Comments on Cranky Fitness: Anatomy of a Food Craving

I listened to my body and it told me to start eati...

2009-07-14T21:18:59.552-04:00

I listened to my body and it told me to start eating healthy 'cuz it didn't feel well when I didn't. My taste buds went along for the ride, and now they agree w/ my body. I eat what I like, and I like what I eat, and what I eat likes me, too. I think that makes sense....

I tend to listen to my body, not my buds...but rea...

2009-07-10T16:47:51.408-04:00

I tend to listen to my body, not my buds...but really everyone has days when they struggle. I tend to eat when I get stressed out. If I am at home, that's usually not a big deal because I rarely keep junk food at home, if I am at work, it's more of a challenge because there is more available. I find the longer I eat the healthy food, the more my buds find the truly sweet foods, the natural sugars, the best. Great post!

I wish I could say I listen to my body, but on Tue...

2009-07-10T01:49:16.562-04:00

I wish I could say I listen to my body, but on Tuesday I listened to the Oreos on the countertop. My in-laws left town and didn't take them along. I opened them, I ate a few, then I ate THE ENTIRE PACKAGE (well, not the actual package, but you know what I mean)... because HELLO? Got to get rid of the evidence.
I don't particularly like Oreos. And I don't like Twinkies. So what's up with that??

Your chart is a good one... much food for thought (pun intended)

Great topic, never thought of it this way. Gina, ...

2009-07-10T01:30:52.999-04:00

Great topic, never thought of it this way.

Gina, I'm with you on the "committed" versus "motivated." Much of the time (I actually originally typed in "Most of the time" but then got real with myself and changed it to "Much of the time" because I'm "committed" to honesty but "motivated" by sounding good) I have the fortitude to toss down a salad when what I really want is whatever microwaveable crap is in the freezer. This is often determined by the degree of hunger I have. If I let myself get starving I'll squirt chocolate sauce over a double cheeseburger and wash it down with a gallon of maple syrup, but if I eat at regular intervals and stave off the hunger I make better decisions.

My taste buds can't be trusted, so I remind myself that my body is telling me that once the food is in my stomach it won't make a bit of difference what it tasted like before it ventured down my throat anyway.

I am totally a taste-bud and emotional eater! I e...

2009-07-09T22:59:09.951-04:00

I am totally a taste-bud and emotional eater! I eat something sweet, then I have to have something salty. I am trying to listen to my body now. I made this "mantra" I repeat every morning. It includes things like, "I am committed to eating more veggies. I am committed to drinking more water...increasing exercise...getting more sleep. It's okay to not have a cookie." Anyway I have a page of it, and repeating it actually has been helping.

The use of the word "committed" I think actually came from one of Cranky Fitness' posts or commentators...something about not being motivated and waiting to become motivated...instead substitute the word "committed" and see where that takes you. "Thanks" to whoever posted that!

Twinkies are not really my thing, but I do have my...

2009-07-09T19:46:24.439-04:00

Twinkies are not really my thing, but I do have my own guilty pleasures when it comes to food. Often, I just avoid buying junk food to begin with to help keep temptation down. I did have a slip- up with brownies this week though....mmmmmmmm....taste buds won that one ;)

Since my tastebuds are notorious for getting me to...

2009-07-09T13:32:02.421-04:00

Since my tastebuds are notorious for getting me to eat things that end up making me sick, they get ignored, a lot. That said however, once I make tummy friendly, healthy choices, then I listen to them about combining and seasoning.

I am trying to remember which decade I last had a twinkie. Call me un-American, but I actually think they taste pretty yucky.

I've found that if I can override my tastebuds for...

2009-07-09T12:49:53.296-04:00

I've found that if I can override my tastebuds for a little while, eventually they start to line up with my digestive system. That's a big "if," though!

Constant struggle! I'm getting better. My problem ...

2009-07-09T11:42:06.990-04:00

Constant struggle! I'm getting better. My problem is more with portion control over healthy tasty food than eating food that's bad for me.

Taste buds rule! The rest of my body is usually b...

2009-07-09T11:26:28.772-04:00

Taste buds rule! The rest of my body is usually bound, gagged and locked in the closet when in the presence of Twinkies.

