My No "C" Diet for the Holidays - Whose With Me???

 I am coming up to my 4th Holiday season with the Band.  My 1st year was pretty easy to say NO to all the temptations that were around me.  I was on a mission to loose 100 lbs within a year and I was going to do  everything in my power to do that.

Looking back I wish I had set my goal at loosing the 125lbs ( that I needed to) in 18 months.  It seems when I hit 100lbs I slacked off and allowed the crappy foods back into my life.  I only lost another 16 lbs year 2.

Year 3: I ate the crap in moderation but was just bouncing up and down 10 lbs ( only because I exercised every day  -  I have to exercise because I love to eat.  - Plus I really do enjoy exercising).  I still fit into my clothes and was a socially acceptable looking person.  So all in all I was happy.

Over these last 8 months I have had a lot of medical issues that have not allowed me to exercise as much as I wanted to or needed to.  I had a complete hysterectomy 5 weeks ago.  The hospital that did my surgery required me to have my band completely emptied ( Whoa it felt like a normal tummy again - and I picked up all my bad habits again.  I ate everything that I could not eat in the last 3 years.  Bread & Pasta in excess)  I also started eating candy, cookies and crap.  I thought I would enjoy the time while I had it.  WRONG !!  Those empty fat cells filled up so fast and I gained 20 lbs. 

I am so mad at myself but I cannot blame anyone but me.  It is only me that chooses the food that I eat. My band controls( when adjusted correctly) how much of it I can eat.( Unfortunately the crappy carbs chew down to nothing and go right thru the band - I could eat them all day if I wanted to)    I had a fill last week and ask the Dr to just make it snug enough that I cannot eat bread.  Pasta I can say no to.  Bread!  I need the deterant of pain to say no.

When I jumped on the scale at my fill appointment and saw the #, I was horrified .  I work from home and I was recuperating from the surgery. My days were spent in my nighty, and no bra.  Way too much freedom.  I am now making sure I put on a bra everyday and get dressed.  Feeling my snug clothes is helping me stay on track with my eating plan.

If you are a newbie and reading this - do yourself a favor and read all the old postings from Kathkeb.  She has kept below  goal for over 4 years because she has not eaten the following foods.  One piece of advise she gave was that she tried on her skinny jeans every Friday.  if they were snug then she was back on track and backed off the calories the following week.  I am going to do this as well every Friday _  I just bought a pair of the new Rock Star Skinny Jeans from Old Navy in Colbat Blue and another in  Plum and my goal is to wear the Blue jeans with my brown boots to Thanksgiving dinner!!


Since my fill I have vowed to go on a NO "C" DIET

NO CAKE
NO COOKIES
NO CANDY
NO CHIPS
NO CRAPPY CARBS.

Last night I had to run down to Walmart to get some supplies for work.  I made sure that I had my dinner before I left.  Thank goodness.  The amount of Candy was overwhelming.  I expected to see Candy in the Candy isle.  (easy to walk past)  There was candy displays popping up every where I went in that humongous store.  They even had a candy display near the craft section.

Proud to say that I got thru the store with No C foods in the basket  

My son never got into Halloween for some reason .  We never made candy a big deal around our house we just really never kept in the house we are not candy eaters (except that time of the month and chocolate and chocolate lol )

But he has only been trick or treating twice in his lifetime and he is 17 now . 

I just look at the price of bags for candy and that is enough for me not to buy any of it .  Anywhere from 8 to 12 dollars for bags of candy no thanks .

When I want some I just get a candy bar and split it with my son or hubby.

As far as cake , cookies, candy we dont eat that stuff either. I can buy cupcakes and they will go stale before anybody eats them and the same way with cake.    I just had to throw away half dozen of chocolate cupcakes .  ( I only bought them cause of the cool Steeler decorations on them lol )  my son did eat one and I did to but the rest nope.

Now our problem in the house or I should say my problem is chips .  I do love my chips.  I still buy them though because my son and hubby does eat them and they dont have a weight a problem . My son is very active outside the house ,and I always have kids staying the night at our house .

75% of the time I do good not eating them but I do have my moments lol . Weekends are my weak moments if I do eat them.


I am very lucky I have never been a sweets eater.   I guess because my mom never made that stuff or kept that stuff around the house when I was growing up and I dont keep that stuff here very often for my family.

My whole problem was overeating at meals and not getting off my lazy bum to exercise .

I am so thankful I am not addicted to sweets like some of you all talk about gosh .  Give me a pizza instead and I would be happy lol

So, Steelerfan -- I finally understand how you are able to eat 'all things in moderation' --- because your food 'demons' are different from mine.

While I could eat pizza every day for the rest of my life, I can eat 1 small piece or a few bites and walk away from it.

However, with sweets, it is like crack cocaine --- I cannot stay away from it once I get started.
It is like the 'drug seeking' behavior you see on reality tv ----- I have not ever had to steal to afford the food, but I have lied about buying it and eating it and I used to hide it away and eat it in secret.

That is why it is best for me to just have some foods that I don't eat anymore -- because they blur the line and I cannot eat them in moderation -- I want them and I will eat them instead of any other food.

