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I had this a few years ago, but it took me a week or so until my body settled down. I should do this again, I'm back where I was; lots of sweets and beer thank

I had this a few years ago, but it took me a week or so until my body settled down. I should do this again, I'm back where I was; lots of sweets and beer thanks to the pandemic and boredom.

stormdennis 5y ago
I've been giving up alcohol for years at a time. I've been overweight for years. Every time I go back on the alcohol I seem to be a heavier drinker than I was the previous time I gave it up. I've had a sweet tooth all my life. I can't eat a few sweets from a bag, I have to finish the whole bag. I've also been getting increasingly overweight for years. Recently I've taken to watching Dr. Sten Ekkberg's videos on youtube. I took up the diet recommended basically because it told me I could eat almost everything I really like, butter, beef, cheese, olive oil, oily fish. I had no specific plans to give up alcohol or sweets completely just to be as moderate as possible. Bizarrely right from day one I completely lost interest in alcohol (and it's been around a month now) and apart a couple of biscuits a day with a cup of tea, I've not eaten anything sweet. No bread, hardly any potatoes. I've lost 15 lbs so far and it's been an easier diet to persist with than I've ever tried before. My short summary of how I understand it works: A low carbohydrate diet stabilises blood sugar whereas a high carb diet causes swings in blood sugar levels and actually prevents the body from burning fat. Insulin causes the blood sugar to drop then cortisol is released which stimulates the appetite for sugar, causing snacking. When on a high fat, calorie deficient diet, you're still hungry sometimes but not like the cravings you have when your blood sugar is all over the place from eating a high carb diet, Your body isn't prevented by insulin from going to the 'pantry' (your fat tissue) to keep you going. Also aerobic exercise, ie walking NOT running burns fat. The latter will cause your glycogen stores to be raided as well as stimulating cortisol to tell you that you need carbs, URGENTLY!
- jjgreen 5y ago
  I can't eat a few sweets from a bag, I have to finish the whole bag. I used to live with a guy who was the same with chocolate biscuits. Once, I bought a packet of chocolate "Hob nobs" (very nice), eat one and went out. When I returned, the packet was full and unopened. "So what's the story" I asked, and it turned out that this guy had had one biscuit from the packet, then another, then scoffed the lot. So he went out and bought a new packet (sweetie) and took one biscuit out so I'd be none the wiser. Then the same happened and he scoffed the whole packet. Then he bought another packet and left it sealed for fear of doing the same: "I can't eat 3 packets of Hob-nobs in a day"
  - stormdennis 5y ago
    I can relate, but not really for biscuits, more chocolate and sweets and beer, unfortunately.
    - codpiece 5y ago
      Beer and cookies could be my diet. I wanted to create an internet spoof diet system based on that, and realized it was wildly irresponsible.

I had this a few years ago, but it took me a week or so until my body settled down. I should do this again, I'm back where I was; lots of sweets and beer thanks to the pandemic and boredom.

stormdennis 5y ago

I've been giving up alcohol for years at a time. I've been overweight for years. Every time I go back on the alcohol I seem to be a heavier drinker than I was the previous time I gave it up. I've had a sweet tooth all my life. I can't eat a few sweets from a bag, I have to finish the whole bag. I've also been getting increasingly overweight for years. Recently I've taken to watching Dr. Sten Ekkberg's videos on youtube. I took up the diet recommended basically because it told me I could eat almost everything I really like, butter, beef, cheese, olive oil, oily fish. I had no specific plans to give up alcohol or sweets completely just to be as moderate as possible. Bizarrely right from day one I completely lost interest in alcohol (and it's been around a month now) and apart a couple of biscuits a day with a cup of tea, I've not eaten anything sweet. No bread, hardly any potatoes. I've lost 15 lbs so far and it's been an easier diet to persist with than I've ever tried before. My short summary of how I understand it works: A low carbohydrate diet stabilises blood sugar whereas a high carb diet causes swings in blood sugar levels and actually prevents the body from burning fat. Insulin causes the blood sugar to drop then cortisol is released which stimulates the appetite for sugar, causing snacking. When on a high fat, calorie deficient diet, you're still hungry sometimes but not like the cravings you have when your blood sugar is all over the place from eating a high carb diet, Your body isn't prevented by insulin from going to the 'pantry' (your fat tissue) to keep you going. Also aerobic exercise, ie walking NOT running burns fat. The latter will cause your glycogen stores to be raided as well as stimulating cortisol to tell you that you need carbs, URGENTLY!

jjgreen 5y ago
I can't eat a few sweets from a bag, I have to finish the whole bag. I used to live with a guy who was the same with chocolate biscuits. Once, I bought a packet of chocolate "Hob nobs" (very nice), eat one and went out. When I returned, the packet was full and unopened. "So what's the story" I asked, and it turned out that this guy had had one biscuit from the packet, then another, then scoffed the lot. So he went out and bought a new packet (sweetie) and took one biscuit out so I'd be none the wiser. Then the same happened and he scoffed the whole packet. Then he bought another packet and left it sealed for fear of doing the same: "I can't eat 3 packets of Hob-nobs in a day"
- stormdennis 5y ago
  I can relate, but not really for biscuits, more chocolate and sweets and beer, unfortunately.
  - codpiece 5y ago
    Beer and cookies could be my diet. I wanted to create an internet spoof diet system based on that, and realized it was wildly irresponsible.