vmcghee's Journal, 20 August 2019

Great that it worked for you. For me I think sugar cravings sometimes are caused by sugar.... it seeps in somewhere and causes major cravings. So I double check what I am eating. I also make sure I get enough fat to keep satisfied and not undereating. And if all that is good maybe try to think of a legal treat that is on the sweet side. I like whipped cream with artificial sugar sometimes 

From my experience physical cravings are usually gone within two weeks. The challenge is the "head game" of avoiding alcohol, sugar, nicotine, etc. When I quit smoking I learned that every time I said "no" to a cig, I was essentially remapping brain pathways to overcome a mental craving. The point is to change an undesired behavior into a healthier behavior. Give it time, stay on plan, and you will see the results you want. 

Never tried it.  

I've never tried hypnosis, either, but ... whatever works! I've heard that the person needs to be "hypnotizable." So, if it helped with alcohol, it may help with sweet cravings. Whenever I indulge a sweet craving, it just sets me up. "Behavioral conditioning" - repeated practice - does carve new neural pathways in the brain. Building resistance to sweets is done one craving at a time. Intermittent fasting helped me overcome the "eat a certain meal at a certain time" mental mandate and has curbed my snack habit considerably.  

Nice drop 😊 a friend of mine quit smoking with hypnosis. 

Agree with all! I had no sugar today! But like someone mentioned that if I have one small thing of sweetness it just keeps going after that, and giving it time is probably the best bet. Also agree that sugar sneaks into foods in a way you wouldn’t expect although I have become good at identifying these foods, I also eat very basic. Another side note - TMI - so the idea of drinking and being buzzed thrilled and excited me which is why I had to quit. But I am sad to report that not one thing had replaced that excitement. Not hanging with friends or planning a vacation. Like is good. But not exciting perceptually without booze. Planning a trip to the Thai rolled ice cream shop has excited me (not thrilled tho) but obviously I can’t depend on that and sugar to be excited about life. Likely just need to get used to having fun sober. Keto has been a great distraction and amazing chnnge to my lifestyle, but again. Not exciting. Thank you for the conversation! 

Are you perhaps romanticizing it a bit now from a distance? Did it not also have some negative sides? But it is good to be honest about where we are at! You are doing well