Anyone else just surrendering?

ClabberHead 5.0 said:

I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost 50
lbs,
am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of Christmas
time
is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I are low carbing in
either of our families, and it's hard to pass up the tempting treats at
our
holiday parties. I know I'm not going to be able to pass up the
jambalaya,
gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other carby dishes. Therefore I have
declared
the rest of December a FREE MONTH!!! I'll still be good when I'm eating
at
home, but at the parties all bets are off. I'll just buckle down and
work
even harder once January rolls around. At least until the 27th anyhow,
it's
my birthday, and is also going to be a free day 🙂 I'll have to post my
new
stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in.

I think it's really hard -- some of the parties have no low carb food.
It's starve or make the best choice.

--
Bob in CT

Bob M said:

ClabberHead 5.0 said:

I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost 50
lbs,
am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of Christmas
time
is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I are low carbing in
either of our families, and it's hard to pass up the tempting treats
at our
holiday parties. I know I'm not going to be able to pass up the
jambalaya,
gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other carby dishes. Therefore I have
declared
the rest of December a FREE MONTH!!! I'll still be good when I'm
eating at
home, but at the parties all bets are off. I'll just buckle down and
work
even harder once January rolls around. At least until the 27th
anyhow, it's
my birthday, and is also going to be a free day 🙂 I'll have to post
my new
stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in.

I think it's really hard -- some of the parties have no low carb food.
It's starve or make the best choice.

Or eat before you go, or don't go at all?

Marsha/Ohio

Shocking!!

--
If the price of stupid ever goes up, I claim drilling rights to this guy's
head. -- MFW

"ClabberHead 5.0" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost 50 lbs,
am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of Christmas time
is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I are low carbing in
either of our families, and it's hard to pass up the tempting treats at
our holiday parties. I know I'm not going to be able to pass up the
jambalaya, gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other carby dishes. Therefore I
have declared the rest of December a FREE MONTH!!! I'll still be good
when I'm eating at home, but at the parties all bets are off. I'll just
buckle down and work even harder once January rolls around. At least
until the 27th anyhow, it's my birthday, and is also going to be a free
day 🙂 I'll have to post my new stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in.
--
ClabberHead 5.0 (aka Iron Chef Atkins)
248.5/189.0/185.0 Livin' La Vida Low-Carb since 5/1/03
Al-Team #"e" to 27 decimal places (2.71828182845904523536028747...)
MSTie # 93058
"Think about how stupid the average person is, then remember half of them
are stupider than that!" - George Carlin

Marsha said:

Bob M said:

ClabberHead 5.0 said:

I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost 50
lbs,
am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of Christmas
time
is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I are low carbing in
either of our families, and it's hard to pass up the tempting treats
at our
holiday parties. I know I'm not going to be able to pass up the
jambalaya,
gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other carby dishes. Therefore I have
declared
the rest of December a FREE MONTH!!! I'll still be good when I'm
eating at
home, but at the parties all bets are off. I'll just buckle down and
work
even harder once January rolls around. At least until the 27th
anyhow, it's
my birthday, and is also going to be a free day 🙂 I'll have to post
my new
stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in.

I think it's really hard -- some of the parties have no low carb
food. It's starve or make the best choice.

Or eat before you go, or don't go at all?

Marsha/Ohio

Don't go to your girlfriend's family's parties? That should make for a
good relationship. The problem is that there are several parties in a
row. Sure, you can eat for one, but you can't eat in advance for 5-6
hours of parties. Addionally, many people are hurt if you don't eat what
they brought.

--
Bob in CT

Bob M said:

Marsha said:

Bob M said:

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:27:40 GMT, ClabberHead 5.0
<[email hidden]> wrote:

> I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost
> 50 lbs,
> am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of
> Christmas time
> is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I are low carbing in
> either of our families, and it's hard to pass up the tempting
> treats at our
> holiday parties. I know I'm not going to be able to pass up the
> jambalaya,
> gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other carby dishes. Therefore I have
> declared
> the rest of December a FREE MONTH!!! I'll still be good when I'm
> eating at
> home, but at the parties all bets are off. I'll just buckle down
> and work
> even harder once January rolls around. At least until the 27th
> anyhow, it's
> my birthday, and is also going to be a free day 🙂 I'll have to
> post my new
> stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in.

