Anniversary dinner

"carla" wrote in message
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As a person who has been a no-holds-barred,
if-it-tastes-good-keep-eating-it
face-stuffer her entire life, I consider this a massive success.
Moderation
in all things is my long term goal.

--
carla

As a person who also was in this club, I would agree! It sounds like you
had a wonderful meal! It also sounds like that your tastes have changed, I
mean you mentioned the one appetizer being "too sweet". I know I have found
myself eating something and noting it to be "too sweet". Those words coming
out of my mouth? Whoda thunk?


--
Lisa
208/179.5/145-150
Low-carb since June 2004

(The Queen of Cans and Jars)

writes:

Cubit wrote:

Maybe, instead of pointing out the adverse effect your falling off the
wagon (jumping) might have on others, I should have simply chastized you
for it.

or you could just take your sanctimonious crap and shove it.


Indeed. You want to be a friggin' humorless robot, Cubit, that's your
business. The rest of us live real lives, with conflicts and decisions and
compromises. One special dinner out does not constitute "falling off the
wagon." I thought Carla's plan made a lot of sense under the circumstances.
It wasn't like she had packed up and moved into the Afghan restaurant so she
could eat their bread and rice all day.

There's such a thing as perspective.

Daria
166/under 145/under 145
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

:
: I don't believe that low carb is going to fail if you have special
: dinners. I think the opposite happens -- if you restrict yourself
too
: much, then you fail. I will continue to have treats for special
: occasions.
:
: --
: Bob in CT



i ABSOLUTELY agree with this bob.
learning what triggers excessive eating, and learning another
approach to food (food is fuel) is what ASD-LC is about for me!

Ya done good, Carla. As they say, there's nothing like a reformed ( fill in
your choice--drunk, smoker, overeater). Some people are as excessive in
their approach to dieting as they were to their overeating. The key to
success is finding a plan that works for you, something that is comfortable,
that you are not always wishing you could evade. Sharing your approach
gives others ideas that may be useful in finding a comfortable WOE for them.

Sometimes these "cheats" or wanderings are really far less harmful than we
might think, anyway. We don't go out for dinner often but when we do our
favorite is Thai food. I no longer do the Pad Thai which I used to love but
do indulge in the coconut ice cream for dessert as it is one of my favorite
things. On first blush one thinks SUGAR, aaargh!!! But a whole cup of real
ice cream has only about 35 grams of carb and I suspect that the coconut ice
cream has less as it is made with coconut milk rather than cow's milk and
the serving is generally less than a cup. So, it's far different from
eating a pile of rice under your entree. Earlier in the year we went to a
Japanese restaurant where I had the Bento, a little bit of several things.
It had some tempura, steak teriyaki, some fresh fruits, I ate it all but no
rice. When I got home I did a little research and estimated that the whole
indulgence was about 36 carbs, certainly not a disaster.

In ,
carla stated
| Double follow-up here, because I'd like to add one more comment.
| Unlike many folks around here who prepare most of their meals at
| home, I eat out very frequently, and know how to make good choices
| that are consistent with my eating plan. I eat lunch every day and
| frequently dinner at my office cafeteria and avoid all manner of
| temptation there. I eat dinner at restaurants - frequently excellent
| restaurants, but also ordinary ones like Pizzeria Uno - once or twice
| a week. I know how to order the grilled steak or chicken with a side
| of vegetables. I don't eat the bread just because it is in front of
| me. And I don't go off plan just because there is an opportunity to
| do so.
|
| This evening was my anniversary, and my husband and I went to the same
| wonderful restaurant where we have celebrated every anniversary since
| our first. This was not merely someone's birthday party, or
| someone's barbeque, or some generic excuse to misbehave, and my
| posting about it here was not some kind of rationalization. This was
| a very special and rare occasion - I likely won't have another like
| it for many months - and I planned for it, altered the way I ate
| during the day in anticipation of it, and approached it with a plan
| of attack that led me to have a much better and closer to healthy
| meal (and day as a whole) than I would have had if I'd been on no
| plan at all or if I'd approached this as a caution-to-the-winds cheat
| day.
|
| As a person who has been a no-holds-barred,
| if-it-tastes-good-keep-eating-it face-stuffer her entire life, I
| consider this a massive success. Moderation in all things is my long
| term goal.
|
| --
| carla
| http://geekofalltrades.typepad.com/geek

In article ,
says...
Yup. Food made me fat, so I'm going to start eating something else
instead. Not sure what yet. Maybe compact discs, or blankets.

Good choice -- according to the forensics shows I watch on TV, blankets have LOTS
of fibers :-)

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

In article ,
says...
Yup. Food made me fat, so I'm going to start eating something else
instead. Not sure what yet. Maybe compact discs, or blankets.

Good choice -- according to the forensics shows I watch on TV, blankets have LOTS
of fibers :-)

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Bob in CT wrote:
||
|| I don't believe that low carb is going to fail if you have special
|| dinners. I think the opposite happens -- if you restrict yourself
|| too much, then you fail. I will continue to have treats for special
|| occasions.
||

Having some extra carby things every now and again is no bad thing.
Excessive consumption is where/when the problems start.

Bob in CT wrote:
||
|| I don't believe that low carb is going to fail if you have special
|| dinners. I think the opposite happens -- if you restrict yourself
|| too much, then you fail. I will continue to have treats for special
|| occasions.
||

Having some extra carby things every now and again is no bad thing.
Excessive consumption is where/when the problems start.

You're calling me stupid, and you're using YOU'RE incorrectly in YOUR
post. Don't you know that always happens? Next you'll be using "loose"
when telling people they need to lose weight. Have a great day JC. LOL

--
Cheri

JC Der Koenig wrote in message ...
It's terrible to think that you've been this stupid you're whole life.
Especially at your age.

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On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:08:37 -0400, Roger Zoul
wrote:

Bob in CT wrote:
||
|| I don't believe that low carb is going to fail if you have special
|| dinners. I think the opposite happens -- if you restrict yourself
|| too much, then you fail. I will continue to have treats for special
|| occasions.
||

Having some extra carby things every now and again is no bad thing.
Excessive consumption is where/when the problems start.



Definitely true. Of course, I no longer get "set off" by most carby
things (and I avoid those that do cause me to crave stuff).

--
Bob in CT
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