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#202149 07/19/05 06:20 PM
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Well, you could always figure in the amount of breathing it takes to laugh while exercising. If you are gasping for air that is bound to drive your heart rate up! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


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#202150 07/20/05 10:03 AM
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Don't feel bad about blowing it - we all do it! I've been low-carbing for nearly five years and here are a couple of things that work well for me:

Cook/make up a lot of low-carb foods at once. Fire up the grill and do some chicken, dogs, hamburgers. Cook up a package of bacon. Fix a batch of tuna and cut up a bunch of celery for munching. Keep frozen broccoli on hand - add cheese for a perfect side dish. Scramble a carton of eggs and freeze. Nuke and add cheese. Roast a whole chicken or turkey and portion it out in snack-sizes. Now you have a fridge/freezer full of stuff ready to grab and eat when you get the urge. Or an entire meal that is ready to go all week long.

Plan a "breakout" date. A day when you reach a certain weight goal that you eat whatever you want. (Note: this is not good advice, just the way I do it.) I usually choose my birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Those are the only three days I can eat whatever I want, but ONLY IF I'm within my chosen weight range.

And keep checking in here for encouragement! Share what you're cooking up. We're all in this together! (Thanks to Lisa, the low-carb leader.)

#202151 07/20/05 02:18 PM
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Number #1 - stop thinking about the rest of your life, and concentrate on TODAY ONLY. Just do the right thing today, and forget about tomorrow. Deal with it when it comes. If you get a craving, promise yourself you'll eat it tomorrow, but not today.

TexasBlueHeron had great advice - have a refrigerator full of good things to eat so you won't be tempted with the wrong things. Don't let yourself get too hungry, eat many small meals & snacks. Keep your drinks OFF LIMITS to the rest of the family, and have plenty for them to drink (not having sweet drinks around for the kids is not a bad idea, either. With all the good sugar-free drinks out there, there's no excuse to have them around).

Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get into action, and start thinking of yourself as a winner, not a whiner. Only one day of success will give you a boost and help your self esteem. And stop making excuses and rationalizations about why you eat the wrong food. You eat it because you want to eat it. Period.

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but it's reality, and I have been there, for more than just food. I had to get honest with myself and take responsibility. Once I did that, the rest was easy. You have lots of support, it sounds like, so don't think you have to do it all alone. I will be keeping you in my prayers, and wishing you luck. I know you can do it, of you wouldn't be asking for help.

Remember, one day at a time.

#202152 07/20/05 11:02 PM
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Yes definitely you don't need me for advice, everyone else here has been there too and everybody is offering wonderful advice!!

Yes, you gained weight. We all pretty much gain weight on vacation. What you've learned from low carbing is that you can lose it again. So think of it in this way - if you had NOT lost that weight previously, you would have gotten even heavier. You in essence "pre-lost" the weight so that you would come even again when you pigged out <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> That's not bad, all things considered! Now you can go back to the task of losing weight again.

Chantal - low carbing should never be about depriving yourself. You get a ton of luxurious food on a healthy diet - asparagus and cheese, lobster, filet mignon, you name it. The things you should eat in small quantities are all BAD for you - twinkies, white Wonder bread, etc. So what you need to do is ask yourself if these things you crave are really things you want in your life. Hopefully you are not saying that you are so desperate for Twinkies that you are going to let them harm your health <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Definitely we should all find exercise we truly enjoy - whether it's walking, dancing, doing silly things, etc. It doesn't matter if you "look silly" <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> All that matters is that you are up on your feet and moving. I quite happily dance around to my PS2 "dance dance revolution" game <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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Hey Lisa,

I guess my post maybe sounded a little negative but actually I didn't intend it that way. Twinkies are most definitely not a problem for me - I think I've had maybe 2 in my life thus far and I'm 31. For the most part the low carb eating is pretty easy for me. It was a little difficult getting used to eating differently but after 5.5 weeks it's starting to become easy. Last night I went out for dinner to celebrate getting a new job and I decided I would eat whatever I wanted. I ordered nachos and a ridiculously huge plate arrived at the table and my appetite dwindled. I ate a few nachos (they had chili, bacon, gr peppers, halepenos, cheese tomatoes, onions and possibly other things that I'm forgetting on them) and then all I could taste was salt. Nachos used to be one of my favorite foods. So I stopped eating and brought them home for a friend that cleans up any leftovers without hesitation. I ended up with a stomach ache in the restaurant and by the time I got home the nachos were just not sitting well and went right through me. I won't be having them again.

I'm feeling a little more like I could stick to low-carb for a long time but I will just take it day by day. However, when I have cravings I often give into them but after a few bites I change my mind anyway. I have found some low-carb alternatives to lots of my fav foods - pasta, chocolate and pizza are the big ones.

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That's great news! Definitely I am finding that things I used to crave, I don't care about any more. Salt especially gets to me very quickly (which is good!). The trick with cravings is to figure out WHAT it is you are actually craving. Usually it's not really a dish - usually it's a flavor or a sensation. You crave something buttery, or something crunchy. So if you think up something else similar but healthy, you're just as happy.

I used to eat a ton of popcorn which of course is not very healthy <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Now if I get a craving for popcorn I'll get one of my crunchy snacks and I end up just as happy.


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