Merv. Alcoholic.
Since quitting drinking 2 months ago, my appetite has become monstrous. Feel like I can eat a full meal every 2-3 hours. Was wondering if anyone else had new eating habits since getting sober. Bad or good.
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Wanting more sugar! Around the same time of evening that I would have had a wine
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My appetite is the same but I’m definitely eating more, especially sugar. For me it’s the lesser of two evils and has been a successful distraction when cravings come up at home.
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Yeah gained 15 kg .litle to much more than i like. But im working on that. Im happier
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Hi Merv, Kara alcoholic. Yes my appetite has increased but it has decreased in the last few days. Thank Goodness! I am have 42 days sober. Toughest battle of my life. 
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Ditto!!! Gonna start pudging up over here if I continue to not use…
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That is me sugar but that is my addiction when I’m not using but then I get upset for eating some much. When I’m using I’ll go days and weeks without eating and not care about my weight lost I drink a lot of ice cold drinks all day crazy on that works. Be strong today everyone
@Noxamanda11 yes that’s my worry, also. I am almost 2 months in and I don’t want to start using my sobriety as an excuse for poor eating. I know its one day at a time, but I feel like I need to start holding myself to higher standards even this early on.
In the beginning it was all so well I did exercises I woke up at the right time I had a correct diet but now I relaxed I got lazy again
Oh yeah sugar especially. I use to go grab ice cream instead of drinking. Eating more meals probably because your body is used to the calories got from drinking. If eating helps curve the appetite for alcohol, I say choose eating. Alooking, typically if you eat healthy, you are going to be hungry for ever few hours. Rather have a pizza then a beer, its better for you.
Im now 72 days sober, and I am over the sugar cravings. I wanted to post because for me, worry about replacing alcohol with sugar, and then getting fat, was a big reason/ excuse to keep drinking. I now realize that I never fully recovered, not as much as I pretended, from teenage eating and body image stuff: having wine before dinner helped me numb my anxiety about eating and hunger. Now I have nuts and sparkling water before dinner so I dont hit a wall of hunger. Feeling my feelings, and even feeling good! It is possible, even though at the start it feels tough.
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I totally understand how sobriety can cause extra sugar consumption, more eating, and weight gain. Sometimes it’s a necessary tradeoff. But I was able to eventually lose a lot of weight in the year I was sober. If anything, because I was wan’t trying to count calories while having 1000 calories of vodka a day!
My first couple months I ate whatever I could…I gained weight,you know what they say we put down the spoon and picked up the fork…I started excersizing about five weeks in trying to curb the gains…my apetite only grew…it wasn’t until I started taking vitamins and supplements and planning my meals or at least counting calories that things began to change…honestly I have to watch what I eat because I eat my emotions at times…I don’t have to watch it as much as I did but a lot of that is because I try to stay hydrated…many times when I think I’m hungry im really only thirsty
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Those little mandarin oranges - they’re called Cuties in my grocery store, have been a godsend. They are so sweet and the time it takes to peel is a nice pause to get rid of the thought of anything else I might be craving. I try to eat healthy most of the time, figure I have done enough damage to my body with alcohol and don’t want to exchange one problem for another.
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