Filling the Void with Food - June

[Karsen]

GREAT!!!!
Brilliant- What exactly is K/E, if that is what you are doing?......meat only?? or can you have something else???

[beachgal2007]

Hi, am a back...again...I was a huge low carber about three years ago and then kinda got away from this lifestyle. Since that time I have been diagnosed with diabetes and I have got to get this weight off. I eat when I am happy, I eat when I am sad, I eat when I am bored, I eat because I feel guilty about eating. I look forward to getting to know you guys...maybe we can figure this out together.

[LadyBountiful]

I don't know why it is, but I seem to lose well for a couple of months, reach the point where I feel and look good; get a bit of attention from people because of that...and boom. I start eating. This last time I started about a month ago and as of today have gained 15 pounds. I weighed myself this morning and hopefully that will do it...stop me I mean. For a while.

It's as if an alarm goes off in my head when I reach a point where I look good. I mean, I was down 100 pounds but I can't help feel as if now people have expectations of me, and I start to get stressed about it and then eat.

This last month I discovered flax muffins. I love them. Used to bake up six a night and eat them all. Too high in calories; I don't know if they're a trigger food or if I should just be thankful for the fiber.

I wish I could understand why I sabotage myself this way.

[PhotoMama]

Well, today is my first day back to LC after .... who knows how long. I'm tired of the yo-yo dieting. I'm tired of TRYING my best to lose weight just to disappoint myself a few days later. I have a goal and I AM going to reach it.

Things I WILL accomplish today ...
(1) Try to catch up on this thread (keyword "try" ... I WILL, however, keep up with it from here on out ...) and change my signature and stats
(2) "Grocery shopping" - it's mostly cleaning supplies and snacks for the kids; DH and I have all our meat and such already in the deep freeze
(3) Register for aerobics - 1 hour; 3 times a week
(4) Clean the house
(5) Drink lots of water - I'm drinking my ONE can of diet now; water (at least 100oz) only for the rest of the day
And the most important ...
(6) STAY ON PLAN!

Okay ... here I go!

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by Karsen

GREAT!!!!
Brilliant- What exactly is K/E, if that is what you are doing?......meat only?? or can you have something else???

KE stands for Kimmer Experiment. Full details are on the Other Plans board as a sticky. Its low carb and low calorie. Fat is restricted although you can have some in small qtys.


My body responds very well to it. It is hard to stick to for long periods of time espcially when eating out which I do all weekend long. Thats why I switch to Atkins (lower fat) but still try to avoid dairy.

Its worth doing to me because the results are amazing and I reach goal super fast. Keep in mind that I have been trying to get back in the groove of KE since March. Honestly, it was all mental.

Finally the pain of being fat was worse than not being able to eat bread & candy.

[saundra41]

Hello to all, brillant this is an awesome thread. I hope that you guys can use one more member. Not bindging for me is a miracle one day at a time of course. Where can I get the recipe for flax muffins?

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by beachgal2007

Hi, am a back...again...I was a huge low carber about three years ago and then kinda got away from this lifestyle. Since that time I have been diagnosed with diabetes and I have got to get this weight off. I eat when I am happy, I eat when I am sad, I eat when I am bored, I eat because I feel guilty about eating. I look forward to getting to know you guys...maybe we can figure this out together.

Nice to meet you.


Diabetes is so scary, sorry to hear that you have this medical condition. As you know, low carb can be a huge blessing when you have insilin problems.

Tell us more about your dieting struggles. What eating plan worked the last time you lost weight? Do you plan to eat that way again?

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by saundra41

Hello to all, brillant this is an awesome thread. I hope that you guys can use one more member. Not bindging for me is a miracle one day at a time of course. Where can I get the recipe for flax muffins?

Hi Saundra! Please join us on this journey. I am 35 and still dealing with the same emotional eating that started in elementry school


The receipe should be in the Receipe Room or try doing a search on the Main Lobby board or Receipe Help board. That may be quicker.

Flax muffings are yummy!!!! I like to adjust the liquid by using very little water and 8-9 egg yokes. This makes the consistancy more bread like and dense. I also reduce the sweetner cuz I dont like them sweet however they do need some to make it more tasty.

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by LadyBountiful

I don't know why it is, but I seem to lose well for a couple of months, reach the point where I feel and look good; get a bit of attention from people because of that...and boom. I start eating. This last time I started about a month ago and as of today have gained 15 pounds. I weighed myself this morning and hopefully that will do it...stop me I mean. For a while.

