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What Will My Ultimate LC Philosophy be?
On the eve of my daughter's 13th birthday, I find myself
contemplating what my ultimate LC philosophy will be. First, I am currently thinking I will have a couple of bites of the cake, or the world's tiniest sliver, if that is what it will amount to. (I may very well scrape off excess frosting though--the thought is not pleasant!) I am thinking this for a couple of reasons: 1) I don't want her to think I am not helping her celebrate, and 2) I am curious about the effects on me. Will a couple of bites of cake make me feel horrible (physically)? Will a couple of bites of cake reawaken my latent cravings for awful carb-laden and nutritionally void things? I sort-of want to find out. I think this is safe because I am thinking about it and planning it--not just shoving it into my mouth. I will also take my daughter to her favorite Chinese restaurant, where she will down Peking noodles. (I have pretty much weaned her off those and pahd Thai since I started LCing.) I will avoid the obvious carby stuff--noodles, rice, wheat-laden goodies, things with sweet (etc.) sauces. I will not avoid overtly LC things, even though they might thicken the sauces with cornstarch and those sauces might contain a bit of sugar. I will, however, eat as little of those sauces as possible. I do need to think of a WOE that will be viable for my lifetime--and not something I cannot sustain, or something that robs me of all of my erstwhile eating pleasures. Sort-of relatedly, I have been getting a lot of cookbooks (right now Chinese and low-carb) out of the library, going through them for possible recipes that either fit this WOE or would with few alterations--e.g., it's easy to get rid of the sugar in recipes. I've also been going through the cookbook section at Barnes & Noble--first looking at the low-carb/low-GI books, and now going through the ethnic cookbooks, searching for the same things. I must say that I am more attracted to recipes that contain REAL food, recipes that do not go to great length to find extremely odd substitutes. I am also leery of consuming huge quantities of soy.... Hmmmm. I could always go through my 2000+ cookbooks and my 200+ recipe files, looking for same.... -- Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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What Will My Ultimate LC Philosophy be?
"Jean B." wrote in message ... On the eve of my daughter's 13th birthday, I find myself contemplating what my ultimate LC philosophy will be. Interesting subject. After about 15 months of LC, having lost the weight I needed to, reduced my BP meds and got my cholesterol down to 151 total, HDL 78, LDL 66, triglycerides 33, we've settled into an eating pattern that suits us and which seems to keep things as they should be. Basically it goes like this: most of our meals are home cooked, we use no flour, (eg bread, cake, pasta etc.), starchy veg, (potatoes, rice peas etc.), or sugar. We buy almost no prepared foods, an exception being ketchup, about a bottle a year, and Penzey's soup base, (yes I know), and no "substitute" products so the only snacks available are nuts or fruit, things like that. To the extent possible we buy organic food, and for our main meal generally eat on a three day cycle red meat, white meat and seafood. But, when we eat out, perhaps three or four times a month, anything goes, including dessert, and when we visit friends or participate in some sort of celebration we ignore diet strictures. However our regular WOE has significantly reduced our appetite for high carb foods, so the damage is minimal and we don't come off as irritating and obsessive, at least not on the food front. Of course this won't suit, or even be practicable, for everyone but it works for us. |
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What Will My Ultimate LC Philosophy be?
I've heard others state that in order for a diet to change to a woe.. it has to be considered a 80/20 split.. 80 percent of the time you follow it strictly.. 20 you are less vigilant but still mindful of what you are eating. My 80 /20 is still a work in progress. On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:11:38 -0400, "Jean B." wrote: On the eve of my daughter's 13th birthday, I find myself contemplating what my ultimate LC philosophy will be. First, I am currently thinking I will have a couple of bites of the cake, or the world's tiniest sliver, if that is what it will amount to. (I may very well scrape off excess frosting though--the thought is not pleasant!) I am thinking this for a couple of reasons: 1) I don't want her to think I am not helping her celebrate, and 2) I am curious about the effects on me. Will a couple of bites of cake make me feel horrible (physically)? Will a couple of bites of cake reawaken my latent cravings for awful carb-laden and nutritionally void things? I sort-of want to find out. I think this is safe because I am thinking about it and planning it--not just shoving it into my mouth. I will also take my daughter to her favorite Chinese restaurant, where she will down Peking noodles. (I have pretty much weaned her off those and pahd Thai since I started LCing.) I will avoid the obvious carby stuff--noodles, rice, wheat-laden goodies, things with sweet (etc.) sauces. I will not avoid overtly LC things, even though they might thicken the sauces with cornstarch and those sauces might contain a bit of sugar. I will, however, eat as little of those sauces as possible. I do need to think of a WOE