Hey all... I often read stories about how even the mightiest low carbers succumb to temptation and cheat... well, I have been wondering something. Am I the
only low carber who rarely
ever is tempted? Am I the only one that, even when I am tempted has virtually no desire to act on it?
I am not trying to say I am perfect... I've tasted high carb foods here and there, sometimes I mistakenly ate food with a high carb sauce in the past. However, when I do this I have absolutely no desire to go off the wagon. I just don't feel that loss of control, and I think it is because there is no struggle for me to stay LC. Seriously, I
love eating this way. The food is delicious and very satisfying. I guess I have an advantage, since I've always loved heavy, fatty foods and actually thought most bread, pasta, and cake was pretty gross. Ironically enough, I started out life hating carbs as a child, and I actually made myself addicted to them because I thought eating more carbs and less fat/protein was the way to go. Boy do I regret that now.
The only carby things I liked a lot to the point of craving were fruits (apples, melons, berries) veggies (although I do miss corn and beans
)and nuts, and I can have those on Atkins. Corn and beans, I can have on maintenance. I did have a weak spot for some junkfoods, I totally admit... I used to love crunchy sunchips and baked pringles/lays. Yep, I was huge on the salty/crunch of chips. As for sweet things, I also was major hooked on oreo cookies and anything with an oreo-cookie-like crust. I loved white chocolate. And, of course, how could I forget my major #1 weak spot: soft white rice, fried rice, and various asian junk take out food dishes of all kinds. I was so addicted to chinese food. I also drank a lot lot lot of juice/sweet drinks, I was really addicted to that too.
However, I think I was only physically addicted to that stuff and the emotional addiction wasn't there. I just ate it too much and my body craved it. Now that it is out of my system I don't have cravings for them anymore.
I think I didn't get fat because I was eating food I liked, I got fat because I was eating
everything, even stuff I didn't care for that much, because I was always always always hungry
.
I guess what I am saying is, I love eating the atkins way plus the results are so rewarding that I just couldn't imagine going off plan, or even wanting to really. I do get tempted sometimes... a whiff of chinese food, family eating mexican, or I see sight of some oreos/chocolate chip cookies... I admit, my ears perk up with interest. But, even though the foods interest me, I would never consider giving in and blowing the plan. It just isn't worth it. It isn't even a will power thing for me, there just isn't a struggle there anymore.
A couple of times, out of curiosity, I tasted some of the old food I used to eat... doughnuts, mike & ikes, and oreos. The first thing I noticed was when I bit into the doughnut, my mouth was covered in this disgusting trans fat film. That was absolutely disgusting to me. Plus it tasted horrible, I could taste the preservatives and the staleness. Blech. I can't believe I used to eat that stuff. It actually tasted unhealthy. The mike and ikes were equally gross, they tasted like pure sugar and food coloring... no flavor or substance Gag. However, I admit the oreos were pretty tasty, but not as good as I remember. I couldn't imagine going off plan totally to eat stuff like that.
Anyway, I do have a point after all this rambling, promise.
I was wondering if anyone else out there is like this. Do you actually enjoy eating the LC way, almost as much as you did on the high-carb diet, and really have almost no temptation to go off plan, like I do? I imagine this diet must be much, much harder if you really fancy carb foods, and that is why so many people fail. Sometimes I feel like I am the only one lucky enough to be born with a palate that is conducive to the LC way
.