I've REALLY been doing so good on this diet. Everyone knows I hate it, but I'm motivated to drop the weight and learn how to eat better. Despite this diet, I have not changed the way my 19 month old twins eat. They still have bananas, and blueberry waffles and mac-n-cheese and oatmeal cookies, and tater tots... you get the idea!

So this morning my kids are eating their usual waffles, banana and some dry cereal. The cereal is a natural brand of cocoa puffs (made with honey and cocoa powder, and probably some sugar but still, a kid cereal!) So I'm in the living room folding laundry and my daugher comes running in and she's got these cocoa puffs in her hands and in her mouth. She leans over to kiss me and she lays a slobbery, wet, YUMMY kiss on me. I actually LICKED MY LIPS and then SCRAPED THEM WITH MY TEETH to get the sugary sweet taste! THEN I LICKED HER FINGERS!

Now, mind you, this isn't an altruistic moment when I'm kissing and cuddling and nibbling on my kids... no, no! I was a SUGAR SLUT just trying to get any morsel of sweet tastiness onto my tongue!!!

How twisted is that? I have truly sunk to a new low.

I just read the twisted message and am wondering if I am on the right diet.
Granted, this is my first day (yes first) of the low-carb deal, and I feel fine, it is the caffine I miss at this point (im giving up soda also). I am light headed....lol

adrienne~
thank you for your story- i laughed, then realized we DO go to extremes when we are deprived, although your children are adorable, and i'm assuming, scrumptious!!! how much weight are you looking to lose? keep us posted................

adriennee... i chuckled at the picture. but then i realized that maybe you've spent enough time on atkins induction and MAYBE you might want to consider adding a little fruit [like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries] to your diet. and some vegs.

you ARE going over the edge here!!!!!!

colann, my first week or so, I wasn't adhereing to the "induction" of Atkins, I was eating some whole wheat pasta and stuff. Then I realized I needed to go straight low carb for a while and for the next month or so I was drinking a lot of diet (caffeine-fee) pop and sugar-free jell-o. Problem is that some people are sensitive to the aspartine and I think I'm one of them. I've had to cut out most artificial sweeteners which mean I get NO sugary-tasting anything. I'm eating pretty much meat, eggs, cheese and salads,

snflwr - I'm about 13 lbs down, I've got about 37 to go. My goal is to drop the weight by the fall - we have a bunch of weddings to go to (two of them will have ex-boyfriends at them, one is a family reunion at Thanksgiving.) Hoping to have a "new me" by then. I wanted to drop the weight and learn how to eat right before my daughter was old enough to see me struggle with this. I want her and her twin brother to have healthy eating habits. That's my goal. They can't eat healthy unless I learn to as well. Once I drop the weight, I am going to a sugarbusters type way of eating. Whole wheat pastas, breads etc. Low on the refined sugar and wheats. My kids eat like this now - whole wheat waffles, "all natural" cereals and stuff. You get the idea. Healthy, but not obsessive. My husband and I are both Low-carbing. He has less weight to lose and plans on going to the whole wheat pastas by June.

you are on the right track!! i have 3 children, 12,9,and 4. and i must say, its tough to keep them on track, because i never was.
i want to lose about 40-45. i lost 6.5 so far. what plan are you following? how long have you been at it? how tall are you, if you dont mind. you must be busy with 2 young children and a professional career. i am about to go back to work, after 1 yr at home. seems i gained some while i was home. am looking forward to getting back into the work force- insurance claims!! hope we can stay in touch. i am 5'8" and 183.5 lbs. really need to get healthy. oh, please call me Sandy!

Thank you for the giggle, Adrienne! And also the reminder that WE ARE CARB ADDICTS! Now THAT was addict behavior! lol

Hang in there - there was a time a couple years ago that I had been strict LC for a good long time and gave myself permission to eat a piece of special chocolate cake at my mom's 70th B-day party AND IT WAS TOOOOO SWEET FOR ME TO FINISH! I was shocked, shocked! I tell ya! Me, miss chocolate fiend, dumping a piece of chocolate cake after just a few bites! (I would give my eye teeth to be in that mode right now - but it will happen again when the time is right)

Kel

Kel

Soon you will get to the piont that you wipe your mouth of all that sweet. You are still craving the sugar. Although I was laughing at the picture. I can just imangine the kids thinking "Oh my are we in Hansel and Grettle???"

I did read some where that sugars turn into a cocaline like substance in the body which is why we are so addicted. to eating it. and even if we are full to the extreem we always say yes to desert. but no to meat. that confirms the feeling that they are right. (I have actually read this several places)

I too have had the shcok of thinking some thing was too sweet. eating slices of apple (only half of one) with just cinamon on it as it was too sweet otherwise. (sliced with sprinkle of cinamon)

But my fear still arises when i see my kids adding sugar to already sweetend cereal, and adding sugar to PB sandwhiches, or the PB is just coloring the sandwhich and the jelly is 1/2 in thick. Should I contine on the terror???

