Munchies

I get munchies really bad. Like really really bad. My wife is a hardcore runner so there are always tons of different carby snacks around - it's not a good time.

Last night I had an apple with peanut butter, a small cup of Indian (haldiram) snack mix, and 2 jelly candies. That was a light night - it gets way worse (lord help me if i drive by a doughnut shop).

I just seem to lose the ability not to shove my face full of food.

I do agree that chugging water seems to help a lot, but I've also found I will just keep drinking so much that I'll make myself sick.

It's the biggest drawback for MMJ for me.

Best solution I've found is to medicate while my wife is still awake (I hate binging in front of her), and then when she goes to bed, go lay down and read in bed next to her. I get hunger pangs but I can't eat because I'm already in bed.

I have vague recollection from somewhere that smelling food that stimulates hunger is the same brain activity triggered when experiencing the munchies, and thus eating foods that have this effect reduces the ability for this sensation to stop.
I do find that if I eat junk food I will continue to feel hungry even when over full, and when I eat healthy food like vegetables or meat, I actually feel full after a standard amount of time.
I also vaguely remember hearing something about blood sugar levels dropping after consumption, which causes craving for sugar and increases the response we have to it, but I'm not sure how true that is. Google is telling that overall it's healthy for the blood sugar balance though, so that's nice.

The worst thing I can say about the munchies, apart from the amount of money I've parted with because of a falsified sensation of hunger, is that after gaining the mental power to subdue the temptation, I've actually become desensitised to a normal sense of hunger, to the point it takes more than a week during a break to ever actually feel like eating anything. It has completely destroyed my appreciation for food.

I somehow plowed through five chocolate-coated ice cream bars yesterday, at least they were organic

Count me as +1 for having no control over the munch monster. I deal with it by making sure what's available is low cal and as healthy as possible. I will eat till I'm beyond full and what I eat doesn't have to be a favorite. If it is a favorite, like anything chocolate, I will continue to eat it until I'm too full or its gone. I'm a runner so I can go off the reservation food wise and run it off. But...I've had those times where I couldn't run for a week or two and I'm always grateful for the clothing step ups in size that I've accumulated over the years.

Occasionally the wife will need to get back at me for something and a gallon of Breyer's chocolate ice cream and Keebler's chocolate chip cookies will mysteriously make its way into the house. When confronted with the sabotage the wife will say something like 'I just thought you deserved a treat'. At times like this I just try to figure out what I did wrong. I don't bother mentioning that she knows I have the self-control of a mosquito in a nudist colony when it comes to chocolate. I'll plow through the goodies in a day or two, apologize for whatever I did and then ask that she not buy another round.

I can't even have low/no fat chocolate Breyer's in the house or weight watcher's chocolate covered chocolate ice cream bars because as we all know...if you eat them all in one sitting the fact that they were low cal ain't gonna matter.

Damn! @grokit .... Now I'm craving chocolate and I haven't even vaped up yet!

His_Highness said:

Now I'm craving chocolate and I haven't even vaped up yet!

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Ditto between the two of you talking about it.

I was so vaked I didn't even realize they were actually chocolate-covered organic frozen yogurt (not ice cream) until after I bought a second box of them today, no wonder the stomach ache was so mild

To combat the food binges i do when i have the munchies i discovered oats.

Best way for me is in porridge with a light amount of sugar. Fills me up and gives me slow-release energy.

Flapjacks ok but often bit too sugar laden. Oatcakes very good. Oats for the win!

Really recommend oats for those who have to keep an eye on their weight.

Often have them for breakfast and then also when the munchies hit in the evening.

For me it took some effort but I don't indulge into bad sweets anymore (cookies, ice cream). Just started noticing how bad they always made me feel. Now I eat tons of carbs (rice, potatoes, whole wheat) and plenty of fruit (mainly bananas and strawberries). I just saw how self-destructive I was when it came to sweets that it wasn't worth the 5 minutes of enjoyment followed by the guilt and pain of eating crap.

