Rennie, WOW! You are on fire, lady! Great job!!!

I am back down to my low of the month and less than 10 lbs away from being "normal" weight!

Week 22:
12/28: 174.5
12/29: 173.5
12/30:
12/31:
1/1:
1/2:
1/3:

Today's Meals:
Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, a teapot of green tea, Mio water
Lunch: spicy chicken nuggets from Wendy's (I was taking my daughter back to Indiana and we went through the drive-thru, so chili wasn't convenient ), Diet Dr. Pepper
Snack: a handful of walnuts
Dinner: beef sticks, raw veggies with ranch dressing, a teapot of green tea, Mio water

Hello. Checking on my phone since my puter is hijacked by my 10 year old grandson. That was my road trip yesterday we picked him up from Nebraska ( we live in colorado) so we have him for a week. My road trip diet could have gone better but today is a new day. I had lost a little weight ( mostly water I believe ) while eating on the plan. Started at 334 then went down to 331.8 the 330.4 Saturday morning before the trip. This morning at 332 lbs. So going out with family this morning hope to stick with eggs and beans.

Hi again

So for brunch had buffalo chicken strips and 1/2 cup of bake beans.

Good job Joe! Congrats on the weight you've lost so far! Don't worry about not doing as well as you would have liked on your road trip. Being on a diet on the road is hard enough, but being on a new diet is even harder. The first week of a new diet is tough! Let's face it, your body is used to having whatever it wants. Today is a new day, and you made some good choices for brunch!

Thanks Jacqui, I was today we went to Charlotte for my cousins ordination. We left really early so I had a shake and a yogurt. In the truck I had some peanut butter Then for lunch/dinner I had some really good potato salad, collards, one small meatball, a piece of real corn bread (not Jiffy) and two homemade cookies with a bottle of water. I hope my weigh in isn't too bad in the morning

Joe I think you did well. SO BE PROUD … Good job on your weight loss so far

Thanks. The other day I had a bad headache and I was craving something sweet!

Joe try some dark cocoa, it's not great/good in my opinion but it will help with a sense of chocolate not sweet though so I don't know if that will help, just a suggestion Jacqui I await your comment. His headache may be withdrawal??? so the dark chocolate may help him to move on.

Oh Rennie, lol! I admit you have me stumped! Someday you will have to explain your specific modifications to the Slow Carb Diet to me, so my heart won't stop momentarily when I read about the potatoes, bread, and sweets you eat on non-cheat days, lol! You must be allowing yourself a certain number of carbs each day, which aren't necessarily Slow Carb Diet-approved carbs but are Rennie-approved carbs according to your modified version of the diet (like my ranch dressing and bbq sauce). Is that right? If that is right, are you staying within the number of carbs you allow daily? You know I want the best for you! And I have my fingers crossed that you don't retain water weight from today's yummy carbs. You've been on a roll the last couple of days and I hope it keeps going!

Joe, oh yes, sugar and/or caffeine withdrawal headaches are the worst! Sometimes it's better just to wean yourself off those things instead of go cold turkey. I never stopped drinking Diet Dr. Pepper because I didn't want to go through four days of migraines, which is what always happens when I try to stop, so I feel for you! As for the dark cocoa Rennie mentioned, yes, that would work. Dark chocolate has health benefits, so it would probably be a better choice than most other types of sweets.

Hi all! I'm back after I threw in the towel last week as I was not able to stick with my diet while on my "staycation" over the holiday. I was feeling so crappy that I started back on the slow-carb diet yesterday and feel better already. This cleaner and balanced eating approach from Tim Ferriss's book really makes me feel so much healthier and now that I don't have a party or gathering every night I have time to prepare the foods necessary for this diet. Most of the prep work I find is in preparing beans, and I am taking Jacqui's advise and using dry beans instead of canned.

I started back yesterday, but decided to not weight myself until I'd been on for a day so I don't get too emotional over the news. Today's weigh in was 153, which is still a couple of pounds lighter than my starting weight when I joined this forum a couple of weeks ago and when I started this slow-carb diet.

Joe, regarding your headaches it could very well be the sugar craving, but I ran into this issue when I did atkins and did some research and found out that because my carb count was so low during its induction stage of was losing too much water weight and this was causing me headaches for days. I read that I needed to ensure I had more sodium in my diet so as not to lose too much water. That being said you are not doing Atkins and the super low carbs, and eating beans, which is why I really low the slow-carb diet and which is the reason I'm no longer having headaches. I just wonder if you are losing too much water weight as your body adjusts to less carbs?

Well done Jacqui with sticking to your diet so well over the holiday!!!! You are our inspiration!!!

Hi Rennie. Sounds like maybe you are eating less calories in general and that is also a tactic for losing weight. And adding excercise is even better!

