Everyone -- I'm so glad this interests a lot of people! What I'm thinking for this is daily accountability in the thread. This can also be a place where we can ask each other questions, give NSVs (non-scale victories!) and support each other! Also, griping (I was dead serious about that one...)

redliss ah ah! That is what I should've put -- refined carbs. Yes. That is what I mean. White carbs, anything "refined" (which usually means nutrients are stripped OUT of the food and sugar and coloring are added in), pasta... sounds like you've got it down to a science. Have you made any smashed oat muffins or anything? (here is the recipe I was thinking of: No Flour, No Sugar Blueberry Oatmeal Muffins it still has some splenda in it, but otherwise it's all natural ingredients!)

bellalisa I love sweet potato fries. (Fries... a recurring problem)

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April 3:
I've already had to reject like five different sources of white carb -- and I gave in to one, I'm sorry to say. :\ (Fries. Again... a recurring problem. People offer me food...) I'll just treat it as a last "goodbye!" for April. There'll be no ride if I don't get back on the horse! :P :P

Start weight: 164
Goal weight: 155

Apparently I came back to 3FC at the right time. Last Monday I started a "reduced bread diet" - not sure what else to call it.

Basically I am trying to eat as little, bread, rice, pasta, crackers, etc as possible. I do not want to cut them out all together because that would lead to a major weight gain if I ate them again. So just trying to limit them to 2-3 times a week or something. Not entirely sure yet.

I did have a few this weekend, but scale is still down 4.2 pounds from last Monday when I started. I felt very good last week too. I had some on the weekend though but overall not to bad. To be fair, I have gained - a lot - since my last visit here, so I am sure large part of that was water. This week will be a better indication.

Tonight for dinner I am going to make stuffed peppers, with no rice - to mix things up. I struggled a bit with meat and veggies every night for dinner lol.

okay so i have been so focused on my calories and not eating bread or potatos, I ate bread and did not even realize it. I get the "lunchable" type sandwich kits for my lunch, and becasue I was only focused on the calories of the outside of the box and not the foon in the box, I totally blanked that there was bread. In my food journal it just says "lunch kit 200 cal 4 fat." So I am sitting here enjoying my luch and I realize OMG I am eating bread w/o even realizing it.

I was doing so good! All I had eaten bread wise today was croutons with my salad (only about 10) .. and then my fiance brought home tacos!! ugh but its okay. At least I didnt over do it! I have to do it slowly or I will binge and that will just ruin every thing!

My downfall is a ton of crackers (wheat thins, they're just so good lol) But I definitely want to take part in this. Most of my carbs are oatmeal (every morning I have some for breakfast) and brown rice (usually with my lunch and dinner). I can't cut them out completely but I will definitely try to cut out my snacks like crackers and occasional cookie lol. OH, and these sweet dinner rolls that my grandmother ALWAYS buys lol.

I've been doing this for a while to kickstart my weight loss on my last 15 pounds, but I could definitely use some encouragement throughout this month! Here's what I've been doing:

-Avoiding refined carbs as much as possible.
-If I DO have carbs, they're generally whole grain.
-I 'treat' myself to croutons (homemade with LOTS of garlic...mmm) and 1 lunch w/carbs each week (generally on Wednesdays, which are my difficult days at school).
-Finding really creative carb substitutes!


I've been eating spaghetti squash as a pasta substitute like it's going out of style. It's SO easy, and it's remarkably low-cal! It's easy to make the squash on Sunday and store it in the fridge for the week. When it's mealtime, I just mix some of the squash with marinara sauce and microwave it while I prep a salad. As a veggiesaurus, I used to eat a lot of pasta, but this totally sates my cravings.

Okay... I had a few bites of hash browns today (they were really gross actually) and a packet of oatmeal.. ugh this is hard!!! But its a slow process.

I had a single crouton yesterday (in a salad) before remembering my pledge to go breadless this week...so I didn't eat the rest of them, I just picked them out as I went. :)

This is super hard, though, I agree! Also I'm a college student so I eat in dining halls, and I swear this week every single dish available has had potatoes...sigh.

It's a process!

April 4:
Didn't check in yesterday, I ate half of one of my Indian flatbreads... but NOT a whole one! Still 30g carbs too many but it's going to be the last one for a while!

April 5:
Today I pushed away the delicious moist cornbread muffin in front of me away and just ate my rib tips and green beans and broccoli :P and my eggs and sausage for breakfast, rib tip leftovers and salad for later (I'm a night owl!)

Chalk 1 up for today! :D

GreatPerhaps I totes get it... college dining is so stupid sometimes. :(

dotnsk, I've been dying to do spaghetti squash! Doesn't seem to be in season where I am though :( I presume it's just a summer squash?

Im not TOUCHING bread or Pasta Atm.& it does really help!
The only Potatoes im eating is if my BF has chips & i will have 5 or under!

I do have Carbs for breakie in Branflakes
& i will have Rice if i cook a indian (so once a week)

I dont really miss carbs, My body obvisley cant cope with them.

You can do it, be strong!

So the only carbs I'm eating are brown rice and my oatmeal in the morning. I've been doing pretty well so hopefully I can keep up with it.

No more bread or pasta. My two worst enemies lol.

wow.. i am so not knowledgeable in terms of what is even considered a carb! i totally did not know oatmeal was part of this group.. in that case.. i have been eating oatmeal everyday in the morning!

I have been doing okay. My scale is still down, but I haven't lost nearly as much I did last week. For the most part I am avoiding carbs on a daily basis, but I have allowed myself a couple weeks a week. Tuesday I had pizza and yesterday sushi (bad sushi) - but the scale is still down. :) I have a good weekend planned though, so hopefully I can stick to my plans.

I can not live without bread carbs completely, but 1-3 times a week is doable.

So far so good, I also feel less bloated than usual lol. I haven't gotten on the scale yet, not until Monday at least. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! =)

bellaella, oatmeal can be pretty carby, yeah. If it's a grain -- which oats are -- there's usually plenty of carbs involved. Thus why pasta's usually tough, too -- it's usually made from durum semolina, which is a wheat byproduct. Just hold steady and read the nutrition facts on the side :)

Hah, I put April 4/5 on my last post -- I must have meant 5/6. :)

Yesterday I had some rib tip leftovers (there were a *ton* of them, ohh. Couldn't over-carb it, I know that bbq sauce had plenty of sugar x_x), steamed veg, more soup, and after pushups and situps to failure, and wheezing through 3/4ths of a mile like a little girl, I had some ice cream. Soft serve mmmm. We've got a couple of those little local walk-up ice cream shops and oh goodness... they'll give you like a 5-inch stack of ice cream on a little teeny cake cone (which I discarded) for like $2.50. SO GOOD.

Breakfast today was onion, pepper and chicken sausage in a pan and eggs scrambled with a little water instead of milk.

As for the exercise... my calves are like rocks but I have to keep getting out there to run... :( stretching time!

Weighed in at 161 the other day... holding out for a couple more weigh-ins before I count that, my weight's been bouncing all over the place.

Have a lovely weekend, ladies! :)