It’s been five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes, ok only 13 days since my last fix (cold turkey)but I’ve been battling this since childhood and hope to significantly taper. No cookies, cakes, chips, nor ice cream. I’m trying to eat nuts, fruits, and ‘healthy’ snacks…again. The 1st few days were really hard as I had to ignore people telling me “you’re in shape… you’ll just burn it off… a couple of cookies won’t hurt…”, the sounds of homemade CC & PB cookies whispering “eat me, I’m only 20 grams of sugar and oh so buttery good, check out my carb content… you do need carbs don’t you?”, and practically duck-taping the waiters mouth shut to keep him from telling me how delicious the dang warm chocolate pudding cake is. Man I wanted that cake!
I don’t drink or smoke (not that there’s anything wrong with the former - although IMO smoking is like hooking yourself up to an IV of ash… same thing - cigarettes do evil things to the body, feel free to flame as I have dealt with fam that chain-smoked and developed lung cancer or illnesses as a result but I digress). I know that the amount of crap that I ingest isn’t healthy either. I know that it’s ok to do things in moderation but I have a HUGE sweet tooth and my moderation of sweets turn can into full out twinkifest. I couldn’t find a junkfood junkie forum and I look to ST family for support. I’m sure that I’m not alone. The next couple of months of holidays, bbq’s, and weddings will severely test me. I don’t want to relapse again. 