verlaine01 Member

Oh yes! Ditch the internet. Seriously.

I fully agree. It is hard for me to control my hunger on lower calories and heavy starch.

I had a really hard struggle with my wanting to be good for animals and the planet. I followed all of the vegan doctors on YouTube, I love fruit, potatoes and beans and rice. But my weight and energy swings get worse. Upon my last doctors check up, she told me, she doesn’t see any negative cholesterol changes in people…

You will feel great on a whole foods plant based diet. I went from low carb high fat to a high carb low fat plant based diet and my body is thanking me for it !!! I love eating all the fruit, starches and vegetables that I can fill up with. Check out the starch solution by Doctor McDougall. It's the easiest, healthiest and…

Hi craftytatlady, I tried fully raw for a while and I often felt cold. In Canada, it's just not easily sustainable. In summer it's easy to eat lots of fruit and salad, but in our cold winters, good inexpensive fruit is not a great option. So I do the starch solution by dr McDougall. It's basically high carb, low fat, and…

I think that it is a bit of a visual norm in our society, if eventually enough women had leg and under arm hair for an extended period of time, one would not find it odd at all. It is like in the 60s when some guys began to grow their hair long, they were labelled hippies, or oddballs, nowadays, it doesn't matter. Guys…

I spent so much of my life on a high fat low carb diet in order to keep my weight down that I was literally afraid to eat anything more than a 1/4 of a banana. I switched over to eating raw low fat vegan all day until supper with a regular cooked omnivorous meal, and so far I have not gained weight, in fact I have lost,…

I agree, sometimes I buy lots of fresh vegetables, but by the end of the week, they are not as fresh. And in winter...where I live, sometimes broccoli or cauliflower is insanely expensive. Food is expensive period. Sometimes fresh vegetables and fruit adds up a lot. So do meats. Shop specials and freeze meats, buy bulk,…

Hi Kerry, the last time I did myFitnessPal I was in the same boat. I had no support and got bored and eventually lost motivation. You can add me as a friend. :). Verlaine01

Hi there, I almost joined WW, but their homepage looked confusing, which plan to join, etc. and fees. I know support and friends works, so, I found this community. I think the app is great for scanning your food choices. I sometimes have had a very unhealthy relationship with food, trying to be low-carb, trying to…

Hi Jackie, I think this community will be motivating. Nice to meet you.

I understand every single thing that you are talking about. Low-carb does work, but as we see it start to work we become extreme and we don't even want to eat one little thing that might mess up our diet. We become super strict, and we do see results. But then after a while, we just want to be normal again, and eat what…

I am not training, I should do some exercise, I'm a recording studio engineer, spend long days in studio...go all day without eating, drinking coffee and monster, and still find a way to get home and eat a bag of chips for supper. Hopefully myfitnesspal will help me be more accountable for my choices.

Hi briggsykim, in the same boat. Hopefully we can find support and motivation within this community. :)

Bonjour from freezing cold Quebec. :)

Hi snazzycee, I found these forums, exactly because I didn't want to spend on weight watchers. But I know support is key. Feeling that you're not alone. And to have other friends encouraging you. Great to meet you.

I don't know if I have much advice, but I understand how tough it is to cut calories, I put my goals more moderate, so I could eat a bit more...Eating 1500 calories per day would keep me hungry all of the time, and hunger=grumpy. :) Keep up the good work, and be nice to yourself.

Claudiamg84 and 212ackley, so nice to meet you both. I have tried myFitnessPal often but lose motivation. I never had tried the community, I think it will make a difference.

Chaagy, hearing yours and others' stories, really makes me realize that I am not alone. Thanks so much for the encouragement.

Hi lasmartchika, nice to meet you too, and I agree...real food, portion control. :)

Hi Soccermom54952 and clobern80, you two are right about that!!!! I never used the forums or friend system with myFitnessPal , I think it will help me feel less alone. And yes I just wants to eat normally again and control my portions. Sometimes I go all day without stopping and I don't get a chance to eat supper, then I…

That's me too! I am so happy to realize that I'm not alone in this. Lose, gain, lose, gain...trying low carb, can't eat anything can't eat that. Eliminate wheat, deprive strictly..lose weight but then I get emotionally tired of not having a normal relationship with food and I just eat regularly again, and then the weight…