Eating and drinking too much can undo any fitness progress you can make. Sooner or later, adults reach the point to try to put eating under control. I love food. I can eat more than I should. I can say that I reached that point years ago. I’ve tried a bunch of things and am currently following only two.
- I do my best to not drink alcohol. The rule I follow is very general – don’t drink calories. If it has calories, not a good drink. There are exceptions, I let myself drink beer during meetups and our traditional summer vacation in Greece. I also drink Ayran when attempting to climb a peak. Otherwise, very strict with that. I don’t even drink coffee anymore.
- I (do my best to) eat salads. I don’t like salads but here we are. Every single healthy living manual says eating salads is important. I mostly do it because salads make me less hungry for sweets but I know the health benefits are elsewhere.
I know that the real thing I need to do is to stop eating chocolate but I’m still hoping that the salads will somehow be sufficient.
Me, going after green salad.
My problem with salads is that they aren’t very tasty without lots and lots of ranch dressing or blue cheese dressing. Which of course undoes any caloric and health benefits 😀
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Still, how else to eat them?
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I guess one could try them plain, but then it doesn’t get eaten at all 😦
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You gotta have something!
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I ditched the beer but now I crave sugar like crazy. I’ve always run on sugar, and that’s all beer is.
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I think the sugar craving is multiple different problems, at least the following 4, probably many others
– First, we need carbs to function. So the body just says I’m hungry (for sweets, ofc)
– Second, most sweets come with processed fats
– Third, sweets are easy to access and you can be tempted to eat them 199 times/day
– Fourth, all kinds of health issues cause cravings, like insulin resistance
I’m not sure if an easy solution exists. When I don’t eat sweets, I become very unproductive. My current belief is that I should eat fruits instead of chocolates.
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