BradH
01-19-2004, 03:31 AM
The Rooster is still alive, and still losing. Well, I obviously have a tendency to drift in and out of various web site communities. I figured I'd stop by and start a daily thread for once.
Back around Thanksgiving, I decided to let myself off Atkins for the holidays. This was definitely pre-medidated. I had read up from other's experiences, and decided to slowly work up my carb count for about 3 days ahead of Thanksgiving.
In the end, it cost me about 3 days of weight loss in total.
This was enough to make the decision easier for Christmas and New Years.
In the end, I was off-diet for about 2 weeks. After the two weeks, I was up about 2-3 lbs from my previous weight. I lost that plus a pound the first week back on diet, and I'm now fully back on track.
I've moved onto, essentially, OWL. I figure I'm hitting highs around 30-40g a day right now, and maintaining an average 3lbs a week loss. As before, I'm not religiously counting. I know what I can and can't eat, and that's enough. It's a subconcious thought now. I still check packages on anything new, but if I go out to eat and there are a few grains of rice in a bowl of gumbo, I don't fret. I know that tiny bit of nothing won't effect me.
Low-carbing is picking up a lot lately in the public. Out of the 40 or so people working in my building, I know of at least 10 that are doing Atkins--and I'm guessing there are another 10 I don't know about. When I go to restaurants and make my usual requests (no croutons, etc.), more and more waitresses say 'Ahh, you're doing Atkins! How much have you lost? I know so-in-so who lost XX lbs already!' I'm not getting as many blank stares anymore when I ask for no tortillas with my order of fajitas.
More restaurants are becoming more accomodating. A local seafood chain offered a one-week low-carb special. Grilled or blackened fish, green beans, and a side salad for a bit less than that would cost normally (as they charge extra for the salad). Hopefully they got enough response to make it a regular menu item. We still haven't gone to a Subway's or Blimpie's yet to try their low-carb menus.
More stores are carrying more low-carb items. Our local pharmacy chain even ran a full page of their latest Sunday flyer with a bunch of Atkins products. This included, for the first time, some of the Atkins ice creams, which I had not yet tried. Gag! Blue Bunny for me, thanks. Endulge is horrible. I'll never waste money on that again. Our usual grocery stores are slowly-but-surely expanding their low-carb lines. LaTortilla items are becoming regularly-stocked items, as well as most of the low-carb bars, and even the Atkin's chips. Breads are still rare, and usually more expensive than even the Atkin's mail/online order. Sorry, I'm not paying $8 for a half-loaf of bread. I really don't miss it, and I certainly don't miss it to the tune of $1 a slice.
The subject even came up the other day when I was replacing my dead cellphone at work. The saleswoman used to do nutrition work, and proceeded to start warning me off of going more than 6 months, or else I'd face kidney and liver damage. Yet another misinformed person, supposedly a former 'nutrition professional,' even, who still thinks of low-carb as a 90% protein diet.
Friends and I doing Atkins have considered, though, looking into something like South Beach at some point. The concerns over no fruits and just the far lower-carb nature of Atkins still bothers people. Maybe I will give South Beach a try at some point, perhaps if/when my loss stalls out under Atkins. However, I know nothing at all about SB at this point, so I'm not in any position to decide anytime soon.
Okay, enough of me now. I can't believe I just wrote enough to keep everyone here busy for 20 minutes reading it. See all you Chicks around!
Back around Thanksgiving, I decided to let myself off Atkins for the holidays. This was definitely pre-medidated. I had read up from other's experiences, and decided to slowly work up my carb count for about 3 days ahead of Thanksgiving.
In the end, it cost me about 3 days of weight loss in total.
This was enough to make the decision easier for Christmas and New Years.
In the end, I was off-diet for about 2 weeks. After the two weeks, I was up about 2-3 lbs from my previous weight. I lost that plus a pound the first week back on diet, and I'm now fully back on track.
I've moved onto, essentially, OWL. I figure I'm hitting highs around 30-40g a day right now, and maintaining an average 3lbs a week loss. As before, I'm not religiously counting. I know what I can and can't eat, and that's enough. It's a subconcious thought now. I still check packages on anything new, but if I go out to eat and there are a few grains of rice in a bowl of gumbo, I don't fret. I know that tiny bit of nothing won't effect me.
Low-carbing is picking up a lot lately in the public. Out of the 40 or so people working in my building, I know of at least 10 that are doing Atkins--and I'm guessing there are another 10 I don't know about. When I go to restaurants and make my usual requests (no croutons, etc.), more and more waitresses say 'Ahh, you're doing Atkins! How much have you lost? I know so-in-so who lost XX lbs already!' I'm not getting as many blank stares anymore when I ask for no tortillas with my order of fajitas.
More restaurants are becoming more accomodating. A local seafood chain offered a one-week low-carb special. Grilled or blackened fish, green beans, and a side salad for a bit less than that would cost normally (as they charge extra for the salad). Hopefully they got enough response to make it a regular menu item. We still haven't gone to a Subway's or Blimpie's yet to try their low-carb menus.
More stores are carrying more low-carb items. Our local pharmacy chain even ran a full page of their latest Sunday flyer with a bunch of Atkins products. This included, for the first time, some of the Atkins ice creams, which I had not yet tried. Gag! Blue Bunny for me, thanks. Endulge is horrible. I'll never waste money on that again. Our usual grocery stores are slowly-but-surely expanding their low-carb lines. LaTortilla items are becoming regularly-stocked items, as well as most of the low-carb bars, and even the Atkin's chips. Breads are still rare, and usually more expensive than even the Atkin's mail/online order. Sorry, I'm not paying $8 for a half-loaf of bread. I really don't miss it, and I certainly don't miss it to the tune of $1 a slice.
The subject even came up the other day when I was replacing my dead cellphone at work. The saleswoman used to do nutrition work, and proceeded to start warning me off of going more than 6 months, or else I'd face kidney and liver damage. Yet another misinformed person, supposedly a former 'nutrition professional,' even, who still thinks of low-carb as a 90% protein diet.
Friends and I doing Atkins have considered, though, looking into something like South Beach at some point. The concerns over no fruits and just the far lower-carb nature of Atkins still bothers people. Maybe I will give South Beach a try at some point, perhaps if/when my loss stalls out under Atkins. However, I know nothing at all about SB at this point, so I'm not in any position to decide anytime soon.
Okay, enough of me now. I can't believe I just wrote enough to keep everyone here busy for 20 minutes reading it. See all you Chicks around!