Carbohydrate Addict's Diet ~*~ Summer

[Hoppinn]

Good evening,

I am heading to my folks house first thing in the morning so I thought I would "check in" tonight. I am planning on getting my WATP power walk finished tomorrow morning before I leave instead of sitting on the computer.

DH and I have just completed our 2 sets each on the Bowflex.

Patty, thank you for the information about the pump inhibitor. I understand that it is necessary for now but hope you are able to get off of it as soon as possible. You haven't mentioned whether or not you are still working on portion control, but if you are, I wish you the best.

Judy, I think the hardest part of this plan is getting started. Once you feel you are in control of eating this way again, stay focussed and you will succeed. Eating the pecans should not be a problem unless you feel as if you have gone off plan and continue to do so.

Linda, you continue to amaze me with your efforts.

Dana, keep me posted on how the bags are working for you. I applaud your decision on rescheduling your sons kindergarten test so both you and your husband will be there for him.

Tink, I share your enthusiasm for this WOE.

Stephanie, I appreciate your kind thoughts. Thank you for sharing the coffee filter method of starting seeds. I plan on joining you and Dana in getting my veggies planted real soon.

My menu for today included:

CM: 2 cups of coffee

CM: Pork chop and green beans w/vinaigrette

RM: Salad w/ranch, avocado, bacon bits, colby cheese, & sauteed shrimp, and 3 oz. Haagan Das ice cream bar

I took my Chromium and drank my water.

Have a wonderful day tomorrow!

[imjoyful]

Stephanie, no, I've never heard of starting seeds in coffee filters. What a great idea! I decided to use the hanging bags for planting, for a couple of reasons. 1. We live in kind of a rural area and there is a lot of "wildlife" roaming, so to speak. Deer, raccoons, squirrels, etc. The veggies would get eaten by animals unless: 2. If I were to plant a garden in the ground, I'd have to fence it, and to do that I'd need approval from the homeowners association, and that takes FOREVER. I tjust thought for my first try I'd do it this way. Honestly I like the thought of no weeding!

Judy you are so funny! So the pecans were sweet.. hey it was your RM so it's okay!! I'm not even going there with what I ate.. but I have maintained another day so it's all good.

Barbara, I love your picture!

Okay girls I'm off to work. Have a great day!

[Ragdoll24]

Thanks Tink, Dana, Teri & Stephanie for noticing my new picture & for your kind comments. I meet Sazzie one of the gals from the IF thread on Sunday & she was kind enough to take a new picture of me.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday
Hugs, Barbara

[la.lady]

Ok, girls I am back to CAD, and no one needs to tell me that I should have stayed. I have gained 4 lbs. in just around 3 days. I will have to do at least 1 CM for my stomach sake, but that is OK. I just do not want to gain more, and more weight.

It was terrible yesterday. I ate all day long, but then I was sick and hopefully the chronic itching and my stomach will heal quickly.

Have a great CAD day girls.

[la.lady]

Oh Barb, you are just so beautiful and just look how tiny you are. I hope to be like that someday.

[DressageLover]

Urgh. DH and I both started getting a sore throat yesterday. Our little one has a snotty nose, so the cootie wagon has arrived. I had three servings of airborne yesterday and I'm feeling much better today. I know I'm not out of the woods and need to keep taking it if I want a fighting chance with this. My husband, who is not an airborne believer, did not take any and is hugely congested today.
Anyway...I hate doing this because artificial sweeteners are a no-no for me, esp outside of RM. My alternative is getting really sick though, which I TOTALLY can't afford to do this week as I have some very important meetings lined up. Urgh.
I'm crossing my fingers that the Airborne will work and that my weight doesn't go up in the process.
Patty, welcome back to CAD. Hang in there, hon.

Best wishes to all of you for a happy, healthy Wednesday.
xo
DL

[Ragdoll24]

Originally Posted by la.lady

Ok, girls I am back to CAD, and no one needs to tell me that I should have stayed. I have gained 4 lbs. in just around 3 days. I will have to do at least 1 CM for my stomach sake, but that is OK. I just do not want to gain more, and more weight.
It was terrible yesterday. I ate all day long, but then I was sick and hopefully the chronic itching and my stomach will heal quickly..

