Here's to 2005

Hi All, I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Years.I just love the post and am trying to communicate better with the board. I found out over the holidays that I can eat carbs without getting really sick. I do get a headache and feel tired but unfortunately I it doesn't stop me from eating cookies. It was sad to find out I could eat and still live!! Now I'm dealing with making the right choices because they are healthy and the right choice for me. I feel like the honeymoon is over and I'm scared. Ive lost 50 # since Sept 9. So I'm not a fast loser. So far no gain. I wanted to post incase anyone else is dealing with this and has any ideas to help me. Thanks to all the poster--- Dolores

I have lost 55 lbs since September 22nd and I thought I was slow but we all lose at our own pace. As for the choices, I can taste a piece of bread or pasta but I dont even try to eat sugar I am afraid of dumping. Good luck with your struggle. I know its hard to make a choice when you werent expecting to have a choice. Love Amybee

I don't eat cookies because in my mind I can't and I am not going to try them in case for some reason I can. Unfortunantly our old eating habits haven't gone away, just were laying dorment while we were all healing. You may want to talk to someone to discuss going to back to your old ways and try and find better alternatives to dealing with it. If I don't I will fail and I know that. Your wrong about saying you can eat them. If you could you wouldn't get tired or get a headache. You just have to tell yourself that those symptoms will never go away and they aren't worth that cookie. If for osme reason you find you need those carbs then maybe it would benefit you to find ways to make a more low cal, low fat cookie that tastes just as good. If you have healthier alternatives around at least when you do have the cravings you won't have the guilt. Shannon

Hey everyone - I tend to think like Shannon in a way. I am so afraid that I *CAN* tolerate sweets and stuff that I am afraid (well, not afraid, maybe cautious) to try them. I have tried the sugar free things. But, by the time I get my protein in, I totally don't even want anything else. But, I tell you one thing, I think about it a lot! Now I know that whether it was habit or emotional eating or whatever, most of my hunger is in my head and not my stomach. Because there are nights I lay in bed almost dreaming about cookies or popcorn or something. I wish that would go away!!! One thing I do when I get a craving is come to this website and see the success of everyone else and that inspires me - lessening that craving. Everyone here has been such a blessing and probably don't even know it. Thank you everyone, Trudi

Happy New Year indeed!!! I thought I wasn't losing that much...and it seems everyone is thinking that way - but we're here to encourage each other. I've decided that even if I CAN eat hamburgers, pizza, pasta, breads I WON"T those foods. Why go back to the way I ate - even if I eat less now? So I'm making my present eating choices my choices for life.