Marti- If you want a place to weigh, how about your doctor's office? Mine is a small town friendly female doctor that buys Avon from me
so on Mondays I just waltz in, wave at the secretary, and go to the back to weigh. Do you have that kind of rapport with your doctor?
I'll start the Food Thread a.s.a.p.
On Atkins, my cravings didn't stop after a few days so I wound up bingeing. (sp?) With CAD, they seemed to stop immediately. I think that it has just been a mind thing though. Since I have told myself that I can have anything I want at supper, my mind has allowed the willpower during the rest of the day. Yesterday, I was at home and all I had was 2 scrambled eggs for breakfast, a rib for lunch (no bar-b-q sauce) and a bowl of chili and a coke for supper. That's it. I didn't have a desire for any sweets and that was not a lot of food at all. But that is all that I wanted. Just knowing that I could have the donuts in the pantry or the ice cream in the fridge last night was enough. I have really stopped and thought about whether or not I want something this time. It's like a switch has been flipped in my brain and I have given myself permission to break my old rules. I CAN turn down sweets if I really don't want them, I CAN throw food away, I CAN eat when I am hungry, I CAN eat whatever I want. CAD is just like WW or Atkins or whatever.... it may work for me but not you.
The WW Wendie plan lets you eat more food on some days than others. This way your body never gets settled into thinking it is either feast or famine. It never knows what it is going to get from day to day. I was worried last night that my metabolism may crash and burn because I didn't eat much yesterday. Then I realized that I ate light Sat and Sun, heavier on Monday, light on Tuesday and heavier today. So I guess I may be doing my own version of the Wendie plan the lower carb way.
If I wear a size 26 and you try on my jeans and they don't fit, does that make you a failure? No way. It just means you need something different. Same thing with diets- what fits me or James may not be right for you. If you want to see if Atkins will fit, try sticking it out for a few more days to see if the cravings go away. BUT don't let yourself get to the point where you find yourself in front of the fridge wolfing down a whole box of Fruit Loops with a gallon of milk.
Cuz you know you will beat the crap out of yourself later.
Go ahead and whine here all you want. That's what we're here for. BTW sorry but grazing is not allowed.
You may accidentally eat a few dandelions and they are too high carb.
you are not a failure!!!! You just need to find what is right for you
I really like WW because I can eat anything I want. I tryed lots of stuff and everything but WW only lasted a couple days because I'm rebellious. If it says I can't do it (or eat it) I will do it anyway.
tommorrow ladies.
to Portland (150miles from me!) to start teaching interns. And that was last year... I haven't found another doctor yet. Plus, now that I'm not working and don't have medical insurance... I've been hesitant.
Made me feel better. I am determined to find something that works. Or rack my brain and fine tune what it really was that worked before.
Because yesterday when he got the phone call, he had his sister on speaker phone since the phones battery wasn't charged and I thought she had said that he shattered his jaw. Well, he went to the hospital today and his jaw had a clean break. Pretty much just broke it in half. They were able to put it together well enough w/the help of a metal plate. But all the nerves to his lips were severed, and so they will have to do more reconstructive surgery later. The doctor said that if it had hit him just an inch in either direction, the hit would have killed him. So this man is very lucky to be alive.
You got kids to tend to in the morning and you know the worst thing to have is a cranky teacher!!
