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Zuleikaa Fri, Feb-06-04 18:15

Are Members of the Triple Digits Club Carb Addicts
 
I've always wondered whether people who have 100 or more pounds to lose would be found to be carbohydrate addicts as measured by the Drs. Hellers. In fact, I've really been convinced that this is a large part of the problem for them; that people who are 100 pounds or more over weight are really at the mercy of their bodies' chemistries.

I'm curious where members fall on the Carbohydrate Addicts addiction continuum and would appreciate you taking the test here and reporting on your results.

Please answer the questions as you would have before you came to lc.

I am not trying to convince anyone to change programs!! I've just always been curious about this and got the courage today to try a poll format. I hope it's easier than I thought, lol!!!

AntiM Fri, Feb-06-04 19:22

Hi Zuleikaa ...

Interesting thread! I've wondered, too, since I don't think I have a carb addiction, although I know many successful low carbers do.

I scored 2 - Sometimes I eat when I'm not hungry and I've lost and gained weight many times in the past.

conbom Fri, Feb-06-04 19:31

Well, after scoring a 9 on the quiz I guess you could definately put me into the Card Addict camp. The only one I didn't mark yes on was the question about repeated diets. That's because I never wanted to go through the frustration of dieting with little or no results and being hungry all the time. One problem with the questions is that I did have to answer yes because they put the question in terms of "sometimes." A couple of them I wouldn't say were really a problem but "sometimes" I do whatever is being asked about. Whether I am an actual addict or not, I know that I have problems with carbs,esp sweets. I feel very spacy after eating them and have no energy, not even the sugar spike.

Connie

liz175 Fri, Feb-06-04 19:45

I can answer the poll two ways. Thinking back to 18 months ago, before I started low carbing, I would answer yes to all 10 questions -- severe addiction. Taking it today, and responding as someone who eats very few carbs, I only answer yes to two of them -- I occasionally have issues with snacking at night and I have been on multiple diets and then regained the weight. That puts me at no addiction. However, I'm certain that the addiction would reappear if I significantly upped the quantity of carbs that I eat. I guess I am a recovered addict.

How should I answer the poll -- severe addiction or no addiction?

hummelda Fri, Feb-06-04 19:48

I've answered with my "before" persona -- and got 9. I had already figured out that I'm a carb addict and this just completes it. A recovered carb addict but from the number of times I have gained and lost weight, definitely an addict.

Zuleikaa Fri, Feb-06-04 20:11

liz175
I asked that members answer with their "before" persona. That gives me a trueer picture. LC helps to correct carb addiction.

Marie H Fri, Feb-06-04 20:43

:q: While I scored very high on the addiction scale, I'm not convinced that those questions aren't measuring something else -- at least in my case.

I've only been doing this for 4-1/2 weeks, so it's really too soon to tell if things will change much, but, at least for now, I'm not sure any of the answers would change much. There is no question but what I often overeat, and tend to be unaware of when I'm hungry/full, but those issues have to do with other issues from my past rather than specifically what I eat, I think.

Ask again after I've been doing this for six months!

Marie H

2muchofme Fri, Feb-06-04 20:55

:yay: Wow! A perfect 10. Ha!
Seriously folks, I agree with what Liz said. before I started low carbing, I would answer yes to all 10 questions -- severe addiction. Taking it today, and responding as someone who eats very few carbs, I only answer yes to two of them -- I occasionally have issues with snacking at night and I have been on multiple diets and then regained the weight.
This past weekend I made a batch of peanut butter fudge and ate all of it but 3 or 4 pieces. Weekends are bad for me. During the week, I'm away from home at work. No temptations. On weekends, I'm here at home and the temptations are tremendous. I can think of a million things I want and crave. I'll have to keep super busy from now on and not have the opportunity to do this again. It is emotional eating not hunger.

maryc Fri, Feb-06-04 21:26

I scored a 3. It took me a while to figure out where the questions were at. Finally I saw your word HERE. hehe :)

Wolfiesask Fri, Feb-06-04 21:29

I'm a perfect 10!!!!!1
 
I started out doing CAD but due to my bulimic past I turned the reward meal into a binge. It was like me telling one of my alcoholic clients that they could drink as much as they wanted, but had to do it with in an hour per day. I started a half-assed Atkins program fall of 2002 but due to a strike I had no finances to eat LC; we were lucky to keep eating...sigh. Since starting Atkins in April I feel like I'm in control for the first time in my life and I'll be forever grateful.

Great thread!

Nicole :wave:

orchidday Fri, Feb-06-04 21:36

I scored a 9 which didn't surprise me in the least. I could bathe in garlic mashed potatoes and make love to Hershey's Chocolate Syrup ::sigh::

Orchid

Dr.Ray Fri, Feb-06-04 23:13

LOL, I used to use hersheys when I would, ummm, well, make a sunday, whipped cream is fun too!

When they say a full breakfast, I am thinking of the diner breakfast we get once a week, chipped beef over dark brown home fries, rye toast on the side, im not hungry til dinner, BUT its a thousand calorie breakfast!!!

Oatmeal does a nice job of keeping me full, so does grits and eggs

kath310 Fri, Feb-06-04 23:17

If it were possible to score an 11 on that quiz, I would have. "Ours go to eleven."

Starting lc and reading DANDR, I "self-diagnosed" myself as a carb addict. Not that this quiz is scientific proof, but asking the right questions certainly gives a clearer picture!

I was always a B student....should I print my quiz & post it on the fridge...actually, that wouldn't be such a bad idea for a deterrant! :lol:

But, if I were to answer the questions now living the lc life, I have such a different view of carbs and what my body "needs" now....amazing! :yay:

Thanks for the quiz & this poll...it was interesting :)

AZDean Sat, Feb-07-04 07:39

I scored an 8. I've never tried dieting before as I hated the idea of it, and I never really had a problem with night time snacking (I'm a morning person and too tired at night to think much of eating).

