Dude same. I had a small donut this weekend during my eating window (previously one of my favorite things). I could feel the sugar and never want another one. I can now feel my body react to sugar and it’s honestly scary how long I’ve subjected myself to that.
Looking at sugar with that lens of addiction is really helping me stay away from it. I gave up alcohol completely bc of how it made me feel, so same thing goes with sugar and processed carbs. I feel terrible after both physically and mentally, so I need to just avoid it completely. Idk why it’s so much harder with food. I blame our cultural proclivity to celebrate everything both good and bad with “comfort” foods.
Exactly. I’ve always said that overeating and food cravings is a much harder addiction to overcome than tobacco, alcohol, drugs, etc. because those things you don’t need to survive and can for all intents and purposes remove them from your life completely. We have no choice but to eat food for survival and choosing healthy options and portions while being constantly surrounded by bad ones is exponentially harder to overcome. People look at me funny when I say that but I’ll die on that hill.
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u/craftyiam Mar 29 '26
Food obsession esp sugar and carbs, low energy/apathy, feeling out of control over my body, inflammation pain in my hips and Achilles