My new diet is high carb low fat. It is basically carbing the fuck up on good carbs. I took this from vegan cyclists I found on youtube. Check out durianrider or the glucose network on youtube. I am not vegan but I have adapted this to my lifestyle where carbs are my priority and I am eating more than ever and losing weight when I am trying just to maintain lol. Down to 169 very vascular and muscular(I'm also into weightlifting). Was 215 chubby as fuck 3 years ago

I know I can't change anyones diet but maybe I could point someone in the right direction

I know sugar is poison, but I'm okay unless I have that second ice cream cone late at night. My diet is generally low carb, high fat, adequate fiber and protein, lots of mostly organic fresh fruit and veggies. I avoid processed foods and eat as healthy as I can, but I try not to be too rigid about any single thing.

My friends I come from the future to inform you that raw organic biodynamic fruits are the key to good health in heart and head. They will heal you. Farewell for I must leave urgently though, for my advice is not esteemed on this planet.

Once you start eating real stuff you lose the cravings for the fake. The fake foods are so hyper enriched with sugar and fat we crave them, because nothing natural can satisfy such extreme tastes as those that we have processed.

I now get grapes and set them out so I can get to them before the pantry. I don't desire to get chips when I can sooner get a grape. Or tangerine. Or cherry. Mango spears prepped in the fridge AT ALL TIMES. Just f*king do it. If you eat constant raw foods you will feel grounded with nature. Modern man has deviated so much in 100 years we don't even know where we are.

@invertedisdead .... before you go back to the future....were the current time's four major food groups banned in your time? Of course I'm talking about salty, sugary, fatty and chocolaty.

Seriously...I wholeheartedly agree with you. If anyone needs proof of how quickly you can turn a well tuned body into craving poison....try eating healthy for a few weeks and then have a pint of Ben and Jerry's every night at 8pm for just 3 days. On the fourth day if you don't give that previously well tuned body it's Ben and Jerry's by 8:01pm it will find a way to tell you something is missing...... and if you don't supply it shortly it will walk you over to the fridge. Or...it could be that I have no willpower and am giving myself the excuse I need to fire up some Chunky Monkey a few days in a row

His_Highness said:

@invertedisdead .... before you go back to the future....were the current time's four major food groups banned in your time? Of course I'm talking about salty, sugary, fatty and chocolaty.

Seriously...I wholeheartedly agree with you. If anyone needs proof of how quickly you can turn a well tuned body into craving poison....try eating healthy for a few weeks and then have a pint of Ben and Jerry's every night at 8pm for just 3 days. On the fourth day if you don't give that previously well tuned body it's Ben and Jerry's by 8:01pm it will find a way to tell you something is missing...... and if you don't supply it shortly it will walk you over to the fridge. Or...it could be that I have no willpower and am giving myself the excuse I need to fire up some Chunky Monkey a few days in a row

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My friend, let me take you to a place where the food comes from the same ground as this sacred herb we share; and not flavor scientists!

Your current pint-a-day program is pure evil!
I must confess if you rewind this thread a few pages back you will find even my own confession for such novelties. At one point (not that long ago) I was eating so many pints I would be excited when a new ice cream flavor appeared because I had sampled ALL of them. Most of the time consuming the whole thing in one sitting.

The problem with ice cream especially (but dairy in general) is it makes your body produce mucus. When I eat ice cream now I can literally taste the flem being produced while I shovel that sweet cream down faster than a blown 'Cuda in a NHRA drag race. This is one of the worst byproducts of combusting IMO and dairy does the exact same thing to my body. We crave dairy because it is physically addictive. Dairy milk contains Casomorphin. Nature designed this failsafe mechanism to keep the baby calf stimulated like an opiod to induce feeding and grow up healthy - the circle of life. The more concentrated the product i.e.: cheese/ice cream = more opiods = more cravings. 1 lb of cheese = 10 lbs of milk. BTW Strawberry Cheesecake is my Ben & Jerry's high school sweetheart.

The Ciao Bella sorbetto (or any sorbet... check the ingredients list... or make your own!) is a really good alternative to ice cream. No weird ingredients and none of the fat like ice cream. Around 1/2 the calories of a regular pint. Obviously not "ice cream" but an honest alternative made with things from the ground.

