Addiction to Foods?
September 23, 2007 by bjefferies
Growing up and eating the classical African-American diet was a definite health hazard. All of the high fat, high sugar, high cholesterol meals were more than likely to have caused many of the premature deaths that I saw in my uncles, aunts and friends over the last 42 years. Yet, I find myself almost addicted to those foods. It seems that no matter how long I go with eating BBQ ribs, hammocks, bacon, etc. I always find myself coming back to them.
Where I grew up one of the biggest humiliations was to be called a dope-feen or crack-head. But, sometimes when I fall off my diet that is exactly what I feel like. I food-addict!
I wonder is there such a thing. Can a person be addicted to certain foods? And, if so how do you kick that habit?
I am addicted to carbs, I find it really hard to resist them and the only way I can stop is to cut them out completley.
I feel just as you do. I was told by my doctor I needed to loose at least 50 pounds.
It’s called falling off the wagon and getting back on repeatedly.
My friends tease me and call me “tofu girl” butI have felt guilty dozens of times for not sticking to my ideal. I know now that i probably eat better than 90% of the black population, but I am no way near perfect.
I just keep going in my ideal, it gets easier the more you do it, and you actually start craving things that are good for you insted of some fat, pork, lard laden thing. It is a process, and too many people try to do it cold turkey. That’s where the failure lies.