Need self-control!! How do you resist tasty carbs??

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Re: Need self-control!! How do you resist tasty carbs??

A lot of the food I crave is not always junk that my children eat. Such as grapes, apples, potatoes, fresh wheat rolls, wheat noodles, etc., although, I admit, we do have some junk. I do try to cook healthy for them but cannot seem to eat even the fruit or whole grain food without gaining weight. I would just love some granola right now!

wheat rolls and wheat noodles are not healthy foods they are refined grains that cause toxic blood sugar spikes

sure its not as bad as white flour but its still junk food

as sugary as fruit is i find its no where near as bad and toxic blood sugar spikeing as bread, noodles

potatos and corn are not always the best choices either last time i ate these whitecorn/whole wheat tortilla chips the whole wheat was super refined because it was a chip i gained 5 pounds worth of water weight it was that hard on my body to process them

also i can't handle starches very well at all

if your kids want to eat grains and such they need to be natural like whole natural oats would be way better something your body can actually process in a healthy way with out needing to gain 5 pounds worth of water and feeling bloated and such

[JaxMama]

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Well Atkins girl, I didn't say what my meal was in general..but my dh adds starches to his since he isn't doing low/no carb.

Tonight lc meatballs and broccoli and cheese. dh skipped the veggies and and ate the meatballs with spaghetti and a bunch of garlic bread. Again, not going to force him to eat my way. I am trying to get him off the dip first.

I think 8 meatballs and broccolli was good enough....with 30 oz of h2o for dinner. over 1700 calories today for me.

Anyway, Mary, this is your board, you can do it. Yes I have mental cravings a lot and I just work thru it. Like this morning when a co worker brought in doughnuts for the office. I imagined eating one and then ate my lc food And trust me more than one co worker tried to "egg" me on the eat a donut. I didn't. It wasn't worth it.

[thefemalegreenday]

Re: Need self-control!! How do you resist tasty carbs??

I just suck it up =] At the end of the day, your the healthy one AND your also losing weight. Thats got to be alot better than some flour and sugar items..
Food lasts for the moment. Weightloss is forever.

[jake1970]

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hi this might not help you but it does me ,i look at carbs now a a poison that will do my body more harm than good ,all my family still carb but with that thought in my head it keeps me from eating carbs and i do the same with sugar,it keeps me on plan

[Suzanne_H]

Re: Need self-control!! How do you resist tasty carbs??

I have a hard time resisting the carbs around my house. It all looks soooo good! I cook for my children so it makes it even harder. I buy them snacks since they shouldn't be punished because of my diet. However, knowing that a salty potato chip is behind the cabinet door is too much to resist. I'd also like to make them desserts but I have a hard time resisting. I cannot seem to eat much carbs without gaining weight or if I do eat any, I lose complete control and eat too much. What can I do? It just seems like my body wants more.

I am a compulsive overeater. A bag of chips to me is like a bottle of booze to the alcoholic. The carbs hit my bloodstream, give me a sugar spike, crash and I about pass out from it... crazy, ha? I've heard folks refer to such things as "the good girl's drug".

Journaling helped me tremendously... I had to get honest with myself about food, how I was using it, how it affected me. It didn't matter that my DH could eat a handful of chips and put the bag back. I had to accept the fact that I'm the one who finishes the bag every time.

Also posting to threads like this one help my resolve tremendously. I like the idea that I don't get to keep what I have unless I give it away. As long as I stay on the Atkins plan I actually don't suffer with cravings like I used to. My favorite side effect of ketosis is reduced appetite.

Occasionally the thought crosses my mind to cheat, of course, but I try to think it through. Like yesterday a coworker was celebrating her last day, and there were treats and a cake in the lounge. I thought... How will I feel after? Has a cheat ever tasted as good as sticking to my way of eating feels? Is it worth the acid reflux, the spike in my blood sugar, the guilt and remorse, and the weight gain? Am I really certain I can handle just that one piece or am I going to finish the whole pan/bag/plate?

I skipped the cake and other carby choices. I enjoyed the veggie tray and a little dip and some cheese. I didn't suffer reflux, didn't feel guilty after, didn't get sleepy from the carbs, stayed energetic and positive...

It's not worth the cheat. I hope this helps. Jump back on the horse, sis!

[maryannie]

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Thank you everyone! I'm also thinking that I'm not eating enough during the day which is part of causing the cravings in the evening. Yesterday, I ate more during the day and in the evening, I didn't seem to have as much cravings. Plus I got to have my homemade low carb ice cream so that was my treat.

[Summerdressgirl]

Re: Need self-control!! How do you resist tasty carbs??

I have a hard time resisting the carbs around my house. It all looks soooo good! I cook for my children so it makes it even harder. I buy them snacks since they shouldn't be punished because of my diet. However, knowing that a salty potato chip is behind the cabinet door is too much to resist. I'd also like to make them desserts but I have a hard time resisting. I cannot seem to eat much carbs without gaining weight or if I do eat any, I lose complete control and eat too much. What can I do? It just seems like my body wants more.

I cheated once and got right back on it, I am Hispanic and living in Florida all I see is my favorite Latin foods and desserts! Very tempting, when I think of taking a bite I remember what I looked like 50 heavier, how I felt and how people treated me and I put that junk right where it belongs! It is hard, very hard because I can say forget what people think, but I can't say..forget what I think! because I have to live with myself and I was tired and sad of been my old me. Maybe keep a photo of your heaviest in the kitchen to remind you until you are strong enough to say no!.

[Aways2Go]

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Anytime someone offers me something I would like but shouldn't have, I always consider what I know will happen... I will likely gain numerous pounds of water weight, which I will hate, and then it will take me several days or a week of being "good" to get that back off and back down to where I already was and then to try to make any more progress.

I am always SO happy when I get down into a new ten pound range - and when I do, especially when I first get there, I do NOT want to give that up and go right back up to the previous higher ten pound range. This makes me not want to eat off plan, whatever it is.

By the same token, if I am really close to dropping into the NEXT lower ten pound range and someone offers me something, I think "yeah, and that will put that next ten pound range that many more days out of reach..." and I don't want that either. I am always SO VERY EXCITED to go into another range, there really is no food that is that good to ruin that possibility for the rest of the week.

That is what keeps me motivated on an item by item basis. Maybe it is simplistic or makes me seem scale obsessed, which I am not, but it works for me. I just need something CONCRETE when I am tempted, and the more general thoughts do not work as well for me. Thinking "that will push me back into the 280s" or "that will keep me from maybe getting into the 270s later this week" really has worked for me.

I had planned a mini-celebration Italian cheat meal way back last summer for whenever I reached 285 (only because that was a weight I knew FOR SURE I hadn't seen in years). I told several folks and said when I got there I would let them know and we would all go and have a big pasta meal. However, when I got there, I REALLY REALLY wanted to drop into the 270s first. And then when I did, I didn't want any gain from a cheat meal to push me back into the 280s, so I put it off until the lower 270s... and then once there, I was SO CLOSE that I really wanted to get in the 260s first, etc etc. LOLOL! They quit asking when we were going to go, as they know I am way below the weight I originally picked to celebrate and so far I just don't think it is worth it.