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And if so, what new lc foods did you try?

tia!

i am no longer worried about eating off plan. i am only concerned about taking in too many calories. I keep telling myself that it is an improvement. I have been doing this, since re-induction for 3 weeks. I allow myself no more than 25 net carbs daily. but i usually keep it below 20. Also, no low carb goodies in the house. I allow myself a treat on the weekend, if i go out for it. hard cheese is only 4 oz a day. low carb bread only 3 gr worth a day. if i have dreamfields, then no bread. All I can say, is I hope this will show up on the scale on Wednesday. Although i am starting to move around a little bit more, it is not really enough to make a dent. You have to crawl before you can walk or run. I hope the gods are merciful Love & Profits: FLATFERENGHI

Is it genetics or is there something deeper than genetics going on?

Dyan

I need to vent……. Besides half of the things in my life bothing me, I am just so frustrated. I have been off and on this sight for years. Most of the years I only needed to lose 10 – 15 pounds. Now (my life being crappy) I need to lose 30 pounds. I always come back here because it seems like this is the only way of eating I can deal with, but my God, nomatter how good I do, it just doesnt come off! I can maintain my weight excellent but losing weight, its like pulling teeth! Since Dec. I lost 4 pounds which 2 of them flip flop on the scale. This is not me, I am so frustrated, I am in a (beach) wedding in July, how long should I keep trying to lose weight eating low carb? And then when the time comes I lost no more than 4 pounds! I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND YES I AM FRUSTRATED?

So I’m at a gathering with family & friends this past week-and of course-I am considered ‘eye candy’ in a matter of speaking because of how far I have come from the first time I started focusing on losing weight until now. Most everyone watches me when I choose my foods and some don’t fail to make comments. Of course, there are some foods I choose to stay away from because of how they make me feel and for no other reason. Two seconds of pleasure is not worth a week of bloating nor is two seconds of pleasure worth being sick every 15 minutes for 2 days. (been there, done that)

So they watch & of course, the old adage-as a lot of you are familiar with-’It’s Christmas time. This won’t hurt. That won’t hurt. You don’t need to be on a diet duirng the holidays.’ Blah Blah Blah I’m sure a lot of you have had to put up with this. So this year was the breaking point. I get it every year but this year was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

In a calm but firm manner, I said ‘Would you tell someone who is allergic to gluten that they can eat gluten containing products on Christmas? Someone with a severe milk allergy that they can consume milk products on Christmas? Someone with a severe nut allergy that they can consume nut containing products on Christmas?"

Silence and then a ‘Ummm…no. Not at all. That would be insane.’

My reply? "My health should be treated no differently.’

My point came across. Conversation finished. Enuff said.

Let’s see if they remember next year

Dyan

"The way people prioritize the use of time is the difference between success and mediocrity." Tom Venuto, BFFM

I really did an excellent job of losing weight in 2006 for the first 9 months. Since then I’ve allowed myself to slowly slip back to my old eating habits. I don’t know why I did this because I don’t feel well at all eating high carb foods. My appetite is ravenous again and compulsive overeating is uncontrolable unless I’m eating Atkin’s. I kept telling myself that this is for life but I see now that I was only on a diet. WHY? Because I didn’t go up the carb ladder, I just stayed at 20g per day to lose as quick as possible. Of course this was pretty boring and I guess kept me from learning how to eat for life. I should know my CCLL by now, It’s been almost a year for pete’s sake! All I’ve managed to learn in all this time is how to lose 8 to 10 pounds a month, ( on my diet.) So now I’m either losing or gaining, not good! I have to start all over again and do it the way Atkin’s intended. RELEARN TO EAT THE RIGHT WAY ONCE AND FOR ALL!!

So here is my plan: 2 weeks induction, add 5g carb daily for 2 weeks, then if still losing add 5 more daily for 2 weeks and continue this till I stop losing. Then I will have to drop back to where I was losing (CCLL) AND STAY THERE TILL GOAL. Then add 5g daily till I stop losing and maintain there (CCLM) for the rest of my life learning tasty ways to eat healthy. I have to create menus that my whole family will enjoy because I want them healthy too.

I really wish I’d just done it right the first time and had this figured out by now because now I have to quit smoking at the same time. And this might
affect my results. I can’t wait any longer to quit smoking though so I’m going to do this for me and my family no matter how hard it is! I want to live!

My quit smoking date is Jan.2nd and I will start induction tomorrow. Not today because I’m getting over a bad cold and I’m eating oranges like crazy for one more day (it’s working) So I will be back tomorrow for day one of my new life.

Linda