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Originally Posted by Calianna
To a large extent, it comes down to individual tolerance levels.
They can't physically tolerate real dairy, but they miss dairy so much that they give in and try non-dairy substitutes, despite the fact that it's a chemical concoction.
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Oh I know, and I was quoting me when I'm talking myself out of something.
And I was at a birthday party yesterday, and while I had a lovely meal of pork loin and coleslaw, I made my own dressing and brought the coleslaw because every other side dish was off my list for one reason or another.
It didn't matter because we're friends and they can see the improvement in my condition over the years. But I can't talk to them about it because
they know already that some of the foods they eat aren't good for them. They know what they are supposed to do, but aren't ready to do it yet.
Because you are right:
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Originally Posted by Calianna
It's not easy to break away from a dietary craving that has a bad effect on you. It can be just as difficult to break away from a dietary crutch - it sometimes takes feeling really awful to finally decide that you need to give up the dietary crutch for good, so that you feel better.
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I'm not saying I was any different in the beginning. I bargained my way here by "giving up things" but I still eat delicious food and I have all the bonuses.
Mine are easy to see and experience, but that's an abstract to anyone who hasn't made big changes to what they eat in the past. Maybe it was those years of dieting that paid off after all
When Atkins became the first "diet" I could actually live on, that turned my head around, and I've been refining every since.
Finally, something that WORKS.
I also need to remember I started two decades ago. And I'm so glad I did! But that journey is not easy to convey to a third party. I'll have to write a book
