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<blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 2132872" data-attributes="member: 150927"><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This was very interesting stuff on willpower and addictions, relating it to type two - thanks for presenting this info in such a good way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I absolutely agree with you about sustainability of a way (or ways) of eating, and minimum exposure to temptations, and feeling pleasure around healthy food - all really important for us. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But don't be amazed by some folks going for dramatic and two-month span severely calorie restricted diets (I have done it twice myself so of course I am going to say this!). And I suggest not seeing it as "Instead of" but as one of the treatment methods available that can and does work for some, or even many, to varying degrees. Along with fasting and intermittent fasting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">And in terms of dealing with addiction - there is nothing quite like going 'cold turkey' off of all food? For a period of time, to put the role of food, of eating, and definitely of comfort eating, and how to deal with hunger (if you are like me and feel hunger very poignantly, as many 'mere humans' do after all!) - into perspective. To know oneself around food and the role of food in one's life really well - it has been hugely important to me when it comes to designing treatment programs for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">We are of course all 'addicted' to food! We would be a sorry species if we weren't. But this special attraction and longing for carbohydrate-rich and sugary food, and the sometimes dreadful side effects of sugar in particular - that is a very special kind of addiction for sure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Sigh.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AloeSvea, post: 2132872, member: 150927"] [FONT=Arial][/FONT][FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]This was very interesting stuff on willpower and addictions, relating it to type two - thanks for presenting this info in such a good way. I absolutely agree with you about sustainability of a way (or ways) of eating, and minimum exposure to temptations, and feeling pleasure around healthy food - all really important for us. But don't be amazed by some folks going for dramatic and two-month span severely calorie restricted diets (I have done it twice myself so of course I am going to say this!). And I suggest not seeing it as "Instead of" but as one of the treatment methods available that can and does work for some, or even many, to varying degrees. Along with fasting and intermittent fasting. And in terms of dealing with addiction - there is nothing quite like going 'cold turkey' off of all food? For a period of time, to put the role of food, of eating, and definitely of comfort eating, and how to deal with hunger (if you are like me and feel hunger very poignantly, as many 'mere humans' do after all!) - into perspective. To know oneself around food and the role of food in one's life really well - it has been hugely important to me when it comes to designing treatment programs for me. We are of course all 'addicted' to food! We would be a sorry species if we weren't. But this special attraction and longing for carbohydrate-rich and sugary food, and the sometimes dreadful side effects of sugar in particular - that is a very special kind of addiction for sure. Sigh. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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