It's as if an alarm goes off in my head when I reach a point where I look good. I mean, I was down 100 pounds but I can't help feel as if now people have expectations of me, and I start to get stressed about it and then eat.

This last month I discovered flax muffins. I love them. Used to bake up six a night and eat them all. Too high in calories; I don't know if they're a trigger food or if I should just be thankful for the fiber.

I wish I could understand why I sabotage myself this way.

I could have soooo typed this!!! I really want to figure this out too cuz I plan to reach goal again this month and I went through this same thing when I made it last time in 2006.

I found that I even started over eating out of guilt felt when my best friend congratulated me (sincerely). I felt so bad for her cuz she is very very over weight and for years we have discussed the happiness of losing then the pain of regaining and being out of control. I could see in her face that she was happy for me but she felt bad for herself. WTH did this trigger a binge for me .

[brilliant100]

Well I made it through the weekend. There were two victories I would like to celebrate with you:

1. Did not binge (alcohol or food) after seeing new weight on scale.

I must admit that I did over eat gum (47 pics=235 cals) for some dumb reason. it was a type of binge but I would not stop even when I realized what was going on. Some may say....oh thats not so bad........true however the sugar alcohols created feelings of depression/headache/bloating.

2. I did not get that cocky attitude in my head that says "you can eat whatever you want now...............its so easy to get the weight back off".

This statement is such a lie yet is stays in the back of my mind. Honestly, I am secretly planning to celebrate with drink and food once I reach 160. I even shared this with my hubby.

Now lets just take a wild guess at what the body and scale will do...........hmmmmmmmmm swell up and go up. When will I learn .

[Karsen]

Brilliant, if you have a salad - -what type dressing are you using??
Thanks!

[moonbeam_2]

Just popping in to say hi! Will try to get back in tonight....

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by Karsen

Brilliant, if you have a salad - -what type dressing are you using??
Thanks!

I have not been eating salads. Honestly, I dont like them much if they dont have all the goodies like cheese, egg, meat, high fat dressing. I like harty salads .

IF I were to eat one, I would eat any low fat dressing with 0-1 gram of carbs per serving as long as sugar was not listed.


Do you like salads? Do they satisfy your hunger?

[brilliant100]

Hi Moonbeam!

[brilliant100]

Originally Posted by PhotoMama

Well, today is my first day back to LC after .... who knows how long. I'm tired of the yo-yo dieting. I'm tired of TRYING my best to lose weight just to disappoint myself a few days later. I have a goal and I AM going to reach it.

Things I WILL accomplish today ...
(1) Try to catch up on this thread (keyword "try" ... I WILL, however, keep up with it from here on out ...) and change my signature and stats
(2) "Grocery shopping" - it's mostly cleaning supplies and snacks for the kids; DH and I have all our meat and such already in the deep freeze
(3) Register for aerobics - 1 hour; 3 times a week
(4) Clean the house
(5) Drink lots of water - I'm drinking my ONE can of diet now; water (at least 100oz) only for the rest of the day
And the most important ...
(6) STAY ON PLAN!

Okay ... here I go!

You've done it before and will succeed again! Great Plan

'Clean' is on my daily to do list too. A clean house brings me much peace of mind. Ive been trying to get into the routine outlined by Flylady. It works if you do it however I struggle with follow through.

Any tricks you wanna share? The one thing I do faithfully, is keep the kitchen sink empty and the kitchen clean. I also make our bed daily.

[PhotoMama]

Originally Posted by brilliant100

You've done it before and will succeed again! Great Plan

'Clean' is on my daily to do list too. A clean house brings me much peace of mind. Ive been trying to get into the routine outlined by Flylady. It works if you do it however I struggle with follow through.

Any tricks you wanna share? The one thing I do faithfully, is keep the kitchen sink empty and the kitchen clean. I also make our bed daily.

My trick ... lock the kids and hubby up in a closet for a few hours.

Honestly, I don't really have any tricks ... just a routine. How often I follow it is another story but ... I do make sure the kitchen is clean. If I don't have time to do the dishes or if we have guests over, I make sure I at least rinse them and then stack them neatly to the side.

[brilliant100]

Photomama - I lack a serious routine for serious cleaning. I feel like all I do while at home is clean yet more still needs to be done..............................just call me Cinderelly

[brilliant100]

good morning - I feel like crap today. I ate two packs of gum last night right before bed and today i feel like I have a hangover. i am seriously thinking about going home for the day.....................we shall see.

