Just one perspective on food
veejie72
When I was growing up there were never any cakes, cookies, or candy in the house.
Not even any sugar. If I was left alone, even for just a few minutes, I would sneak
honey, the only sweet thing available.
When I was old enough to get an allowance, I spent it all on candy and cookies and
snack cakes. I would come home from school (mom was still at work) and pig out on
junk.
I started to have a weight problem when I was 11 or 12, around the same time that I
started getting enough allowance to really go crazy on the junk food. I would buy a
box of cookies and hide it under my bed.
This was also the time when I was given lunch money instead of a bag lunch. I would
go to the school cafeteria, buy coffee and cookies, and dunk the cookies in my light
sweet coffee and that was lunch. Needless to say, I suffered from chronic headaches,
and would sometimes be passed out on the couch when my mom came home from
the sugar crash.
I have been struggling with my weight ever since and I have a terrible sweet tooth. I
could eat cookies cake and ice cream all day long and it's very hard to control my
impulses. The only thing that helps is to eat a high-protein, moderate fat, low carb
diet. This helps even out my blood sugar and keeps the cravings at bay.
I still have to fake out my sweet tooth with lots of artificial sweetener in my coffee,
sugar-free jello and pudding, etc. I'm sure it's not that healthy to consume so much
aspartame and Splenda, but I'd be 300 pounds otherwise. As it is, I am about 50
pounds overweight (20 of it is baby weight, but my baby is 7 months old!).
I'm not sure, but perhaps if sweets had been treated with more of a "no big deal"
attiude (rather than as forbidden fruit) I might not have such a problem now. I could
be wrong. Just thought I'd offer one perspective.
-Vijay
Not even any sugar. If I was left alone, even for just a few minutes, I would sneak
honey, the only sweet thing available.
When I was old enough to get an allowance, I spent it all on candy and cookies and
snack cakes. I would come home from school (mom was still at work) and pig out on
junk.
I started to have a weight problem when I was 11 or 12, around the same time that I
started getting enough allowance to really go crazy on the junk food. I would buy a
box of cookies and hide it under my bed.
This was also the time when I was given lunch money instead of a bag lunch. I would
go to the school cafeteria, buy coffee and cookies, and dunk the cookies in my light
sweet coffee and that was lunch. Needless to say, I suffered from chronic headaches,
and would sometimes be passed out on the couch when my mom came home from
the sugar crash.
I have been struggling with my weight ever since and I have a terrible sweet tooth. I
could eat cookies cake and ice cream all day long and it's very hard to control my
impulses. The only thing that helps is to eat a high-protein, moderate fat, low carb
diet. This helps even out my blood sugar and keeps the cravings at bay.
I still have to fake out my sweet tooth with lots of artificial sweetener in my coffee,
sugar-free jello and pudding, etc. I'm sure it's not that healthy to consume so much
aspartame and Splenda, but I'd be 300 pounds otherwise. As it is, I am about 50
pounds overweight (20 of it is baby weight, but my baby is 7 months old!).
I'm not sure, but perhaps if sweets had been treated with more of a "no big deal"
attiude (rather than as forbidden fruit) I might not have such a problem now. I could
be wrong. Just thought I'd offer one perspective.
-Vijay
Elizabeth Roberts
My story would be about the exact same as yours.
MamaBeth
veejie72 <berryhead@...> wrote:
When I was growing up there were never any cakes, cookies, or candy in the house.
Not even any sugar. If I was left alone, even for just a few minutes, I would sneak
honey, the only sweet thing available.
When I was old enough to get an allowance, I spent it all on candy and cookies and
snack cakes. I would come home from school (mom was still at work) and pig out on
junk.
I started to have a weight problem when I was 11 or 12, around the same time that I
started getting enough allowance to really go crazy on the junk food. I would buy a
box of cookies and hide it under my bed.
This was also the time when I was given lunch money instead of a bag lunch. I would
go to the school cafeteria, buy coffee and cookies, and dunk the cookies in my light
sweet coffee and that was lunch. Needless to say, I suffered from chronic headaches,
and would sometimes be passed out on the couch when my mom came home from
the sugar crash.
