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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm in weight loss mode now and then I will be in maintenance mode....and for me, both modes involve eliminating baked goods from my diet, essentially. I know they're terrible for me. But man, do I love warm bread, muffins, cake, croissants, a good grilled cheese sandwich....

I've gone months without them at various points in my life, and the cravings do not subside (some people claim they do after avoiding them for a while. Lies.) [/quote]

Like many things, this varies.  I kind of reset after a good night’s sleep.  If I don’t eat those kinds of carbs, for the most part, I won’t want any. If I eat one potato chip though, I’ll want the whole bag.  After about a month, chips and cookies won’t even taste like food. But, if I eat more than a tiny taste, I’ll crave more.

I think one of the issues is fiber.  I don’t crave oatmeal, and it’s easy to stop eating it — even mixed with a bit of peanut butter and a few chocolate chips.  I think another issue is that most of the carbs that lead to cravings are also processed foods that are deliberately designed to make people hunger for more of them. Homemade carbs don’t do that as much.  I think another issue in addition to glucose spikes and lack of fiber is that these foods have very little nutritional value. Perhaps it’s easier to eat less of more nutritionally dense foods, where we might crave more of less nutritionally dense foods because you have to eat a lot of them to get a meaningful amount of protein or vitamin C or whatever.

These are my random thoughts though, so take it with a grain of salt — and a few chips.  Lol
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