Low-carb diets support thread

mazzers

Well i'm still being an :A

Had just curry lunchtime, pork steaks and, wait for it.. spinach, for dinner and strawbs and cream coupla hours after.
Still no sweeteners but i'm not enjoying a cuppa at all

newcook

darn it - I didnt win chips,rice and sweet n sour chickenl/totm/lil'devil won... ah carp

im off to boxercise tomorrow - was going to be in the hope that a little exercise would kick-start the shifting of the pounds... hopefully I will enjoy it and carry one 2 or 3 times a week along the low carbing (promise I will be back on wagon v.soon!!)

sistercas

TOTM has a lot to answer for, I havent stopped eating carbs for 3 days :eek: chips, chocolate, biscuits. chocolate, bread, chocolate. now I darnt weigh myself blood sugars have been very high too

I do feel a bit more in control now thank goodness, but my Dmum and stepd are staying and we are having fish and chips for tea tonight plus we are going out for a meal tomorrow for mothers day . ( one of the problems is I havent told anyone I am lcarbing because I dont want the lecture about how atkins is so terribly unhealthy )

oh well

sweetserendipity

Morning peeps :hello:

Not ready to come back just yet, but just wanted a moan!!

Why are we all a slave to our hormones?! :mad:

We (ok, not me for a while ) are doing so well & then, bang, totm/pmt/motm arrives & everything goes pear-shaped!!

There must be something we can do about it?? Isn't there??
Does anyone take totm/pmt/motm vitamins?? I've taken just about everything in the past (Vitamin B6, evening primrose, St. John's Wort etc) but not for a long time & certainly not while I've been lcing. Just wondering if something like that would help stop the [STRIKE]insanity[/STRIKE] carb cravings. Mazzers, I don't mean sweet cravings cos I know you've been successful with that, more the 'out of control' feeding frenzy mode that I tend to get into at certain times of the month

Anyway, hoping to 'get back on track' [STRIKE]hmmm, there's that old chestnut again[/STRIKE] on Monday ... Please, please let me do it ...

aliasojo

I've got a headache. I don't usually have a hangover but I feel rough this morning. I drank water throughout the night too. I have a glass of water and a cup of tea in front of me right now.

I had a bad dream last night. I dreamt I got my fringe cut and it looked really, really horrible and I felt sick with regret that I'd got it done. I'm sure that means something. :rotfl:

I ate loads of peanuts again last night. I think I finished them so I'm not buying any more. I still weigh the same again this week and it's because of the excessive nut eating I'm sure.

Looks like a few of us are having trouble right now. Sweet, like you I used to take B6 but not since icing. I've always believed that strong cravings (not just the greedy pig type) mean that your body does actually need something in the food it's craving. How we give it what it wants without wrecking our icing woe.....I just don't know.

As for my unbalanced @ss, I'm going to try to make a point of going for a walk every day. I find walking very boring tbh but I'm not up for going to a class of any kind yet so it wins by default. I may get a yoga dvd, is that something you can do/learn by yourself? Yoga For Dummies?

newcook, shame about the cigs. The food's not the end of the world but the cigs will have more of a hold on you. And you'll stink.

Maybe we should book a cabin in the woods somewhere for a month and hold our own private fat camp. We can lock each other in and stop each other eating and newcook from smoking. You lot would have to cook though, you'd be starving Biafrans if you relied on me. :rotfl:

Gers

Morning - seems that all is not well in LC land My climb back on the wagon was only disturbed by a packet of jelly sweets :rotfl: but I am determined to 'look after myself' the way I look after others.

Have a read of this article in the Guardian today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/mar/13/obesity-salt-fat-sugar-kessler

Shocking information but not anything we didn't really know already.

And whilst I'm in Pollyanna mode here's some more info from 'You can have what you want' book by Michael Neill' - I'm not usually a fan of these self-help books as... well for various reasons, but this bit is something I go back to more than once.

He has worked out some reasons why we fail, what stops us from achieving what we really want in out lives and came up with 9 obstacles. Briefly:

1. Information - I don't know what to do and I don't know where to find out

2. Skill - I don't yet have the skills I need to succeed in this area

3. Belief - this is impossible or at best unlikely to ever work/happen. Other people might be able to do this but it's just not possible or likely for me

4. Wellbeing - I'm way too stressed/tired/unwell to deal with this

5. Other People - my boss/spouse/children/friend etc makes it difficult for me. It's just not up to me

6. Motivation - I just don't care enough/I can't seem to get started/I can't seem to create or sustain any motivation

7. Time - There's not enough time in the day

8. Money - I'd love to but I don't think I can afford to

9. Fear - I feel sick at the thought of pushing myself through this

I can see myself in more than one of those, however I am working hard on resolving them. So, this morning I have had bacon, eggs and mushrooms. For lunch it will be stir fried lamb with loads of veggies and a cream and mint sauce. Evening meal... always the problem for me so could possibly be chicken salad.

Off for some more laser treatment and then will drive out to the farm shop on the A69 to try to get some lovely bacon, so tired of the supermarket stuff.

Heads up, tummys in and keep that pride intact.

jinny

Well thats really strange cos I had some very strange lucid dreams last week when I started Atkins, some were quite disturbing. I wonder if it is the sugar withdrall, I had felt rubbish all week and quite strange at times like I wasnt quite with it. However I feel great have loads of energy and feel quite optimistic despite some ongoing stressful things in my life that i just have to cope with. Have a great day everyone X

newcook

Aliasojo - I think I know why my body was craving carbs... I havent 'been' all week even though I have been eating plenty of fibre and veg and fats but after last nights carb attack I have been about 3 times already this morning (sorry if too much info!!!!) - I feel so much lighter inside and obviously feel better for it!!

Gers

Just wanted to add this article:

http://www.lowcarbluxury.com/goldenshot.html

rosysparkle

Interesting article, Gers. I am hoping I won't find lcing a lot more difficult than I have in the past.

I ordered Neris & India's book and cookbook from Amazon and they arrived today, so I'm feeling all fired up. I'm not doing much exercise now I'm stuck in a wheelchair (arthritis) but I'm only working part time now so I'm going to do some swimming. I took my daughter to Tesco to buy clothes, and caught sight of myself in the chair, you'd have thought it was Halloween. Very scary! I can't live my life looking like that any longer.

B - bacon & eggs
L - smoked salmon & Boursin cheese & salad
D - home made lamb and feta burgers & more salad.