Next time I am in 'the Burg' -- I will look you up and we will go out for a slice!!!!  -- As long as you don't wear the black and gold, I won't wear my Cowboy's blue and silver!!!!

Yep Kath I have truly never been a sweets eater and neither is my family.  I swear I have made 8 cakes in my life and that was all for Michael's football dinners on Thursday nights the last four yrs .

My mom never did keep cookies, cakes and things like that around our house .  She did on special occasions but it just wasn't a big deal.

My hubby loves macadamia white chocolate chip cookies. I made about two dozen the other day thinking between him and my son they would eat them and I would probably eat one , but I ended giving them to Michael four days later and taking them to school they just wasn't getting eaten around here .

My son is having a bunch of kids over this weekend so went to the store and bought tons of soda which I dont care about haven't had a glass of it in two yrs but what will bother me is all the bag of chips , that is a demon for me sometimes especially if I am one of my moods .  So  I will have to watch myself this weekend because I can sit down and eat a whole bag throughout the day . 

Pizza I will stuff myself on that , that is a bad bad food for me that is why I do only have it once a month or at least try to *sigh*.   That is one food that I will make myself a pig on and I will eat it all day long if its here .

My biggest problem with my weight my whole life is not the sweets but the good food at meals time or it was eating out two times a day and eating the most fattening foods and coming home and plopping my butt down in front of the tv with chips

AT least with the band now it does control my portions I cant eat like I use to , and as far asfast  food goes I feel guilty eating it now we probably hit a fast food joint every two weeks if that and sometimes it might be a month till we eat out and its not Mcdonalds or Wendys its a nice sit down dinner.

But I am tempted every day for pizza I had to stop myself from buying one today for the weekend . I love my pizza

I forgot to tell you thought Kath, if its a week before my period, and during my period the first two days I will eat anything that is sweet.   It's a very dangerous time to keep anything sweet in my house .  I found that out the hard way two months ago   I was craving sweets and there sat cream fille donuts and lets just say I had my fill of them in two days   

When it starts getting to close to that time I will have everything out of my house even the ice cream that I dont touch .   My husband cant live without his Ice cream as for me its not a first choice food stop for me lol expect when it comes to my period .

Sweets are very dangerous that time of the month for me .  Thank God !!!

I am so glad I am not addicted to sweets like you are Kath that would be hard to deal with .

 I hear you on the week before.  My go to were Ruffles Chips, Chocolate and Mike and Ikes.

I have to stay strong and take 1 day at a time and say no and walk past the temptation.

If I do not buy it and bring it into the house, I cannot eat it.

I hate that week before your period !!! I can do so much damage that week if I don****ch it .

What makes it really hard for me is nothing satisfies me ., its like I am always hungry and it sure isn't for grapes and nanners lol

Plus I can put on anywhere from 8 to 10 pounds of water for a good two weeks and I have to try to stay off the scales which is hard to do , because I will get frustrated and on top of being a cranky mood PMS girl I will hit the bag of chips *sigh*. 

I really hate PMS Lol
 

Thanks for the shoutout --- yes, I have had to eliminate some foods from my diet -- simply because they control my life when I eat them.

I don't know where I found it, but right before my surgery, I found the strength and stubbornness to dig deep and make a list of the foods that were killing me.

I truly did the 'one day at a time' thing --- saying that "just for today, that is not my food".
I eat other foods I love -- I eat cheese and nuts and pudding with real whipped cream --- but, for 3 1/2 years I can honestly say that I have not had 1 bite of a cookie or cake or cupcake or donut or ice cream --- those are my demons.

I also did make a point to put on my smallest pair of pants (when I started, that was size 24) for at least an hour every week -- no more sweat pants that stretched with me.

I put them on and sit in them -- even if they don't zip --- and motivate myself to get back on track, or stay on track ------ too many years, I just went from size to size, buying new clothes every few months because I had let myself gain.

Now, I stay accountable every week --- easier to break a bad habit after a week or 2 than to wake up one day and have 20 pounds to lose.

My way is not for everyone --- but I been through the 'lose 100 pounds, gain back 120' once before in my life -- and I swear that is not going to happen again.

I weigh at home every day when I am there --- and at least once a week at Weigh****chers --- and take immediate action if the scale is up by more than 4 or 5 pounds.

I feel like Scarlett O'Hara sometimes -- but, by-God I will never be fat again!!

 Kath you are my hero.  I know I have it in me to say No to my trigger foods.  This recent 20Lb gain has scarred me silly, and I need to stay on track.

I have my skinny jeans out on display and are determind to get back into them "SO HELP ME GOD"


Pizza - Never been a big lover.  What I would love to eat is the thick edge of the pizza and leave the topping alone.    Drove my kids crazy when they opened to pizza box and slices were sitting there with the edge missing.

I say my Mantra every day now

No Cake, No Cookies, No Candy, No Crappy Carbs  !!

Took me 8 months to gain these 20 lbs.  I am taking 1 day at a time to get them off, and hitting goal of 155!!