Posted by BeardedLady on October 18, 2002, at 7:50:15
In reply to carbohydrates » BeardedLady, posted by bookgurl99 on October 17, 2002, at 21:27:26
bookie:
Sorry you had that bad encounter with the two candy bars and the double cap! Next time, arm yourself with a carrot cake-flavored Cliff bar. (They have the highest fiber and lowest calories and fat--at least, they are the fewest Weight Watchers points!) And get your cap decaf (they can do that almost anywhere). But duh! Do we have to say duh?!
You want a plan to help you quit, and I am a plan person, too, which is why I go to Weight Watchers. I follow the points (which is easier than counting calories and takes fiber and fat into account), and I eat more healthfully than most folks who are trying to fit their candy bars into the plan.
This article changed my life, though it was everything I already believed from reading the Zone diet (which I tried and which worked, but which is also really hard!)
http://www.mercola.com/2002/jul/24/carbs1.htm
I think the guy Dr. Mercola is probably a bonehead, and I think he's mostly trying to sell you supplements, but it's nice that he reprinted the article, because the NYT makes you pay. It's a long article (that's part one, but you can follow the link to part two), but it's well worth it. It essentially says that science has proven Dr. Atkins right all along--including that fat may not have as bad an effect on your heart as carbohydrates. Anyway, you have to read it. I have a copy at home that I lend to everyone.
Regarding your job: the computer is a definite no-no for us folks, and that is my job too! When I feel tightness in my eyes as if a headache is coming on, I get away from it for a long time, and I take lots of breaks to do something else.
You should work in a bookstore! : )> (Me too!) (Oooh, think of all the discounts, all the paychecks lost to books.)
I am back on the wagon as of yesterday, but I had a bit of a chocolate cookie last night after dinner, and I snarfed (my word) a frozen cookie from a bag in the freezer, too).
As for having a plan, you might want to check out a Weight Watchers meeting; the support is wonderful. At least you can get all the program materials so that you can work the points.
Here's a typical good day for me, which includes lots and lots of water, B complex and a multi-vitamin, one decaf coffee, and two Hershey's kisses! (And at least 45 minutes of exercise 6 days a week!)
Breakfast: one or two Gardenburger Breakfast Sausages (fake meat) and 1/2 banana--or not OR a WW chocolate brownie bar, refrigerated (yum!), if I'm in a hurry (carbs).
Lunch: 1 can of tuna or salmon with low fat mayo, eaten with a fork OR two big Boca burgers with low-fat or regular cheese, eaten with a fork! Sometimes I have a spinach salad with almonds and dried cranberries.
Dinner: Chicken leg (drumstick and thigh) with poultry seasoning, a sweet potato or couscous, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, and a beer (not light!). I almost always have a salad. Sometimes for dessert I have a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich, but I usually don't need the sweets when I eat this way.
I also eat fruit like grapes or a nectarine or an apple or lots of watermelon and lots of soup--Moosewood's Split Pea is awesome, and I make a good veggie soup and beef stew. We eat a lot of baked salmon and stir fried veggies with scallops for dinners, too.
As you see, I have a passion for food and nutrition talk. I truly missed my calling, as I've wanted to be a nutritionist since I was 20 (that is a little-known fact about me--even my mom doesn't know it).
I am 5'4" and weigh 140 pounds. I am down from 160, when I joined Weight Watchers in April. It has taken a long time, but I only have about five or six more pounds to lose before I will feel comfortable.
But it started with only one change. Like first I adjusted my calories to fit the points. Then I started exercising 1/2 hour. Then I upped it to an hour. Then I cut out bread. Etc.
I'd love to share and help you (and you could help me not be a slacker). My e-mail address is the underscore great underscore bearded underscore one underscore at yahoo dot com.
Okay, take my hand. We're hopping on the wagon! (Of course, it's got a snack bar!)
beardy : )>
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