OK, I'm cutting the carbs!
Quit laughing. Seriously.
Not only do I eat too many starchy carbs, even though I try to limit them, I have been eating them even though they make my stomach hurt sometimes. Well, duh, imagine that, eating half a package of rice cakes at one time makes my stomach hurt. I guess that's not a big surprise, is it? But when you eat something over and over again even though it makes your stomach hurt, you might have a problem, you think?
So I am cutting out the starchy carbs altogether, with the exception of protein bars. No bread, no rice, no rice cakes, no pretzels, no popcorn, etc. For one week. Yes, I realize one week is not very long and I'm going to need to avoid them for longer than that. But one week feels doable. Saying no crunchy carby things ever again is likely to cause panic. So I'm saying none for one week.
Anybody else need to give up anything for a week?
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I won't give food that power over me again... it doesn't get to control when I'm happy and when I'm not. So, Kelly... you do your thing, I'll do mine and then in a week we can talk about what happens next!
Good luck to you!
tori
I gotta go shopping and buy some more chickpeas. I made the yummiest roasted chickpeas a little while back. That's what I need for a crunchy, salty snack.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Freaking Halloween CANDY!! Oh how am I ever going to get through Christmas and all the cookies!
You know what I do when I want to stop eating bad stuff, I wear really tight waisted pants that are uncomfortable so it is a constant reminder to not eat bad stuff. So I need to go buy some size 6 pants that will cut off my circulation! LOL
The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. ~ Ayn Rand
I did have a victory today, though. I was working through some especially dififcult coding stuff for work when I started thinking about the cookies in the pantry. I was just about to get up to go get some when I saw the box of Quest PB&J protein bars on my desk. I literally sat my butt back down and pulled out a protein bar...
I felt a certain amount of pride for recognizing the pattern and breaking it before giving in! Now if I only I can stay away from the sweets at other times... when I want them just because of how good they are! That'll be another victory when I re-turn that corner and get back on that wagon...
tori
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I think Halloween candy would be an easy thing to end up eating too much of. They are small pieces and so one doesn't have too many calories or too much sugar, so it's not a bad choice for a small treat once in a while, but it's easy to think oh, one won't hurt and if you think that three times a day (or more - I bet I might eat more if I had any around here, which I don't) and then it all adds up.
Check out Nik's blog. She has recipes for protein drinks that taste like cookies. I think there's a sugar cookie one and there's a gingerbread one. Sometimes when I want to avoid nibbling, I drink instead since I won't eat while I'm drinking. And if it actually tastes good, I wouldn't miss a cookie so much.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I could have written your post too. I will join you in the one week challenge. I also like the idea of wearing the tight pants. I don't wear any elastic waist stuff unless it is my workout clothes.
My slacks all NEED to have a button and zipper. I find that helps me with my comfort zone.
Please add me to your prayer list as I need lots of prayer.
The tight pants might work for me, too. I have some size 8 and some size 6, so maybe I need to stick to wearing the size 6 for a while.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
