Arghh!!! I can't believe it! I had this lovely long post and did some weird thing on my keyboard and it got deleted!!!

So here goes again...

I've always wanted to do a sort of experiment on myself to really find out if low carb or low fat is for me. I haven't been able to do it because, frankly, I've had so much trouble staying with one plan for a period of time - I always ended up binging. But I've been on a vegan low fat/high carb diet for 2 weeks without any cheats or any binging so I thoughtit would be a good time to experiment. So starting on Sunday, I'm thinking...

tammay

Well, this morning didn't exactly go as planned. I wanted to wake up early (8-9 a.m., early for me!) but it didn't quite work out that way. I didn't expect it to, though, since I've been binging all weekend and felt like crap last night so I took a melatonin to get some sleep. But I did wake up at 10, which is better than the 11 or 12 I've been doing.

I also made my desserts for tonight this morning so that I wouldn't be tempted to go for something fast and non-LC in the evening because I was too tired to make them. I know 2 desserts seems like a lot, but I feel like I need them...

tammay

I know I reported I would be starting today but I have to be honest here. One thing I know I need to do to get over this food/sugar addiction is to be honest with myself and stop hiding the truth.

I ate junk food all day yesterday and although I planned on tossing it this morning and starting LC today, I'm not doing that. It's a choice I'm making and not a strong on or a good one. But I recognize that it's a choice to eat unhealthy and tonight it all goes to the trash (the dumpster outside my apartment building, not my home trash!) and tomorrow I start on plan.

I'm...

tammay

I'm trying to understand why low carbing has not worked for me (as far as staying on the plan) in the past two years. For 2009 I'm trying to take a different approach. I'll admit that I've been in the "diet" mindset this past few years - I've been seeing low carbing as a "diet" and a way to lose the 25 pounds I gained over the two years from stress and changes.

But I realize that this is not the right approach. If I see it as a "diet", I see it as deprivation (which it is not - how can you say a day filled with eating eggs and cheese and peanut butter...

tammay

Yesterday was horrible! The migraine got so bad and nothing I did (sleeping, herbal pills, OTC pills) did anything to make it better. In the end I went to bed early and was able to fall asleep. Thank God I woke up this morning and the migraine is absolutely gone (I've had 2 day migraine before but this wasn't one of them) and I feel much much stronger.

I did keep pretty much low carb yesterday. The only exception was a few tangerines last night and some tea with a few teaspoons of honey.

Since I'm feeling much stronger today, I went to the store this morning and...

tammay