To my food addiction, my answers to the above questions are all yeses. (And yes, I googled the correct spelling of the plural of yes, and this spelling satisfied both Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries.)
If carbs are your Nemesis, I can highly recommend the 21-Day Sugar Detox, by Diane Sanfilippo. You can buy it just about anywhere, but click here for the amazon link. My daughter and I did the whole three weeks, and liked it so much we continued it (mostly) for a while afterwards. I think we've both decided to do it for real again, because, y'know. Life. It's not a diet book (which is why you can eat white potatoes and full-fat dairy... in fact, she insists!), it's a sugar cleanse, just to get your body out of the carb-craving habit (of which I am a lifelong victim).
Sadly, I am also rather addicted to fatty foods, which are Not verboten on the sugar detox plan. So I would like to sound a note of caution to those who enjoy the fried stuff, too; although she restricts which type of oils you can eat, it's pretty easy to indulge in fried foods, excusing it by saying, 'but it was fried in coconut oil, so it's good for me!' Run, run! It's a trap!
I will say, though, that you Can enjoy foods that taste like they're bad for you but aren't, like this delicious plate of roasted cauliflower and garlic. Holy crap, it's good.
Please please share your ideas for beating food addictions! We could probably all use some new strategies! Thanks for reading. ~ MF
