So I’ve never had a sweet tooth, all my life I would choose savoury over sweet any day.
Started keto in June '17 and lost lots of weight, fairly strict with almost zero cheats. Keto was easy for me as I already hardly ate bread, pasta, no sweet tooth, never drank sugary drinks etc.
Then about 3 months ago I fell off the horse and into a full tub of Ben & Jerry’s.
Since then I can’t control my cravings for sugar. Every time I go to the shops I find myself zombie walking to the cake & biscuit aisle or ice cream etc. I can make it for about 2 weeks of keto before getting overtaken by the cravings again. This week its been every other day.
I’ve never had to deal with these cravings in my life before, this is all new to me. I’m binge eating and not really enjoying it. The food is way too sweet for me but still find myself physically craving the sugar rush.
There are these 2 voices in my head arguing with each other, one saying “EAT THE SUGAR” and the other saying “But its too sweet, you’ll not enjoy it, remember last time?” Yet the 1st voice keeps winning. I binge half way through a packet of something then come to my senses and throw it in the bin, 2 hours later I’m tempted to walk to the shops again to get more!
It appears I am having almost the reverse reaction to the keto diet than most others where it has increased my sensitivity to sugar and now a slave to its powers.
I went to the doc yesterday for a checkup and I’d obviously put on weight. In the past this would have motivated me to get back on the horse straight away but last night I found myself stuffing my face with biscuits to console myself. Never in my life have I ate this way!
But just typing this out is helping me realise that the only way to beat this is to recognise it for what it is and address it head on. Its an addiction and I’m letting it control me. I must pull myself together and get control over this madness.
So I need some new rules to live by until I break this pattern
1 - Never go to the shops hungry. Whist this has not been a problem in the past it obviously is now.
2 - Forget about fasting for the moment, keep myself full on keto food until I can start recognising true hunger signals again.
Any other suggestions?