LCHF Has Ruined Me!
englishmuffinruns
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Before getting back on the MFP bandwagon and going LCHF, I belonged to a local TOPS chapter. They are a great bunch of ladies (and a few gentlemen).
I'm friends with a few of them on Facebook and they love, and I mean LOVE, to post those food/cooking videos. I watch them and think "oh, the carbs!" They look delicious but I can't get past how much sugar and processed foods are in a lot of them.
I'm friends with a few of them on Facebook and they love, and I mean LOVE, to post those food/cooking videos. I watch them and think "oh, the carbs!" They look delicious but I can't get past how much sugar and processed foods are in a lot of them.
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no it didn't. It educated you on how to fuel your body. I don't waste calories on a 300 calories poptart when I can occasionally have a piece of moist chocolate cake. I think that you should change your misleading headline. FYI TOPS and all corporations are in business a make a profit, not to get you to loose weight. To me, weight watchers seemed obsessed with food. I quit going.4
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I hear ya. But something I've learned living in a houseful of carb eaters- there are so many recipes that can be modified to stick to LC. Still, glad you are staying strong.2
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caroldavison332 wrote: »no it didn't. It educated you on how to fuel your body. I don't waste calories on a 300 calories poptart when I can occasionally have a piece of moist chocolate cake. I think that you should change your misleading headline. FYI TOPS and all corporations are in business a make a profit, not to get you to loose weight. To me, weight watchers seemed obsessed with food. I quit going.
oh, i dunno, maybe lighten up a little bit?5 -
I getcha OP. I take 2 vacations with different sets of female friends every year and both sets place a HUGE emphasis on food. Planning, preparing, eating.
I was the same before I changed my food choices and eating behaviors. In fact I was probably the ringleader when it came to food/recipes/meals/appetizers/etc.
Now I'm just sort of "Meh" or saying to myself, "We just ate. Why are we eating again? ". It's not that I don't eat, I just don't need all the stuff all the time and food/eating no longer a 24/7 focus that requires that much attention (due to cutting the carbs).6 -
Now I'm just sort of "Meh" or saying to myself, "We just ate. Why are we eating again? ". It's not that I don't eat, I just don't need all the stuff all the time and food/eating no longer a 24/7 focus that requires that much attention (due to cutting the carbs).
I am the same way! I used to think about food all the time, my tv on Food Network 24/7 and now i can barely get thru the show. Food does not interest me the same way. Now don't get me wrong I still ENJOY food but not in the same way, like as a PLEASURE. does that make sense? LOL4 -
I have never had anything open my eyes like LCHF about how the way I was eating was killing me. Maybe I did have death wish like Bob Beck talks about.2
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I want to spread the message to the world.....Everytime I see/hear my office mates eating these carb filled snacks I have to bite my tongue. I do talk about my success, but I refrain from telling others what to put in their mouth....2
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LOL Yes. Food is not such a large source of pleasure anymore. It's not that LCHF food is not great and tasty, but I just don't think about as much as I used to.4
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Nah. I still love watching food shows, thinking of recipes or planning meals and where we'll eat when we go on vacation or out. Only difference is those meals and recipes and eating spots feature a lot more fat snd meat these days.2
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I love food shows too, and get a great ewwwiiiieeee feeling at some programs at others my brain is trying to make the recipes low carb high fat. I love food, I love eating, that will not change.3
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Sometimes I feel like I spend MORE time thinking or planning food now... carbs are cheap, plentiful and everywhere. Abundant LC choices when you are on the run, not always. Back to the OP, yes, I am constantly blown away at mainstream food and what I used to eat and define as healthy or yummy! Those Tasty videos that float around facebook... holy cow!!2
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"ruined"
I think you misspelled "redeemed"
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"ruined"
I think you misspelled "redeemed"
Oh, GOOD catch @Just_Eric ...and I second that sentiment completely!! 4 -
Food is a pleasure to me, my last vices are wine and chocolate. I have given up so many other things over the decades, in my late 60's if I can't have my wine and chocolate, why am I on this planet???????????????????????????????????????????????
I LOVE this WOE, because I can have both and still be on progam. LCHF rocks my world and makes me drop pounds. Best of both worlds.5 -
I totally agree! My mum has struggled with her weight, which means we, as kids, did too. Going to my mum's now, and seeing all the LF items in her fridge, and watching her eat all this sugar laden stuff, while complaining about not losing weight-makes we want to shake her.2
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