SLOrunner
07-07-2012, 10:45 AM
Hi everyone,
I'm new here and was hoping for some advice. I have lost a significant amount of weight through eliminating processed food, calorie restriction, exercise and healthy dieting. Now that I'm at my goal and struggling to maintain, I find myself still always thinking about calories and I don't listen to hunger cues. I engage in intermittent fasting but average 1600-2100 calories a day (I am lightly active and run 3-4.5 miles 6-7 days a week). I prefer to eat more at night as I hate going to bed hungry and often wake up even if I am not hungry craving chocolate peanut butter. I eat a ton of veggies and not much fruit because of yeast problems and I notice a bad insulin response to sugar. I use stevia instead but eat and crave nut butters, especially peanut which I know isn't even a real not and contains aflatoxin. Can transitioning to 100% raw eliminate cravings and that insatiable hunger for comfort food/fat? I have always loved chocolate, sugar, pb, etc. and will do anything to break the cycle. I am concerned with gaining weight back as well. I eat a lot of gluten free oatmeal for carbs and again, everything unprocessed except for coffee and justin's chocolate peanut butter. I've been reading more about alkalinity and wondering about the credibility of that as well. Anyone with scientific knowledge to give is welcome...as well as personal experiences...I just don't know what to do and wonder if i'll just be counting calories the rest of my life..
I'm new here and was hoping for some advice. I have lost a significant amount of weight through eliminating processed food, calorie restriction, exercise and healthy dieting. Now that I'm at my goal and struggling to maintain, I find myself still always thinking about calories and I don't listen to hunger cues. I engage in intermittent fasting but average 1600-2100 calories a day (I am lightly active and run 3-4.5 miles 6-7 days a week). I prefer to eat more at night as I hate going to bed hungry and often wake up even if I am not hungry craving chocolate peanut butter. I eat a ton of veggies and not much fruit because of yeast problems and I notice a bad insulin response to sugar. I use stevia instead but eat and crave nut butters, especially peanut which I know isn't even a real not and contains aflatoxin. Can transitioning to 100% raw eliminate cravings and that insatiable hunger for comfort food/fat? I have always loved chocolate, sugar, pb, etc. and will do anything to break the cycle. I am concerned with gaining weight back as well. I eat a lot of gluten free oatmeal for carbs and again, everything unprocessed except for coffee and justin's chocolate peanut butter. I've been reading more about alkalinity and wondering about the credibility of that as well. Anyone with scientific knowledge to give is welcome...as well as personal experiences...I just don't know what to do and wonder if i'll just be counting calories the rest of my life..