BTW: regarding chocolate - I must recommend the Equal Exchange brand. Certified organic AND fair trade. This is important because the cocoa/cacao bean trade; like the coffee bean trade is very sinister and devious. Fair trade means you are supporting honest farmers (lets not kill the last of them off yet) I found interest in this brand comparing bars at the store. Most chocolate contains some type of vanilla to accentuate the flavor, but this is the only bar that uses organic vanilla beans. Scharffen Berger is the only one else who uses vanilla bean. Everyone else, even the other organic brands opt for some form of extract. This "no compromises" theory is one I'm highly supportive of. These guys are trying to make the best product possible and take the least toll on the environment as possible, which is well worth the only 10 cent extra cost over mass market brands like Lindt, and Ghirardelli.

invertedisdead said:

The problem with ice cream especially (but dairy in general) is it makes your body produce mucus. When I eat ice cream now I can literally taste the flem being produced while I shovel that sweet cream down faster than a blown 'Cuda in a NHRA drag race. This is one of the worst byproducts of combusting IMO and dairy does the exact same thing to my body. We crave dairy because it is physically addictive. Dairy milk contains Casomorphin. Nature designed this failsafe mechanism to keep the baby calf stimulated like an opiod to induce feeding and grow up healthy - the circle of life. The more concentrated the product i.e.: cheese/ice cream = more opiods = more cravings. 1 lb of cheese = 10 lbs of milk. BTW Strawberry Cheesecake is my Ben & Jerry's high school sweetheart.

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There's even more to it than that, the sugar in ice cream fuels inflammation (the "silent killer"), and this is compounded by the process of homogenization, where the fat particles of cream are strained through tiny pores under great pressure. This results in these particles being so small they stay in suspension rather than rising to the top, which makes the fat and cholesterol more vulnerable to the rancidity and oxidation that contribute to inflammation and heart disease. This process also lets certain proteins bypass the digestive system; once in the bloodstream, they can trigger autoimmune diseases like diabetes and multiple sclerosis. Pasteurizing milk destroys its enzymes, diminishes many vitamins (it actually destroys vitamins B6 and B12), kills beneficial bacteria, and promotes pathogens. And forget about low/non-fat dairy products, they're worse for you in every way and don't even help you lose weight; much like diet soda they're a scam.

I've decided to make my own popsicles, with coconut milk/water and fruit juice concentrate swirls.


All 12 molds just $7.68 shipped

I just use to the muchies to eat healthy foods. Everything tastes good when you have the munchies so just try to have healthy snacks on hand. I try to eat a solid meal before I vape because I read somewhere that eating can reduce your high....not sure if that's true

Just some guy13 said:

I just use to the muchies to eat healthy foods. Everything tastes good when you have the munchies so just try to have healthy snacks on hand. I try to eat a solid meal before I vape because I read somewhere that eating can reduce your high....not sure if that's true

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I've always heard that too. Not sure if it's true.

I'll be honest. I've never had the munchies so bad. It seems that the vape creates a more intense munchies for me oppose to when I use to combust lol

god, 10-15 years ago i had the munchies for cola. I would drink a glass of it and crave the sugar taste of it, even if my stomach already was/felt full. nowadays I can't even taste sugar due to a tonsillectomy that needed my tongue to be fixated which kinda killed some taste receptors. So even if I get the munchies today, it is mostly for chips/crackers as I really developed a craving for that salty stuff to compensate for the loss of taste of sweet things. After the operation I ate one ~100g bag of chips a day. Glad I'd reduce that a bit - shit like this is way more dangerous than vaping I guess.

I get sort of crazy when I have food and I'm medicating. Which leaves me without food the next night lol. Once and awhile I'll make the journey 3 minutes up the road to the store. I get sort of paranoid that everyone is looking at me, and just knows "That guy is stoned as hell" then again that's probably the reese's ice cream, chips, two bags of candy and something to drink that gives it away. That alone discourages me 85% of the time...

