Hi all
Well done Grumpy fantastic!! Well done to all the losses and NSVs. My NSV is like You C4 my watch strap which was tight keeps slipping round my wrist, also my jeans feel looser round my thighs - but I know jeans can stretch between washes.
Chinchilla hi from an ex teacher I know how tough it is to combine diets with the job, it’s easy to just eat rubbish through tiredness and stress in the evening.
I counted this morning how long I’ve been doing this woe and it 10 weeks and I’m feeling like it’s my way of life now and I feel a hell of a lot better with it -my IBS has gone, no redux or indigestion, no big 3 day headaches, no aches and pains, I’m not getting breathless when I walk my dog, I feel sharper too. Strangely my teeth feel cleaner - less sticky carbs coating them? My weight fluctuates daily but I now don’t worry about it as I know it will go down if I continue with this WOE.
My mum and my aunt both have Alzheimer’s and my mum has age related macular degeneration- she’s registered blind. I’ve researched causes thoroughly and I know it’s not hereditary BUT I know that diet and healthy eating and exercise help prevent these awful illnesses - so I’m trying my best.to keep healthy and fit.
Reading people’s struggles with temptation etc got me thinking about why I’ve not succumbed myself. I’m not a paragon of virtue- I’ve tried and failed every diet going - WWatchers, Paul mcK intuitive eating, No S diet, eating what I want when I’m hungry, 5:2, the Mediterranean diet, etc etc I didn’t stick any of them!!! I felt a complete failure and a weak person. So why have I stuck LCHF woe- I don’t see it as “being on a diet” I think along the way some of the advice in the diet books has stuck in my head particularly Gillian Riley’s stuff about choice, and perhaps I’ve found a way that suits me - I like knowing what I can and can’t eat. I told myself I’d commit myself to it for first off just 1 week, then I’d do it for two weeks and then I said I’d keep going for 4 wks. I took a similar approach with wine and chocolate. I thought I couldn’t give up my nightly glass of wine or 2 but I thought to myself that if I’m going to commit to this WOE then there’s no point in me self sabotaging. So I told myself I’d forgo the wine and chocolate for the two weeks of BC hard and have wine on BC lite at weekends - I got to the end of BC and found I didn’t fancy wine or choc and, weirdly, I don’t enjoy the taste anymore - so I keep to water and drink water if I go to the pub - no one makes any negative comments about me drinking water, more they praise my determination to lose weight and to make changes in my life.
Coming on here and getting advice support banter etc has really helped me keep to it and it’s good to know other people are on a similar journey to me
I find it’s easier for me to stick to it - although it does get easier with time, by telling myself I’m doing it - and what’s the alternative- to be fat and unhappy and unhealthy and a failure?? It helps that I like this kind of food but I’ve had to forgo some things but I’ve learnt about new foods and recipes ways. In the early days I would give myself little treats to keep going - like a spoonful of mascarpone cheese and cream - it kept the hunger at bay.
On the subject of sabotage - just remember that you’re sabotaging yourself - and it’s your choice - no one else’s. Is this what you want to do?
All I can say is KOKO - what’s the alternative?? You owe it to yourself and your family.
Well, this has turned into an essay!! I could go on - but I’ll stop for now