Big Fat Confession

[Warrior Woman]

Hi
I was here a while ago. I have been through a bit since than- the normal over-worked (and not quit job) stress, kid stress, moving stress- you know normal life things.

I know one thing for sure- I am a stress eater. I am fat and am not enjoying it one bit. In fact my health is a wreck.

In desperation, I have did Kimkins for almost two weeks. What did I get out of it? I lost 11 1/2 pounds. I was hungry. But in honesty- Thursday night ai was planning out my food for Friday. I had a 5lb pork loin roast that I was marinating and going to BBQ on the brand new smoker we bought. Thursday night I was thinking what could I NOT eat during the day to eat a nice sized portion of BBQ for dinner. Than it hit me like a ton of bricks! Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! What am I doing to myself??? I havent eaten over 600 calories all week!! Why am I allowing myself to be hungry all day long? I was actually realizing that at that point I could have easily slipped into an eating disorder.

I want to be healthy not some bag of bones that can no longer eat! For the love of life, it is summer and I cant eat all the fruits and veggies that are all over the place??

Last night I pigged out on the pork and it was amazing! I had salad as well. And red wine!

I took put the PPLP and the 30 day book and reread a lot of it. I dont know what I was thinking outside of just being desperate to lose weight. I dont have to do it over night. I love to eat. So that is the end of kimkims.

Now I am going to look at the 30 day book for a breakfast to go enjoy

[Mitra]

Warrior Woman, congratulations on learning from the difficult times. Most of us explore a few dead ends along the way to finding something that works for us. The ideal is when you can enjoy what you're eating while you lose weight, and learn a liveable approach that you can keep doing to maintain your weightloss. Let us know how we can help.

If you're still looking, a nice weekend breakfast treat is Billie's ricotta pancakes (http://www.proteinpower.com/forum/showpost.php?p=112&postcount=3) with some fresh summer berries (raspberries are my favourite).

[gitfiddle]

(((Big Hug))) Welcome back to sanity, Warrior Woman! I'm a stress-eater too, and there's really no way around it. Food does not manage stress,it's a separate issue. If my stress is under control, my food is fine, as long as avoid my triggers.

I'm looking forward to seeing you around! :)

[Feelix]

Warrior Woman - Although I have not heard of Kimkins, i relate to your story. :-) I am so happy that you were able to pull yourself out of it. You can reach your weigh goal!

I am still new to this website. Could you point me in the direction of the 30day plan? I'm not sure where to find it. Thanks!

[Mitra]

Feelix, The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution (http://www.amazon.com/30-Day-Low-Carb-Diet-Solution/dp/047145415X/ref=sr_1_1/002-8255978-2755207?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1183234137&sr=1-1) is a book by the Drs Eades. It's the book with the simplest presentation of the plan, and comes with a month of sample menus.

[Feelix]

thanks for the help!

[Warrior Woman]

Feelix
I have the PPLP and the 30 day diet. Looking at the menus in the 30 day diet I was wondering what the hell am I doing? If I can eat ALL this and lose weight, while the hell am I starving myself.

I think I was drinking the kool aid for two weeks and didnt really go to any other boards. I finally went to lowcarbfriends and some one posted a question about maintaining and if there was anyone that has. Most of the replies were negative about kimkins to begin with (low cal, low carb diet). Sure there are some people that have lost 100 pounds in 5 1/2 months, but the one woman that did it and answers a lot of questions didnt have any blood work done after losing the weight. She still eats very little.

I am just NOT one of those people. It is bad enought that I have celiac, I am not going to set myself up to barely it anything!!

[Feelix]

Thanks! I agree with you - I like to eat!

I have a paperback (old) copy of Protein Power but haven't read through the whole thing (Chapter 2 I think). I need to finish reading!!!!

[Claudette]

WarriorWomen,
I, too, am a stress eater. I find if I can manage my stress, then my PP plan stays intact. I have learned that "noshing" under stress doesn't help and I feel even worse when I get on the scale and see the increase.

There are alot of great recipes under the recipe section. Also, the books by the Eades you have are great. I made a carb list of small intervention foods from the 30-day low carb diet solution, that I carry with me and just eat the portions listed. That way, if I am caught eating out, I can refer to it and stay on plan.

You can reach your goal.

Welcome, Felix, you can do it, too.


Claudette