I cant take this battle!! This battle between my and my body!!

**kellyf48** · January 11, 2009, 04:42 PM

Re: I cant take this battle!! This battle between my and my body!!

Ditto everyday!!!!!

**liv** · January 11, 2009, 04:43 PM

Re: I cant take this battle!! This battle between my and my body!!

{{{hugs}}}}
It is a battle but it is a battle you will win. Because you're fighting the good fight. Perhaps you need some strategies. What are great foods that you love and that you can eat on Atkins? Get them - have them around - use them. If you are in charge of the food in your house do not make pizza and spaghetti (at least not right now) - make proteins with salads/vegetables that you all can have. Use nice coloured napkins and make it a feast. There are many great recipes on Linda's low carb site or here that you all will love. My family really like chicken wings and we all enjoy no carb ones. Have you tried the cauliflower pizza - it can be a saviour?
Also visualize - spaghetti are worms - that is going to bloat you up to a baloon - who needs that. Not you.
Write up all the reasons you are doing this - put those on the fridge and read them often.
Celebrate every small victory you make.

**MomToEli** · January 11, 2009, 04:45 PM

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First, here is a really big hug {{{Aniteli}}}. I hear your pain.

I take it you are doing Induction. Are you eating enough to be satisfied? Most of us don't have enough will power to do this. But this diet changes our metabolisms. Our tastes change. I still cook carbs for my family, but honestly the idea of eating them is like

. Maybe post your menus for people here to see and maybe they can make some suggestions.

And put those donuts in a bag and out of sight! Don't leave food out to tempt yourself. Seriously. Or declare that this week you aren't buying that stuff. They'll get along fine without donuts for a week. We get in this mindset that if we deprive our poor little children of all that processed stuff that we know is really poison that we are somehow ruining their childhood, when in fact, the opposite is true. By continually feeding them that way we are dooming them to the same struggles we have. My little guy (he's 10) and my dh for instance - I buy bread for their sandwiches, but the makings are exactly what I eat. Tonight we had chili (a Linda Sue recipe). We had cheddar cheese and sour cream with it. Dh put crackers in his. If they demand beans in it, have a can ready and put some in the bottom of their bowls and add them just to theirs. I finally realized that while my ds in particular needs more carbs than I do by a long shot, he doesn't need processed food any more than I do. He needs quality. So we are switching it out slow and steady. If dh REALLY wants something I can't have and can't have around, he is free to have it for lunch - away from home. He respects me enough to not demand things that are truly a weakness for me. Like Oreo cookies. I can NOT have them in my home. I would eat the whole bag of them. Then cry, while I had a chocolate ring around my mouth. No joke.

Anyway, I don't know if this is helping you any, but know that people ARE here to talk to about it all. People ARE reading your cries for help. People will respond and people will encourage you through it.

**ANITELI** · January 11, 2009, 05:04 PM

Re: I cant take this battle!! This battle between my and my body!!

Thanks sooo much!
Liv- spaghetti as worms huh?? Yeah i get the idea, i will try anything.

Momitoeli- Thanks for the advice, i know my family needs to eat better!
its hard though i mean we are a family part domincan part puertorican....you know that spanish cooking is Carby all day.

I know i will have try to cook better weather they like or not cause i really do need this....i will try.

i want to win this battle...i have to.

Thanks!!

**T3ch-Ch1c** · January 11, 2009, 05:07 PM

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I know it's easier to say than to do but "don't get frustrated".

I did this same thing last time I tried Atkins and I quit. Two years later and 15 more lbs, I'm trying again and it's been so much easier...I'm not sure why. I have a son 19 and two 16 yr old girls that are all extremely fit so I know what you mean when you talk about the junk food.

Try putting pics of yourself around...that way you will stay motivated a little more and it keeps you thinking of what you are trying to accomplish.

Here's one thing that really helps me. I was a huge sweet eater and my hubby got me started on sugar free jello with whipped cream. I use to hate jello! It's amazing for a dessert and makes me feel like I'm not dieting.

Good Luck

**ceemarie** · January 11, 2009, 05:09 PM

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I would like to suggest that you make your meals ahead of time so all you have to do is grab what is acceptable on the diet for you and not worry about always having to make something separate just for yourself.

**Slingnmom** · January 11, 2009, 05:58 PM

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My Dh is Puerto Rican, but I am a white mutt. Still you could whip up some spanish rice using cauliflower or try finding ways to change the recipes so that you are able to enjoy them too.

This is a restart for me too. I think it is easier the second time and for me I think it's because I don't want to lose the battle again.

Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Home this has been my saving grace though.

**MomToEli** · January 11, 2009, 10:33 PM

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Originally posted by Slingnmom View Post

My Dh is Puerto Rican, but I am a white mutt. Still you could whip up some spanish rice using cauliflower or try finding ways to change the recipes so that you are able to enjoy them too.

This is a restart for me too. I think it is easier the second time and for me I think it's because I don't want to lose the battle again.

Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Home this has been my saving grace though.

Momentary thread hi-jack ... Stephanie, those cute kiddos look really close in age! Are they yours? If yes, bless you!

**MomToEli** · January 11, 2009, 10:35 PM

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Originally posted by ANITELI View Post

Thanks sooo much!
Liv- spaghetti as worms huh?? Yeah i get the idea, i will try anything.

Momitoeli- Thanks for the advice, i know my family needs to eat better!
its hard though i mean we are a family part domincan part puertorican....you know that spanish cooking is Carby all day.

I know i will have try to cook better weather they like or not cause i really do need this....i will try.

i want to win this battle...i have to.

Thanks!!

You will. There is lots of support here

And Stephanie is right - Linda Sue's site has awesome recipes.

Your little guy in your avatar is adorable!

**ziggy** · January 11, 2009, 11:01 PM

Re: I cant take this battle!! This battle between my and my body!!

iv heard for some people carbs can be addictive like really addictive drugs

maybe theres something you can do to make carbs no longer addictive for you? maybe the atkins diet book says something about it im not sure

oh and also remmber you can eat as much fiber as you want even though its a carb its one you can eat as much as you want of

i could see anyone going insain if they thought they couldnt eat fiber xD
you can subtract all the fiber from the total carb count of a food item like 3 grams carbs 1 gram fiber = 2 net carbs

**huge_euge** · January 11, 2009, 11:26 PM

Re: I cant take this battle!! This battle between my and my body!!

You can make it! Stay strong!

Is there any way your family will adjust a bit for your diet? I know that when I started Atkins, my family stopped making pancakes and french toast and switched over to omelets and bacon. Even one meal a day would make things easier for you! And you are the one making the food, so maybe you can just tell them tough!

You can do it!

**neihu** · January 12, 2009, 08:44 AM

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I agree - if you are doing the cooking, cook what works for you and give your family a healthy carb to go with it.

I remember reading a post last time I did this (2004) and someone said the best gift they could give their children was a diet without sugar and white flour.

Good luck - hopefully things will get easier for you when you move up the rungs.

**ANITELI** · January 12, 2009, 07:01 PM

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OK everyone!!! I have to thank all for your suggestions to swicth it up in the kitchen. So i took a look at lindas low carb recipes went grocery shopping and it is wonderful!!

I made Taco salad, tomorrow i will make stuffed peppers. Soon i will try the spinach lasanga. The taco salad was awesome. For the first time i didn't feel like i was still hungry or like i was missing anything, it was great!!

so i pre-pared my meals for the next 3 days! I hope i can continue this victory... no more boring iceburg lettuce with same-o ranch dressing!!!

**Elizellen** · January 13, 2009, 03:09 PM

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Great positive attitude, Aniteli

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