Let the kids enjoy their foods but be sure to have plenty of fruit and vegies on hand if they want ot eat them instead of the junk.

Adrienne ~ I remember the times! lol

I think I first started LC'ing around '90 or '91. My youngest DS's were about 6 and 3. And they LC'd right along with me with exceptions. They were allowed the wonderful treats we all love too, but I think what made the difference was that they learned balance instead of overindulgence.

Our meals were always a planned LC meal with the carb being theirrice, potato, etc., and always included a salad. Desert was fruit or a presliced piece of a goody. Soda's, chips, cookies, etc., were a rarity and only as a treat. And I must admit that I've never been a big one for sugary breakfast cereals but they did enjoy french toast, waffles or pancakes with sugar free syrups or jellies, a meat and fruit but no more than once a week.

To this day my kids are nutrition concious (at 16 & 19). Of course they eat pizza, burgers/fries and other goodies. But fortunately I do believe they've learned moderation and proportions. They prefer juices, water or flavored waters as opposed to soda drinks. A bag of chips or a box of cereal will last at least two weeks. And they still start their dinner off with their salad first, then their meat and veggie before moving on to the "carb" section of the plate.

So I do believe it's do-able to include your children into your healthier eating pattern with very little adjustments. Remember, we are exposing our children to their food and eating habits. You're not depriving them of anything. What's the old saying - You can't miss what you don't know? lol

And besides, it sure makes it easier on us oldies (those of us that know the pleasures of all those goodies) to rid our cubbards of them!

Good luck ~~ and ditch that box of cocoa puffs!

My children eat far better than I have ever eaten. Thier grains are all whole wheat (whole wheat waffles, pancakes, bread, rice, pastas etc) and I try to keep the processed foods out of thier diet (with few exceptions.) They eat lots of fruits and cheeses and raisins and peanuts... I rarely give them pop (maybe once a week - and it's always caffeine free.) Thier juice is all mixed with water and a hamburger and fries from McDonald's is MAYBE a once-a-week treat when they've been really good (or I'm REALLY TIRED.) I wish I'd eaten so good when I was little. I'm trying to feed them the type of diet I will eat once I lose the weight. That way it won't be a "change" for them. They're still only 19 months old and it's hard to get them to eat meat. chicken, pork, beef - not their favorite foods. But I keep their foods well-balanced and hope for the best.

I had a cold a couple of weeks ago and in the middle of the night I gulped down some cough syrup - I literally almost gagged at the sickly sweet taste of it! Last night I made brownies for hubby to take to a pot luck at work today and I resisted the urge to lick off the fork after I'd stirred that delicious looking batter! I'm so proud of myself! Six months ago I would've licked the bowl, the fork, AND eaten at least two of those yummy treats before hubby even got home from work!

My problem is not that I wish i had eaten so good when i was little but that my parents wen't so Italian!! finish your plate, pasta or bread at almost every meal. I now can think back even when i was just a child stealing (My mom collected jars of the collectable coins) from the jars in my parents closet to buy candy from my brother to satisfy me cravings. I suffered through a big round of spankings and so did my sister who was inocent just so I would not admit that I stole those coins for candy. Like how dumb was that, my mother had to count the change to be sure that it was all correct, and would she not notice all those coins?? with the collectable dates??? I see patterns in my children like finding jello and cookie mixes and cocoa mixes open in the pantry with a spoon in it. and of course nobody did it!!! or the sugar is now all gone. chocolate chip bags empty (DH is guilty of that too) so now I hide it all or do not have ti in the house!! I see my kids adding syrup to the already sweetened oatmeal, then crying it tasted terrible when i make them eat it plain. enjoy the fact that your kids have learned so fat the right way,

hi sue and adrienne~
i couldnt agree more. i was just in the store, and saw blue syeup.....WHY?? isnt syrup yummy enough already. i struck up a conversation w/a man who was in the isle, and i found myself talking about the foods i grew up on. Twinkies, Hoho's, Poptarts,
sugared cereal, cookies you slice and bake( you know, the ones you eat more dough than you slice) i dont know............... the funny thing was, it wasnt bought by my mom most of the time, all the yummy stuff was at my neighbors house, where i hung out a lot. so i guess it will always be out there, just need to try to lay the right groundwork and educate. my oldest daughter,12, would pick healthy over not. not every time, but i'm thrilled she see's why she's doing it. middle,9, daughter is a sugar hound, and then my son,4, loves the carbs.
we educate ourselves, then educate and lead our children by example.
keep up the great work.