#7 Low Carb Support
 

**Starting #7, but check out #6 first to read any unread messages. I posted a few recipes on #6. YUM!

**Paula 1257- I read on the "Success" thread that you are doing your own version of Atkins... what are you doing different?

**I am going to copy another 3FC member, because it is so adorable... smiles for every 5 pounds lost... I hope she doesn't mind! I just love that! But I will do a smile for every 10 lost.

Good morning all,

Kirei, I think that the purple dude idea is neat. What a visual motivator.

I did OK this weekend even exercised on sat morning. I usually give myself a break on the weekend.

I bought resistance bands on Friday. They are a great w/o!!
They were only 10.$ for 2 and that included exercises. My free gym won't reopen until 9/10 so i needed something comparable to teh weight machines. It's not the same but is does give you a nice w/o. Very easy too. Breaks up teh monotony.

Made the no crust pizza. used ground turkey. tasted pretty good.

Sue thanks for posting all those web sites. I hadn't seen most of them. How could a personal trainer have a bad day? My cabana boy always seems so happy and content :devil: .
( It's my fantasy, it can be any way I want it). Boy I gotta get a life.

Well I guess I should go and face the workweek. I sent out some resumes last week, Maybe my prison bid is almost over. Maybe I should ask teh govenor for a pardon LOL ( I am a counselor in a men's prison).

Happy Monday

Pat

Hello all!

Sorry for not posting on Friday felt al little blue, been crying over some stupid things on Saturday (I forgot to take my hormones on Friday!) I think I am getting the flue… (Our seasons is changing from winter to spring and the weather is very humid and hot):(

I feel very proud of myself. Yesterday we went to a braai with some family and friends. They had some chips, sweets, NUTS, fruit ect. For snacks I only ate some of the NUTS, Nada (my sister) and I prepared a salad on a platter consisting of lectures, cheeses, cucumbers, coldmeat, fetta cheese, cocktail tomatoes, pickled cucumbers, everyone were crazy about our salad. At first I felt I am going nuts, but after I had my meal (pork chop, a piece of chicken and steak with some of our delicious salad) I felt very strong (stuffed) and said NO THANK YOU for the ice cream, chocolate mouse and creomoratart….. For beverages I had a few cups of “Rooibos” tea that is caffeine free and a few glasses of water.

I felt really good and proud of myself last night.

Hang in there the smoke quitters…

Kirei - to answer your question no I am not a native African I am currently a big fat white chick soon to become a SKINNY LITTLE LIZARD.

Nasus40 – Thanks for the sites I am going to have a peep, I just love it to be in my kitchen preparing something nice for me and my husband.

My electronic scale is still going high wire some days I feel like throwing it against the wall, from now on I am going to weigh myself on my old scale, things is looking good…

It is very inspiring to hear from you all, I always feel better after reading your letters, YOU ARE ALL A BUNDH OF ANGELS SEND FROM HEAVEN.

“Cheerful thoughts like sunbeams”
“Lighten up the darkest fears”
“For when the heart is happy”
“There’s just no time for tears”

Are we allowed on Atkins to have some sugar free gum, my breath is killing me.

I must go, see ya.

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Hello Princesses!!!

It's another beautiful day here in Florida, and it's my day to weigh in. As I thought would happen (because of all the medication I have had to take this week) my weight stayed the same. It's okay, though...at least it wasn't a gain.

The thing that I am doing differently is counting calories; and, I am staying on the induction phase (20 grams of carbs) until I get close to my goal. Once I am within 10 pounds of my goal, I will start slowly increasing my carbs...kind of like pre-maintenance.

One of the reasons I have chosen to stay on the induction phase is that I cannot exercise. Sure, I walk when/if I can, but there is no way to plan a regimen around my pain or inability to walk some days...it's just a way of life with which I have learned to live(no pity parties here).

I went to sleep last night without changing my darned patch!!! I dreamed about wanting a cigarette and was ready for a good fight this morning. All Greg would have had to do would be to look at me wrong and I would have chewed his precious head off. My normally chipper/chatty darling must have sensed something was up. He kept quiet and just gave me a very long loving hug and told me how proud he was of me. I've had my new patch on for a few hours and am starting to get out of the fog, and the ugliness is leaving me. My (self-induced)punishment...I will cook Greg dinner tonight...barbecued (is there any other way to cook???) turkey legs, veggies and a salad.

We are going to fight this monster...hide and watch!!! LOL

What a tough cookie you must be, Pat, counseling men in prison!!! Best of luck to you on your search for a new position.

