Giving up bread, difficult, ?

[ster546464@yahoo.co.uk]

I read grains activate morphine receptors in the brain, which may explain their addictiveness

Did anyone else find it difficult to give up bread ?

[goodsamaritan]

When I wanted to lose weight the first thing my nutritionist told me was to ditch bread.
2 slices of white bread = 1 cup of white rice.
Rice is more filling.
Ditch the bread.

Then I ditched the rice.

[TylerDurden]

I have no addictions to bread as such. This sounds really stupid but, sometimes, when I haven't enacted a particular important goal(re not doing some expected exercise in the summer or whatever) I sometimes eat a little pastry(eg:- a croissant) in order to "punish" myself. The subsequent trips to the toilet afterwards make more focused re certain goals.

[raw]

it's really difficult for me to give up eating rice. i'm from a country where the staple food is rice and people eat three times a day. it's very hard for me in the beginning, but after six months of raw paleo, i completely give up this rice. i feel good about that now. i hope you do that too for your better health.

[MoonStalkeR]

I would give up bread easily if I had something to replace it, which I don't at the time.

Temporarily replacing most grain meals with tubers (potatoes) seems to work better for me than with grains.

[actionhero]

I would give up bread easily if I had something to replace it, which I don't at the time.

What are you talking about?

There's plenty of fruit and raw meat everywhere.

[rich07]

I think there's something in what you say.
For instance I haven't had bread in a while, but this morning I went to get a paper and for some reason ended up buying some belgian buns (doughy bread covered in icing sugar).  I didn't really enjoy eating them and felt guilty afterwards.  This pattern has the hallmark of addiction. I do find that I crave bread.

[MoonStalkeR]

What are you talking about?

There's plenty of fruit and raw meat everywhere.

Fruit doesn't do much and it's mostly raw fat that's needed as a replacement for energy etc.

Good quality meat with high fat is harder to obtain. I finally ordered a normal-sized supply, reinforcements should arrive in a week.

[klowcarb]

No, breads and carbohydrates are gross.  I just frankly look at my flat abs and eat a ribeye.