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I had a really emotional day yesterday for some reason. I was tired and stressed about the start of the work week and all I wanted was a glass of wine or some sugar or both. Instead I tucked my kids in, cuddled them longer than normal, and went to bed early (and cried for a bit).
This would have formerly been one of those instances where I was eating sugar without even tasting it to stabilize my mood. It makes me sad to think about that.
But I'm proud I didn't. 19 -
I've started to notice that frustration is one of the things that triggers food cravings. Some of my main sources of frustration are work and DRIVING! I don't get really bad or aggressive road rage but it seems like no one can drive and I get very annoyed easily. I've noticed every time someone does something on the road to annoy me I immediately think of going to the supermarket and getting a box of Swiss Cake Rolls or Bertolli ready-made pasta bags. This also explains why so many times prior to this WOE, I would have every intention to go to the grocery store and get healthy groceries but if I got annoyed on the road, that plan quickly changed.
I'm happy I'm starting to identify certain situations that cause cravings.8 -
I've started to notice that frustration is one of the things that triggers food cravings. Some of my main sources of frustration are work and DRIVING! I don't get really bad or aggressive road rage but it seems like no one can drive and I get very annoyed easily. I've noticed every time someone does something on the road to annoy me I immediately think of going to the supermarket and getting a box of Swiss Cake Rolls or Bertolli ready-made pasta bags. This also explains why so many times prior to this WOE, I would have every intention to go to the grocery store and get healthy groceries but if I got annoyed on the road, that plan quickly changed.
I'm happy I'm starting to identify certain situations that cause cravings.
Yes, me too. It isn't terribly often, but there are occasions where I get very frustrated with other drivers. Sat. late afternoon / early evening, for example, I was in a nearby city (otherwise, the town I live in is small and surrounded by fields). There are 2 lanes of traffic in either direction and a center turn lane. I'm in the outside lane, and come up on a re-purposed school bus stopped in the opposite direction's outside lane (so 4 lanes away from where I am). This old school bus was being used as a party bus and a group of people were pouring out obviously from a wedding (based on how dressed) and going into a bar. But the party bus still had the stop sign out (I'm not sure that is legal since it is not an actual school bus), and there was a car several ahead of me with someone too stupid to drive who didn't know that:
1. An illegal stop sign isn't going to be enforced, and
2. In my state, when there are that many lanes, our lane is not required to stop for the stop sign on a school bus anyway.
3. Technically, this bus was illegally stopped since this is in an area where no stopping, standing, or parking is allowed on the roadway... which is also what the car ahead of me was doing wrong.
So now I'm stuck behind several other cars, most of which are honking at the idiot who was stopped and shouldn't have been... but still isn't figuring out he should get moving.1 -
I tried on a bunch of my shorts today (I'm heading on a vacay this Saturday so I needed up make sure I had clothes that worked for me). Most of the shorts I have don't even work for me anymore. My waist is smaller and my booty is bigger. At first I just thought I was too large for some of my shorts (because they were tight on my thighs and booty) but when I did them up and had a gap in the back I realized I'm making all sorts of leg and booty gains while reducing my waist size. Works for me!!11
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My NSV today: When my daughter Anna (16 yrs old) saw Keto working for me she decided to try LCHF and she has now lost 13 lbs. She has stopped complaining of joint pain. She feels better in her clothes. She's generally happier and she keeps eating LCHF. That's MY NSV for sure...my kid's improved health and happiness!20
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That's so great @RowdysLady! Congrats to your daughter!2
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My NSVs last week - Trying out fasting, I found a few drinks from starbucks that I really like. Iced coffee with heavy cream and sugar free vanilla syrup, and passion tea with heavy cream,no sugar, sweetened with SF vanilla syrup. The passion tea, I was really surprised at how good it was even without the sugar they would normally add. I had those for lunch and then had most of my calories for dinner and a snack before bed.
Also got my blood test results back and it shows some improvement. I'll take it
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RowdysLady wrote: »My NSV today: When my daughter Anna (16 yrs old) saw Keto working for me she decided to try LCHF and she has now lost 13 lbs. She has stopped complaining of joint pain. She feels better in her clothes. She's generally happier and she keeps eating LCHF. That's MY NSV for sure...my kid's improved health and happiness!
@RowdysLady - Goodness, that has to be the best ever feeling - winning for our kids and loved ones almost always feels like more of an accomplishment than for ourselves...1 -
RowdysLady wrote: »My NSV today: When my daughter Anna (16 yrs old) saw Keto working for me she decided to try LCHF and she has now lost 13 lbs. She has stopped complaining of joint pain. She feels better in her clothes. She's generally happier and she keeps eating LCHF. That's MY NSV for sure...my kid's improved health and happiness!
