Cravings Help!!!!!
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Cravings Help!!!!!
Craving....craving...craving....craving....craving ...craving....craving....Help!!!! This is literally how my brain feels...Obsessed! Can't think of anything else!!!!! This is day four when I knew they would come!!! 
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I'm day 15.......I am reading lots of craving posts today.........maybe it is the moon which is moving into full or something.....ok....that's a load of garbage but still true......or maybe it's because of my cravings I am noticing more......
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I hesitate to post craving threads because I don't want to worsen the cravings of others, but I can't help that this is where I'm at. 
And for me it's not so much the moon as it is that this has been my normal pattern and behavior for the past twelve years.
And for me it's not so much the moon as it is that this has been my normal pattern and behavior for the past twelve years.
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P.s. give yourself a break and don't worry about the calories for a couple of weeks. ...your body will adjust and you will cut down on the sugar. But for now, do whatever it takes to get through the beginning.
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Try to distract yourself with something your mind can focus entirely on. Or if you must focus on it, compare your discomfort to something that would be truly horribly uncomfortable, like having your fingernail ripped off or something horrid, and then see how your discomfort compares. It isn't that bad in comparison.
The SMART handbook has a lot of good tips on dealing with cravings. Some find urge surfing (a form of meditation) helpful too.
The SMART handbook has a lot of good tips on dealing with cravings. Some find urge surfing (a form of meditation) helpful too.
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I want to get some more opinions here. So, on Monday nights I have a guilty pleasure....I watch The Bachelor/ette/pad/In Paradise, or whatever it happens to be (lol...I admit it!). Then I watch Mistresses. I always crave my wine whenever my Monday nights come around. I was thinking that maybe I could replace my wine with chilled sparkling cider. To me, I think this will help, but I was in an outpatient rehab years ago, and my instructor said you should never do things like this. Personally, I can understand why it might not be good for some, but I think it would help me. Thoughts?
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You have to just fight it. No one wants to get fat but having your "treat" be ice cream in the beginning is a good one and I really think the alcohol calories not only add up quicker but they also damage the internal organs. Ice cream is not as damaging. You don't see little kids getting cirrhosis of the liver...! Alcohol is the worse evil...
When the cravings first hit me, I drank a Diet Coke, a glass of water and had an ice cream sandwich. By the end of drinking the soda, water and the ice cream, I was okay.
I'm not eating ice cream now, not even drinking Diet Coke (the NutraSweet makes people fat) but have replaced it with Zevia soda. Ok, well, I have indulged in frozen yogurt and I think the occasional ice cream is fine now that I am not consuming alcohol calories.
I'm almost at 4 weeks, and the first 2 weeks were the hardest. Good luck!
Oh and I was on this site way too much but it helped.
When the cravings first hit me, I drank a Diet Coke, a glass of water and had an ice cream sandwich. By the end of drinking the soda, water and the ice cream, I was okay.
I'm not eating ice cream now, not even drinking Diet Coke (the NutraSweet makes people fat) but have replaced it with Zevia soda. Ok, well, I have indulged in frozen yogurt and I think the occasional ice cream is fine now that I am not consuming alcohol calories.
I'm almost at 4 weeks, and the first 2 weeks were the hardest. Good luck!
Oh and I was on this site way too much but it helped.
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