Atkins is a way of life
 

Hi all,

Yesterday, I was walking to a vending machine with a student from my class. I got a diet soda, and he got some Fritos. He said, "Aren't you going to get anything to eat?" I said, well they don't sell anything low carb in there. He said, "Man, so you can't eat any good stuff? I feel sorry for you."
I'm really happy he said that because it got me thinking.........
No, I can't have any of the high-carb foods anymore. I chose this way of life for good. The old way of eating WAS NOT WORKING!
If I start eating that way again, I will end up right back to where I started-ashamed to take off my shirt to swim, always the fat guy-of course most of my family is at a normal weight, clothes too tight, feel bad about things that happen in the bedroom with no clothes on, etc.
I guess my point is that, yes, there have to be sacrifices while heading towards a goal.
There really is no other choice for me now. This is it. I'm going to lose this weight, get back to looking normal, and not look back.
If I feel like cheating (I mean REALLY cheating-like eating a whole bag of potato chips or something-not like a teeny line of syrup I like to have on my sausages in the morning), I will think of all the bad things that WILL happen again if I have "just this one little thing."
All I know is thinking of the pain of being overweight keeps me eating the right way.
Thanks for reading and giving your support everyone. This is absolutely the best website for support I've ever been on.

Jimbo I

Greta Attitude!
 

Hi Jimbo:

I really like your attitude! :thup: It was funny that I just read your post. A few seconds a go my three year old son came in to the computer and said "Dad, I want some "shiteos" (at least that's what it sounded like he was saying). So I went in the cupboard and pulled out the box of Cherrios and said, these? "No, shiteos." Then I pulled out a bag of Frito corn chips and said, "these? You want Fritos?" "No Dad, shiteos." Then I pulled out a bag of Doritos and said, "You want Doritos?" No Dad, SHITEOS!" Then I found some Cheetos and he said, "Yeh Shiteos!" Now he is sitting here eating them beside me (wife would kill me if she knew I was letting him eat them in the living room, but what the hell).
Point of my story is, I literally went through every single high-carb snack in the cupboard and never once did it occur to me to eat even one chip, frito, dorito, etc. Avoiding those is a way of life for me, as you said. Ten weeks now and going strong. It gets easier. Mike

I don't know, I don't find it to be so much of a sacrifice when I'm eating things I wasn't allowed on my low fat diet...like REAL salad dressing, and a nice steak, and hot wings, and green beans with garlic and butter.
What he meant was, you can't eat junk any more. And that's not so much of a sacrifice.
Good for you!

Compared to what I can eat more of now...I think I can live without the high carb food :D

My FIL is one of those people...thinking that not being able to eat whatever you want is not good. His way of trying to lose weight is to just not eat. He eats basically one meal a day (usually lunch) and then eats bread when he gets hungry at night. OMG the carbs! LOL

I don't miss eating the old way. I love that dinner is a nice meatloaf with stringbeans or a salad. Salmon with butter, dill and garlic with a nice veggie on the side. I've never ate more healthy in my entire life.

I remind myself and concerned friends and family that I can eat anything I want, but I am choosing not to eat certain foods because I feel and look and AM much better when I don't eat them. Telling myself that I CAN have that bread if I want it,(of course I'll suffer the consequences if I do) helps me say no to it.

MHO: I think it takes time to undo the years of thinking that dieting=depriving. I don't fee deprived on this WOE. Best of all, I don't feel hungry all the time. If you can get rid of the idea that you are on a "diet" and think of it as "my way of eating" has changed, it makes a difference. Then instead of "depriving" yourself of eating chips, you are simply choosing not to eat them.

Like you FromVA, I do not feel hungry. I also do not suffer from weakness and lethargy that I get from eating too many carbs and a sudden spike in insulin.

I really love the way I eat now and to be in control of the food...flowerpower!!!!