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  • #46
    Re: taking a day off, ok?

    Thank you Sadie, Sally, Mitzi, ValidRouge, and the other experienced and successful people who posted here (not going back over the entire thread!). What you have to say has huge value, because you have done what those of us at the start of the journey are trying to do.

    And you are so right ValidRouge. As a relative newcomer here I have noticed a very distinct pattern. There are people who don't eat off plan, don't plan cheats and take great pains to avoid trigger foods. They exercise, eat lots of veggies, and it doesn't matter where they live as do not rely on low-carb products. Yes, they struggle from time to time, but for the most part they are getting on with it and they are the people who have lost lots of weight and are feeling really good about themselves.

    Then there are those who cheat reasonably regularly, fall off a lot, restart, restart and restart. Or who keep losing the same few pounds over and over, sometimes for years. While a few eventually make a successful restart or have pretty much maintained between restarts, even in the short time I've been here I've seen a lot of them just disappear.

    I know which ones I am choosing as my role models.
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    • #47
      Re: taking a day off, ok?

      You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ValidRouge again.



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      • #48
        Re: taking a day off, ok?

        Originally posted by Brook
        You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ValidRouge again.
        Ditto!
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        • #49
          Re: taking a day off, ok?

          Originally posted by Brook
          You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ValidRouge again.


          Me too....

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          • #50
            Re: taking a day off, ok?

            Originally posted by apple
            Me too....

            Thanks for all you do, Joy!
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            • #51
              Re: taking a day off, ok?

              Originally posted by grovemonkey
              Some day Japan will get pork rinds and I will finally be happy.
              I know you live in Tokyo, but I swear swear swear that I saw pork rinds in a supermarket in Osaka 2 weeks ago (In the supermarket above the exit of the subway in Miniami Morimachi). I don't read japanese - but i do read 'carbohydrates' in Japanese and they looked exactly like them but had 0.01 carbs. i have no idea what else they could have been. Also, I totally get what you say about no low carb alternatives. I ate a whole sitck of gum that said 'SUGARFREE' in huge letters on it, only to discover later that it had 30.1 g of carbs. Nice translation. Dammit!
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              • #52
                Re: taking a day off, ok?

                I went through a phase where I searched all over the place for pork rinds and never found them.. I basically stopped looking at that point.. I'll have to check around again.

                Gum is always deceptive, I just stopped buying it.... you want to chew on it but then 9 times out of 10 there is still some carbs in it.. Also, the big round cans of gum often give the amount of carbs in the whole can of it so one peice of gum would be quite low. I noticed that in certain brands.

                I have found that yahoo auctions used to sell and probably still does sell atkin's friendly products like shake mix and also I bought splenda online. You can probably get anything via rakuten, which I like to use for wine.
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                • #53
                  Re: taking a day off, ok?

                  gee whiz! 'you must spread reputation around before giving to valid rouge again' too!
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                  • #54
                    Re: taking a day off, ok?

                    I agree..dont do it...there are lots of low carb recipes to kick the cravings instead of messing up...try lindas low carb recipes its great....this is a way of living not just a quick fix and if ur in it for life, this is not the right thinking!! good luck on ur journey!









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                    • #55
                      Re: taking a day off, ok?

                      For me, a "day off" would be a slippery slope ... the chances of my return to low carbs could be tricky. If it were that easy in the first place, I wouldn't have needed to come here in the first place (but I'm glad I did .... I'd rather change my life than indulge a craving!!!).

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                      • #56
                        Re: taking a day off, ok?

                        Originally posted by IrishIrish
                        For me, a "day off" would be a slippery slope ... the chances of my return to low carbs could be tricky. If it were that easy in the first place, I wouldn't have needed to come here in the first place (but I'm glad I did .... I'd rather change my life than indulge a craving!!!).
                        I feel exactly the same way!

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                        • #57
                          Re: taking a day off, ok?

                          Originally posted by Lady_Hawke
                          What did you decide to do Poizon? There are alot of good posts here with some really good advice....but it all comes down to you
                          i did take the day off, lol, but got back on the next day


                          and thanks everyone for your replies, really appreciate it.

                          sorry i forgot about this thread, i have a BAD memory




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                          • #58
                            Re: taking a day off, ok?

                            I wouldn't. It would erase all the good work you've done. To be honest...bad food made me fat, why would I want to fill my body with that again? Why would I want those cravings again? I've gone too far to go back to square one and you have too. Find something that is satisfying and legal. I'm afraid that if you would like to cheat just this one time that you may not make lifestyle changes because you are reintroducing those addictions. You're only four weeks in. If you are feeling deprived move to OWL for more food choices. I just wouldn't. Nothing...no junk is worth it. Seriously.
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                            • #59
                              Re: taking a day off, ok?

                              Why stop if all is going well. Old saying goes, "if it ainy broke, dont fix it" therefore I'm going to ride this wave as long and as far as I can. Me personally I fear that if I fall once, I'll fall down hard. So therefore I'll stay committed and enjoy my successes one day at a time. Good Luck all. God Bless, Joe

















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