I have to say sugar addiction is real. The other night I wanted something sweet so bad even though I wasn't hungry or anything, but my brain was telling me "Eat ice cream or cookies or cake!" and so I just knew I had to have something sweet, right then, and almost felt a little crazed if I didn't get it. And of course I did. As I was eating I just remember thinking about that this was addiction and that it needs to stop.
But how? That is the big, tough question. How do you stop it. Even doing other stuff doesn't really take my mind off of it; the feeling is still there when I stop doing whatever it is I did to take my mind off of it. Still lurking in the back of my brain, waiting to pop right back out.
A day or so after that, I happened to read that sucking on a cardoman pod supposedly takes the craving away. The taste of it or something helps with it and you just suck on it and then spit it out. Huh. Interesting. Well I happened to go grocery shopping the next day and there in the spice aisle I saw a jar of cardoman pods, and thought, well, what the heck. Why not? And I tossed them into my basket.
Have I tried them yet? No. Because I haven't had what I would call a real craving like I did the other day, though I have wanted sweets. But I may try one tonight if I feel the need for something sugary and see what happens. It can't hurt anyway, right? I kind of wish I had one right now...I want some of that Ben & Jerry's Strawberry Shortcake ice cream....
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