Hello my fellow exer's.
After being quit for over 6 years now, the 'cravings' have come back. Not sure if I want to say cravings, but more like conscious thoughts. I've been very slowly gaining weight and have become not so happy about it now.
When I quit cigarettes, I began eating popcorn regularly. That itself doesn't seem bad, but the popcorn gained a sugary flavor. 😉 I've always loved sugar, and now feel like the sugar addiction is out of control. I want to figure out how to stop eating so much sugar. One scary thing is, that I've begun to think a cigarette would help. If I smoked a cigarette, I would not want to cram sugar into my mouth. I ask myself, "Do you think that cigarettes are more unhealthy than sugar?" I have a feeling that most of you would say, "yes". But I wonder if it depends on the particular person's body and how the different things affect them. ANYway, I'm trying to figure out what steps I need to take to get off sugar and stay off nicotine, too. Thoughts or opinions?
I've recently (for several weeks) found free time for myself and chose to waste time just chilling and relaxing. Well, I think some boredom has set in - Not knowing what to do with myself physically. I'm very physically capable of many activities, but instead, I sit at the PC much of the day/s.
One of the things that helped me when I quit cigarettes was the Allen Carr book, "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking". So, just recently I've begun to listen to his book, "Good Sugar Bad Sugar" which applies the same principles.
I feel like I know the answer to my question, and that is, that I need to exercise more. Seems that is always the answer. The bigger thing is, changing daily habits. The brain needs to retrain itself with new habits. Yep.
And, N.O.P.E.
Thanks for listening. 😃