Atkins and Low Carb Weight Loss
Feeling CARBtastic? (Not!!!) Let's have it -- What's your Danger Zone?
Yesterday our group's threads saw some members beating themselves up for slipping off the low-carb path. I didn't see anything that was terrible (but maybe serious back-sliders tend not to post.) No one mentioned scarfing down an entire chocolate cake, or a half-gallon of ice cream (I have done both of these things). No one mentioned devouring an entire loaf of bread, or a pound of sugar cubes, or an entire box of See's. So I'm guessing things are mostly under control for at least a few of us ...
But I want to know ....
1. What is your moderate-danger food ... tempting, but you can still have it around the house ... and in the event that you DO carb-snarf, you can manage damage control?
2. What is your enemy-food -- So tempting and lethal that it might trigger a serious binge, and you cannot even have it in your home?
For ME ....
1. Nuts and crackers are my moderate-danger food. If I go overboard on nuts, I might get 30 or 40 extra carbs on a binge, but it won't totally knock me off the path. Crackers are a problem because they are a slider food and don't make me dump, but I still don't get that shaky binge thing happening. Nuts and crackers can safely live at my house without doing me much damage.
2. Ice cream, cake, and cookies are so attractive to me that they might as well be crystal meth. Candy is in the same category. I do NOT allow these foods in my house unless all members of the household agree that any remainder can be dumped into the trash immediately after serving has ended. (One of my younger son's friends watched in astonishment as I poured half a bottle of perfectly good Coke* down the drain after a birthday party, one afternoon. He could talk of almost nothing else for about half an hour!)
* We call soda/pop "liquid candy," and put it in that same category.
What is YOUR hamartia?
But I want to know ....
1. What is your moderate-danger food ... tempting, but you can still have it around the house ... and in the event that you DO carb-snarf, you can manage damage control?
2. What is your enemy-food -- So tempting and lethal that it might trigger a serious binge, and you cannot even have it in your home?
For ME ....
1. Nuts and crackers are my moderate-danger food. If I go overboard on nuts, I might get 30 or 40 extra carbs on a binge, but it won't totally knock me off the path. Crackers are a problem because they are a slider food and don't make me dump, but I still don't get that shaky binge thing happening. Nuts and crackers can safely live at my house without doing me much damage.
2. Ice cream, cake, and cookies are so attractive to me that they might as well be crystal meth. Candy is in the same category. I do NOT allow these foods in my house unless all members of the household agree that any remainder can be dumped into the trash immediately after serving has ended. (One of my younger son's friends watched in astonishment as I poured half a bottle of perfectly good Coke* down the drain after a birthday party, one afternoon. He could talk of almost nothing else for about half an hour!)
* We call soda/pop "liquid candy," and put it in that same category.
What is YOUR hamartia?
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1. What is your moderate-danger food ... tempting, but you can still have it around the house ... and in the event that you DO carb-snarf, you can manage damage control?
Nuts. I will easily over eat these because they go down easy. I developed a real taste forthem early post op. They were not on my plan for the first six months but were the only food with a little protein that did not sit like a brick in my pouch. Now I'm addicted to peanut butter, chunky especially and cashews in particular. Peanuts, sunflower seeds, all other nuts I never ate pre op but thet are dangerous now.
2. What is your enemy-food -- So tempting and lethal that it might trigger a serious binge, and you cannot even have it in your home?
Crackers, pretzels, ff chips, popcorn -anything light dry and crispy in texture; salty or sweet; is a no go except for pork skins. I can eat unlimited quantities of such things especially the ff varieties. They go right through my pouch but I don't get too full. I reserve them as a side with dense protein or for a special treat like today.
Big sigh. After this week I think my moderate foods my have become total danger. Working on my head issues. I am the queen og low cal binge eating. I am trying so hard not to return to that behavior.
