Dealing with horrible temptation

[Iguana978]

I've been doing the LC thing for a little while now, and things have been pretty good... no huge cravings or big breaks. I seem to have lost 6 lbs and have stuck there for weeks, but I feel good and haven't been too discouraged, though I would like to have lost a little bit more by now. But now a HUGE temptation has arrived in the form of a large patch of sweet corn ripening in the garden that we planted before the Hub and I went on Atkins. We both had two ears , with butter of course, last night. It was devine! I'm afraid I'm going to lose my commitment here. I'm also afraid that all the fat we've been eating is going to suddenly pile up on my backside(or in my arteries) cause the bod has new carbs to munch on. I don't know if I'm still in ketosis or not- I'm afraid to look! Help, guys! The garden is beckoning! :eek: :eek:

[Talon]

Hmm, with your signature line is seems like you would probably have at least one macaw, and I am sure he/she would be most happy to help you get rid of that pesky old corn on the cob! :p

According to fitday.com, your corn has about 14 carbs per ear. If that is too high for your carb count, you could always start thinking of that movie "Children of the corn", where people go in the field, but they don't come out. :daze: Ok, maybe not!

[HSmom]

You will have to "suck it up" somewhere.

If you do LC, you'll have to say goodbye to corn (and products!), refined carbs, etc.

If you do lowfat, you'll need to avoid avocado, steak .....

Quite frankly, there is no pain free way to make a change in your eating habits.

When I doubt the healthfullness of this WOE, I read the research that demonstates its success in terms of heart disease and diabetes.

[Victoria]

Here's the thing...you could count the 14 carbs per ear with in your carb count for the day. Or...you could consider doing the Carb Addict plan and consider your corn part of the reward meal. Then you could have your corn while it's in season, without guilt. (I would only eat one ear of corn at a time) ;) Victoria

[Iguana978]

That's a good idea, Victoria,thanks! I don't really feel like a carb addict....leaving stuff like pastries and ice cream alone hasn't been a problem. I guess I just don't feel like a home grown vegetable is an evil thing. How can something you pick right off the plant and eat be 'refined'? I know it's high in carbs and eating a half dozen ears at a go would be an unwise choice. I have given quite a bit to friends and neighbors, too. Life without sugary baked things and french fries is fine, but I just don't want to give up fresh vegies and fruits for life. I'd rather work out 6 hrs a day than never have a tree ripened peach again. But thanks again for your suggestion...I hadn't heard of that carb addicts plan before! Maybe there's a strategy there that can work for me! :wave:

[HSmom]

I actually agree with you to a large degree - but you are dumping *all* fruits and vegetables and that's not according to any LC plan I've read about.

*Corn* has been shown to be a very bad idea. I agree that grown organically, at home, is better than every stage removed from that - but corn remains very starchy and not indicated for those who are overweight/insulin resistent, etc. They even make *sugars* out of it; corn syrup.

Have a peach. They are lucious and wonderful. Better yet, have berries. Wonderful taste, superb nutrition.

Between you and me, I believe science will find a metabolic difference between the way a sweet potato is processed in the body and the way pasta is. I *don't* believe that a carb is a carb is a carb. It is counter-intuitive to me that something so abundantly rich in color, nutrients and availabity is a dietary no-no. I think the same thing will be discovered about watermelon and beans. Mind you, I'm not currently eating the above. I"m trying to break the carb addiction my body created. But, when that cycle is broken, I have lost the right amount of weight and my body is healed, I plan on eating richly from what nature provides.

One of the main points of LC, for me, is that nature doesn't provide snack-wells, jello or even low fat cheese.