Well everyone seems to be an addict these days, so I'll jump on the bandwagon. My addiction didn't involve illegal substances and porn stars or cheating on my spouse ... but I guess that's the realm of the rich and famous and stars of somewhat risque sitcoms. Like many normal everyday folks, my addiction has been easy, high fat carbs. You know what I mean, doughnuts, french fries, potato chips, nachos with extra cheese, ice cream, cheesecake .... yikes. I'm getting the DT's thinking about it.
I think some of this comes from my family background and the foods I loved as a kid. Maybe it is the same for all of us, which makes me wonder what I have set my own sons up for in the future. I hope it's not too late to change things.
WHen I was young, one of my biggest downfalls was perogies. For those of you who do not have a Ukranian relative, perogies are delightful little devils, basically sort of a dumpling made of a dough consisting of mashed potates, egg and flour, rolled out then cut into circles which are then filled with many different temptations (also containing more mashed potatoes) with cheese, bacon, cheese and bacon, cheese and onions .... getting the idea? To make it even worse, when folded over the filling, these little darlings are lightly boiled then usually fried in butter with onions ... once complete, just to make sure you get enough fat they are served with sour cream, more bacon bits and fried onions. I feel like a drug pusher for just describing that, I just basically gave you a recipe for disaster. My apologies to my fellow carb addicts, let's just call this blog my "sharing time". My name is writerchick and I'm a carb addict.
Anyway, I'm not even Ukranian, my parents were from England, my Mum didn't know a perogie from a parsnip, but after my parent's divorce when I was a child, my Mum's second husband came along and he's from a Ukranian heritage - my fate was sealed right there.
Not that folks from England don't have their own temptations - ever had a really good English style roast beef dinner complete with Yorkshire pudding, roasted potatoes, dinner rolls, a few token overdone veggies and tons of gravy? That was every Sunday dinner growing up. When Mum met my stepdad, we added perogies to that as well. Talk about carb overload. I loved every sinful bite and an addict was born.
Please know that I mean no disrespect to anyone fighting with real addictions to drugs and alcohol by the way, or to their family members who may be suffering. My joking tone actually hides a very real pain, this is actually a very real struggle for me. So much so that even though I made it through to day one of cycle two, I have been afraid to add the carbs that we are allowed to my diet that has been working well so far. I tentatively added some bran flakes to my morning breakfast of yogurt & berries and had a little parfait. I did not have a potato for lunch, instead I had some of the chicken vegetable soup. For dinner tonight I did enjoy the steak I have been longing for with a big salad.
So I guess my lesson for the day is that although I may not be an addict in the usual sense of the word, I am most careful with what I know is my weak point with my eating habits. I must continue to be, I know for sure now that I can live without eating all of that stuff, and live well by the way. I have loved the meals I have made these past 17 days, this diet has made me be very creative with my cooking and I have surprised myself. I know that Dr. Moreno has designed this plan specifically to add carbs a bit at a time for specific metabolic reasons and I almost feel I need to force myself to do it, but I will because I know I need to develop a more healthy relationship with all food groups.
So, onward into the battle we go. I have had great success this far and with all of your help, l'm sure I will be able to carry on.
Thanks for reading my blogs everyone, you have no idea how much all of your comments have meant to me.
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You have a gift for the written word! I really enjoyed reading your blog. I wish you much success in your journey and am proud we are on this road together!
Wow, I can identify totally with you. My mom was Ukranian, my dad, Polish. Now put the 2 together and what do you get. FAT!!! And boy, do I know about PIerogi. I make them too. "Mrs. T's Pierogi's" are made in my home town. I grew up on them, ate them at Church Picnics, etc. My love of onions sauteed in butter appears in many of my cooked meals. I am told I am a good cook....who cannot love butter. I too love cheesecake, ice cream, sour cream, cabbage rolls, and anything sweet. I am on Phase 1, day 8 of the diet and was a little disappointed that I did not lose anymore today. For some reason, I am finding this diet very easy to comply with, and I don't think it's will-power. I have GERD and Hiatal Hernia, and following this diet these few days has caused me no problems. Also, I have more energy than I have had in a long time. Thanks for the memories. LOL.
Writerchick I want to thank you for your honesty. Right now I could just cry because I KNOW I am addicted to food. I read the blogs of people that are not hungry etc. and satisfied on this diet. But for me I am struggling. It is not that I am hungry. I am just craving really bad, carbs. I feel it in my whole body. Because of that I know I am an addict. You are not being disrespectful to addicts. Being in edcuation at a middle school level in the inner city, I looked into addictions. They have located a gene that is hereditary that gives you more of the possibility of being addicted to something. It is my 14th day and every day I struggle not to eat. Oh I eat the right food. I have followed it to a T. But I am struggling with just wanting to eat. Eat carbs: cookies, cake, potatoes etc. EAch time I get that urge I have been trying so hard to turn it over to God. I pray to have the strength to resist popping the sweets into my mouth. I can remember times that I was nervous or anxious about something and turned to food. I can actually say that after I ate the food my whole body felt this relaxation. Almost like a euphoria. Did I have guilt? I sure did but somehow the pleasure it gave to my body often would be stronger than the guilt. Therefore the continuous struggle of my life to be overweight. My friends have actually said they can't believe how much I can eat. They tell me they have never seen anyone that can eat so much food and say that they are not stuffed. So because of you I have posted my innermost difficulties. Thanks again and God bless. I do think this diet my be the key to it all. Adding the carbs in moderation so our bodies don't get out of whack.
Love your pierogi story!! I'm n emtional eater! Love to eat sweets when happy,sad,celebrating...and love my potatoes,english muffins, AND I bake! I can whip up the most divine homemade chocolate w/ homemade icing at 10PM in 30 min flat! And believe me I did! I've been on this 3 weeks-10lbs-and still want my sweets sooo badly! But I'm not cheating for anything!! I've suffered too long being good on this diet and HAVE to get my weight off as a preventitive measure to keep my breast cancer from coming back!! Don't ever want to go through chemo again!! Don't ever want to be bald again!! I'm taking back my life and want to look hot for summer and I know I can if I keep taking this one day at a time! We all can.
I really wish we all lived near each other so we could get together 1X/week for support and share recipies! I love you all and don't know who anyone is personally! God bless all of you and stay with it! It works!!
not all carb are bad. You just have to find really good ones & limit them. You have to read labels & find all the hidden sugar that the food today have. Before you eat something check out where it falls in a glycemic index. Go for foods that have staying power like whole oats. Make pasta dishes with whole wheat pasta. All in moderation.
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