MommaPatty If I didn't stick to an eating window, I would be eating all day long also. I think you'll be much happier back on CAD with a CM.
Thanks for you kind comments on my new picture. You'll get there also. 15 months ago at 203 lbs. I wasn't sure if I could make it this far. Though the help & support of the wonderful folks on LCF, it was easier than I thought it would be.
DressageLover Hope the germs leave your family & home very quickly. Take care & feel better.
Barbara

[LoraJR72]

Hi, Everyone,

I am involved with Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous and it is a very strict program. I can't tell you how unhappy I am in it. I hate calling my sponsor, everything seems too structured, and I'm continually asked to do things that are not helping my Binge Eating Disorder triggers at all. By nature, I'm not a chatty person and calling strangers isn't my cup of tea.

CAD seems so simple and I wish I could break free and do this.

[la.lady]

Lora Please give CAD a try. Start off just eating protein for 1 or 2 meals a day and you won't get so hungry and eat whatever you want for your RM. I know CAD works....I know that CAD curtails binging, so please try it and be with us...

[la.lady]

thanks girls for welcoming me back. I have just got to do this.... It is the only way that I have any success.

[drewsmimi]

Lora, boy do I know what you are talking about...and Patty you can understand me when I say that I tried LA Weight Loss a few weeks back, paid a fortune, hated being accountable, dropped the plan and am stuck with those stupid bars. I've tried everything but Jenny Craig I bet. Lora, you can do it with this group and with CAD. It's amazing how quickly the cravings disappear..(and how quickly they come back.) See, I think the reason that we try other things Patty and you will attest to this too, is that we get on this. It makes us feel "normal" so we think, "Well, I could do thus and so" but then once we start to eat like those "normal folks" we don't have cut off point 'cause we didn't get one when we were born or we broke ours..So this is the program for all of us and we need to keep gently reminding ourselves and each other..
Teri, you are right about the hardest part being just to get started but it is so liberating once we get on a roll.
DAna, that wasn't my RM when I ate those nuts but it didn't blow my mind. I just stayed on it except for that. I could have picked them out of the salad, but chose not to.

Hope all of you have a great day..Cindy as you feel better every day, Stephanie with your 102 pounds gone!!!! and Barbara looking so glamourous. Dressagelover, hope you start feeling better soon. I know I've left some others off but just remembered I'm supposed to be down at the church clothes closet helping right now!!!!!

[DressageLover]

Lora...just curious...is there a reason you can't give this a try?
Are you court ordered to do the other plan? (Hey...you never know!!)
We'd be happy to help you with this.
welcome.
DL

[Tinkerloo]

Good Morning Ladies!
Scale bouncing up .5 back to 155 this morning - I like to report it because it reminds me that this is just part of this woe and as the Heller's tell us, it will happen. And I know there was absolutely nothing wrong with yesterday's eating so it's just nature doing it's thing.

I have not felt motivated to start exercising again and that's okay with me for right now - I'll get there again at some point and as Cindy reminded me awhile ago, Rachel Heller lost her weight without exercising. I do know that I want to take care of my exercise health as much as my weight health, but one challenge at a time for right now is fine with me. You all inspire me so much in that department -I can't even imagine a 1 mile bike ride or 10 mins on my recumbant bike right now. Soon...

I did go shopping and hit the clearance racks at Kohls last night for some new things for my NY trip and I got quite a few things including some new size 12 jeans. Everything was so inexpensive it was great - several shirts were 80% off and so were under $5 - I love that!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day - feel better if you're not doing well - and enjoy your plan!

-Tink

[LoraJR72]

Originally Posted by la.lady

Lora Please give CAD a try. Start off just eating protein for 1 or 2 meals a day and you won't get so hungry and eat whatever you want for your RM. I know CAD works....I know that CAD curtails binging, so please try it and be with us...

