Low-carb diets support thread

beanrua

Thanks mazzers - thing is I have felt it has been easy to lc up til now - and now i am stalling badly - just when i was thinking this whole thing was a doddle - maybe it's more difficult than I have thought. It's ok to give up wine for a week or two but to give it up permanent is perhaps asking too much of me - not sure if i can continue with this - I feel i am just sliding into weight gain again. Thing is - i can live with the food part ok - in fact I love lc food- but i'm finding it hard to do without the wine ( and i don't drink that much wine)- what does that say about me -and now reading this over is making me question my raison d'etre- food or wine????

smeeinnit

Originally Posted by smeeinnit
I treated myself to some S&V peanuts yesterday and they were just so heavenly!!

Mmmm, were they KP?? I used to always have them, they were my weekend treat. You do have to go careful though, too many & you end up with swollen Angelina Jolie lips!!

yep they were KP, with were being the operative word......:whistle:

(don't think I have the hang of the quote thingy yet)

mazzers

beanrua wrote: »

Thanks mazzers - thing is I have felt it has been easy to lc up til now - and now i am stalling badly - just when i was thinking this whole thing was a doddle - maybe it's more difficult than I have thought. It's ok to give up wine for a week or two but to give it up permanent is perhaps asking too much of me - not sure if i can continue with this - I feel i am just sliding into weight gain again. Thing is - i can live with the food part ok - in fact I love lc food- but i'm finding it hard to do without the wine ( and i don't drink that much wine)- what does that say about me -and now reading this over is making me question my raison d'etre- food or wine????

I used to be the same with wine, but hardly drink now.. i have done this week as i'm off work, but usually come home gasping for a cuppa (or 5) and wine has just taken a back burner.. thankfully as i could easily polish off a bottle a night :eek:

I couldn't cope with never having a drink again either.
Just have it as a treat on a weekend, trouble is, without carbs the body will burn alcohol as fuel first, then fat, hence the stalling. (maybe even with carbs??)

Sunnyday

Morning Peeps :wave:

Sweet - I`m pleased to report that the crisps are still in the cupboard where they should be
I ended up with gherkins, corned beef, smoked cheese with chillies in it and loads of extra hot horseradish sauce.

Wasn`t such good news later though Had kebab, chips and a can of guinness

Beanrua - If i were you i would carry on as you are (yes cheating and everything) until after Christmas, you will feel much better then and will sort things out. Believe me i think that most of us on this board have been there and done that more than once. I`m a huge wine drinker, i make the stuff and am surrounded by it lol i love it! I've kept away from it mostly and have started on the Christmas booze hence the guinness last night but the wine will follow soon. I keep a huge bottle of vodka in and nip at that when i`m lcing as it doesn`t seem to have the same effect as wine if i only have a couple.
The booze is always my downfall.

Mazzers - Whatcha doin up at that hour? Thought twas only moi that kept weird hours lol, hope you're not painting :D

Actually i`m quite receptive to the idea of painting right now but there is no light in that room and its pitch black outside:( Think i`ll have another cuppa and then empty the washing machine.

I`ve decluttered a lot of places and collected loads of paperwork that needs sorting out and putting away - read decluttered as moved from place A to place B lol so i have an attractive heap of junk in the middle of the living room. I need to sort loads out before our tree goes up, there is a stack of carpet tile boxes right where i think the tree will need to go.

Brekkie today will be scrambled eggs and mushrooms - probably on toast and i`m not sure what we will be having later until i`ve nosied in the fridge.

Right i`m off to boil the kettle again

Have a great day peeps!

SD

hannoja

beanrua wrote: »

Thanks mazzers - thing is I have felt it has been easy to lc up til now - and now i am stalling badly - just when i was thinking this whole thing was a doddle - maybe it's more difficult than I have thought. It's ok to give up wine for a week or two but to give it up permanent is perhaps asking too much of me - not sure if i can continue with this - I feel i am just sliding into weight gain again. Thing is - i can live with the food part ok - in fact I love lc food- but i'm finding it hard to do without the wine ( and i don't drink that much wine)- what does that say about me -and now reading this over is making me question my raison d'etre- food or wine????