Yay! I am down to 172.5 today! That's a new low! And I've just passed the total number of lbs I lost 4 years ago! What a difference in attitude I have this time around! By the time I had lost 37 lbs 4 years ago counting calories, I was so burnt out. I was done. I didn't want to do it anymore. Now, on the Slow Carb Diet, having lost 38 1/2 lbs, I am still so enthused to be losing weight! I feel better, I look better in my clothes, I feel more like myself, and I am so thankful! I can't tell you how excited I am to start 2014 nearly 40 lbs lighter!

Week 22:
12/28: 174.5
12/29: 173.5
12/30: 172.5 TOM (kind of, lol!)
12/31:
1/1:
1/2:
1/3:

Today's Meals:
Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, a teapot of green tea, Mio water
Lunch: A big salad with many add-ons including ham and ranch dressing, Mio water
Snack: Diet Dr.Pepper
Dinner: a slice of ham, a scoop of tunafish salad (made with chopped egg and celery and just enough full-fat mayo to hold it together), baby carrots and cherry tomatoes with ranch dressing, a teapot of green tea, Mio water

Welcome back Missy!!! Congrats on being a couple of lbs down! December was a tough month and now we can all put it behind us and start a fresh new month and a fresh new year!

Oh, welcome Lizzie!! I haven't read the book yet, but am actually planning to and have asked my boyfriend to stop at the library to see if they have it there today since he is still on vacation.

I have found a lot of information on the internet about the diet, and read sauerkraut is allowed.

I can't post the link yet since I'm a fairly new member, but if you go to the 4hourlife website you should be able to find it.

Good luck!

I was planning to make pork and sauerkraut in the crockpot new year's day, as I often do for good luck, so this is good news for me too.

I also serve it with mash potatoes in the past, and am thinking of trying to make some mock mash potatoes, but experimenting greatly with the recipe to fit more with the "Slow-carb" plan. I made mock mash potatoes while on atkins with cauliflower and cream/butter, and since cream & butter is not really allowed I'm going to make them with the steamed cauliflower, cannellini beans (which are white), garlic, salt/pepper, and just a touch of cream/butter. I may use chicken stock for fluid. I'll let you know how they turn out. I think the beans will add the sustenance that I found lacking with just the cauliflower version.

This mock mash potato recipe will satisfy my vegtable and bean requirement. Fingers crossed!

Oh my, ever have just an amazing salad sometimes? That is what I just ate for lunch! I started with a bagged veggie blend salad from the grocery store, which had different kinds of lettuce, pea pods, and sliced carrots and radishes, and I added spinach, red, yellow, and orange bell peppers (I didn't have any green), celery, broccoli, cauliflower, black olives (I forgot I also had green olives in the fridge--next time!), sliced egg, a sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese, leftover Honeybaked ham, chopped walnuts, and ranch dressing. Yum! And I still have lots left over for a dinner side salad!

Missy, your cauliflower/beans mock mashed potatoes sound wonderful!

Also, here is the link to the site by Stephen, a big fan of The Four-Hour Body Slow Carb Diet, which Missy wanted to post: http://www.4hourlife.com/. For anyone who wants to do the diet by the book, this looks like a good website. Keep in mind, though, this is not a site by Tim Ferriss, himself. One thing I noticed (since Rennie and I had previously had this conversation) is that Stephen lists peas as okay to eat like any other of the allowed veggies, and yet on another Slow Carb website, it said peas were allowed only in moderation. I don't know which is correct since I haven't read the book. I tried to look it up again, and again found different websites saying different things, so there may be little details like that which could vary. This Stephen seems to really know his Four-Hour Body info though!

You know, I'm starting to figure out that when I have cravings for sweets, and I haven't had them very often since starting this diet, it's Diet Dr. Pepper that makes them manageable for me. I have been trying to cut way back on DDP, hoping I might eventually give it up because I realize it's not a healthy drink. But when I overindulged big time on cookies and candy on Christmas Day and it triggered my cravings for those foods for the next day and a half, drinking DDP is what made those cravings bearable and seemed to rein them back in. And now with TOM hormones messing with me and making me want sweets today, it's Diet Dr. Pepper that is making it so much easier for me to ignore the cookies my hubby has in the house and is keeping me from eating other things in an effort to avoid the cookies. I was dying for cookies until I started sipping DDP, and now I'm okay. Yeah, I believe I've come to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up DDP after all. I will try to stick to one can or less a day (although I won't write that in blood), but I think I'm just going to accept that this is my one really unhealthy vice and addiction. I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't do drugs, but I'm keeping my Diet Dr. Pepper.

Happy New Year's Eve Everyone! Have fun and stay safe tonight!

I am down to a brand new low again today, woot woot! I am hoping I can lose one more lb by tomorrow to start 2014 a full 40 lbs down!

Week 22:
12/28: 174.5
12/29: 173.5
12/30: 172.5 TOM (kind of, lol!)
12/31: 172
1/1:
1/2:
1/3:

Today's Meals:
Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, a teapot of green tea, Mio water
Lunch: a large loaded salad, topped with ham and ranch dressing, Mio water
Snack: a handful of walnuts
Dinner: steak, green beans, side salad with ranch dressing, a teapot of green tea, Mio water