Hubby reminded me last night about my cucumber salad. Season your cucumber slices with garlic (I use fresh garlic and crush them with a wide blade knife and then dice them), salt and pepper, add sour cream and let them sit overnight. They're pretty tasty, and not that many carbs.

I'm out of here for the moment. Good day to stay OP...It's the first day of the rest of your life!!!

Lee

OOOOHHHH Leee that sounds delicious!!! I am so glad that you are here. I am coping all that yor say down What power to you for your will power. way to go!! and dh sure knows how to read you doesn't he. I can only wish!!!:(

Hensa bad breath??? (covering my face:lol: ) that is a good sigh it means you are in ketosis. make sure you dring tons that is the only way to flush the waste out. it is a waste product of the fat burning. dring more that you ever thought possible and then drink more. you will be running to the toilet often for a while then your baldder gets to hold more and it gets better. So you are going to be a skinny lizzard???:lol: You are doing so good i am so proud of you that was a great thing that you did at that gathering. wow what will power.

Keiri I iwll check oout those recipies thankyou. I will get them on the forum for recipes the other girls would like them too. stay strong you CAN do this!

and to the girls that follow. well I kknow that you are doing great,,I have my DUCT TAPE!!! and I know how to use it!!!:lol: :lol: :lol:

I just read the rest of the other thread and wanted to post my replies.

RockStar welcome to aour group,, we are very glad to have you here, and yes it can be done, jennifer has lost a huge amount of weight and stayed op for all of it untill recently she had a small slip, but otherwise fantastic, and hwe drop is proof to all that it can be done, hang in there, hey which branch of the service are you planning to go to??? and when do you leave??? or is it still waiting you rloss???

Scooby and Jen. I can relat to both of you. when i do not think of who i am i think i am this small person who can be very sexy and desirable and that i would have a man look twice at me (and not for the look how fat look) but when i pass a window and see my self i am shocked and disgusted. I want to be the size in my head and that is my dream. but then i have lost 53 lbs and it is hard to rationalize, like jennfer when i loose it does not drop off so it seems that it is not comming off. I am slowly becomming more aware of the size i have droped to. what you should do is carry a pict of the before and one of the after so you can look at it. I bring our my before all the time and look at it and just sit and think. I would not so it till you really started to see some weight loss because it shows up so slowly in the measurements that it may be discouraging. but stare at your face and see what changes there are. I look at a fat person and think that is what i look like. my dayghter usually will say mom you used to be that fat but now you are skinnier,

Pat my cabana boy was not in a bad mood after i kissed him:rolleyes: hey goo dluck on the job. I figured that you worked in a prison, I just hoped that you were not a regular:lol:

25 where are you and the rest??? how are thing going am i going to have to take the big roll from 25 and use it?????

Joanne did not see you sneek in. hope your day was great!!!

Hi everyone!
 

I enjoy all of your posts so much! Great info and motivation! You guys are going like gang busters!

I have a question tho....is there a reason why many of you do not post on the other threads? The whole LC forum is about LC support and I sure would enjoy it if you guys would spread your enthusiasm around! I have to admit that since so many here do not post their fantastic energy on the other threads that I feel a bit intimidated not to post here! I'm not an Atkid, but I get so caught up in the GREAT motivation here that I so enjoy your posts! Will you please spread it around?


Now, with that said, I have to admit that with reading all your posts, I've had to be honest with myself as to why I'm not losing lately. There has definately been too much "tweaking" going on. So, I've now recruited my friend Susie and we are going to jump start ourselves on a buddy system and "E" program with a 60 day goal! You guys are daily reminders that this LC plan definately works~~~if we do it right!

Congrats to all of you!

J

PS~~I LOVE the smilie idea!

I apologize, I did not know this was a restricted thread. I guess I should not have posted here earlier. I did not know this was an Atkins only group...sorry if I offended anyone....:o

JUst did a Moderator Thingie and ...
 

... locked number 6. Please post on the most current thread. Maybe you chicks should start a Daily if you don't want to join the usual daily? You are real keeners and some of us need you!

This whole forum is Low Carb support - Maybe rename your thread? Although I realize not everyone is on Atkins, "Motivation for week ending ....." might work. Just a suggestion.

Scooby~~I'm so sorry!
 

This thread is not restricted to Atkins! I'm sorry that I may have misworded my post! This is a wonderful LC support thread! I only meant to ask so many here with their wonderful enthusiasm, knowledge and energy to please post around on some of the other threads! Hon, please don't stop posting here! These chicks have got it going on!!!! Sorry that I didn't relay my thoughts correctly.

J

Hi!