I can't have 'unhealthy' snack food in the house anymore unfortunately because I have no discipline when I'm vaping. I tend to keep a lot of healthy snacking stuff around like fruit, carrots, houmous but I find I don't have the same monstrous appetite for it - sometimes a few bites will placate me whereas previously I'd eat crisps (chips) until everything in the house was gone.

I guess you should stock up on miniscule amounts of different treats. I guess it's almost impossible in the US, but here in Germany I can get bag of chips that are 50g, which is less than a third (175g) of the sandard sizes. Eating one of those isn't giving you those bad feelings that an empty bag of larger sizes does.

I get some severe munchies if I take tolerance breaks. I don't combust anymore, but it was the same whether smoking or vaping -- I'd want to eat any junk food I could get a hold of. The sweeter the better. I generally have to "train" myself to stop munching or they stay with me every time I vape. It takes a few days for my body to adjust to not eating while high. The bad thing is I stop eating in general if I stop my munchies. Which can be counterproductive, but I'd rather eat a lot less than load up on sugar all the time.

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I guess you should stock up on miniscule amounts of different treats. I guess it's almost impossible in the US, but here in Germany I can get bag of chips that are 50g, which is less than a third (175g) of the sandard sizes. Eating one of those isn't giving you those bad feelings that an empty bag of larger sizes does.

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Oh, we definitely have those 1.5 oz chip bags here. They're normally sold in multiple packs though.

Which totally destroys the purpose of getting a small amount of chips.

Basically you can also buy ziplocs in that size and divide the bag into smaller ones, but you need to be able to lock the vast a mount of chips away or you're stoned self is gonna eat em all.

My problem is I sleep eat
My wife has a photo of me sat on the bin in the cupboard eating crap with my eyes completely shut
Apparently I do the every night
Can't remember a bloody thing but wake up with crisp packets and chocolate bar wrappers next to me every morning
So u can't blame me!
Anyway I take 2 "10" vegetable multi-plex tablets and 2 cod liver oil tablets each morning then I don't eat at all until the evening meal, then just drink lager and sleep eat
The veg multiplex are fantastic, as I don't eat any fruit or veg at all (been advised not to by a consultant dermatologist, but that's another story)
Anyway I'm not overweight is what I'm trying to say

Damn... I love this Site....

So many common denominators, so many of us that love and indulge in the myriad of all things canna-related.

I read most of the posts here, and wow! So many similar behavior.

I myself, annihilate a GALLON of ice cream every 4 days.
It used to be Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla... But that got to be very expensive.

I did see a mention of this already in this thread...

Cannabis causes our Blood Sugar Levels to drop, and sometimes it can be extreme.
This is why we have the tendency to crave sweets , and Carbs in general.

Appetite Stimulation is one of the larger factors in which I utilize MMJ..
My disease induces extreme Nausea.. I lost nearly 100lbs over the course of 12 months, when my disease was at its peak.

My normal body weight is 155, after being placed on Humira, I initially gained 50 lbs, placing me at about 210lbs.
^^ this sucked... Causes more pain and problems.

Then, it flipped a 180...
I could not stomach any food without Cannabis beforehand.

At this point, I weighed 110lbs.

Then, came my bi-lateral hip replacement...

A year later, I'm back to normal weight, thanks to Cannabis.

I now use inactive THC-A during the day..
And my heavy Vape session 30-60 minutes prior to bed..

I'm so damn high at the conclusion of the session.. I can't think of anything besides getting to my huge Bamboo pillow and closing my eyes and enjoy "Cloud Surfing "

Damn, is there anything cannabis can't do?
I love it here so much.

Much love FC!

My first popsicle

90% organic, vegan, no added sugar.

Came out great, wouldn't change a thing !

grokit said:

I know sugar is poison, but I'm okay unless I have that second ice cream cone late at night. My diet is generally low carb, high fat, adequate fiber and protein, lots of mostly organic fresh fruit and veggies. I avoid processed foods and eat as healthy as I can, but I try not to be too rigid about any single thing.

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Do you eat water insoluble protein! (gluten)?