Addicted to Sodas and Sweets - Bloated Stomach

This my friend you are going to have to try and abstain from this compulsion yourself. You could go to a diet clinic and pay for someone to tell you to substitute your sweets for fruits and low carb foods. The body can burn off calories but, the body can not burn off carbs. So when you decide to let go of this habit, look at the labels on the food you buy and cut the carbs. Try as I said to substitute this for somethng more healthy like a granola bar or a low carb health bar with carob coating. Breakfast bars are also good and are low fat and carb.
If that is you in that picture, I would personally want to stay that way as long as I can with a good healthy diet.

Sweets, sugar, fats, salt, anything with white flour, can really mess up our bodies. It's good to gradually cut out the junk food and replace it with fresh whole organic fruits and vegetables. Your body will have "sugar withdrawals" for the first few days, but it will get easier after that. Your stomach will feel so much better once you eat whole foods and the bloating will cease. I hope this helps.

Sweets, sugar, fats, salt, anything with white flour, can really mess up our bodies. It's good to gradually cut out the junk food and replace it with fresh whole organic fruits and vegetables. Your body will have "sugar withdrawals" for the first few days, but it will get easier after that. Your stomach will feel so much better once you eat whole foods and the bloating will cease. I hope this helps.

Sugar and high carb food (which turn to sugar in the blood) are addicting. Not like Life altering addicting but you do want to consume them all the time. Actually, sugar in the blood stream raises tryglycerides and damages your circulatory system over time. That's why diabetics often have heart disease. The truth is...you are going to have to make a commitment to your body and your health. Perhaps switch to diet soft drinks. Anything with a higher fiber content offsets carb content. Look for lower carb food with higher fiber. Eat fresh food...cook meat on the grill (avoid chicken nuggets and fast food). Eat salads, avoid low-fat items because they have more carbs. Eat fruits and vegetables. It will take TIME...at least a month, but you the sugar cravings will subside. You will have more energy, sleep better, and won't be so hungry all the time. But, it's up to you.

beachlover -

I do and have always seemed to have your same issues. In highschool, I'd eat a donut for breakfast and crap out of the vending machines, including cokes for lunch and when I worked at McDonalds - I'd eat dinner there.

I hate to cook - and tend to eat out alot (until I me and my SO moved in together...he loves to cook, thank goodness)

But I read your post - and I know this is a late reply......but I didn't see anything like what I'm about to suggest, so figured it was worth it.

There is a show on BBC America, called "You are what you eat."

The lady who is the one who coaches your or tries to help you - seems very cruel and mean the first couple of times you watch her...........and you might say she looks like saggy old boney woman. BUT - she knows what she is talking about.

She told this one lady that the more salty and sweet things you eat - the more healthy things just taste like blah, bland nothing. Reduce the amount of packaged foods - try to eat fruit in place of your twinkies. (you're still getting sugar - but the way your body processes it is much better....but if you just ate fruit all day, you would gain weight) My SO likes donuts and coffee. I can't drink coffee with anything sweet - because it makes it seem like the coffee has no sugar in it at all. I think that's the best way I can say it in an example.


I know I'm personally not at the point to make the major changes in my life to get off of coca cola. I've cut back my calories in a big way - but cokes are my vice. Be prepared if you watch that show - because she does have some shocking moments - including what the horrible eating habits do to you via stool sample tests and blood tests.

http://www.bbcam erica.com/content/273/index.jsp


Here is her personal "official website"
http://www.gillianmckeith.info

BUT - DON'T TAKE EVERYTHING SHE SAYS AS FACT. This article caught my attention as well - especially since my first impression of her was not a good one. I do choose to watch a few of her shows - because seeing some of me in the people that she tries to help - helps put things in perspective in my mind.

Here's the link to the article.

http://tinyurl.com/33w47n

Good luck - and keep in mind........the older you get, the harder it is for your body to bounce back from every disaster you put in your body or do to your body. I am 6ft2in and in HS use to weigh 175lbs and thought I was huge/fat. My children are now 10 and 6 - so i've had plenty of time to loose "baby fat" but even before my first son - my body started packing on weight with my kit kat addiction. I've gone on down to 200 once, about 5 yrs ago - and have ballooned back up to 255lbs when I was eating 5-6 super sized Symphony Almond candy bars a week. I felt that I couldn't help it - but once I said no more - and realized I could have 10 rice crispy treats and 2 granola bars for the calories in one of those candy bars (which almost exceeds the daily amount all by itself) I was able to control myself to not buy them. My boyfriend brought one home about a month ago as a treat - and his feelings were so hurt due to my horrified reaction to it being in the house. I ordered him to throw it out, or hide it or something - so I wouldn't have access to it during the day. It took me over a month to eat it - ONE OR TWO little squares at a time, and even then - my kids shared it with me.

I know if I add working out to my better ability to control my eating and calorie intake - I will start shedding the weight. I've just got to do it damn it!!! But that's my own crap to deal with.

I hope this gives you a little more insight and you are able to find a way to control it. I know that first thing in the morning feeling - big time. Try eating a banana or a yogurt - they both have sugars in them to help you wean your body off of the processed sugars.......but a banana all by itself is one of the best things you can put into your body. Just the "medicinal" uses of it are incredible. See here... http://www.banana.com/medic inal.html
enjoy