Hello. My name is Lori and I'm a Carboholic

I was kind of hoping that eating right would help to curb my cravings, but no such luck. If anything, they are getting worse. And as I continue to lose weight, I find myself allowing myself to indulge some of the cravings. The problem is, I still have problems stopping once I start.

The worst point in time I find is when I have a successful weigh out for a Diet Bet. I’ve begun to allow myself a small treat. And while I know so many people recommend the 80/20 or 85/15 diet, my problem is that if I take an inch, I end up taking a mile. When it happens, I still watch my calories and fortunately have been successful in not allowing it to completely careen out of control. But then I end up having a bad nutritional day, because I do my best to stop myself once I’ve used up the days calories.

One thing that I recently learned from reading Chris Powell’s books on Carb Cycling, is that carbs cause you to retain water. I’ve definitely seen that on the scale. The other week I finished a Diet Bet on a Thursday. I allowed myself a treat Friday, which turned into a treat weekend. I watched my calories, but still did not make good food choices. Then on Monday when it was time to weigh in for a new Diet Bet, I was up nearly 3 pounds! I know I did not gain 3 pounds of fat in those three days, most of that was water. But still, it’s depressing to see the scale go up like that in such a small amount of time.

I did it again just now. I had a weigh out on Sunday/Monday and then another on Monday/Tuesday. I weighed myself on Sunday and was at a weight that worked for both my Diet Bets. So I did my weight out for the one, but had to wait a day for the other. However, I indulged in those darn carbs again! So on Monday, I was no longer at the weight I needed to be. I was up over half a pound! I knew most of it was water weight. But still! So I was good yesterday and drank lots of water and was able to be back to where I needed to be today. But I’m just sabotaging my efforts. I’m not losing the weight as fast I could if I would just behave myself. With the holiday eating season coming upon us, I really need to get control of myself. Here’s wishing me and everyone else good luck!

Kat

10/28/2014 8:45AM

Hello Lori and Susan,

I too am a carbaholic. Like they say, recognition is the first step. I am trying not to "reward" my successes with food. I do it, and find myself doing it to my kids as my mom did with me and it is not healthy. My new approach, not sure if it will work is to have carbs at work, so I bring in my crackers/pretzels/sandwich/ in a reasonable portion. I am trying not to eat many carbs at night, but I do grant myself popcorn it is lower cal and good fiber.

Remember, changing habits take a lot time, this is not an overnight solution for us it will take us time.

Susan L.

10/28/2014 8:11AM

I am so totally in agreement with you....I do just what you are saying except I don't always watch my calories on "treat" days. Between my last weigh out and my next weigh in, one week, I had gained four pounds????

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