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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2006What is your High Carb downfall?
Hello group, Everyone has a high carb addiction that can become a downfall. Mine is Chips as in things from FritoLay. I could at any given time sit down and eat a $2.99 bag of chips at one sitting. Just imagine the ride my blood sugar takes with that one. Quite frankly I am surprised I am not Type 2....with all the abuse my insulin receptors have taken...they should be burnt out. I guess the important part is that I recognize this in myself and stay completely away from it during my weight loss. What is your addiction that can become your downfall? Rick Hmm...white bread is the worst for me. A full-sized loaf of white bread weighs around 800g over here in the UK - about 28 ounces - and I've been known to get through a whole loaf in an afternoon. About 2000 calories from the loaf itself, and then there's the butter, jam (jelly), etc. that goes on top! Gulp. Luckily, those days are now gone. > Hello group, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > What is your addiction that can become your downfall? I don't really have any addictions, I have some foods I miss but either I've found a lowcarb substitute (ie, friend turnip slices with garlic powder for chips; vanilla yogurt with unsweetened coconut for desserts, etc.) or I've found - or created - other foods I like better. OTOH, if someone sat me down in a Chinese buffet restaurant every day and paid for it, I'd find that nearly impossible to resist - lol. Still...I allow myself one Chinese buffet meal each month, and it doesn't seem to make me want more. Ditto "real" pizza, my husband and I get a thin'n'crispy crust pizza once a month. Those are the 2 things I've worked into my lifestyle because I enjoy them. One thing I should mention: There are those who, when they quit smoking for example, can't have any cigarettes around or they'll light one up. When I quit over 15 years ago, I ALWAYS kept a pack with me, for over a year after quitting. If I knew there were there and accessible to me, I could tell myself "maybe later" when a craving struck. I "maybe later"ed for all that time without lighting up once. When my dad quit drinking he carried a flask with him everywhere for the rest of his life, for the same reason. Without knowing it was there he would have great anxiety, even panic (same as I did with cigarettes) which caused a "I need a drink (or cig, in my case) and I need it NOW!" urgency that could have been his downfall - or mine. So I guess different people handle it different ways. As long as I know I'll have that Chinese buffet or "real" pizza coming up before long, I can handle the thoughts I have about them without having those thoughts become cravings. One other thing: I'm not in a hurry to lose my weight, it's coming off slowly but surely. It's more important to me that I enjoy my lifestyle and not fighting with myself over things that don't matter much in the grand scheme of things. I know that (a) my health issues have disappeared, (b) the weight is coming off the same way it came on: a pound or 2 here and there, over a period of years, and (c) I feel great and am happy. If I were to get nazi-ish with myself, someday I'd just say "screw it" and go back to old ways. So my own way isn't for everybody, it's working for me and that's all I care about. :)  SignatureSherry 364/293/195 (4/3/05) http://lowcarb.owly.net >> Hello group, >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > that's > all I care about. :) Sherry, Delurking to say: This paragraph describes me EXACTLY. Thank you for expressing it so clearly and concisely. Jean Sometimes I have a hard time passing Long John's Silver up. 99% of the time I do. :-) -- Cheri Rick wrote in message <9xEMf.15491$rL5.13935@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>... >Hello group, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Rick 1) chocolate 2) Canadian whiskey TC > Hello group, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Rick For me: 1) Doritos 2) King-sized candy bars > 1) chocolate > 2) Canadian whiskey > > TC Peanuts Single Malt SCOTCH Whisky Signature******************** Wayne Crannell Atkins+ 10/21/01 249/142 (9/10/02) ******************** Agreed - I'm sure the Canadian stuff is very nice but for the REALLY good stuff you need to go to Scotland! > Agreed - I'm sure the Canadian stuff is very nice but for the REALLY > good stuff you need to go to Scotland! Agreed, nothing like a good single malt, but why discuss whiskey/whisky at all in reference to a "carb downfall"? Whisky has no carbs beyond trace. Regards David SignatureTo email me, please include the letters DNF anywhere in the subject line. All other mail is automatically deleted. In article <4404361d$0$30902$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>, > > Agreed - I'm sure the Canadian stuff is very nice but for the REALLY > > good stuff you need to go to Scotland! