The monster is off my back

[hawk]

I woke up today for the first time I can ever remember and felt great. Every morning I wake up starving. Some days it is hard to think intellegently about food. I will grab the Eli's cheese cake my husband has in the fridge. I have plenty of eggs and bacon and protien, but I want something NOW. I can never remember a time when I didn't feel that way. Even as a child. I was the first one up and made breakfast at the crack of dawn and then starved til lunch and wolfed everything down.

Today I baked a corn casserole for a hog roast that is tomorrow and a giant peach cobbler and a layered strawberry truffle layered with angelfood cake, strawberries and creamcheese whip cream mixture for a pot luck tonight. I stood back and admired the beauty of the layered truffle in the glass footed bowl and did not drool.
I lowered my carbs down to almost 0 in the last two weeks. Today I had hot chicken salad with celery,black olives and mushrooms , but mostly chicken. It's the first carbs I have had in a week and a half. Maybe I'll actually be able to taste my food from now on. I am taking my supplements and ALL ONE vitamins. I have never known this feeling.
I feel like I am free. I can actually relax. Not a tired relax. Just a nice easy feeling. I don't feel hyper,... dystracted,... nothing. Like a monster that has been on my back all my life is gone.

[SherryJ]

Sounds like you ARE free, hawk... that's FABULOUS!!!

I'm so happy for you, as you HAVE struggled with your monster since I've known you... WHEE!!! ;)

Sherry

[hawk]

Thank you Sherry. I could never understand what people are talking about. I had to lower the carbs to ziltch to find out.

[Mitra]

Hawk that's wonderful. It makes me wish I could be there with you to share your joy :D.

[hawk]

You're here.. That's what counts.. Thanks

[cmcole]

How wonderful. You are a great inspiration.

[Jackie]

Here's to all of us banishing the monster!!!:) So good to hear you are feeling so good!

[gitfiddle]

Hooray for you, Lynn. You've worked so hard at it I'm glad you finally got some relief. Keep us posted. Ditto what Jackie said!

[Billie]

Begone monster! Begone! Thanks for sharing Hawk, thanks for being here everyday and sharing with all of us, you have been a bright light for me on many days. Great job and great news!

[Belfrybat]

Hawk -- glad you have found what works for you. Our bodies sure are strange critters. Have you read the Carbohydrates Addicts Diet by Heller? It's not a plan that worked for me, but has some good information in it for those who are extra sensitive to carbs.

[deirdra]

I know what you mean. I am "lucky" to be able to eat 25g ECC in maintenance, but do start to feel hungry when I shouldn't be if I eat more than 30g (never more than 10g/sitting) and the monster starts lurking. When I keep my carbs very low (mostly veggies & no fake food), I feel like a care-free "normal" person who is never tempted by food but just desires nourishment. I think increasing my fat intake to 65% and calories to 1700/day (throughout the losing & maintaining phases) also helped normalize my body & mind. After 35 years of diets that didn't work (including lower cal, lower fat versions of low carb), it is truly amazing that I have found what works for my body.

[cmcole]

Good for you, Deidra. Isn't it great when the lightbulb glows, and so does your body, from the healthy persona it now has?

[SheriffDon]

Hawk, Been on PP for five years, don't have any cravings for carbs. But, if I slip with even one bite, I can be off for a week with cravings for sugar and carbs. When I stay clean, I can look at scratch made German Chocolate Cake and not even want a bite. It really is the key to PP, get to the point where cravings are gone. Hard to believe, but it it true that they are gone.