CAMAW-Critter Killer!

Ain't that the truth!!!  

I know the feeling. Im nearly 4 months out and i tried peanut butter about a month ago and it was a no go for me right now. I cant wait til i can handle it again. 

peanut butter is life . . . .

and for that reason must be banished from my house . . .

I miss it.

Guess I don't get it. You would rather have leg cramps and crave good things you can have for a 'game' reminds me of the dieting days. Good luck 

I think it is more to challenge yourself to do something out of your comfort zone. The first challenge we did I learned a lot from, and I think others did too. Sometimes we get in a rut if doing the same thing all the time....

Thank you for the good wishes!

I can see why CAMAW would seem confusing. I know when I told my hubby about it he looked at me like I had lost my mind.  He asked me why I would want to limit myself like this. I explained that it is just for fun and to cut out carbs for a week. I have thought about it a bit more and realized it is more than that.

For me I feel sometimes like I can't "go out and play with the other kids" metaphorically speaking.  With RNY I don't participate in the food centered social and celebratory elements of our society in the way non-WLS folks do.

You see, I don't crave the foods themselves, ie birthday cake, fudge, or ice cream.  What I miss is the social celebration of sharing birthday cake with the family at the kid's birthday party, making fudge together as a family every Christmas, and building ice cream sundaes together on Sat night and having family 'camp in the living room' nigh****ching movies.

It isn't the foods...it is the way food connected these experiences.  I am learning to change traditions and create non food centered experiences with my friends and family but it is a long process. This feels like a way to 'play' with my food in a healthy way and socialize through a shared journey. 

CAMAW feels like pitching a tent in the the living room and hanging out together.

I hope you find things that make you feel connected and playful too.

~Elizabeth

Love this!

And in my case, I agree with CAMAW being confusing.  Trying to explain it to my co-workers you would've thought I'd grown a second head.  Because I'm well below my goal weight, I don't need to lose any more, but that's not why I'm doing it.

Ever since I hit my goal I've been adding calories to maintain.  But I found myself adding more and more carbs and it was a bad pattern.  I've logged in every morsel to MyFitnessPal every day and I always watch what I eat, but the more carbs I added, the more carbs I wanted.  Before I knew it my cupboard was full of low-cal glutton-free crackers.  And I was reaching for them more and more.  I know many people here have said if you cut them out for a few days, the cravings get better.

Guess what?  They're right!

So, CAMAW isn't about moving the scale for me, it's about getting those carbs back in check.  AND I LOVE the pitching a tent in the living room reference - I'm not doing this alone... and I can share and learn about the experience and have a little fun with it with my OH friends.

What is CAMAW?

Cheese And Meat All Week

It's a 5 day challenge to eat only cheese and meat for a week.  If you add "Critter", you can also have dairy like yogurt, milk & protein drinks.  We started it on Monday this week.

MY Hubby brought in some strawberries. Juicy sweet red strawberries. sigh.. I love strawberries.  hours now lol