JasonNorth

I was never really interested in sweet stuff. Cakes, biscuits, chocolate etc. I can easily take it or leave it. I'd rather have 2 starters than have a dessert.

However this week I've found myself really wanting sweet stuff. Tonight I've had 5 Curly Wurlys (not sure if they have these outside the UK - toffee and chocolate stick type things), plus half a pack of chocolate eclairs.

Plus toast, i really crave toast late at night, which i wouldn't normally do.

I guess this is the body adjusting to the lack of sugar in alcohol.

Hope i don't get fat.

martina12

Me too! I'm buying giant chocolate bars and drinking hot chocolate in the evening....better than drinking though!

Alynn

Me too! Yesterday it was chocolate and ice cream today! Yikes

I can do all things through he who strengthens me

Anna

It's probably good to listen to your bodies at this point. It's pretty typical to seek out sugar in early recovery. If you add an exercise plan to your life, then things should work out.

Bailey3

When I first quit, I could go through a gallon of ice cream in 3 days.

oldsoul1122

Not a sweet eater here either. Since sober I've been eating carbohydrates and feel awful like hung over with headaches, foggy. I just went through a gallon of ice cream in one week like I was addicted so now that's out. I'm going cold turkey with only healthy foods but not leaving out some fruit. There was a time years ago when I didn't drink and ate no sweets and I felt like a million bucks. I want to get there again, I can!

Funtimefranky

I'm the same, I don't have a sweet tooth at all but I have a thing for Toffee Crisps at the moment. When I did my first round I had a thing for toast also....it was really strange as I never usually touch it. I developed a thing for the smell of well done almost burnt toast. I'd often make some just to have the smell fill the house. Curly Wurlys bring me back! Enjoy!

Leeloo

Same here. Never really much of a sweet tooth, but now... Nutella, chocolate cake, chestnut cake, creme brulée, chocolate mousse, ice cream... and that was just the last 24h, haha.

I quit smoking as well as drinking, so I think in some way it's my new marker to finish off a meal, as well as my reward for not giving in to my other cravings.

And I am absolutely embracing it!



(definitely need to get that workout plan started, I think)

JasonNorth

I guess 5 pints or beer can be between 1000 & 1500 calories. with that gone the body is running on empty to what it's used to.

I feel guilty, but 6 (oK I just had the last one) curly Wurlys are = to about 2.5 pints of beer in calories. so i won't get fat i guess.

JasonNorth

Yummmm

Soberwolf

jason you just described my early recovery diet curly wurlys haribo eclairs (especially the new velvet eclairs) toast beautiful toast !!! late at night !!

just finished my rollos i even eat the last one lol

jason enjoy mate

JasonNorth

Rollos are good. & I love wine gums. That can be tomorrow LOL

I just had marmite on toast along with the last curly wurly. & I had dinner about an hour ago. Jeeze!

At least it's not just me then. off to bed now to digest this bulk of food.

night

Sasha4

5 curly wurlies is good!
5 mars bars would be worse!
Curly wurlies have big holes in them so less calories.

I found myself the same.
I used to drink lots of hot chocolate with sugar but used skimmed milk as that helped with the cravings and the milk made me sleepy.

Sometimes mid to late afternoon I used to and still do, get thoughts of having a drink and I found if I stopped off for a milkshake or a hot chocolate by the time I got home, any cravings had gone.

Wishing you the best xx

LBrain

ha ha ha! you chocolate fiends! I did the same thing.

Funtimefranky

Don't get me started on Marmite! Lurve the stuff!