Jane wrote:

> Hi everyone!
> I was a member of this list about a year ago, and
> signed off due to lack of time.  I am back primarily
> because I have taken a major fall of the paleo wagon.
> I had lost about 35 pounds, but have gained about 20
> of it back due to a return to drinking coffee, eating
> unnatural sweets (ice cream, candy, pie,
> twinkies...),and lots of fruit (which isn't bad except
> when you eat a pound of grapes or 1/4 of a watermelon
> at once).  Once I have one bite, I have a hard time
> stopping.  I don't crave the grains like I did when I
> first started eating this way, but since I slipped on
> the sugar stuff it has been VERY difficult to
> eliminate them from my diet again.

I also have this problem.  I have found out if I religiously
avoid anything with even a speck of sugar in it
for 2 weeks, I lose the taste for it.  This includes
chocolate; it doesn't even look good.  If I get started
eating chocolate or candy, however, I can easily go
through 1/2 lb of it a day, eating until I get sick.
Addictive, yes, to me.  I know people who can eat
one piece of chocolate and quit (hard as that is to believe).

Binging on fruit can turn on the cravings, but it takes a
lot to do it, whereas one piece of candy will turn on the
switch.  I do okay with small servings of fruit.

    Lynnet