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I stopped eating red meat (particulary ribeyes) becuase you guys suggested I was eating too many calories. I gave up the cream and the splenda. I am having a very difficult time becasue I am unsatisfied. Not really hungry, just deprived. Make sense?
I am eating salads, but can't find fresh spinach here yet. Shopping is a challenge. I use the US Military commisary for everything.
I am willing to do what ever it takes, perhaps not for the long haul though. I can be content with this WOE for the rest of my life, but not a life without steak and other goodies I want. That just can't work. It takes me back to Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig adn all that other nonesense that starved me into wt loss only to gain it right back. True. I gained back weight I lost on ATkins, but my Dr. said I had to eat for the baby which included carbs. Once I opened that floodgate again, that was all she wrote. I am not going to believe that I am old and have regressed therefore I cannot succeed at this. I simply MUST succeed at this or I am done with dreaming. I know that sounds dramatic, but that is my reality. This issue must be put to rest so that my life can be lived.
So tell me...treat me like a child who knows NOTHING....what do I do. If there is someone here who has experienced what I have/am, please direct me according to your success right down to the bare details of what you ate, how you felt, etc.
I am exercising daily. I think 4 miles is a lot to do everyday, and now I hear it isn't enough. My God. It is all I can do now. I live in a 4 story German home, so I am up and down stairs all day every day. I dont' have the desire or the time to lift weights. That is just not in the cards for me at this stage.
I don't want to be so negative but I feel like this is just a waste of time. It is just not fair when you follow all the rules and still fail. The one thing I am clinging to is that I didn't measure myself until yesterday. I am gong to wait 2 weeks and measure myself again to see if I have had even the slightest success. The strange thing is tha success breeds success. When I am doing well, nothing can make me eat outside of the "legal" foods. But not doing well breeds the feeling "what difference doesn't make anyway..." You knwo what I mean?
Anyway....that is how I am feeling today.
By the way, I had to have a CT scan today with iodine. I had to drink this huge bottle of this orange, disgusting liquid on an empty stomach. I later found otu that it was laced with Tang to make it taste better. I probably would have vomited if it tasted worse. I have no idea how many carbs was in that drink, so I decided to skip dinner tonight. I already skipped breakfast because I had to take the test on an empty stomach. I had chicken wings and celery for lunch. I pray that I am still in ketosis when I check tomorrow morning.
I am eating salads, but can't find fresh spinach here yet. Shopping is a challenge. I use the US Military commisary for everything.
I am willing to do what ever it takes, perhaps not for the long haul though. I can be content with this WOE for the rest of my life, but not a life without steak and other goodies I want. That just can't work. It takes me back to Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig adn all that other nonesense that starved me into wt loss only to gain it right back. True. I gained back weight I lost on ATkins, but my Dr. said I had to eat for the baby which included carbs. Once I opened that floodgate again, that was all she wrote. I am not going to believe that I am old and have regressed therefore I cannot succeed at this. I simply MUST succeed at this or I am done with dreaming. I know that sounds dramatic, but that is my reality. This issue must be put to rest so that my life can be lived.
So tell me...treat me like a child who knows NOTHING....what do I do. If there is someone here who has experienced what I have/am, please direct me according to your success right down to the bare details of what you ate, how you felt, etc.
I am exercising daily. I think 4 miles is a lot to do everyday, and now I hear it isn't enough. My God. It is all I can do now. I live in a 4 story German home, so I am up and down stairs all day every day. I dont' have the desire or the time to lift weights. That is just not in the cards for me at this stage.
I don't want to be so negative but I feel like this is just a waste of time. It is just not fair when you follow all the rules and still fail. The one thing I am clinging to is that I didn't measure myself until yesterday. I am gong to wait 2 weeks and measure myself again to see if I have had even the slightest success. The strange thing is tha success breeds success. When I am doing well, nothing can make me eat outside of the "legal" foods. But not doing well breeds the feeling "what difference doesn't make anyway..." You knwo what I mean?
Anyway....that is how I am feeling today.
By the way, I had to have a CT scan today with iodine. I had to drink this huge bottle of this orange, disgusting liquid on an empty stomach. I later found otu that it was laced with Tang to make it taste better. I probably would have vomited if it tasted worse. I have no idea how many carbs was in that drink, so I decided to skip dinner tonight. I already skipped breakfast because I had to take the test on an empty stomach. I had chicken wings and celery for lunch. I pray that I am still in ketosis when I check tomorrow morning.
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