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > David Calories matter. Signature******************** Wayne Crannell Atkins+ 10/21/01 249/142 (9/10/02) ******************** scotch = paint remover, no need to age it for that purpose TC > > 1) chocolate > > 2) Canadian whiskey [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 249/142 (9/10/02) > ******************** ICECREAM - Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia or Karamel Sutra SignatureJoe W T2 Nov '05 30mg Actos, 3gr(1/2 tsp or 500mg pill) Cinnamon, Diet(>100 carbs) & 30 minute walk(everyday) & BowFlex 3x/week *****Diabetes, be proactive, not reactive.***** > Hello group, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Rick See no evil, eat no evil. If you have no evils around, then you are not tempted and will have an easier life. =>Hello group, => =>Everyone has a high carb addiction that can become a downfall. Mine is =>Chips as in things from FritoLay. => =>I could at any given time sit down and eat a $2.99 bag of chips at one =>sitting. Just imagine the ride my blood sugar takes with that one. Quite =>frankly I am surprised I am not Type 2....with all the abuse my insulin =>receptors have taken...they should be burnt out. => =>I guess the important part is that I recognize this in myself and stay =>completely away from it during my weight loss. => =>What is your addiction that can become your downfall? => =>Rick => > See no evil, eat no evil. If you have no evils around, >then you are not > tempted and will have an easier life. That is so true.....however in my world it is just impractical. My wife and son don't share my weight problem and they eat a high carb diet. So there are always temptations around my house.....Shoot there is a case and half of Act Microwave popcorn in the pantry, not to mention various chips and sweets. What I chose to do is ignore it, and apply my considerable willpower. As long as I can see success in my efforts to lose then I believe I can resist the temptations. errrr ..I just thought of something....maybe you mean get rid of my family...since they are the ones with the temptations....:) Rick ::: See no evil, eat no evil. If you have no evils around, >then you ::: are not tempted and will have an easier life. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] :: :: Rick There's a good chance your son will one day share your weight problem if things remain as they are now. > That is so true.....however in my world it is just impractical. My wife and > son don't share my weight problem and they eat a high carb diet. So there [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > errrr ..I just thought of something....maybe you mean get rid of my > family...since they are the ones with the temptations....:) I will say that, if I wasn't the one doing the shopping and the cooking for the family, I don't know how I'd be doing right now. But since I AM the one doing the shopping and the cooking, carby foods never make it through the door. My husband and daughter eat the meals I perpare, so it's low carb all the way, baby! :) SignatureSherry 364/293/195 (4/3/05) http://lowcarb.owly.net > Hello group, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > What is your addiction that can become your downfall? See my post re chocolate chip cookies in the "going off" thread" (I JUST posted it before reading THIS message). SignatureSaffire 205/133/125 Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 *** This post originated in alt.support.diet.low-carb -- its appearance in any other forum is deceptive and unauthorized. *** "Rick" <Rick@hottermail.com> wrote in > Everyone has a high carb addiction that can become a downfall. Mine is > Chips as in things from FritoLay. Not really an addiction, but my lifestyle is very social and on the weekends I'm around festivals and beer all the time. I'll have a few beers and try to stick to Coors lite, but I'll have a few pints of Guinness too, so while I don't gain weight for 3 days, I don't lose it either. March and April will be busy months, so I'm looking forward to May to drop 4 or 5 pounds then, I'm in no hurry! SignatureLC again since 1/14/06 277/254/220 > Hello group, > > Everyone has a high carb addiction that can become a downfall. * Not everyone. * :: Hello group, :: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] :: :: Rick Are you talking about trigger foods perhaps, which are carby? These days, I don't have any that I consider my downfall, but I do have many that I enjoy but don't