Low Carb-ers Challenge Part 7 Welcome all

Yes Lioness The carrots and blackeyes peas are both carb and I only get 11-20 per meal.And that is 30. So over by 10 g of carbs. But this was before I started Met B plan. The other veggies don't count on carbs. Just the starchie ones.
I am going to make it one day. I sure like the forum that they have. I have met some real nice girls and guys.
Have a nice weekend.
Marie

Well, I think you have found something that is working for YOU. That is all that matters. Just like the Primal plan is what seems to be working best for Amy and myself................

There are so many varied forms of controlling carbs, it is about finding a plan that works for the individual.

Marie, your meal was nice and healthy. I'm following the insulin resistance diet which limits carbs to 30g every two hours. Sometimes I have 4g for breakfast and 46 for lunch but I usually exercise after lunch and dinner.

Today I was out with a friend and only consumed around 600 calories for the day. For some reason I feel better when I fast. I get hungry but I feel fine. When I eat I get dizzy. So there is that temptation to just not eat at all but I know that is not a good thing. Plus I like food.

Have a great night.

Diana, you really danced it up. It sounds like fun. Wish we had something like that here.

Hope everyone had a happy sunday.

Hey guys

just popping in to say a quick hiya!!! miss y'all!! :flowerforyou:

i do hope everyone is doing well along the journey (woot! low carbers!!) !!! :drinker: Amy, i will keep you, your sister and her doctors in prayer.
sorry, i havent had a chance to click into chat in a long while (again) but i'm still here tredging along!! fighting the good fight right alongside ya'll!! dont give up on you!! (even when those sweeet treats are calling you by your full name )


dropping off a positive note for this week and to start the month off right!!!

“Getting Past Mental Roadblocks

If you don't feel motivated to achieve your goals, it is likely due to mental roadblocks that hold you hostage.
Read the following 21 Mindset Tips and prepare your mind for success:
1. Success comes first in the mind, so visualize yourself accomplishing your goals.
2. Remember, you are the only person who can hold you back.
3. Forgive yourself and love yourself despite past failures.
4. Decide what is important in your life, and focus on that.
5. Conquer each negative thought the moment it enters your mind, when it is weakest.
6. Give up the idea that things won't go right unless you worry about them.
7. If you bring the body of your dreams to the point of resolve, then you'll soon be living in it.
8. Look towards your future, if you believe the best is yet to come then it will be.
9. You become what you think about most.
10. The margin between success and failure is very small and easily bridged by determination.
11. Start your day by accomplishing your hardest task first.
12. Set small attainable goals, rather than one monumental goal.
13. Convince yourself that exercise is fun, and it will be.
14. Know your big reason why.
15. Create a motivating play list of songs to use as the sound track to your workout sessions.
16. Every decision you make leads you either closer toward achieving your goal, or farther from it.
17. If you think you're a fat person, then you'll stay fat. If you think you're fit, then you soon will be.
18. Once you've set your goal, your attitude either pushes you toward accomplishment or failure.
19. If you don't know exactly where you want to go, you will likely end up someplace else.
20. You can have the body of your dreams, but first you must give up the belief that you can't.
21. You can only have two things in life: excuses or results. “


TTYS!! have a great week:flowerforyou:
blessings!
Cas

Amy -

I am so sorry to hear this. Your sister is in my thoughts and prayers.

Thanks for the prayers my sister Mary, she had to reschedule for next Monday because it started pouring snow before they left to see the surgeonand dumped 4 inches so they had to reschedule. I'll keep you posted.

Morning everyone
thanks for your well wishes. I have been out of my meds that keep my anxiety down, and well, I guess that has been a huge part of my problem with everything because I blew yesterday. Went and got my script filled and got a temp 2 pills strictly for anxiety and I'm still a little tense but so much better, I was actually able to eat last night without throwing up!

I started back to the gym this week and as of today, I'm back on my protein shakes for a week to get it all back on track and the swelling down around my band. Does anyone take HTC???? I just found out after 2 rounds of bloodwork with low potassium, which can cause heart attack or death, that is a side effect of HTC and I need to start drinking a serving of oj every day. I'm bruising if you touch me and am a mess. So I made my shake with a serving of oj, 1/2 svg skim milk, blueberries and protein powder.

Cas - that is a great post, I'm going to print it out

Glad it seems you are all doing well from a glance. I'm off to the gym, meeting my sister

Jeni, I didn't even realize you had anxiety until AFTER I posted the first time. And here I talked about my anxiety not being so bad when I limit all flours.

~Tammy

Hi to everyone old and especially the new comers.

Everyone is different and is going about low carbing in different ways. A controlled carb eating plan is one where you consume NO MORE than 100-120 grams of carbs per day.

I have given up:
* Processed foods
* Most Dairy (bit of butter, little bit of cheese, lots of yogurt)
*ALL Grains (except for steel cut oats)
*ALL beans and legumes

I get my carbs from the following:
*Nuts and seeds
*Vegetables
*Fruit

There is a whole world of FRESH, earth grown goodness out there to explore. I am eating veggies I would have never touched before hand. I have more energy than I can shake a stick at again, I don't understand how I end up straying because the way I feel when I am eating all natural and whole foods is GREAT.

ivykivy, No I haven't kept a mood log, but sounds like a great idea.

I have given up all flours and I have realized by doing this you pretty much eliminate all processed/boxed foods. And that's a good thing.

Also eliminating flour gets me away from my biggest triggers foods: donuts, pastries, muffins, cookies, cakes, pie crusts, etc.


:drinker:

93 total carbs my first day. Not bad! I can do this! I really didn't feel deprived of anything and always found something low-carb (except for whole fruits) to eat when hungry. The only thing I'm giving up is white sugar and grains. Everything else (fruit, dairy) is okay to begin with. I want to see how that goes for a while.

Congrats Cherapple on getting the 93 and feeling good. I see you are a barefoot runner. That is awesome. I am currently on W6 of C25K and hopefully I will be a real runner by the end of the year instead of a slow jogger.

Calie, It's good that you didn't give up the flax muffins. I was doing a little research the other day on insulin resistance and found out the omega 3 actually helps your body use insulin better. I went and got more yesterday.

Have a good night.