Wed, Jan-22-03, 20:57
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Mad Scientist
Posts: 4,402
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Plan: Healthy eating/lifestyle
Stats: 156/115/115
BF:
Progress: 100%
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Re: Hang in there
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Originally posted by nsmith4366
...thanks to fitday.com I was able to keep a journal and keep track/gave me confidence I needed. I was never an unhealthy (sugar/fat/carb) eater to start with - so maybe I had an advantage. All I had to do was go from refined complex carbs to unrefined low carb foods and drop the sugar and add some fat.
Lets just say I went from a bagel, coffee, diet coke, sugarfree cookie diet to a veg, lean protein, no sugar/caffeine, no processed foods and added some fat diet.
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I just found fitday this week and I'm estatic about it. It's already helped me immensely. I think it would have helped me before when I was adding carbs.
Unfortunately, before LC, I was an unhealthy eater. I was so afraid of being hungry, I used to carry around bags of candy with me everywhere I went. Hypoglycemia and a low-fat diet will do that to ya! Giving up sugar has been the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I gave up fat for about 6 years (after being told my IBS was caused from fat). Piece of cake (non-fat, of course  ). I think the low-fat diet was what caused things to really snowball because I traded low-fat for high-sugar.
I gave up sugar okay for 3 months when my health had fallen to rock bottom. But as I got better, I became a little too confident and fell off the wagon about once a week. I need to realize that it is an addiction for me, I can't just have a little bit. Sugarholics anonymous for me. But, I've been sugar-free for 21 days.  It's a start.
Thanks for listening,
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