seasonal food disorder

[kettunainen]

For the past three days, I've been having serious sugar cravings for the first time in a long long time. I'm trying really hard not to actually have sugar, having lots of fruit instead. Night one, I had creamy Lindt chocolate (the equivalent of a ball and a half); last night, stewed apples and cranberries and orange juice blended with cranberries,

Comments

[drui_en]

I'm pretty sure it's our bodies trying to fatten us up for the bitter, long winter that's coming.

[corbet]

*nod* I keep getting hit by crazy chocolate cravings, and I don't normally crave sweets. Hell, I'm not even a big fan of chocolate!

Maybe getting more sun would 'reset' the urges? Maybe we can fool our bodies into thinking it's still summer?

[ewtikins]

I'm not doing low-carb or even low-sugar particularly right now, but I do find using my lightbox or just going outside as much as possible means I crave sugar and carbs less. The going outside always helps a little more than the lightbox, the lightbox I bought at a time when work committments meant I couldn't get outside during daylight.