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The Unrelenting Craving for More

Posted on21. Aug, 2011 by Jay.

Imagine having a strong craving for your favorite food in the world, maybe it’s chocolate ice cream, a big bag of Doritos or even pizza. This is no regular craving that you can put off either. Imagine the strongest craving for food you’ve ever had in your lifetime and then multiple that by five! You can’t say no to the craving, your life revolves around trying to satisfy this deep hunger at all costs.

Now imagine caving into this hunger and stuffing your face to no end. You eat until your gut is hurting with pain. A craving so powerful that you forget about your goals and continue eating because no matter how much you eat, you hunger for more.

Has anyone else felt this way before? 

I had an advantage with my weight loss from around 200 pounds to my goal weight of 170 pounds. I was on Adderall (an ADHD drug), and one of the side effects of Adderall is that it’s a strong appetite suppressant.

Coming off that drug a month ago I lost that advantage and the hunger I described above took hold of me for a period of time. I was able to eat whatever I wanted before because Adderall kept me in check not allowing me to go overboard. However off the drug I feel it’s A LOT harder to stay disciplined and to say I’m full.

Before I would have to force myself to eat, I kept a log to make sure I ate every few hours. Now things are flipped the other way around. I keeping a log to make sure I don’t eat too many calories in a day same as before I started taking Adderall.

I’ve experienced both worlds in being constantly hungry and never hungry. It was fun being that person who wasn’t hungry every hour of the day. I learned to cope with it very well and when I did feel like having a high calorie snack I could eat without feeling bad about it. Now I feel like that craving for that favorite snack is happening all day long.

I’m a little concerned in the short run but I know in the long run I will be back to structured and healthy eating  habit. Going back on Adderall is not an option either. I have replaced Adderall with amino acids and vitamins and mentally I feel better then ever.

In the short run I’ve gained a little weight, I’m currently 191 pounds and slowly inching higher unfortunately. I feel I may reach 200 lbs before taking charge once again and settling at 180 pounds.

The good news is I’m working out more these days, I’m actually in my garage working out and writing this at the same time.

Hopefully I can get my food cravings in check sooner rather then later.

Food Cravings & What they Mean

Do you crave foods sometimes? What do you do to get passed it? I find if I focus on eating high protein foods, I get plenty of exercise and if I stay away from sweets I can do okay. The moment I get near sweets (chocolate), my mind craves more.

Jay,
Current Weight: 191 lbs.

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Lower Body Fat does not Forgive

Posted on26. Aug, 2010 by Jay.

I guess my trainer was right that once you have a lower body fat percentage.. if you have one bad week of eating, it really shows.

So I have been eating not so good foods lately in an attempt to not lose anymore weight. The good thing is I’m exactly the same weight (177) pounds a few days ago, but the bad thing is my body fat percentage has gone up a little bit.

I think all those days of eating out is catching up with me?

It’s like I have to start all over with figuring out which things to eat to best maintain my weight while accomplishing my other goals.

I guess eating out at Carl’s Jr twice in one week isn’t a good idea.

Live and learn…

Jay,
Current Weight: 177 lbs.
Blog Starting Weight: 268 lbs.
Heaviest Weight: 336 lbs.
Current Body Fat: 10.9%
Goal Body Fat: 8%

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