I have been struggling with my weight ever since and I have a terrible sweet tooth. I
could eat cookies cake and ice cream all day long and it's very hard to control my
impulses. The only thing that helps is to eat a high-protein, moderate fat, low carb
diet. This helps even out my blood sugar and keeps the cravings at bay.
I still have to fake out my sweet tooth with lots of artificial sweetener in my coffee,
sugar-free jello and pudding, etc. I'm sure it's not that healthy to consume so much
aspartame and Splenda, but I'd be 300 pounds otherwise. As it is, I am about 50
pounds overweight (20 of it is baby weight, but my baby is 7 months old!).
I'm not sure, but perhaps if sweets had been treated with more of a "no big deal"
attiude (rather than as forbidden fruit) I might not have such a problem now. I could
be wrong. Just thought I'd offer one perspective.
-Vijay
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MamaBeth
veejie72 <berryhead@...> wrote:
When I was growing up there were never any cakes, cookies, or candy in the house.
Not even any sugar. If I was left alone, even for just a few minutes, I would sneak
honey, the only sweet thing available.
When I was old enough to get an allowance, I spent it all on candy and cookies and
snack cakes. I would come home from school (mom was still at work) and pig out on
junk.
I started to have a weight problem when I was 11 or 12, around the same time that I
started getting enough allowance to really go crazy on the junk food. I would buy a
box of cookies and hide it under my bed.
This was also the time when I was given lunch money instead of a bag lunch. I would
go to the school cafeteria, buy coffee and cookies, and dunk the cookies in my light
sweet coffee and that was lunch. Needless to say, I suffered from chronic headaches,
and would sometimes be passed out on the couch when my mom came home from
the sugar crash.
I have been struggling with my weight ever since and I have a terrible sweet tooth. I
could eat cookies cake and ice cream all day long and it's very hard to control my
impulses. The only thing that helps is to eat a high-protein, moderate fat, low carb
diet. This helps even out my blood sugar and keeps the cravings at bay.
I still have to fake out my sweet tooth with lots of artificial sweetener in my coffee,
sugar-free jello and pudding, etc. I'm sure it's not that healthy to consume so much
aspartame and Splenda, but I'd be 300 pounds otherwise. As it is, I am about 50
pounds overweight (20 of it is baby weight, but my baby is 7 months old!).
I'm not sure, but perhaps if sweets had been treated with more of a "no big deal"
attiude (rather than as forbidden fruit) I might not have such a problem now. I could
be wrong. Just thought I'd offer one perspective.
-Vijay
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Inna Manni
Um... perhaps it isn't just the fact that the sweets were not at the
house, but more that your family did not like things that are "good
for you"? Growing up, I've had very little sweets. But my parents
have managed to transfer they genuine love for vegetables to me.
Maybe just through example or maybe through talks on nutritional
value of food... I remember liking candy and pastries and even eating
sugar cubes, but for some reason I never had a weight problem or an
uncontrollable urge to endlessly eat sweets... in fact, most days a
slice of chocolate cake slathered with frosting repulses me... maybe
I am just a freak of nature huh
Inna (ee-nah, not ai-nah)
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house, but more that your family did not like things that are "good
for you"? Growing up, I've had very little sweets. But my parents
have managed to transfer they genuine love for vegetables to me.
Maybe just through example or maybe through talks on nutritional
value of food... I remember liking candy and pastries and even eating
sugar cubes, but for some reason I never had a weight problem or an
uncontrollable urge to endlessly eat sweets... in fact, most days a
slice of chocolate cake slathered with frosting repulses me... maybe
I am just a freak of nature huh
Inna (ee-nah, not ai-nah)
> When I was growing up there were never any cakes, cookies, or candy__________________________________
> in the house.
> Not even any sugar. [...]
> I have been struggling with my weight ever since and I have a
> terrible sweet tooth.