So give it up for a week (or two)... Have a 'treat night' (or day, or whatever works for you) once a week. That way, you have something to look forward to, and a day when you can satisfy any cravings you've been fighting off.

It seems to be working for me... I think.. I haven't really weighed myself for years, but had to one day, then again a good few months later when I got the wii fit. It was enough to work out that I'd lost roughly a stone over those few months. I managed to put that back on over the Summer hols. (please God don't let me do that again at Christmas: thankfully they're considerably shorter!) which was depressing. I started again about 3 weeks ago, so am not really in a position to give advice, but I've lost half a stone and intend to stick to my 'one naughty evening a week'. I'm good in the day, then have a drink in the evening, then allow things to go downhill from there. Last night was lager, nuts, crisps, Indian, couple of biscuits (I find sweet stuff a bit too sickly these days: don't really crave it, and always wish I hadn't bothered when I do eat it.)

Anyway, sorry to ramble. Just wanted to say don't give up. You're doing really well. But don't set goals you know you won't be able to keep. Have a drink once a week. Start afresh the next day.
Oh, and allow yourself to enjoy Christmas. I'm hoping/intending to be naughty for Christmas day and boxing day... it will probably stretch a bit, but I'm determined not to be a pig for the whole holidays! And also determined to find a way to still do my daily week day excercises! (as well as walking the dog).

Good luck

sweetserendipity

Morning

I think it must be that time of year as I'm really struggling as well. I had intended to LC until the 23rd but I think it's going to be earlier than that if I'm honest I've only had the one blip (on Friday) but I feel like I'm teetering on the edge of another one!! :rotfl:

This is what I intend eating today...

B - protein shake
L - buttered crispbreads with topping
D - chicken & veg

I've got almonds, cheese & 85% choccie to snack on so hopefully I'll get through today & have my final weigh in tomorrow & see where I go from there...

Happy LC days everyone

beanrua

Oh, thank you all so much for your understanding and support. Was feeling a bit de-motivated - but now going to take it a bit at a time and not expect too much of myself. When I started lcing i stopped drinking completely and the weight fell off - and then ~i went back to having one or two and the old habit creeps back in. Have decided to restrict myself to once a week or maybe save it all up for Xmas - anyway i feel so much better after reading your posts, thanks again. Heading out now for lunch with a large group of friends and i'll def stick to water - feeling thin is def better than the feeling a glass of wine gives me. My body is going to have to burn fat to-day cos there won't be any alcohol to burn first. Have a good day everyone - chat later.

mazzers

Lol at us lot :rotfl:

It is great to have support tho and know that your not the only weak willed one
we all have our weak times.

[STRIKE]Sherlock[/STRIKE] SD i didnt realise it was quite so late, i had fallen asleep on the sofa earlier and was watching a bit of true crime before [STRIKE]spending [/STRIKE] wasting time on Cityville

I have got up with good intentions today but can already feel them slipping... sigh
I'm either very very good or very very bad (at lc, keep it clean )

I will see what the day unfolds, will be making a lovely chicken dinner and hopefully starting on the hallway.

smeeinnit

Morning, ummm afternoon now

Well I blew the diet totally but as it was a work xmas do it was planned, deep fried mushrooms, turkey in a spicy mexican sauce, brownies and icecream (I expected it to taste too sweet to eat, but it was lush) and several cocktails and shots......several pubs and bars....just got up lol

Today nothing but a cooked breakfast will do unintentionally low carb, hopefully it will knock any cravings for sweet things on the head. We'll see....

Have a good day

pink_princess

I ended up going out last night & I drank enough to sink a ship We went all you can eat Chinese & I didn't eat just watched the others while drooling

Thankfully I stuck to spirits on the whole ( Just 1 glass of wine snuck it's way into hand) so I'm hoping the damage won't be to bad.

I was dancing for hours so that has to help

Beanrua- Wine was always my down fall as well, I could drink 2 bottles a night, every night :cool: But now I lc I don't even want any. I still like a drink but will stick to spirits :beer:

Breakfast was crispy chicken skin as I skinned aload of chicken thighs to put in the slow cooker & it would of been a shame to waste it