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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / March 2004I had my first carb craving crash last week... :-(
Well, I survived the business trip without too many problems; was starting to slip at the end there (I actually let them give me some mashed potatoes, but I only ate 1/3 of the portion) and got home still in ketosis. But last week, I had to leave on my day trip the day before, to miss the snow. So I had to grab lunch on the road... I was on a 4-hour drive. I found a health-food store (where I got a can of Ketatoes... haven't tried 'em yet) where they had whole-grain bread, so I thought "hey, I can get a sandwich!" Bad idea. 2 HUGE slices of whole grain bread with some meat and cheese and mayo and lettuce turned out to be too many carbs. And I knew it within 2 hours. So I tried to stop it by eating some cheese. Nope. I stopped and got some peanuts. Nope. I got to the hotel obsessing about pasta and pizza. So I decided to just go for it, and pick up low-carbing the next morning after it had passed. And not just low-carbing... Phase 1, very low carb low carbing. And WHEW! that did it. It took until yesterday to get myself back on track and well into ketosis (though I was "carbing out" on just a LITTLE too much sugar alcohols a few times, so it was rocky). So, anyone have any advice? Should I keep on very low carbs another week just to make sure? Or can I start carfully adding back fruit and maybe brown rice? Merryl 286/281.5/140 Low-carbing since Feb. 16, 2004 What low carb diet has brown rice and fruit when you've only lost 5 lbs??? Joan J > Well, I survived the business trip without too many problems; was > starting to slip at the end there (I actually let them give me some [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > 286/281.5/140 > Low-carbing since Feb. 16, 2004 I'm sorry - the way I typed that sounded very rude when I re-read it later. I apologize. Five pounds is wonderful. ANY pounds off are wonderful. I'm sure you worked hard to get them off. Honest, I'm no JC and I didn't mean it to come out the way it did. What sort of low-carb diet are you on (she asks much more politely and pleasantly)? Joan J > What low carb diet has brown rice and fruit when you've only lost 5 lbs??? > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > 286/281.5/140 > > Low-carbing since Feb. 16, 2004 Some ways of doing low carb allows for different foods.. and depending on each individual, some things are ok while they may be the death knell for someone else. I can't eat rice of any kind at all, but for some, brown rice is ok in small amounts. Fruits might be ok as well. I didn't do an induction.. and sometimes I allow myself to eat a bit of potato if it turns up on my plate when we are eating out. I do avoid pasta as I end up feeling so bloated and bleeecchhhy when I eat it, lol. Even corn doesn't cause me any real problems but I don't eat it often in whole form.. occasionally corn chips though.. there are just many ways of adjusting this way of eating to fit our own personal prefernces and what works for each of us. Some really truly do have to cut so far back that it doesn't seem possible to keep up. I think too many feel like this is some kind of race and they have to lose the weight as fast as possible. I don't see anything wrong with losing it more slowly if it might be a more tolerable way of eating for some of us. I also think some tend to obsess over the ketosis thing and don't just pay enough attention to longer term trends. Teeb > I'm sorry - the way I typed that sounded very rude when I re-read it later. > I apologize. Five pounds is wonderful. ANY pounds off are wonderful. I'm [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > > 286/281.5/140 > > > Low-carbing since Feb. 16, 2004 My advice. Do not put bread in your mouth until you reach normal weight. Your post makes it appear that you are plainly very sick physically, and need to do everything in your power to gain a little bit of health. i > Well, I survived the business trip without too many problems; was > starting to slip at the end there (I actually let them give me some [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > 286/281.5/140 > Low-carbing since Feb. 16, 2004 >> So, anyone have any advice? Should I keep on very low carbs another >> week just to make sure? Or can I start carfully adding back fruit [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> 286/281.5/140 >> Low-carbing since Feb. 16, 2004 Hi Merryl, Like me and many others you sound like a carb addict; therefore, I'd stick to not eating any kind of carbs that trigger a binge. I'm certainly not near my goal, but I've lost alot of the cravings and it's much easier saying NO to carbs now than ever before. I went according to the book, Induction 2 weeks and now OWL. I currently eat anywhere between 30-50 carbs per day, and I watch my calories too. I sometimes allow myself some strawberries. The major cravings come about a week before my period, which I call the 'bottomless pit week'. It gets difficult then but you have to ignore it as much as possible or you will binge. The strawberries help with the sweet craving, but thats about all the fruit I allow myself for now. I never was a big fruit eater anyhow. Chin up, you can do it if you want it. Monica  SignatureStarted 01/20/04 362/327.0/250 ________________________________________________________ "Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack. - Harry Emerson Fosdick Merryl, You don't say which diet you're on but if its Atkins you should add vegetables first before moving on to fruit. Rice, even brown rice, is out for a long time given your goal weight. If you really crave fruit, try SF Jell-O first and see if that helps. Mary 215/158/145 > Well, I survived the business trip without too many problems; was > starting to slip at the end there (I actually let them give me some [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > 286/281.5/140 > Low-carbing since Feb. 16, 2004 > Well, I survived the business trip without too many problems; was > starting to slip at the end there (I actually let them give me some [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > 286/281.5/140 > Low-carbing since Feb. 16, 2004 This is all good. You are learning how to eat. I've been at it for about 3 months and since I'm at my goal weight I go off the path often but keep myself on track just enough to maintain. It works for me. Advice here is just to stay with it and consider how you will be eating over a lifetime. * |
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