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veejie72
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ate healthy cereals in the morning, hot and cold. My lunch was peanut butter on
whole wheat bread, apple juice, and a piece of fruit every day from the first day of
kindergarten to the last day of 5th grade. I looked enviously at my friends who had
twinkies or puddings in their lunches. Dinner was stir fried vegetables with rice or
pasta with clam sauce or some other reasonably healthy food.
that everywhere I go I am tempted to indulge in unhealthy sweet stuff. If I am waiting
for a bus or subway I see the news kiosks selling candy and it's hard to resist. When I
am at the grocery store I try not to, but sometimes I buy cookies or ice cream. Once
they are in my house, I can't eat just one or two bites like some people can.
drives me. I know perfectly well that the junk food I crave is, well, junk.
can just have a few bites of cake and leave the rest. Who knows, maybe I would be
even more overweight than I am if my mother had kept the house stocked with
sweets.
My half-sister (on my dad's side) is allowed to eat whatever she wants whenever she
wants and is quite chunky and obsessed with food. My stepmother is hoping that not
restricting her intake or making her feel self-conscious about it might help her not be
so obsessed.
She is only 9 and watches cooking shows (has been for years actually) and loves to
cook. The amount of tasting she does when preparing a meal is positively comical.
Stir, lick, stir, lick LOL. She's very athletic, and healthy, but she's big for her age, and
looks chubby. She may have a struggle ahead of her to stay within a healthy range,
she may outgrow it.
I also have an aunt on my father's side who was extremely obese (at least 300 pounds
and only 5'3" or so). She's lost a lot of weight, but only after she turned 40 or so and
she's still above her optimal weight. So maybe it just runs in my family.
I just wanted to give my story so that people can weigh all of the different theories
when it comes to food and kids. Mine is just one possible outcome of one technique.
-Vijay
> Um... perhaps it isn't just the fact that the sweets were not at theI'm sorry, I don't understand. My family ONLY liked things that are good for you. We
> house, but more that your family did not like things that are "good
> for you"?
ate healthy cereals in the morning, hot and cold. My lunch was peanut butter on
whole wheat bread, apple juice, and a piece of fruit every day from the first day of
kindergarten to the last day of 5th grade. I looked enviously at my friends who had
twinkies or puddings in their lunches. Dinner was stir fried vegetables with rice or
pasta with clam sauce or some other reasonably healthy food.
> Growing up, I've had very little sweets. But my parentsI love vegetables too! It's hard to be vegetarian if you don't like them, LOL. It's just
> have managed to transfer they genuine love for vegetables to me.
that everywhere I go I am tempted to indulge in unhealthy sweet stuff. If I am waiting
for a bus or subway I see the news kiosks selling candy and it's hard to resist. When I
am at the grocery store I try not to, but sometimes I buy cookies or ice cream. Once
they are in my house, I can't eat just one or two bites like some people can.
> Maybe just through example or maybe through talks on nutritionalI know what foods are nutritious, and I knew when I was a kid. It's not ignorance that
> value of food...
drives me. I know perfectly well that the junk food I crave is, well, junk.
> I remember liking candy and pastries and even eatingNo, not a freak of nature. LUCKY. I would give anything to be one of those people who
> sugar cubes, but for some reason I never had a weight problem or an
> uncontrollable urge to endlessly eat sweets... in fact, most days a
> slice of chocolate cake slathered with frosting repulses me... maybe
> I am just a freak of nature huh
>
> Inna (ee-nah, not ai-nah)
can just have a few bites of cake and leave the rest. Who knows, maybe I would be
even more overweight than I am if my mother had kept the house stocked with
sweets.
My half-sister (on my dad's side) is allowed to eat whatever she wants whenever she
wants and is quite chunky and obsessed with food. My stepmother is hoping that not
restricting her intake or making her feel self-conscious about it might help her not be
so obsessed.
She is only 9 and watches cooking shows (has been for years actually) and loves to
cook. The amount of tasting she does when preparing a meal is positively comical.