I LONG for my 17 y/o daughter to want to do this on her own. We tried for a couple weeks during the summer (mama's demand) but it would be so much better and I think she'd stick to it, if it was her idea. She has what she calls "growing pains" quite often. I can see that she would benefit from this so much. I wish I had known about keto when my kids were small.3 -
My NSV is that the husband and I went to the beach for a weekend getaway. I had no trouble at all finding food I could eat and stay within my plan. Any other time I'd use "vacation" as an excuse to splurge. I stayed very relaxed all weekend and didn't stress over what I'd eat. I was full from one meal to the next and didn't need to snack. My favorite was a BBQ place that had "meat only" orders. Best tri tip I've ever had!!6
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RowdysLady wrote: »My NSV today: When my daughter Anna (16 yrs old) saw Keto working for me she decided to try LCHF and she has now lost 13 lbs. She has stopped complaining of joint pain. She feels better in her clothes. She's generally happier and she keeps eating LCHF. That's MY NSV for sure...my kid's improved health and happiness!
I LONG for my 17 y/o daughter to want to do this on her own. We tried for a couple weeks during the summer (mama's demand) but it would be so much better and I think she'd stick to it, if it was her idea. She has what she calls "growing pains" quite often. I can see that she would benefit from this so much. I wish I had known about keto when my kids were small.
I know. What finally turned my daughter on to the idea was that at first she felt like I thought she was "fat" because I was doing this because I was (still kinda am) fat. Once we had a heart to heart about the physical pains she experiences in her knees and ankles not to mention helping headaches and explaining the benefits she got on board and it didn't take long for her to see all the benefits. The other thing for Anna was she didn't want to go Keto because of the severe restrictions in carbs. I told her that she could choose her carb limits herself as well as her calorie goals. We went to the keto calculator and walked through it. She decided she thought around 100 carbs would be obtainable. For a while she was really missing certain foods and I worked like crazy to find substitutes for her. I do buy her sugar free cookies and stuff that I choose not to eat because that helps her be ok with this WOE. The money spent on that stuff is worth it for me because she's really made the move and I can see over time that she's finding these types of sweets too sweet these days. She eats well under 100 carbs many days without even realizing it now. On the other hand there are days she comes home from school and says "John brought doughnuts in for our section and I ate two". I don't bat an eyelash when that happens or ask if she liked it. I try to keep my thoughts on her decisions to myself for fear of pushing her away from this WOE. So far so good. On the days she tells me "Mom I ate a Zebra Cake today and it tasted gross" makes me happy and know overall this is a victory.
My younger (almost 12) daughter would benefit also, but she refuses still thinking this is only a "diet for fat people"....sigh....10 years ago it would have just been the way we eat...had I only known.7 -
@RowdysLady Seeing as she's 12, do you think a friendly bet would work with her? Ex: I bet you can't eat what I eat for a month, if you win I'll buy you any dinner you want/any pair of jeans you want (or some other incentive that might work)? At worst she will become healthier and you're out 50 bucks or so.. at best she might learn to love your food and pick up a few of those meals permanently. Big sister could be her helper/mentor and they could find low carb recipes to make together. I think kids are more inclined to eat things if they make them or help make them 1
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RowdysLady wrote: »My NSV today: When my daughter Anna (16 yrs old) saw Keto working for me she decided to try LCHF and she has now lost 13 lbs. She has stopped complaining of joint pain. She feels better in her clothes. She's generally happier and she keeps eating LCHF. That's MY NSV for sure...my kid's improved health and happiness!
This is a great NSV, you must be one proud mummy right now.
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@RowdysLady Seeing as she's 12, do you think a friendly bet would work with her? Ex: I bet you can't eat what I eat for a month, if you win I'll buy you any dinner you want/any pair of jeans you want (or some other incentive that might work)? At worst she will become healthier and you're out 50 bucks or so.. at best she might learn to love your food and pick up a few of those meals permanently. Big sister could be her helper/mentor and they could find low carb recipes to make together. I think kids are more inclined to eat things if they make them or help make them
I love that idea...1 -
Without a doubt, @Bonny1321
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To rowdylady, when I was about 13 my dad made a bet with me to see who could lose 10 pounds first. The reward for me was to buy hippie boots in NYC. I won, we made a weekend of it..I will never, ever forget it! We had such a great time. He also got me a hat that I still have today. I had such a difficult relationship with him over the years...that memory remains unbeatably awesome! The winning, the bonding with my mostly unavailable dad, the drama, the new experiences...so exciting and a real boost for us both!
Highly recommend some version of it!8 -
To rowdylady, when I was about 13 my dad made a bet with me to see who could lose 10 pounds first. The reward for me was to buy hippie boots in NYC. I won, we made a weekend of it..I will never, ever forget it! We had such a great time. He also got me a hat that I still have today. I had such a difficult relationship with him over the years...that memory remains unbeatably awesome! The winning, the bonding with my mostly unavailable dad, the drama, the new experiences...so exciting and a real boost for us both!
Highly recommend some version of it!
I wonder if he planned it and let you win?
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RowdysLady wrote: »My NSV today: When my daughter Anna (16 yrs old) saw Keto working for me she decided to try LCHF and she has now lost 13 lbs. She has stopped complaining of joint pain. She feels better in her clothes. She's generally happier and she keeps eating LCHF. That's MY NSV for sure...my kid's improved health and happiness!
I love this! I know how much the confidence can grow with what she's experiencing and that's a huge benefit at that age!1 -
In the past ~11 months I have lost:
Neck: 0.75"
Bicep: 2.5"
Forearm: 1.75"
Chest: 7.25"
Waist: 9"
Hips: 5"
Thigh: 4"
Calf: 1"10
