Birthdays run amok in our family around St. Patrick's Day. From the other adult Munson children to Jen's son, niece, and other family members ... The cupcakes are flying! Check out what we made this week on the show!
While we're having fun and making yummy things to share with the ones we love, it's important to remember that even though these treats are made better, they are NOT everyday foods. One of the traps so many of us fall into - as we did prior to surgery - is the belief that one shouldn't deprive themselves. I do not adhere to this belief for one simple reason:
I didn't get to 310 lbs by depriving myself ...
And chances are, you didn't deprive yourself to the weight you were prior to surgery.
We were told over and again by diet expert after diet expert to NOT deprive ourselves. To allow ourselves to eat these foods "sometimes". My problem was I didn't fully understand the concept of "sometimes". To me, "sometimes" meant "once a day, every day, all day long".
The philosophy behind NOT depriving yourself is simple - you deprive yourself too often, you binge later.
But let's face it - we don't tell alcoholics or drug addicts to NOT deprive themselves!
WHY isn't it the same with food?
We talk about addiction all the time - FOOD IS AN ADDICTION! And it's stronger than any chemical you can put in your body. Why? Because it's there all the time - because we NEED food to survive!
For addicts, deprivation is the ONLY way to get over their drug of choice.
We NEED to deprive ourselves in order to heal.
A sugar-free or all natural gluten free cupcake is okay every once in a while - once a month, maybe. But the majority of the time we HAVE to deprive ourselves. We can't be successful if we don't.
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