I was watching this series on Netflix this week called “Freaky Eaters”.
It’s a little bit of a buzz word title for a show I know.
No they don’t eat weird things like spiders or insects or anything scary.
They just have severe eating disorders where they compulsively eat junk foods all day everyday.
One middle aged women was so unhappy in her life that she found happiness only eating candy, chocolate, cake and cookies every day and nothing else.
Another middle aged man only ate plain cheeseburgers 3 meals a day. He was afraid of all vegetables and couldn’t even let a tiny strand of shredded lettuce touch his bun without being paranoid it would alter the taste of his burger. (It also looks like he ate fries and a cola with his meals as well.)
A young 20 something year old ate nothing but pizza (of any kind, restaurant, fast food microwavable) for 3 meals a day. He actually made himself so sick that he was throwing up every morning and could no longer play volleyball, but he didn’t think it was in anyway related to his diet.
The last woman I watched was another 20-something who lived at home, and was completely addicted to Coca Cola. It was so bad that she was drinking upwards of
30 colas a day or more and she denied that she had any kind of problem. (She also ate twinkies, ho ho’s, oreos and chips for her meals)
Now these are all extreme cases. My gut tells me that this is not that wide spread. These are severe food addictions and since it is “reality TV” it’s probably embellished a lot to make it look more dramatic.
One thing that I noticed was though that the two women eating and drinking nothing but sugar and white flour were not really overweight.
The one soda girl was told she was pre diabetic but miraculously she didn’t have it yet with all the cola she drank. She was also a normalweight.
The man who ate the cheeseburgers and fries every day was actually diabetic and veryvery overweight.
This is not a scientific analysis by any means, it is just my observation.
But the body actually has an easier time burning off excess sugar (even if it’s white refined sugar) than it does excess calories from deep fried foods(and oil and cheese).
These two women who were not overweight, ate in excess of 6000 calories a day, almost all coming from simple sugars like white flour and white sugar.
Even the young man eating pizza all day every day was not overweight, he was normal weight. (He ate a lot of white flour in the form of pizza crust 3 times a day so it was still a substantial amount of simple sugar.)
So this is why I find it is SO IMPORTANT to teach people to cook without oil and get them off of eating fried foods day in and day out.
If there is one type of cooking that is REALLY holding you back from weight-loss it is that super high calorie fried food.
That means any of your favorites such as:
HAVE GOT TO GO! Right now.
I’m dead serious!
If you are still eating any of these foods they are seriously sabotaging your health and your efforts to weight loss. I suggest not letting them even be an option
for you when making food at home or going out to restaurants because deep fried food is highly addictive.
If you eat these foods regularly, you are likely to not stop at just one piece, or one bite. You might even feel compelled to eat the whole plate. (Often very quickly and it disappears right before your eyes…)
And when you eat these foods regularly your body will actually CRAVE them.
We are still designed to seek out the highest calorie dense foods, as if we were living in the wild trying to stave off starvation.
So super salty, fatty and rich foods make our brains and bodies go crazy, that once they get some they want more and more and MORE.
The most important thing to do when trying to give up a food addiction is to make it very difficult to get. This is SO important.
That means get any and ALL of these foods out of your house right now!
(Even if you have a spouse or children who want to eat these foods. It’s just too tempting for you to eat them if it’s around). Don’t allow these foods in the house. If someone wants to eat them they should be eaten outside the house only occasionally, thus making it harder for them to get instead of always being in the cupboard or freezer.
That also means not going to you “favorite” restaurant where you typically get that fried chicken, fried fish etc. Try an alternate route if you often drive near places that cause you to feel tempted.
Don’t walk down the junk food aisles at the grocery store, stay away from the convenience store and don’t go down the frozen meat and frozen french fries aisle.
The best way to succeed is to replace these bad habits with good habits.
-Find a new favorite meal to eat (and of course make sure it’s healthy.)
-Find a new place to eat out at, (that is of course healthier too.)
-Only shop at the healthy parts of the grocery store such as the produce aisles.
You cannot expect to change and lose weight and get on track if you are in the same situation every day and doing the same things.
You need a fresh start.
And the first thing I want you to do kick is fried foods to the curb.
ALL of them.
They are the most addicting because they combine crunchy and salty flavors that make you eat more and are filled with white flour and oil (the two highest calorie nutrient devoid foods.)
We can work on the rest later.
But if you’re concerned about high blood pressure, cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes etc., and want to lose weight, you’ve got to ditch that fried food.
The best way to do succeed is to find and learn some new healthy recipes that you and your family will enjoy.
So that’s why I’ve put together my Low Fat Vegan Starter Kit.
It’s full of recipes you can use for breakfast, lunch and dinner to get back on track and to start losing that weight NOW.
It just takes a little bit of trying and a desire to make changes in your life for the better.
I’ve already done all the hard parts of figuring things out and creating delicious healthy meals.
All you have to do is buy the ingredients and follow the instructions.
Just go to:
www.lowfatveganchef.com/LowFatVeganStarterKit
If you want to do something good for your health, start by taking out the #1 unhealthy type of food.
No more fried foods. Especially battered and fried meats and cheeses. Those are the worst.
It actually could make a big difference for you.
I bet more than a few of you have a hard time resisting eating these foods compulsively when you see them.
It’s ok. We’re wired to want more of these foods when we have them regularly. So you just have to start removing them from your diet and the cravings will
go away.
Just like any other addiction like alcohol, drugs or cigarettes. You have to stop ingesting them to get rid of the cravings!
How can you possibly stop this addiction if you keep purchasing these foods instead of learning how to make healthier new foods?
I can help with that.
Just go to:
www.lowfatveganchef.com/LowFatVeganStarterKit
And take charge of your health today…
I know you can do it!
Sincerely,
Veronica Grace
P.S. If you’ve already purchased one of my ebooks in the Starter Kit you CAN upgrade. Just contact me for details and I’ll get you set up no problem!
Veronica, I am totally addicted to low salt Lays potato chips. I eat them only on the weekends. Why are they so bad? The rest of my diet is very good. I’m not sure if I can give them up for good. Help.
Potato chips i find are very addicting, due to the crunch and the fat in them. If you try making my oil free potato chips you will notice they are not addicting at all. It’s the deep fried and salted nature that makes potato chips a triple threat for being addicting. Fat Free Potato Chip Recipe:
Interestingly, the thinnest I have ever been was when I had a flu, and after I did not want to eat anything but coke and reeses peanut butter cups. I ate 3-4 times a day, and within 6 weeks went from a size 10 to a size 2.
I would never do this willingly now – but at that time I just had no appetite for anything else.
I talk about this a lot on my blog as well! We crave salt and sugar for a reason, but we
can find it readily in nature. Fruits provide the sugar, greens, celery, and limes provide a “salty” flavor.
I have also talked a lot about how eating raw vegan or cooked vegan makes it easier to lose weight, even when we’re eating 2500+ calories a day (because we eat low fat.)
THanks for the post, very interesting topic.
Where you exercising while eating 2500+ calories? I really want to switch to this lifestyle. But need some pointers! Thanks in advance