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Fascinating article. The "nurturing" section hit me as being very true! I am trying to change my nurturing of self habits. IMO books have less calories then a bag of chips!

Interesting article...I certainly know first hand about the food as nurture aspect, but can't agree with the premise that it's a physical addiction *so* one will fall off the wagon occasionally.

CALP is about correcting the physical aspect that carbaddicts deal with, it's why I would do this plan even once all weight is lost...it removes the cravings

This article is so correct...it's not a question of willpower, there is a real, physical component (for some) with the cravings carbaddicts experience.

Ady - Calp makes salad dressing checking easy...sugars must be I believe it's 5th listed ingredient or lower, and not buttermilk based if one is having the dressing outside of a Reward Meal. That's all you need to check. Cardini's has a great Casear dressing that fits this as does Paul Newman's Own Olive Oil and Vingegar.

How is everyone doing today? For some reason there is a lot of chocolate in the office today. I have been saying "no thank you" but it is getting hard to resist.

I told my hubby off royally last night. He came home with sugar donuts - my fav! I told him that he isn't helping me and that I needed his support, not just to get healthy, but so that we can have a baby. I hope he understood that.

Definately an interesting article. And I agree on the 'cheese'. I find that is one thing I hate to give up. Day by day...

Still drinking lots of water. I noticed that I have in fact, cut way back on the diet coke. I'm just never thirsty enough to have one. And when I do, I only drink a few sips and then it's back to water. So hopefully I can cut the diet coke addiction out completely.

Food wise, I've had some slip ups but I'm not going to beat myself up over them. I'll just do better today and hopefully tomorrow.

Ady... stay motivated and think healthy! Soon... nothing will tempt you. Keep up your good work.

Today is going great...saw a new number on the scale (in a new "century" if you know what I mean) and I had a delicious breakfast of a leftover broccoli-cheese casserole I made for dinner last night. It turned out great...recipe below

Broccoli Cheese casserole

saute 16 oz. broccoli florets in evoo (or butter) with garlic until tender

Mix in a large bowl, one container of cottage cheese (not low-fat as that will have more additives), 1+ cups of shredded cheeses...I used a mix of cheddar and muenster, 3-4 beaten eggs, season with fresh ground pepper and I like chipotle chili pepper too.

Mix the cooked broccoli with the egg and cheese mixture, place in a 13"x9" baking dish and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until there the custard is set, and the top is golden.

Yum!

Addy...I am sorry with what is happening with your dh...it's a big adjustment for both of you...I'm sure you will both talk this out.

<<hugs>>

Thanks for the support - it is just so difficult with hubby being so anti diet right now. when I wasn't on one he wanted me on one and now that I am.....Urgh! Men!

I am going to have my lunch in a few minutes. I packed some spinach salad with grilled cubed chicken and some mozzarella. Yum! Toss in a bag of chips and I'll be a happy camper. But don't worry, I won't have any chips. My salad will be filling enough.

Thanks for the casserole recipe.

Pat, that recipe almost sounds like a quiche without the crust. If I sell it to my husband as 'broccoli-cheese casserole' he will eat it - if I say 'crustless quiche' he won't, plus he will sulk.

Ady, good job for resisting the chocolate! There are sweets all over my office also right now, leftovers from Halloween. And I'm so sorry your husband isn't supportive - mine has been very good. It helps that he likes most of what I can eat on Atkins.

I'm still stuck on my plateau, have been for about a month now. At least I haven't gained, but I still have 10-15 pounds to lose. I am going to consult Dr. Atkins tonight for some suggestions on how to break out of this. And go for a walk - I went for a short one last night, but it was really cold. Tonight I am going to find my scarf, and I should be able to stay out longer. I am also going to drag out my hand weights and do some lifting while I am watching Friends tonight.

This has been a real up and down week for me. Monday, I had a lot of points to consume after work so we decided to go out to eat. Besides, there was all-you-can-eat ribs at a steakhouse that Earl's been dying to have. I did good, ordered the smallest sirloin instead of all-you-can-eat, passed on the appetizer (which we always would have gotten). Then I got home and calculated my points. I was OVER!!! GGGRRR. Then the Avs game on Tuesday. Since the game started at 7:00 and I get off work at 5:30 it was eat at the Pepsi Center. There are no "good for you" foods at a hockey game!!! So I know I went way over Tuesday as well.

Yesterday I did good - I was right at my points target. Today should be good as well, depending on what we have for dinner. I've only consumed 10 of my 28 points, so I'm not sure what to do for dinner. Colby said that this can be a "problem" when you first start this plan - that it seems like there are too many points to consume in one day! That's how I'm feeling right now. I mean, 18 points is a LOT of food! I'm struggling with this a little, because I'm trying to be healthier, which means eating lower point foods but yet in order to get to my points target, I feel like I'm stuffing myself. I suppose there could be worse problems to have.

Earl has decided to kind of join me. He's not following a plan, just "watching what he eats". So far I think that involves watching it from the plate to his mouth. He told me he did good the other day because he "only" had two McDonalds cheeseburgers and a Coke for lunch. Actually, I think that was double cheeseburgers. *sigh* But since I'm always thinking out loud about how many points one food or another has, maybe he will do it by osmosis.

It really can be helpful if your spouse makes the same changes in diet that you do. I've found it great that we are dealing with making the same choices when eating out, and as a side benefit, Frej has lost almost 50 lbs

Just discovered this morning that I have gone down a bra size. Woohooo!

Ady, I was looking thru the 3 fat chicks website as I often do and came across this

They also have low-carb recipes for those who are on low/no carb diets.

Thanks Kellye - that was interesting! And congrats on the smaller bra size!

My co-workers took me out for a goodbye lunch. I had a small steak and a salad with no dressing instead of the potato. It was filling. I was supposed to start me 3rd pill of Metformin daily today, but it has been affecting my stomach so I thought I would wait until tomorrow so I have a weekend to adjust to it.

Ady, I have to say, I think you are doing so well!

I have joined the forum at 3 fat chicks now. I hope it helps me, the forums look really interesting!

OMG I found this picture of fat and muscle - they are both 5lbs, and I can see a difference! I feel like I better get back on that bike! *shudder*

Thanks Kellye - I am really trying. It helps to know I have a medical condition that makes it difficult for me to lose weight. I keep that in mind and I don't get discouraged!

I will take some time to look through the site - it looks interesting.

Fat is so gross when you see it that way. I hope I have time to exercise tonight - I have to go buy baby things for my neice!

Congrats on the smaller bra size Kellye!

Well, I had my first workout at Curves today. It was fun and the 30 minutes went very quickly! They suggest 3 days a week but I wonder if that is enough? I will see how it goes.

Originally posted by Kiwideus
Ady, I have to say, I think you are doing so well!

I have joined the forum at 3 fat chicks now. I hope it helps me, the forums look really interesting!

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This link was really neat, I'd not heard of this website before. I was surprised to see they don't have a review yet of any of the carbaddicts versions. I think I'll see if I can suggest it, I'd love to do a review!

Just discovered this morning that I have gone down a bra size. Woohooo!

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I was actually just a little bummed the other day for the same reason. I still have plenty of other areas to get rid of fat, why did my chest have to be the next to go???

I think it was somewhere in this thread that I read about mashed cauliflower....I made it tonight -- WOW -- it tasted incredibly like mashed potatoes! I made one bag of frozen cauliflower and I ate almost the entire batch!!