wed june2 daily support/cad/calp

[willbthin]

hope nobody minds that i started the thread today, i have to eat and go to work. i had a bad day yesterday. but i will be back on track today, i did excercise yesterday though, a 40 min walk. i keep fighting this lowcarb thing tooth and nail, just stupid excuses and old bad habits. i know that i have to do this for life so i have to fight harder to stick with it. have a great day all. lets do this!!!

[Vel]

I am feeling good today, a couple pounds of water/plumbing troubles weight have left me. I also have that 'good sore' feeling you sometimes get from exercising, in my legs. I will be going to the gym after work today so it might be 'bad sore' by tomorrow :p

Have a great day everyone.
Tracy

[all4morgan]

I'm really having a hard time getting back on track after all my screw ups this past weekend. Today is another day and all I can do is start fresh and not let my previous mistakes ruin a new day. Will it ever get easy?
I hope everyone has a good day.

[adukart]

129.5 today, Im glad it's starting to come off so quickly this time. I have an appointment this afternoon to find out what this spot is on my hand, I will update when I get the news.

All4morgan, I believe it will get easier when it becomes a ritual or WOL (way of life), after we do it day after day, it will come more naturally. At least that is what I am hoping for.

Vel, you work it girl!

[Vel]

I agree with what Amy said.. it will get easier. You need to get a good week under your belt to really feel comfortable and happy with it. In the meantime..if you have cravings or food thoughts about particular treats.. remind yourself that you can have ANYTHING at your reward meal. Knowing that is what got me through the first few days. Sometimes a lot of my mental energy was spent planning that reward meal! Now I don't think about it much, but that took a while. :)

Hang in there!
Tracy

[Dianee]

Whew, I finally was able to get on line. Our connection went down last night and was still down when I got up this morning. :(

I had a really good day yesterday on plan. I thought my cravings would be worst then they were, but it was not too bad. I didn't drink my water over the week-end like I should have either, but I did yesterday and I was up and down all day and most of the night. :) That will teach me. :D

all4morgan, Yes, what Amy and Vel said is true. It does get easier and before you even know it, this becomes a WOL for you. I know I never once went off plan, not even one single cheat, for the first 8 months of CAD. After 8 months I went on vacation and that was my first time off of CAD. When I got back I didn't have any trouble getting back on again.

willbethin. Just hang in there. If you can get a good week under you, it makes it so much easier. The cravings should hopefully start to deminish by the 3rd day, but we are all different. Make sure you don't have any hidden carbs in your CM's. That makes staying on track that much harder.

Have a good day everyone.

[Enomarb]

Hello all!
Tracy, there have been so many times when knowing I could have something in my reward meal got me through. You have been a tremendous source of insipration and support to me (and I bet others) since I have been on this forum. Just thought I'd say thanks.
Now that it is hot, keeping all RM food in RMs is again taking concentration.Time to reread CALP again!
Have a great one-
Eno

[adelante]

I feel really good right now even though I've just been the dentist. Mouth is still numb a little.

This is my 5th day with the CALP program and I have seen a huge reduction in my cravings for sweets and starches. I really feel no need for bread or potatoes or sugar or anything this afternoon, not even carrots. A spinach salad with "brocco-slaw" sounds good, or maybe even the "brocco-slaw" by itself. Have some of you tried that? It's not the flower end of the broccoli, it's little strips made from the stem part. It's crunchy and slightly sweet. Oh yeah, I remember now, in the CALP book broccoli is listed in the CM foods but with an asterisk setting it apart as possibly borderline for CM. But I'm going to keep eating it and see. I'm not craving much now, that's a huge difference from before. Anyway it's really good, and those of you who are eating broccoli might want to try it as a crunchy snack.

Lunch is my RM, and today for the second day in a row I had to eat it in a big rush in order to get back to work on time. (By the time I ran my lunch errand I only had 15 minutes to eat.) But it was okay, at least I got to have my sardines (I love sardines with mustard sauce now) and my big fruit cup and sesame sticks. I ate a big spinach salad first. It's going to be hard to put in the required side of extra vegetables for balance, I need to make more time for lunch and figure out how to do that.

Breakfast is tricky for me. I always have 2 eggs with cheese. But my habit for so long has been to give myself a big boost of glucose for breakfast--I always had eaten toast and sweetened yogurt with breakfast because I do a lot of running around and lifting stock at work in the morning. I think I need to eat something "extra" for breakfast, maybe have a huge mushroom spinach omelet , something a whole lot more than just 2 little eggs with cheese. I need a "he-man's" breakfast. Other than this breakfast problem, I think I'm vastly improved now on my carb cravings already, after following the Hellers' guidelines (well mostly) for 5 days.

By the way, since you asked yesterday, Dianee, I took the CAD test and scored 23, moderate addict.

[tjec1959]

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a good day!! I went back to work today after having 6 days off....I could get used to that life if I could figure out how to pay the bills still lol. I am lucky though I only work 3 days and have a weeks vacation next week. Girls at work are giving me a hard time about that already lol. I stayed on plan today except for my RM was totally unbalanced. I need to work on that, but for now I love the idea of eating what I want at that meal. Had mushroom/swiss burger, fries, 2 cookies, and pack of M&M's. (good news was It wasn't a pound bag like I probably would have taken care of in a night or two before starting this woe. Take care, Tammy

[flagrma]

Hi All,
Just got back from a very long kayaking trip. A bunch of us went to a seafood place and I had a crab and shrimp salad with lettuce. etc. It was pretty good as i was hungry. Breakfast was a bacon, cheese omelette. I think RM is gonna be a cheeseburger on one of those LC pitas with a salad and that's as far as I've gotten. Hope everyone is having a good evening. I think this WOL just takes a while and I am so thrilled with the idea that you can whatever you want with the RM as long as it's balanced that I love looking forward to that. I broke a plateau today but I always weigh about three times to see if it's real, so I'll see if it sticks for tomorrow. Hang in there, you all are an inspiration.
Karen

[willbthin]

hi, i am hanging in there and would love to get one whole week under my belt like some of the supporters on here suggest. i like this way of eating and honestly dont know why i keep messing up, just not planning well enough i guess and a case of having what i want when i want it. i know this is the wol for me, i just have to stick with it.

i love reading everyones posts and they are very helpful to me. thanks guys. i did do a walk away the pounds 2 tonight. boy when i get 7 whole days with no cheats you are really gonna see how happy and dedicated i will be to be on this wol.

[all4morgan]

I just wanted to post my RM, I'm so proud of myself. We went out to dinner and usually that means I order some cheesy melt sandwhich with onion rings and dessert-because "hey, it's my RM" but I decided I just need to change my behavior and get with it. So I ordered a small cup of tortilla soup that was soooo tasty and a small chicken walnut salad with carrots and mandarin oranges and had a piece of zucchini bread. Even though there was tons of calories involved none of it was fried! So I am very satisfied and can stop thinking about the brownie that is in my kitchen right now.

[willbthin]

way to go morgan. i hear that is what happens, we get tired of indugling in the foods we thought we couldnt have while losing weight and getting healthy. so we do choose different more intersting and healthy foods. i was just beginning to do that before i had my setback on this plan. i am looking forward to getting there again and staying there. good for you.