[saundra41]

Good am to all!
Well ater a great day 2 I got the news that my parents cancelled thier plans to come visit this weekend. I was disappointed because they live far away and the occasion was a grad party for my Autistic son and oh course father's day. I got to thinking about food and ended up with a brownie. And to top it off the brownie wasnt even that good. I got up this am and recognized it as a slip and back on the band wagon today. Emotional eating never solves anything does it, but I sure hope to learn from it.

[PhotoMama]

Today is the day.

Yesterday ... POOH!! Hubby came home from teaching summer school and said "I still have ice cream sandwich from yesterday ... let's take DS to McDonald's and let him enjoy being an only child and us enjoy our last hoorah." UGH! The upside, I didn't eat the whole meal like I usually do and I did start my aerobics class ... followed by two pieces of pizza *sigh*

I think I must have been doing things wrong last night in my aerobics class because I'm not sore ... at all. I am learning some good exercises I can do at home so maybe I just need to double up ... do some extra here on my own.

Today ... I've started off with some sausage and eggs along with my diet soda. Lunch, we're having ribs (not one of my favs but it's already defrosted). Dinner will probably be more ribs because there's soooooooo many of them and DH can't just cook a little. Oh well, the sooner we eat them, then sooner I can quit eating them. Right?

New goal ... a mini goal for EVERY day ... Remember, just because DH goes off plan, doesn't mean I have to.

[moonbeam_2]

I'm on the search for a dress to wear in Vegas to see Phantom of the Opera.....I had a dress that I took to get altered in the bust area, and they took in the seams down the sides instead. Now it doesn't fit. That's one of the areas that I needed them to leave alone . Oh well, what's a little more shopping?


Eating has been controlled, although I haven't seen 179.8 since the one day I posted. I'm at 183.8 today. Doing P1 of SouthBeach. I'm eating more which means I'm craving less, and not binging at all. Maybe by next weekend I'll see the 170's again......

I'm about to go OUT OF MY MIND waiting on this job thing. I hate waiting....*pout* Maybe they're testing me?

Got training this morning, talk to ya'll later. Keep up the good work ladies!

[saundra41]

Hey Ladies,
Photomom-Some times it can take more than just a day to get sore, I have been in the same position and it took a couple of days. Keep up the good work and give yourself a big hug for not eating more than that.
Moonbeam2-Have fun shopping for a pretty dress and let us know how you enjoyed the Opera. Good luck to you on the job thing

[PhotoMama]

Originally Posted by saundra41

Hey Ladies,
Photomom-Some times it can take more than just a day to get sore, I have been in the same position and it took a couple of days. Keep up the good work and give yourself a big hug for not eating more than that.

Thanks and ... I think I spoke too soon on the soreness. I was feeling pretty good this morning so I did my shopping and some cleaning. It seems the more I move around, the sorer I get. I hope this doesn't hinder me at tonights class.

So far today ... still on plan!

[Bobbin]

Hi all! I'm back from our mountain cabin vacation, it was fun but a really long drive. I planned my food to a "T", then promptly ate the candy orange slices and misc. other sugar packed foods I packed for the boys to eat in the car. Yeah, you guessed it, I didn't stick to plan AT ALL this past weekend. I won't go into any food porn, but I also won't check/post my weight for a couple of days till the water weight is gone. I am disgusted with myself too, because we've been back since Sunday night, and I still haven't gotten back on the wagon. No binges, just not low carb. It was hard to come here and 'fess up, but here I am.

So, tonight I am dragging my bloated behind to the gym and working out, and tomorrow I am back on program. I've already bbq'd up a bunch of meat, and made a couple of huge bags of salad, so I'm set for the rest of the week.

Welcome to the new faces, and I missed you brilliant & moonbeam!!

[saundra41]

Photomoma- I am so glad that your soreness kicked in because when that happens the first thing that I think is oh this is not helping at all. Still on plan yaa!!! You go girl
Bobbin- Been there done that, I think whenever I have went on vacation I tend to get that vacation mentally like since I am going where I want to go I can eat what I want to eat. And I am finding out that it is not so much as its what I want but what I usually have eaten. I went off plan yesterday too and I am glad you were able to put yourself out there because it is giving me the courage to do the same thing. I took my boys to a drive by rest. and I ordered some for myself and I didnt even enjoy it. I was throwing that food back so fast and not even eating as I normally do which is at a much slower pace. I got up this morning feeling the same way and trying not to feel hopeless.