*************carboholics anonymous, the new thread, calling you all back to the fold************

[pukkapatch]

hi all, havent seen anyone around for a while. so thought i'd start a new thread.
well, i have been stuffing my face since the middle of october! went abroad oct 11th. cant diet whilst on holiday now, can i? but unfortunatley have since been high carbing ti, to various degrees. but, and this is the strange thing, i think my body has actually found a weight it is happy at. because i havent acutally put any wight on,,,, well, yet anyways.

can this be real? at my lowest, i made it down to 59.6 kg, about 9 5. the being under 60 kg was very important psychologically. this morning was 60.3. yesterday 60.1, and have been thereabouts since october really. is this likely to be my new optimum wight, or is it just a prelude before i balloon back up agaiN?

i think i need to go back to induction levels for a while. my target was always 57, or just under nine stone. anyone out there willing to join me?

I've not been low-carbing since i became pregnant back in February! However, now i'm finding that the weight is falling off me and my body seems to be shrinking daily! The last time i weighed myself i was 4lbs off my pre-pregnancy weight, which was about a week or so ago (baby is 3 weeks old) so i'm quite curious to jump on the scales again some time soon.

Low carbing worked great for me, but i'm not sure it's something i want to follow at the moment.

All the very best of luck to all of you!!

wow rg, i'm so out of it, i didnt realise you had a new lo. congratulations.

three weeks post partum you cant be low carbing as such anyways. i think the general sorr of low carb diet, without tthe induction levels is actually areally good way to eat, but i;m not actually manageing that at the moment. had a bagel for brakfast!

Carb levels aren't the only thing that matters pukka. If you are eating fewer calories than you are burning, regardless of what they are made up of, you will lose weight. Some people find that hard to do if they eat carbs as they binge and crave.

I'll join you again in a week or so. Still feeling cack atm and I've lost weight over christmas as I've been ill but it wouldn't do any harm for me to get back to basics for a while. I do my own version of induction these days but it works for me.

absolutley agree with you oi
i think the reaso why i didnt gain any weight as such over the last half term is that i was quite active in the gym. and eating less quantities. but i really cant continue to hope that will be sufficitent.
and of course, rgpargy is post partum,so shedding the weight is what her body should be doing normally right now.

Thanx pukka!

I think the breastfeeding is helping with the weight loss too. Deffo going to be sticking with that for a bit!

I always enjoy low carbing, but am such a huge carb addict that i have to be really really focused in order to successfully stick to the plan.

A brilliant site with a great forum that has helped me enormously is HERE. I found the help and support on there brilliant! Might be worth a look in if you want some support from low-carb lifers who are very much in the know.

Ha! RG... I'm very familiar with that site and I suspect pukka is too (if she used to be who I think she was iyswim).

Ooooo how intrigueing!!!!! I wonder who you two are?!!!!

Was joesmum but haven't been there for a long time.

Oh i think i remember you!! I haven't been on for aaaaages either. I was RaveGirl.

Never been in the club. Need to join as I fell off my low carb wagon in readiness for Christmas. Will come back. Promise

Runs off in the hope that I am not dragged back kiking and screaming!

I remember you rg

Small world!!

yup! i used to be cylon, amongste other names.

oggs, your breakfast sounded LUSH!!!! I dont agree with trying to change eating habits over Xmas and new year!!

oh oggs, i am soo jealous. i want breakfsats like that.
not that i'm low carbingin the least big. had a big tuna mayo sandwich for lunhc/breadkfast todya. and a ton of drackers yesterday. though i didnt eat lunch or dinner yesterday, so does htat balance it out?

In theory that would, Pukka. Sod that tho. I would much rather eat on both days!!!

happy new year all!
yesteray was going swimmingly, well, ish, until in a state ofinebriation, i thought the cheesecakelooked yummy. so proceeded to munch my way through half of it.
hmmm, not a good ad for low carbign am i?

dh is doing the induction at themoment. he seems to be sticking to it all. eggs have disaappeared from the ktichen. and fridge is full of meat. yuck.

Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled, 2 cups de-caf coffee w/splenda and cream.
Lunch - 2 slices roast beef rolled up with mustard and watercress, half a tin of red salmon with mayo and watercress.
Must go and drink water.

wow oggy. you are my inspiration
breakfast. one weetabix, and leftover bagel from dd plate
coffee no sugar
lunch, chickpea curry, eaten witha spoon. and the crusts from ds's tuna sandwich.
more coffee. with milk.

oggs - good going!!!

Pukka - PMSL!!!

Breakfast - 2 x toast & marmalade
Lunch - left over tikka massala curry and 1 slice left over pizza.

pmsl.........
sooryy.... cant stop lol.

yes, supposedly. but unfortunately, i seemt o be addicted tot he stuff. like a crack, or cocaine addict.
look, i am trying. did you not notice the chickpea curry with spoon?
and alcohol is allowed..........(the cheesecake wasnt me. it was the drunken hussy who just looked like me at the new years eve party.!