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Abstinence? 0 to 100%?

fluffycat
fluffycat Community member Posts: 233 Pioneering
edited April 2021 in Coffee lounge
Do you abstain from naughty food 100% or other method? Chocolate / Cake etc.)

Are cravings worse or lose the taste? 

Easy to get drawn back in and become a regular consumption again? 

Difficult quandary ???? 

Can only spend the calories once !!


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  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,652 Disability Gamechanger
    I find it easy to get drawn back in when my partner points out a sale on a particularly yummy snack.
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  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community member Posts: 13,368 Disability Gamechanger
    I'm not really into foods like chocolate, sweets and cake so I can quite easily not eat them. My '"naughty" foods are things like cheese and nuts. Personally I just have them occasionally and go most days without having any. Another option is to have a small portion every day but that does not work for me so I have a decent sized portion, but occasionally!
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,488 Disability Gamechanger
    Crisps are my vice. I sometime find going 'cold turkey' and not eating any for a while makes me appreciate them more when I do start eating them again, which means that I don't usually have as many. I think sometimes I just get into the habit of eating them for the sake of it, so cutting back helps me to enjoy them more as well as eat less of them. 
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  • leeCal
    leeCal Community member Posts: 7,550 Disability Gamechanger
    Chocolate digestives, my Achilles heel, every now and then I start buying them and then I have to go cold turkey all over again. It’s my rocky road to ruin, how I wish they’d never been invented or...I had more self control. ?

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  • woodbine
    woodbine Community member Posts: 11,521 Disability Gamechanger
    Love chocolate/cakes/deserts, not good for a diabetic, but can never resist, I did stay off them all for three years when I was first diagnosed.
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  • Lisatho11987777
    Lisatho11987777 Scope Member Posts: 5,911 Disability Gamechanger
    The only time I want anything realy bad is when I am told I can't have it lol ?
  • woodbine
    woodbine Community member Posts: 11,521 Disability Gamechanger
    The only time I want anything realy bad is when I am told I can't have it lol ?
    That would be 99% of the time for me then  >:)
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  • Caz_Alumni
    Caz_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 621 Pioneering
    A little of what you fancy does you good!

    That's my motto and I'm sticking to it :)
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  • Ayoung1979
    Ayoung1979 Community member Posts: 44 Courageous
    I cant have unhealthy foods because I have diabetes, but I might cheat every once in a while. You have to treat yourself every now and then
  • fluffycat
    fluffycat Community member Posts: 233 Pioneering
    I cant have unhealthy foods because I have diabetes, but I might cheat every once in a while. You have to treat yourself every now and then
    Yes, wld be boring else.

    only had ‘one’ slice carrot cake in fortnight (alongside free coffee with loyalty pts) and No chocolate (did appreciate cake) 
    seems longer I go without less get drawn back! 

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