06/02/2015- Today... a bright new start

carimiller7391

Good morning ladies and gents!!

Today is a brand new day. A time to start anew. Yesterday, I watched my carb intake... but still allowed myself to eat semi normal....what I found...Carbs are HUGE in my life. The only true carby food I ate was 6 Annie's dumplings since Reggie made chicken and dumplings for dinner. But at the end of the day 146g of carbs. WOWZA.

So, now that I can see how HUGE carbs are for me, it allows me to really watch and really concentrate on what foods I am putting into my mouth. I really want/need to get to the point that food nourishes my body, not comforts my soul. Carbs do not nourish me... they are truly just a comfort food that I do not need.

So how about you... what can you start new today??

For me, my mini goal for today is to drink 100 oz of water and to drink water when I feel hungry since I know I am going to go through carb withdrawl. YIKES.

maoribadger

Um well I'm in my new house. Bright new start is good though the move is not good for my ocd and I'm exhausted sore and cranky. I'm not eating right but.I'm also moving furniture.

Mostly just upset my husband can't come to superhuman on Saturday but trying not let it upset me

KnitOrMiss

Carb withdrawal will stay a thing in your head as long as you load up on fats and sodium, Cari! Swear to you, the three days immediately before I went low carb I binge at chocolate like it was the only thing keeping me alive!!! I ate fat with abandon, aimed for the 4500 mg MINIMUM of sodium during adaption, and ignored calories. Adapting is difficult, but if you do it with a realistic aim, it's pain can be minimized.

Lise, I'm so sorry that you're having a hard time with the move. The mental aspect has to be unsettling and exhausting at best. Time to focus on that food! I'm so so so sorry you're hubby can't come on Saturday. Can a friend record it for him to see later? I would so hop the pond and come watch you myself if I could... (hugs). I would think that this thing would be easier if I knew he had tried to prioritize coming to see me, etc... I hope he did. HUGSHUGSHUGS

Dunno about a bright start, but today is decent. Trying not to let anything get under my skin.... No huge goals, no big events... (hugs to all!)

maoribadger

He wants to come but is stressed as we dont have long to sort the old house out for handback. Its a moot point now as my dad cant come all day so Neil is going to have to come to corale the kids. Hes a bit grumpy about it but i think thats stress as we are both a bit cantankerous at the moment. The house is coming on nice though and I am interspersing the drudge of building and unpacking with doing some nice stuff like putting up my new clock and wall art

wennim

I love that first wall art Lise..we have a very similar wall hanging. I am sorry your husband can't make it on Saturday. I am sure we will all be thinking of you and wishing you well that day. Moving can make even the most even tempered person grumpy and short tempered hopefully it will pass soon and everything will start to settle.

Carbs are a big thing for me too. I try to limit them but like this last week I have just been craving bread like no ones business. Been drinking a lot of water and tried chewing gum but it seems the gum chewing has made me hungrier? I haven't changed anything about what I have been eating but these last 3-4 days I have just been constantly starving complete with stomach grumblings. I don't know what to make of it.

Today was the first day of summer vacation for the boys. I am now the mother of 3 high schoolers and boy does that make me feel old. The oldest was supposed to run with me this morning but whined and wouldn't get out of bed so I went solo again. They are already claiming there is nothing good to eat for lunches so I am going to have to stock up on somewhat healthy foods that they will actually eat. I think I am in for a long summer.

KnitOrMiss

wennim wrote: »

I love that first wall art Lise..we have a very similar wall hanging. I am sorry your husband can't make it on Saturday. I am sure we will all be thinking of you and wishing you well that day. Moving can make even the most even tempered person grumpy and short tempered hopefully it will pass soon and everything will start to settle.

Carbs are a big thing for me too. I try to limit them but like this last week I have just been craving bread like no ones business. Been drinking a lot of water and tried chewing gum but it seems the gum chewing has made me hungrier? I haven't changed anything about what I have been eating but these last 3-4 days I have just been constantly starving complete with stomach grumblings. I don't know what to make of it.

Today was the first day of summer vacation for the boys. I am now the mother of 3 high schoolers and boy does that make me feel old. The oldest was supposed to run with me this morning but whined and wouldn't get out of bed so I went solo again. They are already claiming there is nothing good to eat for lunches so I am going to have to stock up on somewhat healthy foods that they will actually eat. I think I am in for a long summer.

Depends on the sugar alcohols in the gum, Wendy. I have to get tolerable flavors, not ones I like, or I'll want to binge eat. And I can go through a whole family pack in a hour. And I mean binge on everything bad.

I can't even eat berries right now without wanting to hoover everything... Hopefully someday, but that's a slippery slope for me.

When you crave bread, eat something with good fats. Someone said there was some science somewhere that when we crave carbs it is because what we need are certain nutrients - so something about grassfed butter and honey fills that nutritional void. Dunno what I think about the honey part, but knowing the extra nutrition in grassfed butter, I can see that.

Anyway, about the boys, I would honestly say to let them deal. After a couple days/weeks, they'll eat what's in the house and move on... They might still complain, but they are teens, so it's expected...partially... Depends. I'm at the point where catering to other's tastes isn't a big deal to me anymore. I'm tired of sacrificing ME...

Granted, I still get veggies and other stuff for my guy, but I'm not going out of my way anymore. Period. Good luck surviving the summer, because we know boredom leads to endless eating and ... all, so sending thoughts of patience your way!

KnitOrMiss

maoribadger wrote: »

He wants to come but is stressed as we dont have long to sort the old house out for handback. Its a moot point now as my dad cant come all day so Neil is going to have to come to corale the kids. Hes a bit grumpy about it but i think thats stress as we are both a bit cantankerous at the moment. The house is coming on nice though and I am interspersing the drudge of building and unpacking with doing some nice stuff like putting up my new clock and wall art

Love the art! I'm going to send up some thoughts that all unexpectedly works out to bliss!!!! I can hope, right?

carimiller7391

Lise, absolutely love the wall art. How awesome is that. I'm sorry that your dad can't stay the entire day, but glad (even though he's grumpy) that your husband will be there for part of it. Sending positive thoughts your way. I too would hop the ocean to cheer you on if I could.

Wendy, I agree with Carly, they are in high school now and should deal, or better yet, do for themselves to some degree. You need to take care of you first. Good luck this summer.

wennim

The boys do pretty much fend for themselves but they got spoiled with having school lunch handed to them on a platter with no work involved. Pizza, chicken nuggets, burgers...etc. There is plenty of stuff here they just aren't exactly thrilled with my choices for meals and I can understand that. They are all very active and spending a lot of time working on football stuff so they do need more/different foods than I do. They are still growing. I don't even usually keep sandwich fixings in the house since I am the only one home for lunches and I would rather eat a salad or something along those lines. There is just a transition period and once they remember that this is how it is they will be fine.