Sounds like your world has been turned upside down. don't fret, you can and will do it!

Grab some of those Atkins bars and keep them with you for those times when you need a quick snack or meal. That may help you stay off the high carb stuff!

Will be thinking about you. Keep us informed.

Lisa

Lisabateman-
As I read your post, I am sitting down to a meal of bacon and eggs and a glass of water. I can do it.....!
I was going to put off going to town for adkins bars until tomorrow, but I think it would be in my best interest to go today! How I wish the hospital vending machine had had them instead of snickers!
I am reading Gone With the Wind for the first time and was thinking how awful it would be to try to squeeze into one of those things that made their wastes so small! Scarlett had a 17" waste! Can you even imagine? My 13yr old is a 28 waste and she is skinny!
Lets all just spend today thanking God that those days are over!
Duckriley

Small waist she may have had, but with those skirts, think about the hips you could be hiding!!

Good for you, hun!

I went to a confirmation celebration at my friends church today...then we went back to their house for a bbq. Thank the Good Lord for the Atkins Bar I stuck in my purse! The church had a few pieces of diced cheese and the rest was carbs! And let's not talk about that great looking chocolate cake that I had to hold on the way home...Atkins ADvantage bar to the rescue!

At the bbq, I enjoyed my chicken and then a hamburger (no bun of course). I also enjoyed the deviled eggs! Usually I pass on those!

Those bars come in handy....!

First of all let me extend my prayers to you and your family duckriley. Stress makes us do crazy things to ourselves, consciencely and unconsciencely. Try to stay OP as best you can. Don't beat yourself up if you slip.

Lisa, it sounds like you are doing the program correctly, but you didn't mention exercise. Are you walking? I think it's especially important for people who take medications, including anti-smoking meds. Anything you put in your body alters body functions in some way. Although we have to take our meds, we also need to do things to encourage our bodies to function in the most "normal" way possible. Drinking extra water, (more than 64 oz a day), walking every day, light weight lifting every other day (even just push-ups and sit-ups) and some form of stress relief not associated with food will help you to stay OP and meet your weight loss goal. The reason I suggest something for stress relief (in addition to the walking which helps with stress) is because you're not smoking, and whether we realize it or not, we get tensed up when we don't smoke...beyond the cravings and the frustration associated with quiting, our bodies and minds suffer a whirlwind of responses to the withdrawl. I quit 15 years ago and thought I was going crazy. I renewed the practice of keeping a personal journal in order to "voice" all my feelings without actually 'sharing' them with my family and co-workers. That was my stress relief aside from walking. I just want to let you know I did not start gaining weight when I quit. As a matter of fact, I lost weight because I also chose to start a diet at that time. Ironically enough I only weight 135 lbs. then. 3 months after I quit I had to have a hysterectomy. 9 months after the hysterectomy, I began to gain weight. I do not equate the wait gain with quitting smoking. I believe it was the surgery. I was prepared for the physical changes that occur when you quit smoking, but no one told me what would happen to my body after major female surgery. Oh well, I am OP now and have lost 24 lbs. Only 147 to go! We'll all get there. Hope some of this babbling helps out. I'll talk to you soon.
MB

Optimal

YES YES YES...I started putting on tremendous amounts of weight after my hysterectomy. It was a total...ovaries and everything They put me on premarin, which didn't help my weight situation. Now I'm on Estrace (more closely related to human estrogen) and on the lowest dose possible.

I haven't done any exercise this week...I was being extra cautious with the tremendous changes i put my body thru this week. With the new way of eating, and quiting smoking, I was afraid I'd just dizzy out or something weird.

What I'll do, now that I'm doing fine, is add back my Richard Simmons tapes starting tomorrow. I was doing them 2X per week before (on my days off) up until last week.

I'm gonna miss those low carb bars though. They really helped me thru my tough time spots (I'm a substitute teacher and often get NO notice before running out the door for the day.

Well, time to tuck in my little girl (she's 8, but will always be my baby! since I have two boys 12 and 14)

Well, I did it!
I stayed on plan all day today! I had eggs and bacon with glass of water for breakfast, then I didn't get around to eating lunch, but I had 2 cups of Vegetable Beef stew for dinner with a glass of Crystal Light. I discovered that some brands of Canned Beef Stew are only about 12-16 carbs per cup so I figured, if I don't eat many of the potato chunks, I should be able to eat it in limited amounts.
Okay, so today I went to the store and bought some Adkins food...I have to say, I feel as if I wasted my money. It is very expensive!
I tried the "chips" in sour cream and onion flavor and thought they were terrible! But, I Have talked to some who like them. And I tried something called frosted cinnimin bar, or something like that it was really gross!
However, I do truly love the Endulge Bars!
I bought the white bread mix and the pancake mix and a bottle of syrup. I will try them tomorrow. Has anybody had these???
Anyway, off to bed. It has been a very long day. Hubby is very sick after surgery and is miserable so it stresses me out feeling too helpless to do anything for him!
Here's to making it through tomorrow OP!
Duckriley

I've not tried any of the bread products or chips...the only thing I've tried are the Advantage Almond Chocolate Brownie and the Chocolate Peanut Butter bar...and of course, the Endulge chocolate bars. I ordered the syrup....I hear its great! and have also ordered the chocolate decadence and berry cheesecake bars.