Well, I had two objectives for surviving Thanksgiving. One, I would not go off my LC diet. Two, I would try to get through the holiday without once mentioning I was on a diet. Well, I got by with one out of two. I managed to NOT draw any notice about what I was eating, but I did eat a scoop of dressing with my turkey and LC gravy. Plus, I ate a small serving of that raspberry and pretzel dessert. It's pretty much pure carbs and it was pretty much NIRVANA.

I've been on this way of...

About 7 years ago, I did atkins and weighed 113 pounds. That was actuallt too thin for me but I stayed around 120 for about two years. I then changed jobs and started working for the Chamber of Commerce and I love my job but it has packed the pounds on me. Of course when I first started workign there I was still atkins WOE but was adding in bads foods which made me gain QUICKLY. After 5 years at my job, I have long given up atkinns and gained 40 pounds. I am disgusted with myself but every...

A week of really horrendous eating!

We had to go to Dallas Monday to be with dd1 & her dh and our dgs, who was going in the hospital for a video EEG to see if any of his seizure activity is localized or if they are all generalized. Sadly, no focal points, so surgery is probably not an option.

We ate out, and ate some really, really high carb stuff. I never ordered dessert, but ate the bread with the meal, had sandwiches, Chinese food with all the sweet sauce, noodles...

I just wanted to say that I love lce. I had about a week of going on and off plan and was really stuggling with emotional eating. I learned some very important things--I feel like crap when I eat sugary, floury, carby foods, and the lc woe really works. After 2 days of being back on plan consistently, I realized just how good I feel when I eat this way. And I believe I am finally making peace with food. It doesn't have power over me anymore. I needed my off plan week to give me confirmation...

how yummy was my dinner last night?!?!?!? it was: cauli-mash, then a layer of cottage cheese (MMM), then my spaghetti meatsauce, then parmesan cheese. oh, how good!! gonna have the same for lunch today, but i'll asdd some peas to the mash, for some greens....guilt-free.....sooo happy to have found the recipe for cauli-mash here!!!!