Stir, lick, stir, lick LOL. She's very athletic, and healthy, but she's big for her age, and
looks chubby. She may have a struggle ahead of her to stay within a healthy range,
she may outgrow it.
I also have an aunt on my father's side who was extremely obese (at least 300 pounds
and only 5'3" or so). She's lost a lot of weight, but only after she turned 40 or so and
she's still above her optimal weight. So maybe it just runs in my family.
I just wanted to give my story so that people can weigh all of the different theories
when it comes to food and kids. Mine is just one possible outcome of one technique.
-Vijay
The Bucknum's
ViJay have you tried reflexology for cravings? Pressing on the centre of the crease between your nose and mouth for 10 or so seconds is supposed to help it has worked for me sometimes.
Teresa in Canada - Oh and if you don't want to use chemical sweeteners (they give me headaches) try Stevia it's plant derived and tastes like aspartame different brands have different tastes.
<<I still have to fake out my sweet tooth with lots of artificial sweetener in my coffee,
sugar-free jello and pudding, etc. I'm sure it's not that healthy to consume so much
aspartame and Splenda, -Vijay
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Teresa in Canada - Oh and if you don't want to use chemical sweeteners (they give me headaches) try Stevia it's plant derived and tastes like aspartame different brands have different tastes.
<<I still have to fake out my sweet tooth with lots of artificial sweetener in my coffee,
sugar-free jello and pudding, etc. I'm sure it's not that healthy to consume so much
aspartame and Splenda, -Vijay
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Teresa,
Where are you in Canada???
Kathleen
A curious Montana Girl who loves to go North
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seconds is supposed to help it has worked for me sometimes.
and tastes like aspartame different brands have different tastes.
Where are you in Canada???
Kathleen
A curious Montana Girl who loves to go North
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> ViJay have you tried reflexology for cravings? Pressing on thecentre of the crease between your nose and mouth for 10 or so
seconds is supposed to help it has worked for me sometimes.
>sweeteners (they give me headaches) try Stevia it's plant derived
> Teresa in Canada - Oh and if you don't want to use chemical
and tastes like aspartame different brands have different tastes.
>sweetener in my coffee,
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> aspartame and Splenda, -Vijaygroup.
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wrote:
for me sometimes.
have different tastes.
help with seasickness too. There must be something to it, people have been doing
Shiatsu and acupressure for thousands of years.
I'm doing better and better with the cravings as time goes on. I have been on a low-
carb diet since Jan 1st. I find the only thing that gets rid of my cravings for sugar is
eliminating it from my diet. Once I'm a few more weeks into the diet I will be out of
the habit of having dessert every night and I won't rely so heavily on artificial
sweeteners. But I'll definitely try Stevia, it sounds more natural.
Thanks!
-Vijay
wrote:
> ViJay have you tried reflexology for cravings? Pressing on the centre of the creasebetween your nose and mouth for 10 or so seconds is supposed to help it has worked
for me sometimes.
>me headaches) try Stevia it's plant derived and tastes like aspartame different brands
> Teresa in Canada - Oh and if you don't want to use chemical sweeteners (they give
have different tastes.
>Thanks, that's great advice. My mom swears that there are pressure points that can
help with seasickness too. There must be something to it, people have been doing
Shiatsu and acupressure for thousands of years.
I'm doing better and better with the cravings as time goes on. I have been on a low-
carb diet since Jan 1st. I find the only thing that gets rid of my cravings for sugar is
eliminating it from my diet. Once I'm a few more weeks into the diet I will be out of
the habit of having dessert every night and I won't rely so heavily on artificial
sweeteners. But I'll definitely try Stevia, it sounds more natural.
Thanks!
-Vijay
liza sabater
On Monday, January 12, 2004, at 09:30 PM, veejie72 wrote:
for an hour to some house music. no desire for late night munchies
whatsoever.
l i z a
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> I find the only thing that gets rid of my cravings for sugar isexercise is the only thing that does it for me. i just shook my bombom
> eliminating it from my diet.
for an hour to some house music. no desire for late night munchies
whatsoever.
l i z a
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www.culturekitchen.com
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