I will go ahead and read the book and see if it is for me. I don't want all my hard work and efforts to go down the drain. The worst part is I hate the idea of simply walking away. I've tried a few plans here at LCF. Some have worked for a while. I've tried the plan given to me by my trainer. It worked for a while. I tried Intuitive Eating but since my mind and body aren't always in simpatico. Well, that wasn't a hot idea for me either.

The thing is I don't want to lie to people. I have a problem and I can't pinpoint if its food or my moods or a chemical imbalance.

I'll give it a couple more days and go from there.

Thank you

Originally Posted by drewsmimi

Lora, boy do I know what you are talking about...and Patty you can understand me when I say that I tried LA Weight Loss a few weeks back, paid a fortune, hated being accountable, dropped the plan and am stuck with those stupid bars. I've tried everything but Jenny Craig I bet. Lora, you can do it with this group and with CAD. It's amazing how quickly the cravings disappear..(and how quickly they come back.) See, I think the reason that we try other things Patty and you will attest to this too, is that we get on this. It makes us feel "normal" so we think, "Well, I could do thus and so" but then once we start to eat like those "normal folks" we don't have cut off point 'cause we didn't get one when we were born or we broke ours..So this is the program for all of us and we need to keep gently reminding ourselves and each other..
Teri, you are right about the hardest part being just to get started but it is so liberating once we get on a roll.
DAna, that wasn't my RM when I ate those nuts but it didn't blow my mind. I just stayed on it except for that. I could have picked them out of the salad, but chose not to.

Hope all of you have a great day..Cindy as you feel better every day, Stephanie with your 102 pounds gone!!!! and Barbara looking so glamourous. Dressagelover, hope you start feeling better soon. I know I've left some others off but just remembered I'm supposed to be down at the church clothes closet helping right now!!!!!

The hard part is not the starting but to keep things on an even roll.

Here is something and this is what bothered me the most this morning when I spoke with my sponsor. She suggested I go less and make more calls to people. My problem is not the gym. I lost the 50lbs. by exercising and eating right. I ate clean and healthy. I went to the gym 6 days a week and slimmed down to a size 4. My problem is the frustration and relative fear is not being able to carry it further along. Then my reaction is eat, eat, and eat with it comes the purging, regret, guilt, and anger at myself. I need real help with supporters that can relate to exactly what I'm going through.

[la.lady]

Lora is it possible to do both. I meant get support for your ED, but eat the CAD way?

I sure hope that you find what works for you. I know this is a life long battle for all of us. There is never a quick fix.

[drewsmimi]

Right Lora. Sounds as if those folks have some of the same issues. I don't think we are as equipped with purging, etc. as that group might be. We aren't doctors. We just play them on the computer So you search what seems best for you. This is great for getting rid of the cravings but one size doesn't always fit all and you read and study and see what sounds best for you.

Tink, I love Kohl's too. They practically pay you to take their merchandise...Well, not really but they almost give things away.

Well, I must get to moving and quit talking so much!!!

[la.lady]

I just got through doing my weights. It was a task this morning because I haven't been able to exercise in 2 days, but I got through it.

[la.lady]

I wish we had Kohl's here. When I go to Melanie's in Dallas they have one there, and one time I bought a $70.00 pair of Grasshopper Tennis Shoes on sale for $7.00... and I am still wearing them after 11 years, and the shorts I got there too. It's amazing how long you can wear their clothes...

[la.lady]

Henry just bawled me out. He said you are going to have to stick to something, that you don't give anything time to work. He's right, of course, but he didn't have to be so mean about it. Gees...