Nuts. I will easily over eat these because they go down easy. I developed a real taste forthem early post op. They were not on my plan for the first six months but were the only food with a little protein that did not sit like a brick in my pouch. Now I'm addicted to peanut butter, chunky especially and cashews in particular. Peanuts, sunflower seeds, all other nuts I never ate pre op but thet are dangerous now.
2. What is your enemy-food -- So tempting and lethal that it might trigger a serious binge, and you cannot even have it in your home?
Crackers, pretzels, ff chips, popcorn -anything light dry and crispy in texture; salty or sweet; is a no go except for pork skins. I can eat unlimited quantities of such things especially the ff varieties. They go right through my pouch but I don't get too full. I reserve them as a side with dense protein or for a special treat like today.
Big sigh. After this week I think my moderate foods my have become total danger. Working on my head issues. I am the queen og low cal binge eating. I am trying so hard not to return to that behavior.
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im not sure i have a moderate danger food,.. ill put peanutbutter as this food because most times i can limit it but every now and then i eat a few spoons more than i should.
my danger foods are bakalva but since its only a seasonal food in regular stores its not as bad as it could be if i hunted down stores to buy it.. (not happening)
apple pie even if it has a low carb nut crust and topping made using splender, instead of sugar, calls my name if its in the house and ill over eat on it til its gone.
my danger foods are bakalva but since its only a seasonal food in regular stores its not as bad as it could be if i hunted down stores to buy it.. (not happening)
apple pie even if it has a low carb nut crust and topping made using splender, instead of sugar, calls my name if its in the house and ill over eat on it til its gone.
Linda 5".4
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Moderate trouble makers for me are SF candy,cookies. also regular chips can be a issue but I seem to be able to stop with them. Evern so I try not to even start with them.
Big trouble makers are everything else,lol. cookies,pies,baked goods,candy,even the ones I make just for me WLSF i can eat the whole whatever it is in a day or two. Even the FLPNBC can get me in trouble. I made some last night ,ate 4 plus some before they were even baked,but today i put them in the pantry and they haven't been an issue.
If I had to choose something I won't let in the house I guess it would be anything home baked.
I am like you:in the past I could ,and have eaten a whole pie,all the choc chip cookies,a whole bag of store bought cookies,two bags of jelly beans...half of the dinner I was cooking for the family while it was cooking,including the vegs and had to fix more for the family so they wouldn't know then sat down and ate a full dinner with them!.
While I try not to beat myself up and just knopw that the rest of the day/night/tomorrow is another chance to try,I do feel some regret that i ever let carbs back in my life. I believe I would be at goal now if I hadn't gotten sidetracked in Sept when I was on an extended vacation.
But even regret is a useless emotion unless it propels me into change and I am seriously trying to use what I have learned and make things happen for me again. I have every confidence I will overcome,because I have a tool I never had before and I intend to use it!
Oh, yeah,oh man,Rice a Roni! That is the thing i can't let in the house.
Big trouble makers are everything else,lol. cookies,pies,baked goods,candy,even the ones I make just for me WLSF i can eat the whole whatever it is in a day or two. Even the FLPNBC can get me in trouble. I made some last night ,ate 4 plus some before they were even baked,but today i put them in the pantry and they haven't been an issue.
If I had to choose something I won't let in the house I guess it would be anything home baked.
I am like you:in the past I could ,and have eaten a whole pie,all the choc chip cookies,a whole bag of store bought cookies,two bags of jelly beans...half of the dinner I was cooking for the family while it was cooking,including the vegs and had to fix more for the family so they wouldn't know then sat down and ate a full dinner with them!.
While I try not to beat myself up and just knopw that the rest of the day/night/tomorrow is another chance to try,I do feel some regret that i ever let carbs back in my life. I believe I would be at goal now if I hadn't gotten sidetracked in Sept when I was on an extended vacation.
But even regret is a useless emotion unless it propels me into change and I am seriously trying to use what I have learned and make things happen for me again. I have every confidence I will overcome,because I have a tool I never had before and I intend to use it!
Oh, yeah,oh man,Rice a Roni! That is the thing i can't let in the house.
