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<blockquote data-quote="Japes" data-source="post: 1523197" data-attributes="member: 277410"><p>As to the "What if..."s. This is just my take on it, for me. It may or may not resonate with you.</p><p></p><p>Yes, there are always "What ifs... with addiction of any kind. There is<em> always</em> the possibility of a relapse into my old way of eating. It's happened a couple of times, and I've hated how dreadful I felt for a couple of days afterwards more than I enjoyed the meal/cake/sugar.</p><p></p><p>BUT I am also aware my taste buds have totally changed now along with my capacity for food which has reduced the likelihood of me going back to a regular higher carb way of eating. Grains, rice, potatoes - all former staples of my diet send my blood sugars high and keep them there. Which is also enough to motivate me to stay away from those.</p><p></p><p>Sugar can be trickier as it's more devious in the way it will immediately spike me, then scuttle down again if I walk it off or drink lots of water which could result in me thinking "I can deal with this - and can eat what I used to." But, those changed taste buds won't let me. Two mouthfuls of the kinds of puddings or cakes I could easily eat large portions of are now sufficient, milk chocolate is possible but no longer tastes as good as the dark chocolate ("Where has the real Japes gone and what have you done with her" is the cry of many friends who know what my capacity for milk and white chocolate could be and knew not to buy me dark chocolate!) which is fine in one or two squares a day.</p><p></p><p>I'm someone who could occasionally easily eat a whole can of condensed milk in a sitting when the mood took me... I've not tested to see how that tastes any more. I suspect all of the above applied. I couldn't do it on a good day, wouldn't like the effects but would not like to guarantee I couldn't or wouldn't on a bad day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Japes, post: 1523197, member: 277410"] As to the "What if..."s. This is just my take on it, for me. It may or may not resonate with you. Yes, there are always "What ifs... with addiction of any kind. There is[I] always[/I] the possibility of a relapse into my old way of eating. It's happened a couple of times, and I've hated how dreadful I felt for a couple of days afterwards more than I enjoyed the meal/cake/sugar. BUT I am also aware my taste buds have totally changed now along with my capacity for food which has reduced the likelihood of me going back to a regular higher carb way of eating. Grains, rice, potatoes - all former staples of my diet send my blood sugars high and keep them there. Which is also enough to motivate me to stay away from those. Sugar can be trickier as it's more devious in the way it will immediately spike me, then scuttle down again if I walk it off or drink lots of water which could result in me thinking "I can deal with this - and can eat what I used to." But, those changed taste buds won't let me. Two mouthfuls of the kinds of puddings or cakes I could easily eat large portions of are now sufficient, milk chocolate is possible but no longer tastes as good as the dark chocolate ("Where has the real Japes gone and what have you done with her" is the cry of many friends who know what my capacity for milk and white chocolate could be and knew not to buy me dark chocolate!) which is fine in one or two squares a day. I'm someone who could occasionally easily eat a whole can of condensed milk in a sitting when the mood took me... I've not tested to see how that tastes any more. I suspect all of the above applied. I couldn't do it on a good day, wouldn't like the effects but would not like to guarantee I couldn't or wouldn't on a bad day. [/QUOTE]
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