[drewsmimi]

Heard that too Patty.. Said I never give anything time to work...Shoot, just because he's watched this pattern of mine for over 40 years, he doesn't have to express it. Just remember Sweetie, ONLY CARB ADDICTED PEOPLE can ever understand this. Let's show 'em all.
Judy

[mikeysmommy33]

Hi Everyone!
I've been busier than a centipede in a toe counting contest again but wanted to pop in and say hello to all of you lovely ladies!
My CALP book that I got online over week ago is STILL NOT HERE!
So, I am following CAD until it gets here and I can read and see what it entails. The person when emailed yesterday about the book stated that the post office takes 7-14 days but could take up to 21 days. I was thinking Media mail has NEVER taken that long. Plus when I used the paypal to check-out it stated 2-9 days. I think someone must have smoked their breakfast! Oh well, they said if not received in 21 days they will refund me or send a new one. I hope it's in the mail this week!
So, I read The 7 Day Rescue and Recovery and have decided to move on and have two CM and one RM.
This morning I had:
Bacon, 2 eggs (cooked in Pam) 2 oz. cream/Espresso/Sugar Free White Chocolate Torrani syrup and Lots of ice (drank within 15 minutes)
Lunch will be a salad of some sort! NEED MY VEGGIES!
Dinner: Not quite sure yet but I KNOW that it will involve some strawberries and blueberries
Have an awesome on plan day today everyone!
Also, I put Sweet Misery in my netflix/queue of dvd's that will be sent in the mail. I want to scare myself about artificial sweeteners Heard it was suppose to be eye opening!

[la.lady]

Judy thanks. I am glad that you understand. He is able to control himself, so he doesn't really understand. I'll get over it. Just a little miffed. I will be Married for 43 years this August. You'd think I would learn by now.

[Tinkerloo]

Lora -
May I ask how you eat now? What is an average day's meals? It's entirely possible that if you are able to eat the CAD way (without the foods in the RM triggering any unhealthy behaviors) that you could still find support through your program and find relief from physical symptoms by following the CAD way of eating.

I know that for me - I had wondered for awhile if I was developing some sort of eating disorder because I seemed to be eating more and more junk and in a binge-like fashion at times. (no purging, just excessive junk binges). What I've found with eating both Atkins and CAD style is that the physical cravings for junk is gone and that was the major battle for me. On Atkins I still seemed to have some desire at times for sweets (mostly around my cycle or when bored) but with CAD since I can have them during my RM it hasn't been an issue. I would say that CAD has been more effective with cravings for me since I know I am allowed things if I want them - just at the right time. But I wasn't sure that was going to be the case and was completely prepared to go back to Atkins if I "unleashed the beast" by allowing other foods into my RM. As I said, that hasn't been the case. And I've found that I'm able to turn away from the emotional cravings when they're not accompanied by the physical - at least thus far.

I hope this might help - let me know if you have any more specific questions.
-Tink

[LoraJR72]

Originally Posted by Tinkerloo

Lora -
May I ask how you eat now? What is an average day's meals? It's entirely possible that if you are able to eat the CAD way (without the foods in the RM triggering any unhealthy behaviors) that you could still find support through your program and find relief from physical symptoms by following the CAD way of eating.

I know that for me - I had wondered for awhile if I was developing some sort of eating disorder because I seemed to be eating more and more junk and in a binge-like fashion at times. (no purging, just excessive junk binges). What I've found with eating both Atkins and CAD style is that the physical cravings for junk is gone and that was the major battle for me. On Atkins I still seemed to have some desire at times for sweets (mostly around my cycle or when bored) but with CAD since I can have them during my RM it hasn't been an issue. I would say that CAD has been more effective with cravings for me since I know I am allowed things if I want them - just at the right time. But I wasn't sure that was going to be the case and was completely prepared to go back to Atkins if I "unleashed the beast" by allowing other foods into my RM. As I said, that hasn't been the case. And I've found that I'm able to turn away from the emotional cravings when they're not accompanied by the physical - at least thus far.

I hope this might help - let me know if you have any more specific questions.
-Tink

Wednesday Breakfast 8 oz. lf yogurt 6oz. Strawberries 1oz. Oatmeal 6oz. 1% Milk
Lunch 4 oz. Tuna 6oz. Broccoli 6oz. Salad 4oz. Rice 1tbs. EVOO
Dinner 4oz. Chicken Breast 6oz. Salad 6oz. Cauliflower 4oz. Rice 1tbs. EVOO No snacks in between. No flour or sugar.

Thanks if you can give me any help!