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My name is clairemarie and I am a carb addict. I don't remember when it all started. My desires were so subtle. I was able to resist the white stuff for months now. I turned them down without regret over and over. I was so confident in my new way of eating. I started working out with kettlebells. My mission to banish the fat blobs going according to plan. Then somehow I could not resist a tomato sandwich. Deep inside the taste sent me to heaven. Then several hours later I was in hell. My stomach hurt. I swore I would never eat the white stuff again. But I did. Over and over. Even dropped a pound in the midst of it all. I felt cockey and continued. Subs, pasta, ice cream, cake, cookies and more and more bread. Fasting days had come and gone. I shrugged it off saying I will make up for it another day. But, I didn't. Honestly I felt little guilt. And as I popped a can of full fledged soda last night I remembered weigh in day. I figured I would skip it chalk it up to a senior moment. This morning I did get on the scale and yes 2 pounds up. And they are real pounds not water retention.

I know some of you can eat what ever you want on feast days but I cannot. I do not feel guilty for eating that stuff I feel happy. But I am going to start working on eliminating the bad carbs again. I know it will be a day to day fight because it is nice to be happy. The kicker is that being fat does not make me feel happy. I have to accept that white carbs although they make me happy are lethal for me.

You have done so well so far

Maybe you could confine your carbs to weekends only. Meanwhile sending you a virtual carb free Hug

Aww Clairemarie

same here from me, you have made the first step, keep going

(((hugs)) from me too!

Ooooh, scary! I am also a carb babe and I do not exclude them, I just am more aware of what they can do to me. Bread is fine, LOVE LOVE LOVE it especially if it is TOASTED, oh, sigh, cries a little, pulls myself together again, where were we? Oh yes, TOAST ooooh! Well, TOAST does not love me, heartburn, indigestion, bloating etc not after just one slice but if I persist, then it shows me who is boss round here and it ain't me! Same goes for potatoes, pasta, rice, I could just live on all that lovely stuff but there is price to be paid for such pleasures so, LIMIT, not ELIMINATE, is the word.

Good luck,

Ballerina x

Just had a good slice of lemon meringue. Know I'm going to regret that big time but oooooooooh baby it was goooooood. Seem to be caught by all things lemony today, hmmmmmm is my body trying to tell me something?
It's amazing how your mouth just opens and your hands just pop tasty BAD things into it :0@ but then you can't be sternly strict 100% of the time, life would be ghastly. Aim for 80/20% and be mindful on your fast days but DO have your fast days honey bunnies :0)

I am a huge fan of "all in moderation".
If I eat waayyyy too much of whatever, I will suffer of indigestion. Thank God I can eat much before I feel bloated but I will if I overdo it.

IMO, if you stop eating something for quite a while and then start eating huge quantities of it then you will suffer. My advice is to not overdo it, both with eliminating and with overeating.

@clairemarie - I feel the same way. The best way for me to manage seems to be to eat as little as possible of sugar and white flour. Otherwise it's all bets are off. I think that's what I like about this WOE - on fast days I break the cycle of going crazy for sweets!

Oh I am the same! The thought of meals with only meat and vegies makes me feel a little sad.
I love love love my carbs, I love that full up feeling of not being able to eat another thing. Rice especially is my favourite and I am in love with sushi. I dream of it. Unfortunately not the healthy kind but the white rice, fake crab and sauce oh yum yum. I suppose there are worse downfalls to have but I totally hear you!

Oh please, no sushi today, I'm fasting!

@Ballerina you do the smilies so well

I have found that my carb cravings have diminished drastically by adding Chromium Picolate as a supplement.

That plus the fasting now mean that I weirdly, actually miss the 'must have carbs or I will hit someone' cravings. I think its the wildness of it, the lack of control that I had. I no longer even need control, I just don't want sweet stuff much any more and when I do eat sweet stuff, I stop eating well before the end of the packet, slice or portion.

The book I have read about it says that if it is Chromium that you are short of, you should notice a difference within 2 weeks.

It is a relief to be able to eat carbs and sweet stuff and relish them slowly, instead of stuffing my face as if I was to never have food again.

Isn't chromium in dark chocolate. that is my excuse and Thanks Julie am off now to grab a square as feel my chromium levels are low or is that my chocolate craving. Whatever!

Very interesting info though Julieathome

Chromium picolinate combined with green tea stops you from transforming carbs into sugars.

Oh claremarie what a confession well now you should be feeling a little better for making the confession!!No that never works for me either I'm trying to reduce my carbs to see if it helps my chronic water retention and unfortunately for me they don't make me I'll, my need for them is less but I couldn't give them up so reduction is my plan for now
Unfortunately tasting your tomato sandwich right now (bloody-fasting)
Maybe we could Try the Reduction method together and see how it goes
We're only human so we slip up now + then, life would probably be very boring if we were perfect we'd have nothing to post about
Good Luck, forget it and move on Sue

Sue, from a huge water retainer to another, carbs don't play a significant role in retaining water. Salt does, hormones do but IME nothing else (food-wise) can be blamed.