Wed, Feb-18-04, 09:01
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Senior Member
Posts: 286
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Plan: ex-atkins
Stats: 175/105/115
BF:
Progress: 117%
Location: Australia
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Rice. Probably. Don't Really care to try.
French Fries. I am guessing probably not. Somebody here used to have a quote on their signature that said something like 'from all the diets out there you can garner only one piece of information for certain: french fries are out!'. I think that is very true!
I do get away with a breakfast of either oatmeal and bran or lower-carb muslie with milk or low GI bran flakes and milk; I do get away with a piece of bread a day; I do get away with a tub of yogurt a day; I do still lose on the weeks I also eat fruit. Getting away with the introduction of bread was probably my biggest suprise, followed closely by the realisation that a small amount of regular milk on my cereal wasn't going to kill me. I am glad I did OWL rather then waiting... I was so terrified of bread at first, but now it is so convenient!!
It is good to see that you are following the plan as written and having such success on OWL. Although chocolate might not have a rung on the ladder though... we all have our treats!!
The great thing about reintroducing foods is that you realise that even though you used to be able to easily eat WAY more then 300g of carbs a day, something like 40 or 50g suddenly seems crazy generous - I mean you can eat regular bread everyday at that!
Do watch your brown breads though for GI - some are actually mostly white bread with a token amount of wholemeal flour and molasses/caramel to make them brown (eeek!), and regular brown bread still has quite a high GI (same/similar as white). There are a lot of low GI options out there, spelt grain breads, etc.
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