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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 43 years old and 30 pounds overweight. Since turning 40 I noticed that I crave sugar more and more. If I know that we have chocolate at home, I cannot keep my mind off it until I eat it all. [b]In the past I tried cutting out sugar altogether. After a short while I did not crave it at all. That went well for a few months until a birthday party or similar when I ate just one piece of chocolate cake. That, however, opened the floodgates again and the old cravings returned.[/b] Every time I start eating sugar again after a few months of going without, I feel that it does more and more damage to my body: especially it causes severe joint pain, which goes away when I don't eat sugar. The same applies to all foods with a high glycemic index such as bread and rice, which have a similar effect on me. My mother has a serious case of adiposity. She cannot constrain her eating, and can hardly move as a result of her obesity. I feel that I am headed down the same road if I don't radically stop with sugar and other high GI food. I work out fairly regularly: jogging, cycling, a lot of walking. I just don't know what to do at this point. Or rather, assuming I start going without sugar and other high GI food again, how do I keep from eating it again? For personal and professional reasons it is vitally important that I reign in this problem. I gained 30 pounds in three years, and I even started not attending professional events (pre-Covid) because nothing looked good on my anymore. Furthermore, I am not willing to live with joint pain the rest of my life or take painkillers. Thanks in advance.[/quote] OP, reread the words you have written here. As you have demonstrated, what you are trying to do is not sustainable. There are better, healthier, easier and more long term ways to lose those additional pounds. Please consult a registered dietitian. You have some irrational food beliefs (that's the professional term) that need correcting, lest this become an endless, lifelong cycle.[/quote] +1 strongly agree. Op: see a dietitian. A registered dietitian. Not a “nutritionist,” a registered dietitian. [/quote]
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