Another thought on why I gained the weight back

I agree that salads lose their appeal when I'm freezing. :-) To combat the urge to
"fatten up for winter" (and it's quite a strong urge) I find that a variety of really
yummy and great-smelling herbal or flavored black teas really help -- i.e. apple
cinnamon, orange spice, "christmas" blends -- something that smells appealing and
comforting. Another plus is that drinking it warms me up and helps get my water in
for the day (since I'm not so enthusiastic about drinking cold water while I'm
freezing. Hmmmm, I think I'll make a cup of Constant Comment right now.

Also, hot steamed vegetables (cubes of zucchini for example) covered with your
favorite (low sugar low salt) spaghetti sauce. Baked cauliflower (rub or spray
outside with olive oil, season, and bake for about an hour -- (cook it uncovered for
the last half hour and the outside gets all crispy and yummy). Just a few suggestions
of what helps me!

Mary
325-150-145

"That T Woman" wrote in message
...
It was just about this time last year when I fell off the "wagon" and began
my slide back to regain the weight I'd lost. I just realized that a big
factor in that was the colder weather. The cold is making me extremely
hungry. I'm still logging what I eat and even after I've reached my daily
allocation of calories at which point I wasn't hungry when it was warm, I'm
still hungry. So far I've been able to tough it out but it's so very hard.
Hopefully I'll be able to overcome this by drinking a lot of non calorie hot
tea and wrapping up in a blanket so I won't be so cold (and it's not that
cold here in Lubbock.) Since my WOE is heavy on the green veggie salads, a
change has to come right there. I want only hot food.

Is anyone else suffering like this?

Tonia

along with the season change, from fall to winter, comes the shorter
days, and seasonal affective disorder.
get more sleep, and be sure to get as much sunshine as you
can......................


--
read and post daily, it works!
rosie

to avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
........................elbert hubbard



"That T Woman" wrote in message
...
It was just about this time last year when I fell off the "wagon"
and began
my slide back to regain the weight I'd lost. I just realized that
a big
factor in that was the colder weather. The cold is making me
extremely
hungry. I'm still logging what I eat and even after I've reached
my daily
allocation of calories at which point I wasn't hungry when it was
warm, I'm
still hungry. So far I've been able to tough it out but it's so
very hard.
Hopefully I'll be able to overcome this by drinking a lot of non
calorie hot
tea and wrapping up in a blanket so I won't be so cold (and it's
not that
cold here in Lubbock.) Since my WOE is heavy on the green veggie
salads, a
change has to come right there. I want only hot food.

Is anyone else suffering like this?

Tonia

"That T Woman" wrote in message
...
It was just about this time last year when I fell off the "wagon" and
began
my slide back to regain the weight I'd lost. I just realized that a big
factor in that was the colder weather. The cold is making me extremely
hungry. I'm still logging what I eat and even after I've reached my daily
allocation of calories at which point I wasn't hungry when it was warm,
I'm
still hungry. So far I've been able to tough it out but it's so very
hard.
Hopefully I'll be able to overcome this by drinking a lot of non calorie
hot
tea and wrapping up in a blanket so I won't be so cold (and it's not that
cold here in Lubbock.) Since my WOE is heavy on the green veggie salads,
a
change has to come right there. I want only hot food.

Is anyone else suffering like this?

Tonia



The problem is that due to the growing lack of sufficient light and cold
weather, we (or at least a lot of us) are designed to crave carbs and bulk
up during the wintertime. Think bears and hibernation. I just eat more
protein and fat and less carbs. I understand if you may not prefer this
suggestion.

"Mary M - Ohio" wrote in message
...
I agree that salads lose their appeal when I'm freezing. :-) To combat
the urge to
"fatten up for winter" (and it's quite a strong urge) I find that a
variety of really
yummy and great-smelling herbal or flavored black teas really help -- i.e.
apple
cinnamon, orange spice, "christmas" blends -- something that smells
appealing and
comforting. Another plus is that drinking it warms me up and helps get my
water in
for the day (since I'm not so enthusiastic about drinking cold water while
I'm
freezing. Hmmmm, I think I'll make a cup of Constant Comment right now.

Also, hot steamed vegetables (cubes of zucchini for example) covered with
your
favorite (low sugar low salt) spaghetti sauce. Baked cauliflower (rub or
spray
outside with olive oil, season, and bake for about an hour -- (cook it
uncovered for
the last half hour and the outside gets all crispy and yummy). Just a few
suggestions
of what helps me!

Mary
325-150-145

I found that the cold weather was definitely affecting my water intake until
I switched to herbal teas. I also have a recipe for curried cauliflower and
some other very flavorful vegetable recipes that I'll be trying in lieu of
the salads and raw veggies that sustained me in warmer weather. Till I can
manage a low salt soup that has some actual flavor, (I suck at making soup)
I'll try making these cooked veggie dishes for winter warmth and comfort.

Jenn

Ignoramus30551 wrote:
Only 35% of calories from carbs?

That strikes me as pretty low.

I am not questioning your diet choice, but I would not describe it as
"moderate everything".

Wouldn't that be more than 1/3 of their calories, with the rest coming
from protein, fats and alcohol? My understanding is that the average
American diet is 40% fat. Say 5% of calories come from alcohol... coming
up with 35% calories from carbs and 20% from protein seems fairly
reasonable (and believable) to me.

Wendy