eat or rarely eat. Chips would be one, though I haven't eaten any in quite some time (pure junk if you ask me). Cookies, cakes, pies, ice cream, sweets in general. Fried rice is a favorite. If I'm going to do a long bike ride, I might have that. Pancakes are a fav, too. Same rule, though. If I do 65, I can eat pancakes or fried rice. However, don't put me anywhere near a 40 oz jug of salted almonds. Or a jar of macs. When I do get near nuts in that volume, I usually end up either throwing them away or giving them to someone. Otherwise, I'd eat the entire thing. You see, I have issues on both sides. >:: Hello group, >:: >:: Everyone has a high carb addiction that can become a downfall. Mine >:: is Chips as in things from FritoLay. I really like and miss eating bread. Also ice cream. I have to keep these things (well, the bread, anyway) in the house all the time for my husband, who has no weight issues. He likes sandwiches for his lunches. Having said that, I haven't eaten a piece of bread in about two weeks, and it was only one piece. And I can't remember the last time I ate ice cream. Probably last summer. Chips just don't do it for me any more. Too salty. Jo Anne > However, don't put me anywhere near a 40 oz jug of salted almonds. Or a jar > of macs. When I do get near nuts in that volume, I usually end up either > throwing them away or giving them to someone. Otherwise, I'd eat the entire > thing. You just need a good woman to smack the snot out of you when you get near almonds ;-) I've got a good man who serves that purpose. Marsha/Ohio :: Roger Zoul wrote: ::: However, don't put me anywhere near a 40 oz jug of salted almonds. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] :: snot out of you when you get near :: almonds ;-) Or walnuts, or almost any nuts, really. I have a good woman, but she's quite a ways away. She can only smack me when I get near nuts at her place (she used to have nuts there for me until she learned with whom she was dealing). :: I've got a good man who serves that purpose. :: :: Marsha/Ohio You don't have a thing for almonds do you? Oh, this just shows how smacking can be a good thing. :) > > However, don't put me anywhere near a 40 oz jug of salted almonds. Or a jar > > of macs. When I do get near nuts in that volume, I usually end up either [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Marsha/Ohio ... funny thing about almonds. I've discovered they are a great snack and great on salads and stuff like that. I've also had a couple of significant guilt-inducing "almond binges" since starting LC, which Roger has warned me about in the past. I've noticed a correlation between my almond binges and my purchasing of "smoke flavored" almonds, in particular a very salty, artificially flavored, and cheap brand sold at Walgreens (2 cans for 7 dollars!) However, when I've purchased simply lightly salted or salted brands, like the 'nonpareil' almonds sold at Trader Joes), I have no problem. I'm convinced they put something absurdly addictive in the artificial "smoke" flavoring. BTW I just weighed in at under 200 pounds for the first time! Goal...!!! I made another splenda cheesecake last night to celebrate (and then promptly gave the whole thing away). Update on the back problem and my being sick from a bad cold - Cold = 85-90% better Back spasm = 60-70% better Worked out for the first time yesterday in almost two weeks (!!!), did a stationary bike for a 40-45 minutes. Felt OK. Don't think I can work out today because my back feels worse :-( .....but...... Goal! Goal! Goal! :-) 260/200/200 4/27/05 Good for you!!! Also happy that your cold is better and your back is better. Did that happen while you were doing a happy dance over the weight loss? ;-) -- Cheri Ernst Primer wrote in message > Goal! Goal! Goal! :-) > 260/200/200 > 4/27/05 :: Marsha wrote: ::: Roger Zoul wrote: [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] :: 260/200/200 :: 4/27/05 Congratulations!!!!!! And you did it while sick and hurt! > I'm convinced they put something absurdly addictive in the > artificial "smoke" flavoring. I haven't had any of these in a while. I seem to remember that they taste a bit sweet, too. Maybe just a bit of sugar or other simple sugar? I do find them way easy to overeat. > BTW I just weighed in at under 200 pounds for the first time! > Goal...!!! I made another splenda cheesecake last night to celebrate > (and then promptly gave the whole thing away). Hey, congratulations! Whooo hooooo! I hope the back problem continues to improve, too. HG > > I'm convinced they put something absurdly addictive in the > > artificial "smoke" flavoring. > > I haven't had any of these in a while. I seem to remember that they taste a > bit sweet, too. Maybe just a bit of sugar