the sourness of that tends to kill a sweet craving for me).

I think the answer is in the

damn. I want something that involves no willpower and no suffering!

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Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

Slice a mango and then dice it. Cut a couple limes in halfs and squeeze them over the mangos.

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"your horse is too high" - tigerchik

This will fix me? Sounds yummy!

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Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

It's so yummy and will help with the other craves. It is hard but you just gotta train your brain to crave yummy healthy stuff :-)

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"your horse is too high" - tigerchik

I've successfully killed my cravings for 'junk' foods. Seriously. I'm 6 days into eating just healthy stuff - I got an ice cream this afternoon (seemed like a nice way to end an afternoon of an outdoor pool swim workout) and it tasted way too sweet and icky to me.

Resist the cravings and they'll go away if you eat enough healthy stuff.

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low glycemic food. healthy breakfast mixed with fruits. snack at 10 am of fruits. lunch at 12 pm of carbs and 16 oz of gatorade. snack again at 3 pm. toast at 5:30 pm with tea. dinner at 9:30 pm. desert is fruits again. lots of water during the day. that's my eating habit for the day. once a week ice cream. works for me even though i have a major sweet tooth but this is how i keep it under control.

It may be a little extreme for some people, but my husband and I will do the lemonade diet (detox)for 5-7 days. It gets us out of junk food cravings and back into eating healthy.

Please tell me you haven't started eating healthy yet. We have a lot of ice cream to indulge in this weekend! :D

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I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

I'm saving my sugar calories for the weekend :-)

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Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

jenhs, my wife and I are on a program by isagenix.com. It is mainly a weight loss program, which neither of us need, but we do it for the detox and cleanse benifits. We both have had great results. It's not for everyone, but PM me if you want info.

Yeah, ice cfream. We are going to Tickleberries, right?

Detox post IMC. :-)

Well of course detox post IMC! Sheesh, I'm not a sado-masochist! I refuse to deny myself a celebratory sugar load.

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Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

How about alcohol?

Does anyone know the rules for bringing wine across the border?

I'm so excited for the weekend!!!

You can bring booze. No problemo.

But here's some rules you must follow while in the country watching IMC: Only carrot sticks and water are to be consumed. You may also consume powergels, powerbars and gatorade as the athletes will be stuck eating this shit too. Post-race you may indulge in anything you want so long as you have plenty available to the participants.

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I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

I'll be sure and have the quart of ice cream, bag of chips and beer in front of me while I sit in my chair working on my tan in front of Slumberlodge. I'll clap if my hands are empty.

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Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

You are a bastard. I'm alerting CBSA not to let you in.

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I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

Not this mens. hehehehhe...

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You can join me for ice cream, chips and beer. We'll wave a D. as she comes through for the run :-)

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Jen

"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

Perfect! :D

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I just did a detox program called "Restart" by a company called Designs for Health (www.designsforhealth.com). It includes all the vitamans, mineral, shakes and Palleo bars and the eating program for the week. I felt healthier, and had a lot more energy when I finished. It was worth every penny. My health club now only stocks products from this company due their research.

Another vote for mangos, they really do curb a sweet tooth somehow. (And I have a big sweet tooth!).

Also try eating sweet potatoes. They help too. A lot.

Although nothing really "helps" totally get rid of my own craving for whatever isn't so good for me... :-)

Actually a lot can be said for simply programming your mind. I have my good days and bad days like everyone else but lately I'm been training my mind (was great at this pre-kid, then afterwards gave myself permission to go nutty...bad) to think really bad thoughts when I eat something I shouldn't. For instance, I will think, "If I eat that, it's going to make my stomach hurt so bad I'll throw up". Then I'll really try to feel myself puking my guts out (sorry for the graphic). In any case, it's been helping because my sweet tooth is going right out the window, as is the desire to eat tons of garbage. There are times I'll want something sweet but I am making myself pick things (like apples, yogurt, etc.) that fuel my body rather than harm it.

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I did a detox diet for 16 weeks... it was no dairy, meat, sugar, or coffee... it was great! I felt great while I was on it, and I was able to resist sweet things until I fell off the wagon. Now, I am eating crap food again, and I feel sluggish.

I just got through my A race last weekend (IM Louisville) so I am thinking about going back on the detox. I am also reading the Paleo book...

I had a discussion with friends over drinks this week and we were talking about reasons behind eating and quaffing too much (of course in between reviewing bass boats, reliving funny chainsaw incidents and discussing the upcoming monster truck rally). We were evenly split between those of us who ate more shit food and increased alcohol based on being happy or sad, although there was a clear link for each of us.

So the solution would seem to be based on whether your recent decent into decadent debauchery was due to postive or negative emotions...

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While emotions are definitely a factor, you also have to consider that a lot of women's eating "habits" are hormone based. Take this past week and my inability to remove chocolate cake from my life. Today the reason for that revealed itself... ToM is back in town. So, the solution isn't necessarily just emotional.

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I know I'm promiscuous, but in a classy way

Very true indeed, but good to know the difference if it's chronic and periodic or just chronic. If just periodic, then support the world's cacao markets without guilt and savour every (sharpened) forkful.

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Hey Ladies-
I'm new to posting but have been reading for a while. Just wanted to say thanks to whoever said "train my mind". It's become my mantra and really helps me avoid the junk!!

:-)

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"your horse is too high" - tigerchik

Realize that this post is a bit delayed....
I would eat as much fresh (raw) fruit and vegetables as you possibly can in a day....the nutrients that your body absorbs will prob. stop most of your cravings. It is when body is reacting to deprevation/depletion of macro and micro nutients that you start to "crave" the very food from which you are not getting enough nutrients. Did you see "Supersize me?" He develops an addiction to Fast Food (no nutrients) so has to keep "refueling" with it in order to maintain.

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