Have I got an addiction?

[Fowlersrs]

I'm interested to know what u guys think to this, il give u some background first. I'm 28, I work as a gas engineer for a well known gas company which mostly involves installing boilers and doing response work (a lot of driving).

Now I'm struggling with my appetite when I drive, I always use to eat whatever I wanted and never put on any weight, one of those skinny fuckers that everyone hated!! About a 2 years ago I was diagnosed with an overactive thyroid (the opposite to what fat fuckers get). I was put on medication for a year and it sorted it out.

Now I'm off meds I'm fine but I'm struggling with my appetite, when I'm driving at work I'm always eating or craving food, I don't think I've helped myself in that I would stop in garages and buy diet Pepsi and sugary crap..

Do I have a sugar addiction or something? I get real bad cravings like for Pepsi/coke when I'm driving, I need to stop eating shit I think...

What do u guys think?

[shereen]

Sounds like you're more stuck in a routine of eating bad foods.

I think you should start making your own healthy lunch and stop eating shit...
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Boredom could be a factor. If you are busy you don't have time to worry about being hungry unless you are really, seriously hungry!
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[Fowlersrs]

[c_dug]

Six months ago I reckon I was spending somewhere around £50 a month in the vending machine at work. Plus buying big bottles of coke and chocolate and all sorts of other crap for at home.

About 2 months ago I basically decided to stop eating crap from the vending machine at work. Instead I've been buying some big bananas and a bag of large oranges, and whenever I get a craving for the chocolate I have one of each instead. I've also cut right down the shit I eat at home, though probably not down enough to be considered ideal.

Anyway, call it habitual, or addiction, or whatever you like, but when I just tried to stop eating the shit in the past I felt like crap, constantly tired without the tons of sugar. The swapping thing worked really well for me.

I think basically you just need to decide to stop though. Nobody can make you. The constant media barrage about diabetes was the kicker for me, but it was very much a personal choice.
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[dydey90]

If you're worried about what you're eating, download a tracker app like My Fitness Pal to see what you're putting in and whether you're in the red every day or not.

It's difficult to cold turkey on a sugar addiction, as you still have to eat other things. Just cut down slowly, go from five chocolate bars to three for example.

I'm also pretty sure there's additives in fast food, I know whenever I have a McDonald's I want another one the next day, even though it's not nice food.
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[Hetzer]

Given that the craving is for sugar (?) and you've had/have a thyroid problem, my guess would be something's fecked up in your physiology. Yes, it could be comfort-eating but it might also be a medical issue, so

GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR!
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[Llama-Farmer]

Thyroid problems wreak havoc with your cravings, metabolism and diet.

In some cases of hyperthyroidism or thyrotoxicosis you can be eating 3500-4000 calories a day and still losing 4-5 lbs EVERY WEEK.

With treatment the metabolism swings back the other way but the cravings and hunger doesn't and so you can end up putting on 10 lbs a week sometimes.


The thing with thyroxine (the thyroid hormone) is it is very slow acting, has a very long half life, so any changes take a long time to settle. That's why they say 6-8 weeks between blood tests, give everything a chance to balance out first.


Try to see a GP with a special interest in endocrine diseases, and if thats not possible try to get referred back to an endocrinologist. Or a dietician with an endocrine interest, but not just a diabetic interest.
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[Lord Percy]

Sorry, lots of blocks of text so didn't read the thread so this input may be obsolete.

Eating too much sugar (and certain 'bad' carbs) gives you spikes of energy which don't last very long so you feel drained and crave another pick-up quite quickly.

It may not be an addiction. It might just be a thing that's crept up on you and now you just get cravings because your energy comes and goes so quickly. Try bananas and brown bread/rice/whatever because the energy releases much slower. Maybe also try Shreddies because they apparently keep hunger locked up till lunch!