Date Posted:23:14:29 07/10/02 Wed Author:Shara Subject: That's exactly right Sherry, because everytime I put something in my mouth that I shouldn't have I knew it was a wrong choice, and even then I found myself not choosing things that were not on the diet. I have only bought one loaf of white bread in the last year! And as far as sugar goes I think that has been one small box to keep in the house for whatever reason, Matt's cereal mostly. But even he has cut those things out......read more inside this post. In reply to:
Sherry
's message, "Question" on 19:28:46 07/10/02 Wed
I think my reason for going off the diet was self pity, I mean I had just gotten my divorce final, that took almost two years and had a bad break up with the guy I was with for 6 months. I got laid off, and well my life went to hell and my diet went with it. It started with one box of chocolates that my office sent me for x-mas. LOL It had been sitting in my cabinet until Feb, but I ended up eating the whole box. I think I needed the endorphins you get from binging. Well that lead to eating at BK almost every night and so on. But I still couldn't bring myself to buy high carb food, and I didn't drink anything but diet soda. I even didn't eat bread that much unless it was the bun from a burger. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I also got really tired all the time (carb load) and stopped exercising. I used to go to the gym or the pool almost every night at the apartment in oregon. I think I went back on when my daughter mentioned that I was a much nicer person on low carb and I agreed with her. Mood swings are my worst enemy when I have too much sugar. So this WOL is not only for my weight but for my blood sugar, my mood, keeping my PCOS under control, and feeling energetic and happy. I don't think I could ever want to (or could) go back to the old me. Now, do I indulge myself from time to time? Yes. My Mom's cherry pie is one thing that I could never give up. But, I eat one slice, take a chromium cause I believe it helps my blood sugar from spiking and take a walk around my hometown in the evening to burn some of it off. When I'm tempted by things like potato chips I have funny little games I play like only eating one chip after I've seen Matt (or whoever I'm with eat 5 of them). It's kinda satisfying to have some control (and the fact that you beat them). :) Set rules for yourself, and live by them. Allow yourself to fall off the wagon with limits and always have a game plan to get back on. One method that a friend told me about was going to the store, buying only low carb (induction type) food and locking herself up in the house for the weekend. It sounded unreasonable, but it worked for her and that's all that mattered. She would be a new person on Monday. After failing every single diet in my life, I didn't focus on gaining weight when I cheated, but that I COULD lose weight after I was done. I could correct what I had done, I had the power to do that and that is an awesome feeling. Sherry, you've lost weight on this diet, you have been very successful. That put's you ahead of the 65 million other people in this country that have dieted and failed this year alone. wow