One last post before I turn in for the night (well, go off to finish my book anyway) - it's 9:30 here. I did GREAT today! Go, Joanne! It's you're birthday! Get funky! (Oops! :o Sorry, thought I was haning with my kids for minute.) :D

John made us steak for dinner tonight. Grilled with a dusting of garlic just the way I like it. I cut up a small tomato fresh from my neighbor's garden and drizzled it with Bleu cheese dressing (can you tell that's my favorite kind? :) ). I washed it down with Wyler's sugar-free pink lemonade (very tart/sweet; very refreshing) and a glass of water.

Tomorrow I'm getting out of work at noon to take my "baby" to meet his first grade teacher. :( PLEASE post encouragements and reminders to stay OP. I'm going to be very emotional for the next several days and I'll need all the support I can get. (Thank you in advance.)

MamaJ -- I can't speak for the others but the reason I personally don't post elsewhere is the time it takes to keep current with a post. I've always searched for the one forum that I "click" with and stuck with it (formally was part of the 100+ to go group under the WW plan). I like the familarity that developes between members when you keep tabs on one forum. I just don't have the time it takes to track more than one at a time. :( Wish I did but then again "If wishes were chocolates, they'd be calorie/carbohydrate free." :D But please feel free to join in any time. New members and comments from others are always welcome here.

Time to turn in. Buster (my Sharpei) is whining to go out for his last constitutional for the day. :^:

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Thanks for all the positive replies!! I am new(can you tell) I don't want to jump anywhere I shouldnt....

Jdoneil...I can relate...school is sooo hard, we sent my 19 year old stepson(who lived with us since he was 4) off to college, I cried a river. Luckily I have a 4 yr old and 2 yr old to keep me busy in the interim.....Kindergarten should be a bitc...next year!!!! :D

Scooby2 -- Shane, my "baby", has been in child care since he was 5-1/2 weeks old (not working was NOT an option for me). So Nursery and then Kindergarten wasn't a tough adjustment because it was part of the child care program. Now I'll be dropping him at one school for the before-school care program, they will bus him to his elementary school, and then bus him back to the first school for the after-school care until I can pick him up at about 5:45. :( I tried so hard to make other arrangements but my only other option was home day care with a stranger. We tried that for his first year of child care only to find out too late that the BITC*!! abused him. If I thought I could prove it, her as* would be in prison. :mad: Anyway, he's excited about starting first grade. I hope that excitement lasts. He turns six on Thursday (the day after he starts first grade). But in my eyes he's still so little (although technically as tall as a 3rd grader).

Gotta go. Sorry. But this post is starting to depress me. I need to unwind with my book and some herbal tea.

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Hang in there Joanne, you are doing the best you can!! you obviously love your child very very much!! :)

I cannot believe my stepson is in college....my kids 4 and 2 had been in daycare since they were babies in FL. We moved to Tennessee and I could not find any daycare that I liked in our area so I hired a lady from one of the daycares to be a nanny...like you I must work. I provide 3/4 of our income. She is wonderful and they love her dearly, thank god it has worked out...I hope to keep her next year when my DS goes to school so he will be able to come home and not have to do after care and the bus etc. Being a parent is so hard ..we make tough choices every day....check out the book the Mommy Trip. It is great.

Hello everyone... How's it going?

Pat, that ground turkey pizza sounds good, but we don't have ground turkey here! I wish, I wish!

Hensa... Great job at the Braai! What is a Braai? Sounds interesting. How are you doing on your weight loss. Mine is finally picking up again... :D

Lee... How are you doing on your NON-smoking? I am thinking about buying the gum. Would that be a bad idea? I mean it is still Nicotine, but sometimes I feel like I just can't take it. Hmmmm. I am glad you are doing so well! It feels good, huh?

Nasus40... I put all the recipes in the Low Carb recipe forum already. I used to hate to cook, but now that I can play with flavors and BUTTER, and cream, I love cooking! How are you doing?

Mama J... I second what Jdoneil said. I will try to post in the other parts of this forum more often, but I usually have only a limited amount of time to spend online. I think we come here more often because we are more comfortable here, at least I do. "Where everybody knows your name, and their always glad you came" hehe, sung to the Cheers music. :)

Scooby2... A little late with this one, but you are SO welcome here! Everyone is! We support all low carb programs, Atkins, Hellers, and anything else. I am so glad I found this place! I feel like I know everyone already!

Everyone else... HI!!!! :) Come post!

Good morning!

I'm actually running a bit ahead of schedule so I thought I'd check in and see if anyone was around.

Here's wishing you all a wonderful, peaceful OP day! :)

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Hello Princesses/Prince!!!

