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Posted 2/16/2015 12:29 AM (GMT 0)
i am perfectly happy being in control of my UC - no drugs, no docs, no drugs, etc.

but .........

10 minutes ago while reading the paper, what popped into my head ? SPAGHETTI ! don't know where it came from, just outa the wild blue yonder -

so another decision in the making - real wheat stuff is out - but alternatives are possible and doable - but ..... i can meander down the forbidden road once in a while, but it is a slippery slope - but what if tomorrow, another head popping thought .... DONUTS maybe - and tuesday, French Toast - you get the idea -

choices ! do i choose spaghetti today, and then suffer through all the other THOUGHTS that i can't eat ? or do i hold off and see what delightful, forbidden fruits ( well, not fruits - i can eat them babies all day long) may enter my hungrified brain ?

help Ima !


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Posted 2/16/2015 1:34 AM (GMT 0)
HA! I know!! I've been having crazy crazy food cravings! Truly do just pop out of nowhere. I wonder sometimes if the bacteria in my intestines are trying to tell me what food they need in order to thrive. I got the ROAST BEEF signal really strongly last week and so I just followed through and bought some and ate it as if I was starving (which maybe I am) :) I am an ex-vegan and long time vegetarian and I just said ok. And it tasted good, and my gut was happy.

When I quit sugar the 3-4 weeks that followed was sheer hell of sugar cravings and headaches. I don't crave it anymore--not yet. But the carb urge is almost impossible for me to resist--these days I'm eating GF pancake mix by Rob's Red Mill, it's very high carb but wheat free...it satisfies though.

Yesterday I ate an entire bag of low sodium "get crackin'" pistachios NOM NOM NOM. I followed that craving, my gut just shrugged, had a little more gas next day. All was well. Maybe I needed the minerals, who knows. Pistachios are super nutritious and super high calorie, which I need.

Some of the cravings can be legit signals of shortages, some are signs of addiction and withdrawal I think. As long as we average things out through the week and don't just binge on one thing we'll be ok ;) (fingers crossed)
Posted 2/16/2015 1:48 AM (GMT 0)
Ahhh I've been craving donuts for like a month. I'm gonna indulge on Tuesday since it's Mardi Gras! Packzis!!! Very good for you that you can control your UC without drugs. I would be in a bad place.

Sometimes cravings for certain foods can be a sign of deficiency though. Someone told me once that if you're craving ice, you could be iron deficient (that's what her doctor told her). There's other weird cravings like that that have nothing to do with what the actual food is. Maybe Google it. Spaghetti would be like starch right? Maybe look up what starch cravings indicate.
Posted 2/16/2015 2:07 AM (GMT 0)
problem solved z girl ! I made salmon cakes - new, modified recipe - pretty yummy - forgot all about that ....... whatever it was wink

i don't crave too many things - just like tonite, I hadn't thought about spaghetti in a long time - definitely not a craving, just sounded good -

some wayward thinkers believe i am giving up way too much but I don't feel that way at all - guess my brain got old when i wasn;t looking turn
Posted 2/16/2015 3:40 AM (GMT 0)
Nom salmon cakes!

As for spaghetti, you have tried the quinoa pasta?

No you are doing great wish i could be more like you. I am sick most the time getting better though on LDN
Posted 2/16/2015 8:30 AM (GMT 0)
I've had salmon cravings for about a month now. I'm having a hard time eating, I've lost some weight again too. But all I wanna eat is salmon.
Posted 2/16/2015 11:56 AM (GMT 0)

juststud said...
some wayward thinkers believe i am giving up way too much but I don't feel that way at all - guess my brain got old when i wasn;t looking turn

We'll hook you up with some asacol hd, and rowasa enemas, after a few weeks you can eat whatever you want soy smilewinkgrin
Posted 2/16/2015 12:28 PM (GMT 0)
hey, thanks p man - but if the assacol had kept doing it's job, it would still be welcome in my colon !
Posted 2/16/2015 12:49 PM (GMT 0)

Andrina said...
I've had salmon cravings for about a month now. I'm having a hard time eating, I've lost some weight again too. But all I wanna eat is salmon.


these are so easy A -

TJ's canned salmon, egg, sweet potato, coconut flour, and sum spices - oh, and I threw in some chopped spinach too - fried in coconut oil - not bad !

hope you get to feeling like eating again soon sad
Posted 2/16/2015 12:53 PM (GMT 0)

zengrrl said...
Nom salmon cakes!

As for spaghetti, you have tried the quinoa pasta?

No you are doing great wish i could be more like you. I am sick most the time getting better though on LDN


ya z girl, i have eaten quite a bit of the quinoa pasta - but since i gave up corn, no mas sad

i think i tried the rice stuff once - and only once - blech !
Posted 2/16/2015 5:16 PM (GMT 0)
I know, why do they put dried corn in everything? I can't touch it either. I did find a brand of brown rice pasta that had nice consistency and flavor but can't remember brand. Thank goodness for plain quinoa though, I seem to have no probs with it and just ate a big bowl of porridge made from leftovers. :)
Posted 2/16/2015 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
Trader joe's makes a tasty organic quinia and brown rice pasta. Corn free.
Posted 2/16/2015 5:43 PM (GMT 0)
hi stud

I know whatchertalkingabout. I will suddenly come to my senses and look at what I just ate and say "why did I eat that". Seriously, my brain will blank out long enough to get what it wants, the hell with my gut which has to deal with the fallout.

It would be a fascinating phenomenon if it didn't suck. These sudden outta nowhere brain thoughts that are anti-gut. But it happens less often now, it was worst when my "OK foods" list was very short, that was very hard.

Do you ever do this: think "oh boy I have a whole afternoon with no commitments so I can eat (chocolate or drink coffee, etc) and not worry about what the reaction will be? It's like being an alcoholic who plans their benders (I knew someone like that).

But like I said in my other thread, diet mod had gotten better for me lately. I made fudge this week and had a blast eating it (hubby joined in too) and nothing terrible happened. I've lost my desire for pasta, Doritos and such. Donuts sound fun but as long as I can have ice cream I'll pass on the donuts. I skip the cookie aisle in the grocery store to remove temptation.

Keep up the good fight. Character is destiny. (I just read that and thought what a good phrase, although it may not be completely true).

Ima
Posted 2/16/2015 6:41 PM (GMT 0)

juststud said...
hey, thanks p man - but if the assacol had kept doing it's job, it would still be welcome in my colon !

As you dieters often say to us all, you probably weren't trying it long enough and/or doing it right. If only you gave a more serious try turn

Seems like you sacrifice a lot just to avoid prescriptions...
Posted 2/16/2015 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
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Posted 2/16/2015 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
never dread man - never -
Posted 2/16/2015 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
ya, you're right mr poopman, 9+ years wasn't nearly long enough turn
Posted 2/16/2015 8:50 PM (GMT 0)
What else did you try besides meslamine pills, e.g., immunosuppressive medications?
Posted 2/16/2015 11:09 PM (GMT 0)
thanks Ima :-)

"Do you ever do this: think "oh boy I have a whole afternoon with no commitments so I can eat (chocolate or drink coffee, etc) and not worry about what the reaction will be? It's like being an alcoholic who plans their benders (I knew someone like that)."

yes, indeed i have - usually weekends -

one phenomenon i have discovered - if I don't buy it, I can't eat it idea doesn't work all the time, but it is actually quite helpful most of the time -

glad you are doing well !
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