that will be viable for my lifetime--and not something I cannot sustain, or something that robs me of all of my erstwhile eating pleasures. Sort-of relatedly, I have been getting a lot of cookbooks (right now Chinese and low-carb) out of the library, going through them for possible recipes that either fit this WOE or would with few alterations--e.g., it's easy to get rid of the sugar in recipes. I've also been going through the cookbook section at Barnes & Noble--first looking at the low-carb/low-GI books, and now going through the ethnic cookbooks, searching for the same things. I must say that I am more attracted to recipes that contain REAL food, recipes that do not go to great length to find extremely odd substitutes. I am also leery of consuming huge quantities of soy.... Hmmmm. I could always go through my 2000+ cookbooks and my 200+ recipe files, looking for same.... ~Karen~ 225/192/fit and fab start Jan17/03 Started at the gym September/03 |
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Anthony wrote:
"Jean B." wrote in message ... On the eve of my daughter's 13th birthday, I find myself contemplating what my ultimate LC philosophy will be. Interesting subject. After about 15 months of LC, having lost the weight I needed to, reduced my BP meds and got my cholesterol down to 151 total, HDL 78, LDL 66, triglycerides 33, we've settled into an eating pattern that suits us and which seems to keep things as they should be. Basically it goes like this: most of our meals are home cooked, we use no flour, (eg bread, cake, pasta etc.), starchy veg, (potatoes, rice peas etc.), or sugar. We buy almost no prepared foods, an exception being ketchup, about a bottle a year, and Penzey's soup base, (yes I know), and no "substitute" products so the only snacks available are nuts or fruit, things like that. To the extent possible we buy organic food, and for our main meal generally eat on a three day cycle red meat, white meat and seafood. But, when we eat out, perhaps three or four times a month, anything goes, including dessert, and when we visit friends or participate in some sort of celebration we ignore diet strictures. However our regular WOE has significantly reduced our appetite for high carb foods, so the damage is minimal and we don't come off as irritating and obsessive, at least not on the food front. Of course this won't suit, or even be practicable, for everyone but it works for us. I was also thinking about what happens when I eat at someone else's house too. I THINK I would have the tiniest possible amount of things I wouldn't otherwise eat--like a Tbsp or so, that only out of politeness. This attitude stems from having eaten out with someone at least two decades ago and witnessing his total snit about a speck of something he currently did not eat in his soup. Ack!!!!!!!!!!! Your WOE, except when you eat out, sounds somewhat paleo.... -- Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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"Jean B." wrote in message ... Your WOE, except when you eat out, sounds somewhat paleo.... -- LOL. Yup, 'at's me! Personally I believe that when you're a guest, unless you have a really dangerous allergy you have a duty to eat pretty much what's on offer. Your hosts have likely spent time, money and thought on their menu, and to have someone being picky as a teenager is just rude! |
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"Anthony" wrote: "Jean B." wrote in message ... Your WOE, except when you eat out, sounds somewhat paleo.... -- LOL. Yup, 'at's me! Personally I believe that when you're a guest, unless you have a really dangerous allergy you have a duty to eat pretty much what's on offer. Your hosts have likely spent time, money and thought on their menu, and to have someone being picky as a teenager is just rude! Nope. I have a repsonsibility to not make any extra demands, but if I choose to pass on something, that is my business. It is also my choice to remain hungry. No wonder the US is the fattest (and getting fatter) country on the planet. "Well, Mabel....that buffet says All-Ya-Can-Eht so I better fulfill my responsibility." And BTW, if you are doing this right, you should consider yourself to have a really dangerous allergy to carbs and what they do to your life if you eat them. -- Wayne Crannell Atkins+ 10/27/01 250/139 |
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What Will My Ultimate LC Philosophy be?
"Wayne Crannell" wrote in message ... Nope. I have a repsonsibility to not make any extra demands, but if I choose to pass on something, that is my business. It is also my choice to remain hungry Guess we were just brung up differently. Well, chacun a son gout. |
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What Will My Ultimate LC Philosophy be?
Anthony wrote:
"Jean B." wrote in message ... Your WOE, except when you eat out, sounds somewhat paleo.... -- LOL. Yup, 'at's me! Personally I believe that when you're a guest, unless you have a really dangerous allergy you have a duty to eat pretty much what's on offer. Your hosts have likely spent time, money and thought on their menu, and to have someone being picky as a teenager is just rude! Yes, I was brought up not to be rude. The trick would be how to not be rude but also not totally overlook one's WOE. For me, eating the bare minimum of the carby offerings (and, of course, not pigging out on the "good stuff") seems to be a reasonable approach. -- Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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