sick and having a hard time.

[Hoping]

Okay, people. I need some help.
I have a bad cold. I feel so groggy, I just want to sleep all day. I'm skipping the gym today. I really wanted to go, but if I'm exhausted right now I can only imagine how pooped I'll be after a workout.
My problem is that I really want comfort foods.
I really want tomatoe soup and grilled cheese, or something from Panera like their bread bowl soup. And even better I would love to eat some refried black beans with plantains and sour cream......Mmmmm.
I shouldn't and I won't, but it's so hard for me right now.
I know these foods won't make my cold better. It's all in my head.

Am I the only one that's felt this way? So far I've been able to fight off the cravings, but I'm tired of chicken soup...plus, I don't want to make anymore of it. I just want some plantains and those beans....
Help me out guys, what do you do in instances like this?

[kiobe]

Re: sick and having a hard time.

Okay, people. I need some help.
I have a bad cold. I feel so groggy, I just want to sleep all day. I'm skipping the gym today. I really wanted to go, but if I'm exhausted right now I can only imagine how pooped I'll be after a workout.
My problem is that I really want comfort foods.
I really want tomatoe soup and grilled cheese, or something from Panera like their bread bowl soup. And even better I would love to eat some refried black beans with plantains and sour cream......Mmmmm.
I shouldn't and I won't, but it's so hard for me right now.
I know these foods won't make my cold better. It's all in my head.

Am I the only one that's felt this way? So far I've been able to fight off the cravings, but I'm tired of chicken soup...plus, I don't want to make anymore of it. I just want some plantains and those beans....
Help me out guys, what do you do in instances like this?

I'm one of the luck ones, I don't crave anything specfic like that but I do get a general craving for something sweet a couple times a week. For that I'll drink a low carb chocolate drink from EAS or Atkins and it does the trick. How about home made clam chowder-no potatoes though. Your mind is throwing a temper tantrum and demanding carbs, don't give in, not even a little. You can make a cream soup out of any vegge you like. Here's the basic recipe, add the vegge you like. You don't need to strain it if you use cauliflower.

1 lg onion, diced
1 lb vegge-cauliflower, asparagus..etc,
1 qt chicken stock
1/2 pt heavy cream
salt & pepper to taste
pinch of nutmeg
simmer the cut up vegges in the chicken stock for 15 min
using an immersian blender or a regular blender, blend till smooth
strain through a fine to medium strainer and toss out the solids
add the now strained liquid back to the pot and add the cream
return to a simmer and cook for 15 min or untill the soup coats the back of a spoon. add the salt and pepper and nutmeg.
Makes 12 cups @ 3.5 net carbs per cup.

Good luck and feel better soon.

[Elizellen]

Re: sick and having a hard time.

Home made soup as suggested by kiobe as well as grilled cheese (if not on bread but on something else like aubergines/eggplant) would be perfectly 'legal'

Atkins can mean finding new 'comfort foods'!