girlygirl1
Banned
I am not new to the site but have been away for a while.
Moved from CD to eat less/exercise more, back to CD, onto Slimfast, onto calorie counting, back to CD...
Finally I wanted more balance in my life and my approach to food and weight loss. I am veggie so had thought that Atkins type plans would not work for me. How wrong I was!
I now take the basic rules of Atkins and apply them as best I can. I count carbs and try to make sure I eat 'good' ones and plenty of salad and veg. I eat very little fruit, alas, always being careful with berries and melon as they do have more carbs than veg. This is the one aspect of low carbing I hate - the restriction of fruit and starchy vegetables.
I have experimented with commercially produced sugar free foodstuffs and some are very useful. Others are basically junk and should be restricted - but I am human and occasionally (yesterday!) allow myself to over-indulge a little. Anyone sensitive to polyols will know how unwise it is to do this.
So good luck to everyone. Keep at it even if you come up against stalling and slowed weight loss. As others have said, this is a way of eating, not a diet per se. I no longer fear food, and I am willing to see a slower rate of loss in order to enjoy the countless benefits this approach offers.
I have lost the weight of a whole other person. And kept it off! This alone is a huge achievement.
Now I have around 21lbs to lose, and it is coming off painfully slowly. That is fine, indeed it is probably desirable. I need to fight my impatience, and the old lure of starvation, and stick with my new plan.
Isn't it wonderful to be able to eat again?
Moved from CD to eat less/exercise more, back to CD, onto Slimfast, onto calorie counting, back to CD...
Finally I wanted more balance in my life and my approach to food and weight loss. I am veggie so had thought that Atkins type plans would not work for me. How wrong I was!
I now take the basic rules of Atkins and apply them as best I can. I count carbs and try to make sure I eat 'good' ones and plenty of salad and veg. I eat very little fruit, alas, always being careful with berries and melon as they do have more carbs than veg. This is the one aspect of low carbing I hate - the restriction of fruit and starchy vegetables.
I have experimented with commercially produced sugar free foodstuffs and some are very useful. Others are basically junk and should be restricted - but I am human and occasionally (yesterday!) allow myself to over-indulge a little. Anyone sensitive to polyols will know how unwise it is to do this.
So good luck to everyone. Keep at it even if you come up against stalling and slowed weight loss. As others have said, this is a way of eating, not a diet per se. I no longer fear food, and I am willing to see a slower rate of loss in order to enjoy the countless benefits this approach offers.
I have lost the weight of a whole other person. And kept it off! This alone is a huge achievement.
Now I have around 21lbs to lose, and it is coming off painfully slowly. That is fine, indeed it is probably desirable. I need to fight my impatience, and the old lure of starvation, and stick with my new plan.
Isn't it wonderful to be able to eat again?