This article says it all. Im a sugar and fat addict. It explains it as well as Ive ever seen.
Now that Im taking a vacation from these foods, thanks to my Gall Bladder surgery, I can step back and evaluate.
I now know that just like a heroin or alcohol addict it only takes one bite of something to make me take the brakes off.
I have noticed that if I have something sweet in the house, cookies, ice cream, chocolate, I cant stop thinking about it. I would allow myself one serving a day. But the rest of the day I was thinking about it and wanting it. It was torture. I never thought of it that way. But it's true. A couple of weeks ago, when my oncologist gave me the ok to get on track with my weight loss program, I weaned myself off of sugar over several days. I cut way back on fat as well. I found that once the sugar was out of my system the cravings were gone.
I don't bring sugary treats into the house. And I have plenty of low fat foods available at all times. I have been given the gift of gall bladder removal to help me along the way. Bottom line, if I eat even a little bit of fat I will suffer because of my bodies' inability to digest it. I simply can't eat fat. How cool is that?
Further down the line my body will adjust and I will be able to eat some fat again. By then my eating habits will be ingrained. And it should be easier to make good choices.
How do I know I can do this? Because I know my brain. My brain believes what I tell it. And this is what I tell it.
I learned this from my brother Steve of Intelligent Heart
