Taking a long trip - the will-power challenge

On 5/18/04 10:02 PM, in article , "Ignoramus13397"
wrote:

Doug, there are so many food options in the US these days, you should
have no reason to worry. You could stick to strictly low carb eating
very very easily, if you want to. Counting calories or portion control
is much trickier on the road than counting carbs, imho. That's because
many foods contain no carbs at all. So you can eat all meat and fish
you want, but eat only a little bit of carby stuff like mashd potatoes
or whatever.

Also, they sell prepared food ssuch as rotisserie chicken, meats or
salads ate delis in most supermarkets, you would go a long way if you
make that a staple of your diet. A caveat, many of those salads
contain added sugar.

You can also request to stay in hotels with little kitchens, maybe
your employer will grant this request.

Maybe take a scale with you to detect if you are going way off track.

Thanks for the note!

I do think that staying low-carb for a trip is probably easier than
low-calorie, for the reasons you mentioned.

I'm thinking of either:

(1) low-carbing during the trip, without consideration of calories...

(I've done that before and managed to maintain weight during the trip.)

or

(2) allotting, say, 2500 calories per day instead of my current 1500
calories per day and staying on my current diet - also with the goal of
maintaining weight...

On the road, low-carbing may just be easier. I'm very used to doing that
from a year of Atkins already. At least I'm pretty sure I won't come back a
month later having gained a lot of weight...

doug

Doug Lerner wrote:
:: On 5/18/04 10:02 PM, in article ,
:: "Ignoramus13397" wrote:
::
::: Doug, there are so many food options in the US these days, you
::: should have no reason to worry. You could stick to strictly low
::: carb eating very very easily, if you want to. Counting calories or
::: portion control is much trickier on the road than counting carbs,
::: imho. That's because many foods contain no carbs at all. So you can
::: eat all meat and fish
::: you want, but eat only a little bit of carby stuff like mashd
::: potatoes or whatever.
:::
::: Also, they sell prepared food ssuch as rotisserie chicken, meats or
::: salads ate delis in most supermarkets, you would go a long way if
::: you make that a staple of your diet. A caveat, many of those salads
::: contain added sugar.
:::
::: You can also request to stay in hotels with little kitchens, maybe
::: your employer will grant this request.
:::
::: Maybe take a scale with you to detect if you are going way off
::: track.
::
:: Thanks for the note!
::
:: I do think that staying low-carb for a trip is probably easier than
:: low-calorie, for the reasons you mentioned.
::
:: I'm thinking of either:
::
:: (1) low-carbing during the trip, without consideration of calories...
::
:: (I've done that before and managed to maintain weight during the
:: trip.)
::
:: or
::
:: (2) allotting, say, 2500 calories per day instead of my current 1500
:: calories per day and staying on my current diet - also with the goal
:: of maintaining weight...
::

(3) low-carb without too much consideration of calories (try to limit
yourself some) for a few days. Then fast a day. Repeat.

Remember, you don't have to count calories. You can just decide not to eat
unless you're hungry, and when you do it don't eat much. It's hard, but it
can be done.

Doug Lerner wrote in message ...
On 5/18/04 10:02 PM, in article , "Ignoramus13397"
wrote:

(2) allotting, say, 2500 calories per day instead of my current 1500
calories per day and staying on my current diet - also with the goal of
maintaining weight...

Depending on how much you have left to lose, just going on maintenance
for a month ~might~ be a good strategy. Giving the body a break or
what have you..

On 5/19/04 1:08 AM, in article , "Roger
Zoul" wrote:

(3) low-carb without too much consideration of calories (try to limit
yourself some) for a few days. Then fast a day. Repeat.

Remember, you don't have to count calories. You can just decide not to eat
unless you're hungry, and when you do it don't eat much. It's hard, but it
can be done.

While that is true, I don't think fasting a day is a good idea. That doesn't
sounds workable for me, anyway...

doug