I need help!!!!

I am really struggling!
I started low carbing back on 1-5-03
I lost 47lbs. in about 6 months.
Since then, I really am not doing much at all.
I did introduce myself to peanuts!!!
I suppose that is what is holding me up.
Are there others out there who do eat peanuts and still lose?
I hate to go back to the beginning!! LOL.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks.

Joan
235.5/193/159

On 7 May 2004 06:37:11 -0700,
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I am really struggling!
I started low carbing back on 1-5-03
I lost 47lbs. in about 6 months.
Since then, I really am not doing much at all.
I did introduce myself to peanuts!!!
I suppose that is what is holding me up.
Are there others out there who do eat peanuts and still lose?
I hate to go back to the beginning!! LOL.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks.

Joan
235.5/193/159

Peanuts are rather carby so they could be stalling you.

wrote in message
om...
: I am really struggling!
: I started low carbing back on 1-5-03
: I lost 47lbs. in about 6 months.
: Since then, I really am not doing much at all.
: I did introduce myself to peanuts!!!
: I suppose that is what is holding me up.
: Are there others out there who do eat peanuts and still lose?
: I hate to go back to the beginning!! LOL.
: Any other suggestions?
: Thanks.
:
: Joan
: 235.5/193/159

How's your exercise and calorie intake doing? As you lose, you need more
exercise and/or less calories to keep losing at a decent pace.

--
Vic
258/216/180
Since 3/24/04
May Challenge - 20 lbs. So far - 6 lbs.
http://photos.yahoo.com/vicsprogress

Joan says,
Any other suggestions?

Becky asks,

Peanuts are rather high calorie, aren't they? Aren't all nuts? Leave 'em
off for a while and see if you start again. Are you eating because you are
hungry or just like the taste? Isn't most of our problem because we eat
when we really aren't that hungry, but eat either because 1. it's time to
eat, 2. we are with friends and feel like we must 3. we like the taste and
food in general.

Becky P. who doesn't understand how people can eat low carb chocolate, LC
fudge, peanuts, walnuts, cheesecake, etc. and still lose! (I don't.)

Depends on how many peanuts. I have a tablespoon of peanut butter once in a
while, makes a nice snack, but when I eat other nuts--almonds and walnuts--I
always count them and eat a half ounce at a time.

In om,
stated
| I am really struggling!
| I started low carbing back on 1-5-03
| I lost 47lbs. in about 6 months.
| Since then, I really am not doing much at all.
| I did introduce myself to peanuts!!!
| I suppose that is what is holding me up.
| Are there others out there who do eat peanuts and still lose?
| I hate to go back to the beginning!! LOL.
| Any other suggestions?
| Thanks.
|
| Joan
| 235.5/193/159

wrote:

I am really struggling!
I started low carbing back on 1-5-03
I lost 47lbs. in about 6 months.
Since then, I really am not doing much at all.

Six months is a bit of a magic number. If you're on Atkins
and you stayed on Induction, the book warns against staying
low more than 6 months. (And it inconsistantly discusses
staying low more than 6 months under direct supervison if
you still have 100+ to lose at that point, but who ever
tracks all of those ifs).

So did you stay at 20? Doing that triggers stalls in
plenty. Some in week 3, some later. And are you still in
ketosis?

I did introduce myself to peanuts!!!
I suppose that is what is holding me up.
Are there others out there who do eat peanuts and still lose?

Did you stall as soon as you tried peanuts? If so what does it
matter if others can eat peanuts and lose?

curious curious@noemailshown wrote:
Becky P. who doesn't understand how people can eat low carb chocolate, LC
fudge, peanuts, walnuts, cheesecake, etc. and still lose! (I don't.)

Small portions, and not every day. There's a reason treats are
called "treats" and not "meals." Sugarfree junk food is still
junk.

I don't consider nuts to be junk, but they are high in calories.
When my dinner hasn't had that much fat in it, such as a stirfry of
lean meat/chicken and veggies, I can usually fit in some nuts for an
evening snack. If my dinner had, say, cheese sauce, I don't have the
calorie budget left over to munch nuts.

I suggest always measuring a portion of nuts, because if you eat them
from the can/jar, you'll probably munch way too many.


168/125/125 LC since 2/18/97 maintaining since 3/17/99
--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

FOB wrote:

Depends on how many peanuts. I have a tablespoon of peanut butter once in a
while, makes a nice snack...

I do this too... it kills cravings for sweets for me.

Surprisingly, I *can't* eat natural peanut butter; the stuff tastes too
good and I lose control.

But the cheap, crappy PB... a spoonful takes the egde off cravings for me.


--
As you accelerate your food, it takes exponentially more and more energy
to increase its velocity, until you hit a limit at C. This energy has
to come from somewhere; in this case, from the food's nutritional value.
Thus, the faster the food is, the worse it gets.
-- Mark Hughes, comprehending the taste of fast food

Quit eating so much and get off your fat behind for some exercise.

--
Most people are dumb as bricks; some people are dumber than that. -- MFW


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om...
I am really struggling!
I started low carbing back on 1-5-03
I lost 47lbs. in about 6 months.
Since then, I really am not doing much at all.
I did introduce myself to peanuts!!!
I suppose that is what is holding me up.
Are there others out there who do eat peanuts and still lose?
I hate to go back to the beginning!! LOL.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks.

Joan
235.5/193/159

Jackie Patti

writes:

FOB wrote:

Depends on how many peanuts. I have a tablespoon of peanut butter once in
a
while, makes a nice snack...

I do this too... it kills cravings for sweets for me.

Surprisingly, I *can't* eat natural peanut butter; the stuff tastes too
good and I lose control.

But the cheap, crappy PB... a spoonful takes the egde off cravings for me.


Gah! I couldn't eat that stuff -- ever! But I'm in complete agreement about
the natural peanut butter tasting too good. It's my greatest caloric danger on
the low-carb WOE. I love it too much. So I allow myself 1 teaspoon a day,
maximum.

As for nuts, just an FYI -- on Weight Watchers, which factors in both calories
and the quality of a food, 15 pistachios are only 1 or 2 points, which means
it's a portion of little dietary consequence in that WOE. Since I'll "borrow"
any ideas that make sense, I've taken to counting out 15 at a time, which keeps
me from getting into on-going snack mode. And it doesn't seem to show up in my
weight.

Daria
166/144/140
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04