But I REALLY had a problem with eating way too much, of stuffing myself and STILL not being satisfied!! Only the pain of being full would really stop me!! Yikes!!

But I'm am SO DIFFERENT today!!! Yeah!! I'm am definitely NO LONGER a carb-addict, and that is such a GOOD thing.

One funny thing for me though was that I couldn't remember what I used to eat for breakfast!! I only started last June, but already, that life I lived back then seems like ages ago!! Wow!

twinkles10 Sat, Feb-07-04 08:04

I scored a ten also. Too bad I didn't know about any of this stuff a LONG time ago; eating LC has certainly changed a LOT about my life.

smoothblu Sat, Feb-07-04 08:09

I scored according to how I ate before......"You do not appear to be carbohydrate addicted. " It was a 2.

I believe before I was so busy that I didn’t really think much about food. When I got hungry I ate what was at hand, or if it was going out for dinner or a business meeting or whatever. Pop it in and go on with life. Eating was like going to the bathroom a waste of my time. I had more important things to do. I had people counting on me to succeed. I wasn’t one of those that enjoyed eating. I ate because it was there or I had to. Yes, usually it was all the wrong type of foods at the wrong time of day. I just didn't give it much thought.

ItaliaGirl Sat, Feb-07-04 08:10

I scored 8 - 10 You have scored in the severe carbohydrate addiction range.

oh dear.

liz175 Sat, Feb-07-04 08:12

Quote:
Originally Posted by Zuleikaa
liz175
I asked that members answer with their "before" persona. That gives me a trueer picture. LC helps to correct carb addiction.


Sorry! I didn't read your first post carefully enough. You clearly did ask us to vote based on how we were before low carbing. I voted -- severe carb addict. I never thought of myself as a recovered addict before, but I guess I am.

memaw O5 Sat, Feb-07-04 10:43

Another 10 here, but I knew that before I took the test. Like someone said in another thread an addict will change one addiction for another (or something like that). I have been many things in my many years on this earth but food and shopping have been my main down falls. Oh yes I am also Co Dependent.

HOPEFULL Sat, Feb-07-04 13:04

I scored a 10. It's funny because I never really thought about it before. But the more carbs I ate, the more I wanted to eat. It seemed like I was always hungry. I am so glad that I decided to try LC.

Mossling Sat, Feb-07-04 14:43

Not only did I score a 10, but I had proof this week. Keep in mind, I've been on this LC WOE/WOL since last July! Thursday, there was a gathering at school before classes started; since it was then, there were "breakfast foods". I hadn't had an egg bagel for MONTHS, and there was one; I figured I could have 1/4 of it with some cream cheese. OOOPS! By the time the damage was done, I had had--one full bagel, TWO sweet rolls, and TWO sweet muffins! I almost went into a trance! I can remember SAYING I don't want this, I shouldn't eat it just before stuffing whatever that bite was into my mouth. Need I say that I felt like :Puke: all day?

At least I know, now--STEP AWAY FROM THE BAGEL.

Jude

ItsTheWooo Sat, Feb-07-04 15:10

To the best of my knowledge I took the test with my old behaviors in mind (it is hard for me to remember how I used to feel since Ive been LCing for a year). I scored a 7... moderate addiction.

I took it again only this time with my present behavior/feelings about food and I scored a 1... no addiction. :)

Ellen-mom Sat, Feb-07-04 15:56

I scord a 9. It shouldn't surprise me!!

DarkLotus Sat, Feb-07-04 15:59

With before behavior I got a 3, presently 0.

DerBlumers Sat, Feb-07-04 16:11

On the CALP scale (which measures differently) I scored 43, which puts me into the "strongly addicted" category, perhaps equivalent to an 8 or 9. This was how I took the test (and wrote the answers in the book..) about two years ago. Since then, I forayed into CALP....dabbled with Protein Power....did my own low-carb thing....and now settled on Atkins. My weight struggles like a turtle, but is in a general downward trend...and since my candida cleanse I haven't had any of those carb cravings.

ChrisCanDo Sat, Feb-07-04 22:01

Gee I'm a 10 but then I was always an over-achiever :lol:

Thanks for the quiz, it confirms my reasons for going Low-carb.
Christy

Lisa N Sun, Feb-08-04 19:12

I scored a 7; moderate addiction. It makes sense, given their description. I can control my eating until stress/anger/boredom/fatigue are added to the mix and then it gets too much to manage, at least pre-low carb. If I take the test with how I am right now, I score a 0.

toleliz Sun, Feb-08-04 19:28

Hey Zuleikaa
I took the test and I scored an 8. A few years ago I had an awakening, a real lightbulb moment. I was at a banquet and we had a very nice meal with several courses at the end of the meal most of the people at the table were talking about how good the meal was (it was) and how they couldn't eat another bite (they couldn't? I was still hungry, I could eat another meal!) It was at that time that it really hit me that something was different with me. How was it that I was still so hungry when clearly there had been enough food?
My mother-in-law remarked one time that I ate very fast and I do notice that I eat faster than alot of people. I am also pretty hungry when I sit down to the table. Another thing that I've noticed is that I am very "not with it" in the morning until I've eaten something. Coffee will not do it for me, it has to be food in my mouth and then I feel a "veil" lifting and I feel myself waking up.

Zuleikaa Sun, Feb-08-04 19:40

toleliz
The feelings you're talking about are classic carbohydrate symptoms. Carbs just set off a never ending appetite. The hole never gets filled!!!

Wenzday Sun, Feb-08-04 20:27

I got the highest score in the CALP book too but based on before Atkins..not current.


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