Way to go Walnut! Man, it is so hard to be good when everyone is celebrating. I am so impressed that you could endulge just a little but stay on track. For me, one bite and it's over, sugar will be all I can think about for a month. That's why I'm making up my mind to purge myself of sweets (even fake) and be craving free this holiday season. I just weighed in and found I gained 2lb. on LC crap food in the past two weeks (B-Day ;) ) but no more!
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yeah, i think at christmas, i'm going to make sure that there are lots of cheeses and specialty meats to snack on. i'm usually a sucker for the christmas baking, and i go waaaayyy overboard with it, and end up all moody and miserable from the carb hangover. thanksgiving wasnt too hard to deal with--i was all tanked up on turkey and tryptophan. :) and thanksgiving only lasts for like one day. christmas seems to last for the entire month of december for me. it's a lot harder. |
Everyone getting ready to survive Halloween?
I live in an condo that is kind of in the middle of nowhere so I don't have to do the candy thing, but if it was around I might be tempted. Good luck everyone! |
Count me in with you guys. My 33 birthday is three days before Xmas so I really need to watch it. I was good last year and I need to do the same this year.
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I'd love to join! I am really good at justifying cheats for special occations. I really want to be in control of what I eat this Halloween, Christmas and New Years. I blew Thanksgiving weekend (Canadian) and ate all sorts of junk which made me go from 139 back to 145. :help: I took me a long time to get rid of it...well I'm still not even down to 139. I do NOT want to do this for the holidays coming up. Weigh in is this week, right? I weigh in on Fridays, so I'll post then. Good luck everyone! :thup:
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Welcome Apk and Gabrielle! We can all get through this holiday season and give ourselves the best presents of all: pride and health! (Looking great is a stocking stuffer ;) )
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anyone have some ideas for lc halloween goodies? i bet meatsticks would make excellent "bloody fingers". ooh, look at these eyeballs! http://www.chembio.uoguelph.ca/unit...oss%20salad.jpg they'd be lc! |
I just read a recipe for pumpkin bars in the recipe forum, I think it was in sweet treats. They sound devine. Not ghoulishly halloweeny, but a great fall treat. I think I'll make these at my folks' house for thanksgiving. I'm affraid to have anything that desert-like yet though. I'm trying so hard to get past the need for sweets, even LCsweets do me in 'cause I just can't stop at one serving. Sigh. Maybe some day I'll get under control.
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I was (and still occasionally) struggle with this too. I found some ways to let me enjoy LC sweets responsibly. First I only allow myself one treat per day. This way I can look forward to it and choose when I want to indulge. Second, I cut the serving(cookie, bar, fudge) into small pieces and put it on a plate. I take it to another room (bedroom, living room) and eat it piece by piece. Sometimes I'll only eat half a serving at a time, because then I can have the other half later that day...otherwise I don't allow myself any more treats for the day. Also, I never make low carb treats in big batches. I live on my own, so 2-3 serving batches is max for me. Good luck! You can do it! |
Thanks Apk, those are some really good tips. I'll definitely try those strategies when I start working up to more options in my food choices. Right now though I'm staying nice and clean and I feel great about it so I don't want to spoil it yet.
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desserts kind of scare me too. once i feed my sweet tooth, it's like waking up a bear from hibernation, i just want more and more and more. so sweets are sooo off limits for me. guess i'll stick to the radish/olive eyeballs! :LOL
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Guess what!
Yesterday at work there were Halloween festivities, we had a trick or treat hour, plus two huge, delicious *looking* cakes. I resisted it all! Wasn't even tempted really. Sure they looked good, but I wasn't about to put it in my mouth after how great I've been feeling about my food choices and this WOL. I even made the mistake of mentioning how 100 Grand bars used to be my fave candy and the secratary picked a bunch out and put them on my desk. She honestly was just trying to be sweet, she's like a grandma, spoiling her grandkids. I didn't want to insult her so I just put them in my bag and took them home to my room mates. Didn't even consider eating them. Hope everyone else is doing good for Halloween too! |
Survived Halloween!
Well I have survived Halloween. I didn't eat any of the treats I handed out tonight. I ate perhaps a bit too much LC tofu ice cream cake :yum: (which by the way turned out even better than I expected. Definately one of my new LC favorites!), but I guess that's better than even just one little Halloween candy. Oh yeah, and I forgot to record my weigh in on Friday, though I did do it. So, as of October 29 I am 140 lbs. My goals are >135 lbs by Christmas and by Valentines day I want to reach my goal of 125lbs. Hope the rest of you survived Halloween too!
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Hello, all! I stayed cheat free all Halloween! Wahoo. I treated myself to a LC sundae, though. It was so yummy!
I hope you all had a fun weekend. I'm hoping I can control myself for the Thanksgiving holiday that is just around the corner. |
My landlords had extra Trick or Treat candy and they put it in a big bowl on the kitchen table for my housemates and I. I haven't even been tempted to eat one! Maybe if they were Purdy's chocolates or truffles or something I would want one, but now those little bars don't seem so appealing. My housemates are slowly finishing them off, so soon I won't even have to look at them! Hope Halloween went well for you all!
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