Wait...aren't we going to address the compromise o...

2009-07-09T11:13:54.740-04:00

Wait...aren't we going to address the compromise of having carrot cupcakes?

Hmmm I don't think either...my emotions rule me.

2009-07-09T11:02:37.996-04:00

Hmmm I don't think either...my emotions rule me.

As they say on Mythbusters... "I reject your reali...

2009-07-09T11:00:49.949-04:00

As they say on Mythbusters...
"I reject your reality and substitute my own."

Talk to me in another 5 months. After the spawn has hatched. Until then? Cravings are fed what they desire. Luckily, most of that is fruit. But there's a healthy dose of sweets thrown in as well. :)

Damn taste buds. How is it they so easily suppress our brains and digestive systems? I'm totally printing out your charts and plastering them to everything.

Luckily my taste buds like veggies. So whenever th...

2009-07-09T10:45:19.909-04:00

Luckily my taste buds like veggies. So whenever they ask for a tomato, they get it! When it comes to bread & sweets, I have been working hard on retraining them. They now think a small piece of really dark chocolate with a bit of raw almond butter is what they want! :)

Ma'am, please step away from the cupboard and drop...

2009-07-09T10:25:50.347-04:00

Ma'am, please step away from the cupboard and drop the Twinkie! NOW! I figure a lot of junk-food eating is just giving in to an impulse. If we wait a minute or two, that impulse might pass. Sometimes.

You wouldn't want to listen to my body. It ain't p...

2009-07-09T09:54:06.549-04:00

You wouldn't want to listen to my body. It ain't pretty when fat yells.

Thanks Merry!! Gosh, I wish I would have put more...

2009-07-09T09:36:13.718-04:00

Thanks Merry!! Gosh, I wish I would have put more thought into that post now! :-)

"Going to need a lot more hair" LOL!

I tasted a Twinkie once. Twinkies are to homemade...

2009-07-09T09:04:36.397-04:00

I tasted a Twinkie once.
Twinkies are to homemade chocolate chip cookies as a store bought winter tomato is to a homegrown eaten-in-the-garden tomato.
My taste buds are only happy with the best.

Mary Anne in Kentucky

Hmmmn.... refrigerator magnets... there's a though...

2009-07-09T08:57:10.238-04:00

Hmmmn.... refrigerator magnets... there's a thought.

That chart is GRRRRRRRRREAT! You should get it mad...

2009-07-09T08:38:43.090-04:00

That chart is GRRRRRRRRREAT! You should get it made up into little refrigerator magnets -- good for a "Cranky Fitness" giveaway!

I think I'm somewhere in the middle - I try to eat...

2009-07-09T08:34:14.449-04:00

I think I'm somewhere in the middle - I try to eat mostly healthy stuff (preferably healthy stuff that tastes good) but sometimes the tastebuds win and I go for the Twinkies (well, probably not twinkies, more likely something chocolate, but you get the idea).

Love the visual aids! And it really is interest...

2009-07-09T08:20:13.157-04:00

Love the visual aids!

And it really is interesting to contemplate how we let our taste buds boss around the rest of our bodies, when their involvement is so transitory!

Loved Patty's & MizFit's posts too--between the three of you it's a great reminder to nourish my body, not induldge my spoiled taste buds.

LOVE the diagrams!! I am a MizFit type person & po...

2009-07-09T08:19:27.254-04:00

LOVE the diagrams!! I am a MizFit type person & post about this all the time.. listening to the body not only for the food I put in my mouth but what my bod needs in terms of exercise & change.. food & exercise wise on the change!

As for the hormones.. well, when they get hold, sometimes that listening don't go to good! :-)

Unfortunately my taste buds have been ruling for a...

2009-07-09T08:13:30.928-04:00

Unfortunately my taste buds have been ruling for a while hence me eating my weight in chocolate the last couple of months! My body is such a pushover. Funny post!

oh, and Watching and Weighting: twinkies like my b...

2009-07-09T07:36:32.021-04:00

oh, and Watching and Weighting: twinkies like my butt and hips! :)