The Need to Have a Craving Satisfied
I've always battled sugar addiction. With the holidays, sweets are everywhere at my office. The administrative assistant wandered by my door and said that there were a few oreos left if I was interested.

I didn't really feel a physical craving for sugar (since my diet and exercise are on track), but psychologically I wanted a treat. I walked over, picked up the oreos, and walked back to my desk.

After I sat down, it hit me...

I didn't want oreos; I wanted to want oreos, so I could feel better after eating them!

Isn't that nuts??

This is the sort of talk you hear from recovering drug addicts! They don't want the high anymore, but they wish they had the need that would be fixed by a fix.

When you are a simple carb junkie, the need for satiation is almost impossible to ignore... but even with only a few days of following BFFM, I had a grip.

The sugar didn't have the same "promise of comfort" that it used to have. I let the Oreos fall into the wastebasket beneath my desk and wiped the crumbs off my hands.

The Elements That Make It Work
I've been lean before, but I did it the wrong way. I ate almost no fat, and dealt with daily cravings because I was cutting my calories back too far.

This time, the formula is different... and I think these are the parts that keep my cravings in check

* Eat meals every 2-3 hrs
* Keep 20-30% fat in your diet
* Do cardio as often as possible
* Zig-zag calorie intake (3 days @ 30% below maintenance intake and one day @ maintenance)

I realized that these points were helping me when I screwed up my foods last week. I ate 4 times, but the first two meals were large and the second two were essentially snacks. I was out of calories for the day by 4:30pm. As soon as I missed my 6 normal size meals, my stomach was growling and I started thinking about sugar again.

Fascinating stuff... The body is such an amazing thing.