You all have any objections about writing long posts...I seem to be awfully long winded lately. Just tell me to hush if you think I'm too wordy. I do love to write!!!

Jennifer: Way to go on your 2 pound loss!!! You have done so well, and I am sure you have been quite the inspiration for many.

I know what you mean about not seeing yourself the way you are. Although I have lost over half of my weight, I still see myself as fat and ugly. I've been working on changing my attitude. Hubby often tells me how "pretty" I am, but I don't see it. I'm sure we can work out this problem just as we are working on losing our weight. Hang in there...you are in my thoughts and prayers.

Chris (Rock): Welcome and congratulations on your weight loss!!! I read where you had posted on a couple of other threads...be careful of the carb solutions drinks and bars...they may have some "hidden" carbs. Try upping your carb intake to at least 20 carbs...getting them mostly from veggies. This is not a diet...it is a way of life and you need to eat "healthy" food.

Scooby: A big welcome to you too. This is a great group of people here and we all all very motivated in reaching our goals. BTW...where did you live in Florida? I am in the north Tampa area.

Hensa: I hope that you are now over your blues...I remember those days!!! Good Job on staying OP...you WILL become the skinny little lizard. If I were you, I'd pitch the electronic scale out the door (you should have done it while you were having those blues...might have made you feel better)!!! I occasionally allow myself 2 pieces of gum, but only if I am going out. Remember to add the carbs that are in each piece.

Sue: Thanks for the kudos. I am really enjoying coming here and sharing with all of you. This is a great thread...we all support and inspire one another.

Hello J!!!: I am glad that you have quit being just a lurker. I'm glad to hear that you have been inspired by this group. They all all super people! As for posting to other threads, I have done so on and off...I am just more comfortable with this thread...I'm sure that you can understand.

Joanne: Good Job staying OP yesterday!!! You hang in there!!! You take good care of your son and family, why can't you take care of yourself? You need to put some of the extra effort that you give your family into yourself. You DESERVE it!!!

Christy: I'd try to find the patch (instead of the gum) if I were you. The gum might trigger cravings and mess up your program. We don't need anything that might tip us over the scale (figuratively and/or literally) while doing this program. As for me, I'm just barely hanging on by my (beautiful) fingernails (good thing I have the strong acrylic covering my nails)...just don't look at me funny or your a** is mine!!! LOL

Renee, 25, you are being missed!!! Let us hear fom you!!!

As for any LURKERS, please feel free to post here with us. The more the merrier.

Today is hubby's 42nd birthday and he's disappointed that he has to work (there's still a chance that he might get off early). Last night, we had a pre-birthday celebration on the back porch and in the pool. We also had a talk about going off program for his birthday. He said, "No Way!!! I haven't come this far to just blow it all on one day"!!! I'm so proud of him!!! I didn't want to go off program either.

We already have plans to go to a steakhouse tonight where the bartenders and servers know us and know that we are low carbing. One of the bartenders lost 125 pounds on Atkins and looks absolutely super!!! We all know it can be done, and we are well on our way. Tonight I will have a t-bone steak, caesar salad and veggies.

This morning, I am going to go get my hair done. It's my hairdressers day off, and no one does it as well as she does, but I'm not up to doing it myself. I need a live in hairdresser (and housekeeper and cook)!!!

Stay strong everyone. If we stay OP today, we are one day closer to our goal!!!

Lee

Hi,

Thank you all for your support, & I apologize for being so whiny yesterday. I'm just really feeling deprived right now, but I need to keep reminding myself that it's worth it. Someone posted (Sue maybe?) that pain will go away but pride is forever. I'm trying to think of that when my resistance is low. I'm also trying to think of my size 6/8 suit & how I'd like to be able to breathe in it by the time I go to New York in November! :dizzy:

Lee - Happy Birthday to hubby!

Joanne - Belated happy birthday to you!

Hugs to everybody. Sorry don't have time to "chat" with everyone.

Jennifer

Good afternoon!