I think it's really hard -- some of the parties have no low carb
food. It's starve or make the best choice.

Or eat before you go, or don't go at all?

Marsha/Ohio

Don't go to your girlfriend's family's parties? That should make for a
good relationship. The problem is that there are several parties in a
row. Sure, you can eat for one, but you can't eat in advance for 5-6
hours of parties. Addionally, many people are hurt if you don't eat
what they brought.

Does your girlfriend support your low-carbing? Does her
family know you're low-carbing? If you're talking about
formal sit-down dinner parties, that's a little more
difficult, but not impossible. Eat meat or some salad and
push the rest of the food around on your plate. Informal
noshing parties or buffets are easy. No one notices if you
eat very little or nothing at all. If they do, just say you
already had some and you're full. And keep a glass of water
or diet something in your hand. You can't let anybody give
you a guilt trip just because you don't eat their food. Good
luck at your parties and have a good time!

Marsha/Ohio

ClabberHead 5.0 said:

I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost 50 lbs,
am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of Christmas time
is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I are low carbing in
either of our families, and it's hard to pass up the tempting treats at our
holiday parties. I know I'm not going to be able to pass up the jambalaya,
gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other carby dishes. Therefore I have declared
the rest of December a FREE MONTH!!! I'll still be good when I'm eating at
home, but at the parties all bets are off. I'll just buckle down and work
even harder once January rolls around. At least until the 27th anyhow, it's
my birthday, and is also going to be a free day 🙂 I'll have to post my new
stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in.

I find that "recovering" from just a few days of heavy meals takes
almost a week. Two offf days at Thanksgiving and up 5 lbs.

Let us know the ups and downs.

I would be particularly interested in the rapidity with which weight
goes on ( fast glucogen and water build-up?) and the speed with which
you can get it off, and what you do to get it off.

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:32:01 -0500, Marsha <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Don't go to your girlfriend's family's parties? That should make for
a good relationship. The problem is that there are several parties in
a row. Sure, you can eat for one, but you can't eat in advance for
5-6 hours of parties. Addionally, many people are hurt if you don't
eat what they brought.

Does your girlfriend support your low-carbing? Does her family know
you're low-carbing? If you're talking about formal sit-down dinner
parties, that's a little more difficult, but not impossible. Eat meat
or some salad and push the rest of the food around on your plate.
Informal noshing parties or buffets are easy. No one notices if you eat
very little or nothing at all. If they do, just say you already had
some and you're full. And keep a glass of water or diet something in
your hand. You can't let anybody give you a guilt trip just because you
don't eat their food. Good luck at your parties and have a good time!

Marsha/Ohio

My girlfriend does support it (doesn't follow it), but there are no, and I
mean NO, low carb options at these parties. (Not even meat that's not
in/wrapped in something else.) Thanks for the support, though.

--
Bob in CT

Low carb is not a religion.

In news:[email hidden],
Marsha <[email hidden]> stated
|
| Or eat before you go, or don't go at all?
|
| Marsha/Ohio

FOB said:

Low carb is not a religion.

In news:[email hidden],
Marsha <[email hidden]> stated
|
| Or eat before you go, or don't go at all?
|
| Marsha/Ohio

Of course not, but it sounded like Bob was very reluctant to
give up his WOE for the holidays and I offered some
suggestions. Simple as that.

Marsha/Ohio

Ignoramus8229 <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:39:48 -0500, Bob M <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

My girlfriend does support it (doesn't follow it), but there are no,
and I mean NO, low carb options at these parties. (Not even meat
that's not in/wrapped in something else.) Thanks for the support,
though.

Can you take your own food with you?

It's..... just..... a..... party.

Eat the food.

