ok, I just wanted to see who really misses carbs and who doesnt. and how it affects your lifestyle.

I started lowcarbing in june 2003 and dont miss the carbs at all. Me always being addicted to meat am favorable of this lowcarb lifestyle. It's the meats I cant do with out.

Don't care for meat much although I'm eating more on this woe. Love my carbs but most of them come in the green variety now. Loads of veggies but also dairy - cream, cheese, sour cream.

Don't miss the white stuff (pasta, bread, potatoes) at all.

I thought I would miss them bad but I really dont. Once in a while I have sweet cravings but splenda will work for those (I try not to give in at all though and get back into bad habits)


I actually have not even had the urge to try the LC pasta or bread even. I am perfectly happy without it. I am sure one day I will try it, but for now I dont miss want or need that in me.

I'm with you - don't miss heavy carb foods........

Good luck everyone!

Alina

I don't miss most of the foods. There are so many LC alternatives I can make without the overpowering sweetness or nasty aftertaste many sweeter things have these days.

What I do miss is being able to try something new such as a new pie in resteraunt, or a new recipe found. Sometimes the recipes can be altered to be LC, but in a resteraunt your just stuck.

I am going to try Ruby Tuesday today though Yes I know about the hidden sugars and so on, so I am going in educated. But for once I would like to be able to order a full meal at a resteraunt instead of just part, and enjoy dessert like all the other diners around me.

I don't miss them very often.

I'm surprised at how little I miss them! I don't even want the LC alternatives.

I don't miss refined carbs...I do occassionally miss Potatoes, Peas, Fruit, and Whole Grains...But, I also eat them [except Bananas] on occassion in small amounts. I haven't really craved Soda, Cake, or Sugary Candy since my first month on Atkins. As for breads, I miss certain breads, but I'm happy with having the Whole Grain [or even LC Versions as an occassional treat.

I miss carbs the same way I miss cigarettes - it's a knee-jerk reaction to situations. When the real desire is examined, it's doesn't really exist.

So, do I miss carbs? No, not at all.

(p.s. I smoked for 30 years and quit Sept 15, 2002 with nary a slip-up since.)

I was having a real craving for potatoes for awhile but I tried making a pot roast with turnips instead and it worked great! Took care of that craving.

for the most part i don't. i did cheat pretty bad yesterday and ate some cookies. this is the first time i had done this in a long time and i am not tempted to do it again.

Jon

I don't miss bread and pasta, for the most part. We all know that the good part of that is the butter, sauces, etc - and I can put that on vegetables. I do miss sweet things sometimes, but sort of in the way you'd miss an old job or old place you used to live - you miss the good parts, but you're not including the BS you had to put up with. The sweets certainly aren't worth feeling like crap again.

I hardly think about carbs or carb-laden foods. The other day I had a psychological craving for pizza which I squished, but for the most part I don't put much thought into food anymore. This is a nice change from 2 months ago where every waking moment of my day was spent thinking up my next secret binge.

Most of the time I don't miss them at all. I the "missing" part comes in when I see something high carb that looks good to me or I see someone else eating it; otherwise I really don't think about them or crave them. So...out of sight, out of mind.

I don't miss them at all. Today would have been the breaker (I haven't cheated once since starting on Aug. 18, 2003). I had an asthma attack and the doc (bless his little heart) prescribed Prednisone for 5 days with a shock dose today. Well, waiting for the pharmacy to fill my script I had to sit and smell the Girardi chocolates they had marked 3/$1. Now Girardi's aren't my favorite, but they run a close second to Godivas. Truthfully, the smell almost made me nauseous. No, I haven't started the salt binging prednisone usually causes in me (you know, greasy salty chips with bacon/onion dip). I've just increased my water intake and I'm just going about my low carb way of life as usual.

I think another real test is going to be when my brother sends my favorite cookies from Aachen, Germany. They have a specialty cookie they only produce at Christmas - and I swear they are addictive. The folks at work are going to have a new treat on the table this year. I've sworn to myself I'm not eating ANY of them.

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