I really feel for those of you who's husbands are giving them a hard time. My DH tried LC and didn't feel well on it, went back to the old conventional lo-cal 'dieting'. I don't think he's crazy about the idea, but he doesn't seem to care if I stay on it. He can tell I feel better and have more energy, so.....
I just make a balanced meal with several choices on the table and we all take what we want. Youngest teenaged son is overweight, so he's rady to start LC-ing. He sees I'm losing slowly, but I feel better, and he knows he needs to get a handle on that sugar addiction!
POINT IS, though, that after yrs. of trying this and that diet and exercise plan, I've learned just NOT TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT I'M DOING, and if they have to know, tell them as little as possible. That's what I rely on this forum for--- I spill my guts to everybody on here, because everybody else just doesn't get it!!
This way, I get less of the rolled eyes, the exasperated sighs, the unsolicited advice from people who know NOTHING about this woe. Saves me a lot of heartache and upset. YOU ARE NOT GONNA CONVINCE ANYBODY who does not want to be convinced until the world sees more encouraging reports from the media on this.
Look at the stuff you see on TV-- every channel you turn to, somebody's talking about lo-fat something or what fat supposedly does to your heart, and even in MOVIES, they make jokes about eating bacon and act like eggs are poison. THE WORLD HASN"T GOT it yet! but, they WILL. We just have to be patient.
And quietly confident that we will be the ones to show what can be done with this WOL. And show what is healthy. I was thinking about it the other day...... When I was a kid, my dad filled our freezer with meat from a butcher every 6 mo. or so. and everythignelse we ate came fresh from our garden. We had cheese, eggs regularly, and NEVER had sweets, chips or pop in the house unless it was our birthday! We were healthy, slim, active kids, who slept great, did well in school, and didn't have (much) hyperness or moodswings.
These are the things we LC-ers eat, this is why we are getting better. We'll be OK. We'll show'em . We don't need to tell'em.
OK- getting down from my soapbox, now, Sorry so long- just had a fit of indignation for all the nay-sayers out there!
yb
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