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Originally Posted by 2manysizes
I'm getting to the point where I would rather not eat at all than have to eat the veggies and salad. Maybe IP is not for me  |
Hey 2manysizes, I saw this and your later post about maybe moving to a different low carb diet. I don't want to bum you out, but if you think about being able to maintain your goal weight once you reach it, you need to learn to eat differently than you have in the past. Not just for the amount of time it will take you to drop the extra pounds, but forever. Whether you look at IP, Atkins, South Beach or any other diet, they all have some kind of a "maintenance" diet and they all are based on the idea that your future (as a person who has weight issues tied to carbs) has to be one that has lots of vegetables and few carbs. Forever. So, the point on any low carb diet is to learn to cook and eat differently, to think about food differently, and to find new, healthier ways to prepare foods so you can enjoy eating without eating poorly and gaining all the weight back.
I know this is probably not what you were hoping to hear, but I can help a bit by saying (as others have) that if you stick with it, your tastes will change. I am an EXTREME foodie and I was just angry and depressed for the first few weeks because while I saw the weight coming off, I could not imagine this being my life forever. But somewhere around week 6 or so, I began to really like the new foods that became the focus of my life, and honestly? I pretty much prefer them to the things I used to eat. I like the tastes better and I like the way I feel after eating (not all bloated).
So, really, try to stick it out if you can, for at least 2 months, and I think you will begin to feel a lot better about your food choices. I got through it by pretending I had moved to a foreign country where they did not serve any of my "usual" foods and I had to find new things to eat that I liked--I love to travel so that made it work for me.
For the veggies, I think the answer is to make them part of something else rather than standalone foods. People have suggested soups and other recipes. Try a couple cups of fresh spinach in your omelette. Make celery root and cauliflower fauxtatoes and cover with beef stew....roast some eggplant and mix with garlic, evvo, lemon for a great dip for celery. Best of luck whatever you decide and we're here to help you through it!
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Originally Posted by calival
Hi all, day 3 for me and it's rough1 I feel like I have the flu, achy bones, headache and just plain grumpy!!! This passes right?? Is tomorrow going to be better?? I guess i am a big chicken where discomfort is concerned. Not planning on discontinuing, just need some reassurance from you guys that have been "there' that tomorrow will be great! thanks
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Be sure you're getting enough water and shake out some salt on your hand and lick it. If that doesn't help, it's just the carbs burning out of your body. You can take some advil or painkiller, don't worry about that part. It will pass, it was day 5 for me and it was like someone flipped a switch. But my advice: remember this horrible feeling when you are tempted in the future to cheat...if you push yourself out of ketosis you have to go through it again! That fear kept me on the straight and narrow for 4 months--I'm a chicken about discomfort too!
