Today is a new day! Just incorporate more healthy foods into your day like fruits & vegetables. Don't forget to take your vitamins & drink plenty of water!
You are in charge of YOU!!!!
Just take it one meal at a time... Now it is time for breakfast!

How has your luck been with kicking the carb monster??

I've found if I can get past the 3rd day without them, then the cravings seem to not bother me any more!

God Bless!

Janelle

HEY CAN I GET A SWIFT KICK TOO? I NEVER GET PASSED THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE CARBS. WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET AWAY FROM THEM?

Be gentle with yourself, take care of you... feeding yourself properly is part of being nice to yourself... one meal at a time, one day at a time... no swift kicks, just hugs!

not eating ________ (fill in the blank) is going to make you feel so deprived that the whole effort will go down the toilet (just like that black cat!) Try to generalize it, like I would like to cut down my carbs by.... Dont get too lofty. YOu know, I can only say this since I had the surgery. I really see food in a different way. But that is what is helping me through things. I hope this helps. The surgery was not a get out of jail free card, and carbs kick my ass. Royally. I hope this helps!

Roberta

I have been there!!! It's SO HARD to start up again, isn't it? I am back on the South Beach Diet plan again and it took a doctor's visit and a high blood sugar reading to scare me back into it. My first step was to cut out sweets and sugary sodas and juices. I have cut out a lot of junk food snacks too, but I can't' go cold turkey on those. I've lost 9 pounds since Sept 10th but I still need to check my blood sugar until I've lost a lot more. Please don't let a medical scare be the reason to go back to eating better.

Okay, so this is just my two cents! You can't cut carbs out of your eating habits all together but there are good carbs and bad carbs. It just takes a little practice to know what they are.
For instant--the greener the veggie, the better it is. The more grains you include in your diet the better. Exclude refined sugar and when your craving it find an alterative--like something with no sugar added products.
Exclude white bread for whole grain-white rice for brown, they are a better choice.
I'm learning all of this because I have type II diabetes.
And juices, well, even the low sugar ones are a big no-no, they contain too much sugar!
All it takes is some time and alot of reading of labels.
This is a soft kick for you--we all need the same thing from time to time--even me cause there are days when I watch the carbs then days when i can't get enough and binge on them but I make sure that the numbers are low and my body can absorb them when I make the better choices. I'm not doing it perfectly but I am trying, maybe you guys can give me an encouraging swift kick when I need it, too!!!

I second that, Deemc!!

Thanks for the advice guys, but I'm a tough love person. Kindness doesn't get through to my feeble brain; it's my years of addiction to various substances. I need someone who will come to NC and just kick my butt!

I have no intention of giving up trying. Each day I wake up and say "today I'm going to eat healthy and drink all my water and no diet mtn dews." I go into work, start hearing about the day and the cases and run to fridge and break out a dt dew. That is soon followed by either the jalepeno cheetos or the flaming hot cheetos. Which is followed by a bad lunch choice, and so the day goes on. Eventually I go to bed and wake up again and say "today I'm going to eat healthy and drink all my water and no diet mtn dews."

*Sigh*

Have you considered going to a nutritionist or a trainer at the gym? They'll kick your butt big time if that's what you need.