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elantan

ok i am struggling ...like really starting to struggle ...i know why i am doing what i am doing i know it will be for my health benefit and i know it will help me in future ...but i want so far ...bread ...i would never have guessed bread but i miss it i just want a piece and tomato or something ...but the way i am eating just now h=n/c and the first six weekd being strict i aint allowed bread ...

i know the first six weeks is to get you to break the addictions etc i understand all that ...but i want bread ...boo hoo ...it's not helped by the fact that i am on my way to do my volunteer work at the soup kitchen where we butter a good few loaves for people.....ahhh i will eat my fruit and think its bread


sorry rant over

The_Dragon

AdrianHi - good to see you again, those pesky 4 pounds don't stand a chance!

Poshstock - not doing starting weights this time - just losses

If the rest of you thing it is hard keeping up what about me :eek:

The_Dragon

Elentan - how come you aren't eating bread? are you doing Atkins or something?

jackieglasgow

elantan wrote: »

...but the way i am eating just now h=n/c and the first six weekd being strict i aint allowed bread ...

i know the first six weeks is to get you to break the addictions etc i understand all that ...but i want bread ...boo hoo ...it's not helped by the fact that i am on my way to do my volunteer work at the soup kitchen where we butter a good few loaves for people.....ahhh i will eat my fruit and think its bread


sorry rant over

What does the bit in bold mean? What's the h for (I assume the n/c is no carbs?)?

elantan

no not atkins too dangerous in my opinion ...the book i used this time is eat to live (cant remember the authors name ...he's and american dr if that helps) the h=n/c means

health = nutrition /caloric

basically eat nutritous food not calorie laden ones its a formula to work out how nutrient rich a food is

ultimately bread is calorific not nutritous ...whole wheat (which is what i love) is nutritous and i can have that or whole wheat pitta breads in six weeks but just now he recommends a strict six weeks ...

tara747

I want a big slice of bread and butter now too LOL!

I'm off to read all my diet books, at least that will keep me from eating...

tara747

elantan wrote: »

no not atkins too dangerous in my opinion ...the book i used this time is eat to live (cant remember the authors name ...he's and american dr if that helps) the h=n/c means

health = nutrition /caloric

basically eat nutritous food not calorie laden ones its a formula to work out how nutrient rich a food is

ultimately bread is calorific not nutritous ...whole wheat (which is what i love) is nutritous and i can have that or whole wheat pitta breads in six weeks but just now he recommends a strict six weeks ...

Sounds interesting!!

elantan

well for me i want to do this for life so i want to be fit and well for life ...my health means alot to me ...and it is starting to suffer so i didnt want to go for counting diets red green days etc (nothing wrong with them ...they just aint for me)

so i have done some research into health and nutrition and so far it doesnt look like fun but it will be healthy ...i am saying it doesnt look like fun but i am sure once i get past this stage i am at i will start to relax and enjoy it more ...


so health= nutrition/calories it is for me ...

now i have lost my taste for bread thanks ...positive mental attitude will take us all far

elantan

Valentina2 wrote: »

That made me laugh but it is a good idea to do use a side plate to help control portion size, one of my downfalls as I often think my portions aren´t that big so over eat..although I am doing something about that and only having big portions of steamed vegetables.

i had read somewhere that eating off blue plates stops us eating as much ...due to blue not being a natural colour in food ...some brain thing ...

so i went out and bought blue dishes (oh this was a long time ago) they were twice the size of my ordinary plates and i landed up eating twice as much ...didnt work for me

lostinrates

elantan wrote: »

now i have lost my taste for bread thanks ...positive mental attitude will take us all far

Part of it is getting some of the ''crud'' out of the system certainly. I find when I don't eat sweet things, for example, my swet tooth diminishes significantly. I then find I'm satisfed with much less when I do have something sweet, BUT the more I eat/the more frequently I eat them the more I want them, then have to be all strict again. I have to say, while I don't do well on bread and pasta, I ALWAYS want them, but rarely get the same specific cravings for them, just emotional ''wants''...which is different though sometimes feels very similar:o