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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004Ambushed!!
I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever low-carb stuff was there. However, I didn't know the whole party was a "tea and cake" theme. There must have been at least 30 different kinds of desserts, little cakes, cookies, etc. There were also those tiny triangle sandwiches with cucumber in them. If I had known this I would have eaten before going, but as it was my tummy was rumbling as I gazed upon what seemed to be an endless panorama of sugar, sugar, bread, sugar, and sugar. I decided just to have some earl grey tea with splenda and resign myself to being hungry for a couple of hours, and hope no one else could hear my stomach growling. But then, lo and behold! I saw, nestled between the white fluffy things with powdered sugar, and heart shaped cookies with pink icing, a large bowl of chicken salad!! Granted, I think you were _supposed_ to spread it on the crackers, but no one complained when I filled my whole (small) plate with it and just ate it with a fork. Oh, and I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, mayonaise, curry powder, and salt.  SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. I think you ambushed me with this post, Luna! I was expecting you to say you caved, but instead you walked away victorious! Poo! :) [...] :: growling. But then, lo and behold! I saw, nestled between the white :: fluffy things with powdered sugar, and heart shaped cookies with [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] :: fork. Oh, and I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, :: just chicken, mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. >I think you ambushed me with this post, Luna! I was expecting you to say >you caved, but instead you walked away victorious! Poo! Me too. And now I'm craving chicken salad ... Dawn > Me too. And now I'm craving chicken salad ... Thanks for reminding me.... Maybe a nice curried chicken salad... Too bad I already know what I'm eating for dinner. (Cobb salad with no croutons.) SignatureJean B. > But then, lo and behold! I saw, nestled between the > white fluffy things with powdered sugar, and heart shaped cookies with pink [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, > mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. Good for you! SignatureSaffire 205/174/125 Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 Good going Luna! If it was me I'd probably have caved. Then again, I am surprising myself already. > I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be > dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, > mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. Wow, Luna! You have iron will! Keep up the good work. Brenda << "Luna" <lunachick@NOSPAMmindspring.com> wrote in message news:lunachick-B21AD5.14391225012004@news01.east.earthlink.net... > I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be > dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever > low-carb stuff was there. However, I didn't know the whole party was a > "tea and cake" theme. There must have been at least 30 different kinds of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > seemed to be an endless panorama of sugar, sugar, bread, sugar, and sugar. > I decided just to have some earl grey tea with splenda and resign myself to > being hungry for a couple of hours, and hope no one else could hear my > stomach growling. But then, lo and behold! I saw, nestled between the > white fluffy things with powdered sugar, and heart shaped cookies with pink > icing, a large bowl of chicken salad!! Granted, I think you were > _supposed_ to spread it on the crackers, but no one complained when I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >><BR><BR Thanks, but I don't really have an iron will. I don't deny myself treats when I really want them, but they have to make sense. For example, having a bite or two of cake on my birthday, after a low-carb meal, makes sense. Having a bite or two of cake on a day when I hadn't planned it, and on an empty stomach, would make no sense. I would still be hungry after that bite, and if I ate enough to not be hungry, well, I know what that much sugar does to me and it ain't pretty. So it's not willpower, it's just making a logical decision. > Wow, Luna! You have iron will! Keep up the good work. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, > > mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. > I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be > dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, > mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. you have inspired me. I have to go to a workshop in the morning and I know I will be faced with Bagels and Muffins and whatnot. Since i don't expect to see chicken salad hiding on the table, I will eat before I go and think of you for strength!!! sue k We have an early AM meeting every week at work, where sales reps always bring bagels and donuts. I've started to bring my own LC bagel to the meeting. That way I can use the "donated" cream cheese (and at least get something for free - ha!) and not feel too conspicuous. Lee > you have inspired me. I have to go to a workshop in the morning and I know > I will be faced with Bagels and Muffins and whatnot. Since i don't expect > to see chicken salad hiding on the table, I will eat before I go and think > of you for strength!!! Seek and ye shall find (chicken salad). > I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be > dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, > mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. SUPERCHICKEN!!!!!! Saved the day! > I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be > dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, > mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. > I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be > dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, > mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. Wow...I wish I had your willpower, congrats!! I would have caved for sure. Congratulations on that little victory. I'm surprised there was no cream cheese with herbs to spread on crackers. But curry powder in chicken salad sure sounds like a nice subtle undertone to the salad--I'm going to try that. > I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be > dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I checked with my grandmother as to how it was made, just chicken, > mayonaise, curry powder, and salt. This means a lot for the estimated probability of your longer term success. Good job. i 223/173/180 > > I went to my Aunt's 50th birthday party today. I knew there would be > > dessert of some sort, but I was planning to bypass it and just eat whatever [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > i > 223/173/180 I hope so, thanks. I do "cheat" at special occasions, like one bite of pie at Thanksgiving, but I plan that in advance. I'm not paranoid about carbs or anything like that, I've even had occasional unplanned cheats but I've never let them lead to more. I never let a slip-up be the beginning of a total downslide. What was special about this event was that before I saw the chicken salad I thought _everything_ was a dessert of some sort, and since it was lunch time and I hadn't eaten yet, my fear was that if I ate one little piece of something, then I would get even _more_ hungry and lose control. Believe it or not, I was not particularly worried about what that could do to my long-term weight loss, my thinking was not "Oh, if I eat this stuff today I'll gain all my weight back and never be able to lose it." My thinking was more like "If I eat a little of this, I'll just want more, and be more uncomfortably hungry, or if I cave in and have more I'll get a raging headache and probably feel like retching." I suppose I'm lucky that more than a bite or two of ultra-carby stuff (especially sugar) makes me feel sick, because it doesn't really require will-power to not eat something that makes you feel like crap. I feel more like someone with an alergy than someone on a "diet." SignatureMichelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws. |
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