cravings.....will it ever stop

[ronaundi]

Howdy,

I started the lifestyle change and jumped straight into Phase 2 since I really do not eat fast food and did not really wanted to binge on it every night for a few weeks.
I just started my second week and it is going just fine but my craving for bread is just enormous. I have been eating bread a lot my whole life. Will these cravings ever go away or temper down?? I know this is probably more a psychological problem I guess.

Can anybody that has been in this lifestyle change for several years comment on this?
I have tried the pizza with cauliflouwer crust and that was pretty good.

Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated

Ron

[nebtlly]

Phase 1 shouldn't mean people who don't normally eat crap have to eat it.  It's more about indulging in whatever you think you want - bread, pizza, steak, whatever - and then following up by listening to your body's cues telling you how those different foods actually affect you.  If you're having trouble in Phase 2, I'd say it's mainly because you haven't given yourself time enough to listen to those cues.

I'm a recovered breadaholic (former low-fat vegetarian for 13 years...and was somehow always fat) and the thing that finally tipped me off was was following a very strict paleo meal plan for a solid month (Whole 30, not Caveman) and then trying to eat some bread.  My stomach was in such agony that bread is absolutely of no interest to me anymore, two years later.  If you're still having massive cravings, try absolutely cutting it out (not even the aroma of baking bread) for at least 3 weeks, then eat a lot of it.

At the end of the day, self-experimentation has to rule here.  If you want to stop eating bread, run experiments on yourself that are designed to show you how much better you feel/sleep/perform athletically/whatever without bread.  A good experiment will also contain control values - that is, measurements or other variable factors taken while you ate still eating bread.  That lets you eat the stuff on a basis of scientific but will also very likely give you specific, research-driven reasons why you are better off without it.

[nebtlly]

That's "on a basis of scientific accuracy ."

[ronaundi]

Thanks for the reply.
I think you're right, I'm just in the beginning of things and need to be a little patience.
With my work it is impossible to go without bread and the smell.

I will keep on going strong....heck yeah...it is all between the ears man 

[Clive]

be strong and dont go for a bread. it has too many fats in it. My doctor said its not good to eat in diet.