or other simple sugar? I do find > them way easy to overeat. Yeah, I just looked it up. Maltodextrin is the third ingredient.... http://tinyurl.com/rc6x3 Hmmm... my wife also informed me that she saw some trans-fat in the ingredients, but on the link I provided, it only mentions various oils, but nothing *specifically* hydrogenated... Anyways, we specifically avoid the Walgreen's brand now. Has too many ingredients anyways, whereas the almonds I buy from TJs now are pretty simple in terms of ingredients: almonds, salt. Thanks for the kind thoughts and being here! This is a pretty rough-and-tumble place most of the time (afterall, this is Usenet), but I'm sure I wouldn't have made it to goal so quickly without this place.... > > BTW I just weighed in at under 200 pounds for the first time! > > Goal...!!! I made another splenda cheesecake last night to celebrate [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > HG Slowly but surely..... I think part of the reason I got to goal so quickly is because I basically haven't worked out for a couple of weeks... I think I'm just wasting away now.... oh well. ;-) I think it was Roger - hope I didn't screw up the attributions. >> > However, don't put me anywhere near a 40 oz jug of salted almonds. Or a jar >> > of macs. When I do get near nuts in that volume, I usually end up either >> > throwing them away or giving them to someone. Otherwise, I'd eat the entire >> > thing. A while back, someone here said a very wise thing about what type of nuts you (generic you) should eat on a low-carb diet. He said "Put a bowl full of nuts on the table. Eat a handful, then walk away. If you come back an hour later and the rest of the nuts are still there, that's the type of nuts you should be eating. If they are gone, and you barely remember eating them, keep them out of the house." I can eat exactly 1/2 ounce of plain almonds every afternoon for my mid-day snack. If it was peanuts, I'd be going through them by the pound. Jo Anne > A while back, someone here said a very wise thing about what type of > nuts you (generic you) should eat on a low-carb diet. He said "Put a > bowl full of nuts on the table. Eat a handful, then walk away. If you > come back an hour later and the rest of the nuts are still there, > that's the type of nuts you should be eating. If they are gone, and > you barely remember eating them, keep them out of the house." That's my suggestion except my description was have the bowl sitting next to you while you do something else. Easy access without thinking about them. > I can eat exactly 1/2 ounce of plain almonds every afternoon for my > mid-day snack. If it was peanuts, I'd be going through them by the > pound. For me cashews and peanuts just go away. The only way I can limit my intake is by getting those little bags that have a small portion in them. But brazils, filberts, walnuts and so on are fine. I can eat some, leave the bowl next to me, and an hour later the bowl still has all of them in it. But I love the flavor of brazils, filberts, walnuts and so on. > For me cashews and peanuts just go away. The only way I can limit > my intake is by getting those little bags that have a small portion > in them. But brazils, filberts, walnuts and so on are fine. I can > eat some, leave the bowl next to me, and an hour later the bowl > still has all of them in it. But I love the flavor of brazils, > filberts, walnuts and so on. That's why I try to only buy nuts in the shell. Cracking them at least slows down my consumption somewhat, and sometimes they're cheaper that way. Also, even when they're mixed, the in-the-shell kind never includes those nasty cashews. SignatureAaron -- aaron_baugher@yahoo.com -- 285/245/200 http://360.yahoo.com/aaron_baugher "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in > Or a jar of macs. When I do get near nuts in that >volume, I usually end > up either throwing them away or giving them to someone. Otherwise, I'd eat > the entire thing. Well hate to tell you but I have 2 bags of Mac's from Sams in the pantry now. I find that half a handfull will reduce food cravings. However if I sat and ate the whole bag that would be 8000 calories...a bit much:) Rick :: "Roger Zoul" <rogerzoul2@hotmail.com> wrote in ::: Or a jar of macs. When I do get near nuts in that >volume, I [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] :: However if I sat and ate the whole bag that would be 8000 :: calories...a bit much:) Well, when I'm working my way through 3000 calories of macs or almonds, I don't think it's really a craving, as in hunger, that driving me. It may be an emotional thing, but I highly doubt it. I just like them (is like an emotion?) and I get reckless. |
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