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ha :wave Hi all! Just some thoughts...
I have been absent from the board for a while and posted only once in a while to my journal and am ready to re-commit to LC WOE again. This is still the only program where I have lost weight and not only has it helped that problem but also other health issues. I love this way of life and after not having followed it consistantly the past 3 months, I miss it terribly. Even though I have been eating "regular" carby foods, I have found that they have really lost pre-low carb appeal. I think that now that I have been low carbing and realize for the first time in my life that I could live without bread, rice, etc. it is not the great temptation that it used to be. Of course, there is still that underlying thread of addiction that lingers and makes me, and each of us, falter. But I see now that once I give in, the food doesn't quite taste the same; anybody get what I am talking about? I mean, it used to give such a feeling of comfort, warmth, psuedo-love, whatever...when you ate it but now, it doesn't feel the same. Now, I think I cheat because i am used to the addictions and I kinda miss those feelings associated with certain foods; it was such a let down because I didn't get the same comfort, joy, satisfaction, or rush I once did.
But.....those are actually really good things! I am glad that these foods dont have the strongest hold over me that they once did; that I can reclaim my life and go back to low carbing and getting healthy and not letting food rule my world. But I think that we all to some degree miss the feelings that we used to get by eating such carby foods and like an addict, those feelings will always be with us. It is how we deal with them and if we get back on the wagon, is key.
Today, I saw the show "I Lost It!" (a cable show on Discovery-Health Channel) and one story was about a woman who lost 122 lbs in 11 months on Atkins. It was very inspiring to me and I made up my mind that I was going back on today no matter what. I know that going back to my former carby life is gonna kill me....literally. I have out of control blood pressure now and couldn't get a simple tooth pulled because they were afraid that I would stroke out in the dentist chair. That was one of many sobering moments that has happened to me the past week and a half. Well, I am sick of it and I am ready to go back to my normal "WOE". Are you? Are you sick of living the carby life? Are you ready to re-claim your life and health? Have you reached your bottom and ready to climb out? I know I am. The only thing you have to lose, is weight.
I am so glad to be back among my fellow low carbers and know when I talk about my WOE, that they get it versus others who do not. We really are different from other people. It is like we have our own language and city of people like us. I think that is what makes some non-LC'ers jealous and resentful of our way of life; we seem to have our own little world. We go against the "norm" way of "dieting", for lack of a better word; against the grain of low fat eating and that makes some people crazy because it WORKS! :confused Indstead of being happy about us finding a way of life we can live with and get healthy, they are just the opposite! They do everything they can to tear it and us down. Oh well, it just makes us that much stronger, at least I know it does me.
Let's start today over and make it a new day. Let's say that today is the day that I will go back and do a clean induction. Reclaim your health! Don't listen to those people that try to poo-poo your new WOE. Make a comittment that this week you will follow Atkins to the letter and not cheat. We can do this, we have done it before so we know that we can do it again. I challenge everyone here to join me in a cheat free week, starting tomorrow, June 25th! We can do this!
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