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Hi -
After a week of bingeing on jelly beans and chocolate, after endless rounds
of pretzels and coke, after trying WW and self-control (none), after all
that, here I am. I think I have a very large problem with carbohydrate
dependence. I can't stop - one bit of sugar and I'm off. It takes weeks to
get back down to controllable levels.
Althought my BP, sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides are all w/in normal
levels, I know that won't last. Additionally, I'm a good twenty pounds
overweight. I need to lose, and I need to find a way of eating that I can
live with.
So, here I am - looking to share and receive support, tips, humor, whatever
makes the journey easier.
Thanks for listening -
KatS
3/12/04
162/162/140

On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:36:34 GMT, "KatS"
announced in front of God and everybody:

Hi -
After a week of bingeing on jelly beans and chocolate, after endless rounds
of pretzels and coke, after trying WW and self-control (none), after all
that, here I am. I think I have a very large problem with carbohydrate
dependence. I can't stop - one bit of sugar and I'm off. It takes weeks to
get back down to controllable levels.

Welcome to the group, Kat! It sounds like you made a good decision --
I'm a hardcore carb addict myself, and eating low-carb has made
amazing changes in the way I feel and in the way I eat. I think you'll
find that once you struggle through an initial adjustment period,
you'll find you crave sugar and pretzels and such far less -- at least
that's how it seems to work for most people.

Good luck!

Dawn

"KatS"

writes:

After a week of bingeing on jelly beans and chocolate, after endless rounds
of pretzels and coke, after trying WW and self-control (none), after all
that, here I am. I think I have a very large problem with carbohydrate
dependence. I can't stop - one bit of sugar and I'm off. It takes weeks to
get back down to controllable levels.
Althought my BP, sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides are all w/in normal
levels, I know that won't last. Additionally, I'm a good twenty pounds
overweight. I need to lose, and I need to find a way of eating that I can
live with.
So, here I am - looking to share and receive support, tips, humor, whatever
makes the journey easier.
Thanks for listening -
KatS
3/12/04
162/162/140

Kat, you and I have similar weight loss goals, I'm just a few weeks ahead of
you on this process, and I am totally addicted to sugar! When my pants got too
tight and my blood pressure got borderline high, I got a few books on low-carb
eating, but I decided that while I was reading them, I could drop sugar. So I
did.

I won't lie to you. My second full day without sugar, I felt tremendous. I
also slept poorly that whole week, was cranky, had no attention span, and at
one point would have happily killed anyone on the planet for a piece of
chocolate. And putting myself through that rough week (it was a lot better
after Day 4) was absolutely the best thing I'd ever done for myself. I have
felt healthier every single day since then -- each morning, I feel better than
I did the morning before. Seriously. I also lost 8 pounds *just* by dropping
sugar, which was a great confidence booster going into the full low-carb diet
plan.

If I can do it -- as Queen Sugar Addict of the Universe -- so can you. (I will
confess, I ate down all the chocolate in my house before I started, but I don't
recommend that.) Just pick a day, get the sweets out of your house, and do it.
Go for a walk whenever you get a sugar craving, or if it's late at night, eat
something else. I love smoked salmon, for example, and I treated myself to a
piece every time I wanted sugar. There's nothing wrong with tricking yourself.

For more reinforcement, there's a great article on how awful sugar in the April
edition of Real Simple magazine. It's called Sugar Nation or something like
that, and it's a good discussion about why carbs, and specifically refined
sugar, are bad for your health. I liked it because it focused more on health
than on weight loss. After all, normal weight people often don't realize that
they're damaging their health by overloading on carbs.

Anyway, hang in there, hang out here, and drop the sugar. After a few days
you'll think you were crazy ever to want it. You can do this.

Daria
166/148/140
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

Thanks for the encouragement!
I know I have a serious problem with refined carbs - sugar in particular. I
feel very down on myself right now, but I hope that I can hang in for the
first couple weeks and get past the changeover to a low carb diet.
I am determined to do this, and your story certainly gave me a big boost!
---
KatS
162/162/140


"DG511" wrote in message
...

Kat, you and I have similar weight loss goals, I'm just a few weeks ahead
of
you on this process, and I am totally addicted to sugar! When my pants
got too
tight and my blood pressure got borderline high, I got a few books on
low-carb
eating, but I decided that while I was reading them, I could drop sugar.
So I
did.

I won't lie to you. My second full day without sugar, I felt tremendous.
I
also slept poorly that whole week, was cranky, had no attention span, and
at
one point would have happily killed anyone on the planet for a piece of
chocolate. And putting myself through that rough week (it was a lot
better
after Day 4) was absolutely the best thing I'd ever done for myself. I
have
felt healthier every single day since then -- each morning, I feel better
than
I did the morning before. Seriously. I also lost 8 pounds *just* by
dropping
sugar, which was a great confidence booster going into the full low-carb
diet
plan.

If I can do it -- as Queen Sugar Addict of the Universe -- so can you. (I
will
confess, I ate down all the chocolate in my house before I started, but I
don't
recommend that.) Just pick a day, get the sweets out of your house, and
do it.
Go for a walk whenever you get a sugar craving, or if it's late at night,
eat
something else. I love smoked salmon, for example, and I treated myself
to a
piece every time I wanted sugar. There's nothing wrong with tricking
yourself.

For more reinforcement, there's a great article on how awful sugar in the
April
edition of Real Simple magazine. It's called Sugar Nation or something
like
that, and it's a good discussion about why carbs, and specifically refined
sugar, are bad for your health. I liked it because it focused more on
health
than on weight loss. After all, normal weight people often don't realize
that
they're damaging their health by overloading on carbs.

Anyway, hang in there, hang out here, and drop the sugar. After a few
days
you'll think you were crazy ever to want it. You can do this.

Daria
166/148/140
sugar-free since 2/1/04
low-carb since 2/17/04

In article , says...

So, here I am - looking to share and receive support, tips, humor, whatever
makes the journey easier.
Thanks for listening -
KatS

Hi Kat, welcome to the group - you've come to the right place!

--
Saffire
205/166/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

"KatS" wrote:

Hi -
After a week of bingeing on jelly beans and chocolate, after endless rounds
of pretzels and coke, after trying WW and self-control (none), after all
that, here I am. I think I have a very large problem with carbohydrate
dependence. I can't stop - one bit of sugar and I'm off. It takes weeks to
get back down to controllable levels.
Althought my BP, sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides are all w/in normal
levels, I know that won't last. Additionally, I'm a good twenty pounds
overweight. I need to lose, and I need to find a way of eating that I can
live with.
So, here I am - looking to share and receive support, tips, humor, whatever
makes the journey easier.
Thanks for listening -
KatS
3/12/04
162/162/140


Hi, KatS. Welcome, welcome. You aren't alone. :-)