I know my tastebuds have adapted. If I sip from my wife's mountain dew, my tongue wants to jump out of my head! It's SALTY! I can actually taste the soda water in it now, as opposed gulping it down before.
I've had little trouble leaving bread behind, but when I do inbibe I pay for it!
The first time I went on the Atkins plan, I was losing a pound and a half a day, things were going great! I got from 204 down to 172, felt excelent too. I decided to eat the roll that came with my steak at dinner...the next day I weighed in 2 pounds heavier! I'll put my thumb in the eye of any doctor who claims low fat is good!
How can a single roll add up to 2 pounds?! It's all chemical, and a roll evidently weighs as much as a hiking boot!
I've come to the conclusion, that any food found in a 711 is evil, sugar is the poor man's cocain, and flour is equivelant of smack.
I'll admit this, when I'm having a bad day, it just snowballs. I explain my cravings with thoughts like, "I've already blown my diet today...", or, "I'll just eat some cardboard and take in a bunch of fiber to counteract this batch of cookies".
I know addicts of all natures have thoughts like these in common, but I also know folks who beat their addictions. I seem to win battles, but it's a Mexican Stand-Off on the war front.