Lowcarbfriend

How does for ex Stevia affect you? I’m thinking mainly about cravings, not weight loss effect. My thinking now is to avoid any kind of sugar (sugar, honey, maple syrup, dried fruit etc) except raw fruit. I’ve never used artificial sweeteners and never would (hey, health obsessed vegetarian for ten years ). For baking I just use cocoa, cream, vanilla powder or raw fruit. It’s not the real thing but it satisfies my longing for festiveness without me starting to binge. Is Stevia a good choice or does it set off cravings for you? I’ve never tried it so I know very little of its effects and now is not really a good time for me to experiment having just come out of the sugar daze.

And what about sprouted grain products, like sprouted bread? Do any of you eat sprouted grains and how does it affect you?

The reason I’m asking is that I’m sensing eating no sugar and no grains like bread is going to give me a "hollow" feeling at times like something is missing from my eating (it already has), and if there are foods that brighten up your eating experience without leading to binges, they might be worth trying.

I tried making oopsies yesterday and though they looked lovely mine tasted more like mini-omelettes than bread. Good yes, but still omelettish.

I eat one per week. I consider it my indulgence.

Dyan

Can you list what you eat on a normal day?
also maybe how you are preparing meats?

Before when I did this, I basically just did LOTS of eggs and lots of meats in the crock pot and allot of broth.

Want to get some new ideas! I would LOVE some casserole recipes.

Go to your local grocery store and pick up ‘anytizers’ I believe they are tyson brand…

Hot & Spicy chicken wings. mmm. delicious. I brought them to work and put them in the freezer until I was ready to pop them in the microwave. paired with some celery and ranch.. you have yourself a DEEE-LI-CIOUS lunch ;]

1 carb 0 sugars per 3 pieces!

You all can definently do it if I can. I’ve struggled for the longest with my weight especially for the last two years. A month ago before I started this diet I was in deep depression. Mainly because of my weight and stress at work and other personal issues. I finally realized that I’m still young and I still have a life ahead of me so Atkins came to mind. I remember the first time I heard of the atkins. It was before I joined the military. My aunt was telling me about how easy it was and all the other stories of the diet. Ofcourse during that time I didn’t believe her. Nor did I care. So when I joined the military I was about 154 and when I got out of bootcamp I was at 140. I loved that size. Noone could tell me anything. But after a year or so my weight started to creep up but I was always working out constantly so I managed to keep it off, but I continuously ate. I was a top notch binger. My average weight at those times was always at 153/156 not too bad, but it wasn’t where I wanted to be. So when I left Japan and moved to San Diego for surgical tech school. Life was stressful. The school was no joke so I constantly ate to fill that void. Depression started to sink in as I got bigger and bigger. I would starve myself for a couple of days and lose like 8 to 10 lbs then I was right back on a binge. My weight continuously fluctuated. Then once I graduated school and moved to Maryland to work in the hospital. Things only got worse. I was depressed and couldn’t stop eating for the life of me. I even stopped working out completely for 5 months straight. The longest I’ve gone without working out and I got to be 186-190 lbs and I was really hating life. So I thought of Atkins. Tried it just before Christmas for the first time and lost 12lbs but gained it back. Finally when I got back home from vacation it took me a while to make up in my mind to try atkins once again. So I did and hear I am. Never knew I could stay on a diet so long and be satisfied and feel great and still lose weight. Sorry this is long and a lot of you may not read it. But this is for those of you that need the motivation. Even if noone reads or responds to this thread. It will be somewhere on this forum if anyone needs it. God Bless everyone.

Ok all last week I was getting up at 5:15am during the week to exercise before work… anyway this morning I just couldn’t get up if my life depended on it.
Anyone else have issues getting up early the first few days into daylight savings? Or is it just me… lol