I'm still struggling with the giving up the carbs part. I've been dieting since I was five and the only diet I never tried seriously (oh, I'd try it for a week or two here and there) was low carb. I believed everything bad that's ever been said about low-carb dieting, so I never gave low-carbing as a lifestyle much consideration.
I think I'd really be losing more consistently, if at least a few times a week I didn't think I can have a few extra "good" carbs if I trade out the calories - like an awesome quinoa salad I made recently - Gosh it was good. Actually the quinoa was a good choice - it's high in protein for a grain-like food (it's not a true grain). It would have been fine if I didn't tell myself (as I have so often before) that it will be fine if I just trade some of my protein exchanges for the starch in the quinoa. That never works out well for me, but I keep thinking I can do it (because I still expect the calorie math to work, like it did when I was in my twenties).
I even have some added insentive for being even more grain conscious - or at least, wheat-conscious. I've learned that I'm actually allergic to wheat. For a while I was thinking it was just a mild intolerance, because (at first) it seemed that I could get away with eating one or two servings of wheat (and still feel normal). Well, I think my normal was just crappier - because the longer I go without wheat, the more severe the sumptoms even a small amount of wheat will trigger (mostly joint pain and a nasty, swollen, flaky, oozy, crusty, itchy, burny face rash, hubby calls face rot - and the dermatologist calls seborrheic dermatitis).
So no more wheat. Totally sucks. I've never craved pasta, bread, tortillas and pizza so much in my life. I don' even care for pizza usually (I like it, but I almost never crave it) and I was furious with hubby the other night for eating a Lean Cuisine type frozen pizza in front of me. The smell made me want to clobber him (and steal his pizza).
My one experience with wheat-free bread was a complete disaster. Four times the price of regular bread, and it had the dry texture of month-old poundcake (but at least month-old poundcake would have had some flavor - this stuff tasted like nothing. I think I would have preferred a bad flavor to no flavor. I felt like I was gnawing on an old wool blanket - no that also would have had more flavor).
Last edited by kaplods; 12-12-2009 at 01:57 AM.
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