Hi I am Terri and I am a Carb oHolic!
tnovy545
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This is it! I am taking charge. I need to lose this weight. My knees hurt, I feel like a spectator in life and I hate buying clothes now. I have tried Medifast and Jenny Craig. All diets work when you stick with it. I have to work on my willpower. That is it! No more Chocolate 
, cheese, alcohol, bread, or sugar. The hardest part for me is being patient waiting for results. I am beginning today. Hi, My name is Terri and am a Carb a holic!
, cheese, alcohol, bread, or sugar. The hardest part for me is being patient waiting for results. I am beginning today. Hi, My name is Terri and am a Carb a holic! 4
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That's great you're now willing to take charge. however adopting a restrict approach isn't going to bring much success. Eventually you're crack and you'll give into your desires for the foods you love and rightly so. I'm guessing every diet you've under taken has been a restrictive one because you believe food items make you fat when in fact over eating makes you fat. Maybe you attach weight gain to the foods you've listed because you go without them for so long then when you do eat those foods you overdo it and end up gaining weight. It wasn't the food item that did that but the overconsumption of it.
What I'm saying is, don't restrict yourself and the allure those foods have to you will disappear. They're only exciting because they're off limits. When they become a regular thing you don't see them as a big deal. You also should stop calling yourself a carb a holic as you get what you believe. Dieting with that mindset is like trying to stay dry when it's raining outside. You need to change your mindset into believing you can eat right and you're not a self sabotager.
I'll say this, if there's one or two foods you genuinely believe you have no control over don't bring them into the house. It makes it all the more easier to stay consistent.5 -
Hi Terri, I'm Joe and I'm also a carboholic.
My two cents... Going to the extreme of no chocolate, cheese, alcohol, bread or sugar seems to me a binge waiting to happen. That's what I've found when I try and completely eliminate things. My suggestion:
- No alcohol M-F but allow yourself a glass of wine Sat and Sun (or measured poison of choice)
- Buy Hershey kisses (or something similar). I don't have a sweet tooth, but 1 of them after a meal gives me enough of a chocolate fix. They're individually wrapped and only about 22 cals or something.
- Get some Kraft fat free shredded cheddar and mozzerella. It's low calorie and even though it melts weird (lol) it helps food seem a little more...normal.
- Get some low calorie bread options. Whole grain english muffins, wheat bagel thins, Flat-Out pizza crusts (kind of a rectangular wrap-like thing).
Whenever I try to cut out things (which there's really no reason to do anyway) it works for a while, then I binge like it's my last meal. The best diet is the sustainable one...just make some healthy swaps and continue to enjoy life but with some added moderation.
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Sounds like you just like food... Which is normal. Tasty food is tasty, and enjoyable! Having a drink can be relaxing or sociable.
You can enjoy all of those things as part of a healthy diet, stick to your deficit, and lose weight. My motto is "strict but not restricted" - for me, restricting too much leads to an unhealthy mindset and terrible relationship with food and eating.1 -
This is it! I am taking charge. I need to lose this weight. My knees hurt, I feel like a spectator in life and I hate buying clothes now. I have tried Medifast and Jenny Craig. All diets work when you stick with it. I have to work on my willpower. That is it! No more Chocolate, cheese, alcohol, bread, or sugar. The hardest part for me is being patient waiting for results. I am beginning today. Hi, My name is Terri and am a Carb a holic!
The bolded part is probably part of the problem, LIFESTYLE CHANGES work, DIETS tend not to.
The less drastic the changes you make, the easier things are to stick to. Carbs don't make people fat, too much food does. I've lost my weight so far eating chocolate daily, pizza once a week and going out for drinks most weekends - how? moderation. I maintained a moderate calorie deficit over time.
A good way to get started is to understand the 3 W's of your overeating, What, When & Why. Get yourself a food scale, log your normal intake for a couple of days and then review your diary to see where you can make small changes to reduce your intake to lose at a slow and steady rate.- It could be just cutting back portion sizes, for a lot of us it's easy to underestimate what a real serving size is, I was eating cereal, pasta, etc in double or triple portions instead of measuring it out. Now I weigh it out and if I am particularly hungry I bulk out my meal with more vegetables.
- Switching to lower calorie versions of foods - Mayonnaise is another thing that I used to forget to log and at around 90 calories per teaspoon it can easily put you into a surplus, now I've switched to a light mayo which is around 15 calories per teaspoon.
- Don't buy food in that you can't moderate - if it's not there you can't eat it.
- Changing cooking methods - I roast and grill a lot more than I used to and I prefer to use an oil spray which is a couple of calories per spray rather than lashings of Olive Oil at 200 cals per meal.
- Fit treats into your day, I used to try and cut out chocolate and sweets, I have a very sweet tooth so after 10 days I would cave and buy a large pack or a whole cake and eat til I felt bloated and then get stuck in a binge and restrict cycle. Now I have a small chocolate bar or chocolate protein bar almost daily, they range from 100-250 calories and easily fit into my day, but because I've had some I don't feel like I need to binge or that I am missing out.
- Plan ahead - if you know you've a dinner with friends on Friday, eat a little less on Wednesday & Thursday, go for an extra walk to give yourself a little more wiggle room to enjoy yourself.
Weight loss isn't easy but it is simple!5 -
Dope. You got this!! Be blessed this new year. Your goals are achievable and obtainable. Get to it so that you can create the best version of you possible.0
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You got this Terri! (I love all those same foods!). Small steps forward.0
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You don't need to give up any foods in order to lose weight. You only have to eat fewer calories than you burn. Those calories can come from any foods you want. "Giving up" foods and making yourself feel deprived is not sustainable in the long run, unless you want to spend the rest of your life not eating the things you're giving up.
You can eat smaller portions of the foods you like and make them fit into your calorie goals. (You can also eat nothing but dessert all day and you'd still lose weight if you were within your calorie goal, but you probably wouldn't feel very satisfied.)
One square of dark chocolate is 50-75 calories. One ounce of cheese is about 100 calories depending on your cheese. Bread varies a lot, but many prepackaged brands are about 60-70 calories a slice. Butter is about 100 calories per tablespoon. So you can make a grilled cheese sandwich, light on the butter, for under 300 calories. Pair that with a salad, low calorie dressing, and a square of dark chocolate and you have a nice lunch for under 500 calories.
I've lost 100 pounds and have been maintaining my goal weight since August. I eat chocolate and sugar daily, and cheese and bread weekly. I ate like that while I was losing, and I still eat like that in maintenance. I don't drink alcohol simply because I don't enjoy it. All of those foods can be part of a weight loss plan.1 -
I eat and drink all those, still lose ☺0
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Guess we'll never know how did it go for Terri ...0 -
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