Well, we're back from meeting Mrs. Muzzy. Shane seems quite taken with her. She's about my age and roughly the same size. I think her "softer" image soothed his nerves a bit. Kinda like having a Mommy-look-alike as his teacher (we're even the same height and hair color although her's is short is mine is about 4 inches below my shoulders). We met some of his classmates. If they are a sample of the other students, he's going to be at least a full head taller than the rest. The acting principal with there and she thought Shane was going into 2nd grade. :lol:

After the open house, we went to the local grocery store for some edible school supplies (apples, crackers w/PB, muffins, granola bars, brownies, juice boxes, pudding cups, etc.) $26 later :eek: we left with three bags of high-carb No-Nos :nono:. Fortunately (this week anway), he picked out things I don't particularly care for myself. :p

Lee -- Thanks for the kudos! :) Made my day! I do take time for myself. Unfortunately, it's always at the very end of a very long day. :( After the kids are in bed, after the kitchen is cleaned up and the wash switched to the dryer, after hubby is either in bed or engrossed in some war documentary, I find time to give myself a facial (mmmmm), manicure/pedicure, or drift off into a good book (I LOVE to read!). In fact, the only thing I haven't made the time for is a serious exercise program. I try to walk every day at lunch (usually window shopping at the local mega mall with a friend) but I know I should be doing more. I have about 10 exercise videos and a really nice exercycle that I just "had" to have for Christmas two years ago. :o (It makes a rather space-hogging clothes tree.) Hopefully, I'll be able to make myself up my walking once the cooler weather shows up. Our new facility is build in the middle of a wetlands so it's fun to walk and look at the local flora and fauna (saw a hawk and a crane just last week).

I've got to go now. Will check back in before bedtime tonight.

:wave:

OK. While I was waiting for the rest of you to check in, I took MammaJ's suggestion and visited other forums. One of them, "Water, Water, Water", is challenging folks to post their water consumption levels. Some of them were really high! :eek: (Figured they must sit really close to a ladies room. :lol: (just kidding)) I've committed to get back to my old (about) one gallon a day. How about the rest of you?

MammaJ also created a forum (forgot the actual name). Here you post what you ate that day/day before. Kinda like, if you have to post it for the world to see, you might be a bit more careful about what you consume. Sounded like a great idea to me so I logged in.

Gotta go. Time to put Shane to bed. He has his first day of school tomorrow. (Guess you're all pretty tired of hearing that, huh. Sorry. :o )

I'll check in again before I turn in myself.

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Here, Chicky, Chicky . . .
 

Well, I don't know where you all are tonight but I hope you're having fun (and staying OP)! :)

I'm logging off for the night. An electrical storm just blew in and John's "log off now before we lose the computer" can not be ignored (especially since it's, technically, his computer ;) ).

Hope to "hear" from some of your tomorrow.

:wave:

I think I've got it!
 

I realize some of you are new here and may (or may not) be new to the way the various message areas work here at 3FCs. This here is a 'thread' it lives in the Low Carb section of the Low Carb Lifestyle' Forum. You all need to think of the Low Carb section as one big room and the threads that exist here as different conversations. When you all just post at this one thread (and beleive me, I do understand the time factor!), it is like you are just in one conversation and not sharing with everyone in the room. Which is fine but you (and everyone else) might benefit from sauntering around and seeing what others are talking about!

We love our LC family here and love to see it grow and we REALLY want to get to know you all.

Kel

Just have a minute to say hello...
 

HELLO! How is everyone doing? Everyone OP? I am doing good. No loss today, but it is TOM for me. At least I stayed the same.

Where is everyone? Come post! JDONEIL1, are you a little sad about your son going to school. I still have 2 more years for that, thank goodness. I will be a ball of tears. I am a SAHM, at least until they are both in school. I have been here 24/7 and I just don't know if I want to see them go. I even considered Homeshooling, but decided against it. Oh well, the cycle of growing up, I guess.

Well, I better go. Kids are TEARING up the house! We are potty training! Yeah!

Roll 'em, Roll 'em Roll 'em . . . YeeHah!! :)
 

25H -- The new name is OK with me (sounds appropriate, too). As long as I can find the rest of you, I don't care what you call it (well, I might object to something negative like "Fat Chicks Trying to Slim Down").

Christy (a.k.a., Island Mama) -- Potty training! :eek: Oh, does that bring back memories (not all good either). I tried for a year to potty train my son and was considering asking his pediatrician for advice when he (my son) decided two days after his 3rd birthday that he was done with diapers and pull-ups. He had two "accidents" after that and never a "wet" night. Talking to other moms, I found out I was actually pretty lucky in that regard. Good luck. Some suggestions I've picked up on the subject: Put favorite story/picture books in the bathroom for use only while sitting on the potty; insist on trips to the bathroom about 1-hour before bed, at bed time, and again (if necessary) about an hour after they're asleep (which means having to wake him/her -- something only moms with bedwetters were forced to do). Hope those help. Good luck.

I get another purple dude! I got on the scale today (wanted incentive to stay OP during my emotional day home). I've lost another 3 pounds (12 total). :smug:

Time to wake up my little angel for school. :( Will post later.

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