Enjoy yourself.

ClabberHead 5.0 said:

I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost 50 lbs,
am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of Christmas time
is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I are low carbing in
either of our families, and it's hard to pass up the tempting treats at our
holiday parties. I know I'm not going to be able to pass up the jambalaya,
gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other carby dishes. Therefore I have declared
the rest of December a FREE MONTH!!!

You might want to read this article I put together about the challenges
that come up when you do a prolonged carb-up and then go back to low
carbing. If you understand the physiological processes that kick in, it
is easier to get through the couple days of difficulty that ensue.

http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/offplan.htm

Many people who have been very successful low carbing stringently are
not prepared for how rotten they may feel when they go way off plan and
how hard it is to get back on, and, sadly, this accounts for the many
who lose as much as 100 lbs only to post, a year later, "I went off
plan, couldn't get back on, and ended up gaining it all back and more."

I personally believe that the only way to low carb successfully for a
very long time is to learn how to go on and off plan successfully while
you are in the weight loss phase of the diet. That's because it is
certain that eventually you WILL go seriously off plan, no matter how
successful you have been. Unless you know how to get back on plan after
a prolonged dietary excursion, you are likely to end up gaining it all
back. This isn't because of moral weakness, but because of specific
physiological changes most people don't understand. (That's why I wrote
up the web page on this problem.)

--Jenny Type 2 diabetes since 1998. Hba1c 5.7%
Low Carbing for 5 years. 140 lbs (goal)

Cut the "carbs" to respond to my email address.
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Ignoramus8229 said:

Eric J. Holtman said:

Ignoramus8229 <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:39:48 -0500, Bob M <[email hidden]>
wrote:
> My girlfriend does support it (doesn't follow it), but there are no,
> and I mean NO, low carb options at these parties. (Not even meat
> that's not in/wrapped in something else.) Thanks for the support,
> though.
>

Can you take your own food with you?

It's..... just..... a..... party.

Eat the food.

Enjoy yourself.

The OP can enjoy himself and bring some nice low carb food with him.

I doubt that party hosts would object to him bringing, say, a
rotisserie chicken and some other meat or fish.

And you have time to make this, when? I really don't have time to make
anything. I'm lucky enough to have the time to get to the darn party.

--
Bob in CT

Ignoramus8229 <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It's..... just..... a..... party.

Eat the food.

Enjoy yourself.

The OP can enjoy himself and bring some nice low carb food with him.

Or, the OP can just eat whatever is there. Contrary to what
some zealots would have you believe, eating a few cookies, a
piece of cake, or a couple of potatoes will *not* kill you.

Really, it won't.

Bob M wrote:
|| On 23 Dec 2004 15:57:52 GMT, Ignoramus8229
|| <[email hidden]> wrote:
||
||| On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:55:38 -0000, Eric J. Holtman
||| <[email hidden]> wrote:
|||| Ignoramus8229 <[email hidden]> wrote in
|||| news:[email hidden]:
||||
||||| On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:39:48 -0500, Bob M
||||| <[email hidden]> wrote:
|||||| My girlfriend does support it (doesn't follow it), but there are
|||||| no, and I mean NO, low carb options at these parties. (Not
|||||| even meat that's not in/wrapped in something else.) Thanks for
|||||| the support, though.
||||||
|||||
||||| Can you take your own food with you?
||||
|||| It's..... just..... a..... party.
||||
|||| Eat the food.
||||
|||| Enjoy yourself.
||||
|||
||| The OP can enjoy himself and bring some nice low carb food with him.
|||
||| I doubt that party hosts would object to him bringing, say, a
||| rotisserie chicken and some other meat or fish.
|||
||
|| And you have time to make this, when? I really don't have time to
|| make anything. I'm lucky enough to have the time to get to the darn
|| party.

Buy something.

ClabberHead 5.0 wrote:
|| I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost
|| 50 lbs, am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of
|| Christmas time is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I
|| are low carbing in either of our families, and it's hard to pass up
|| the tempting treats at our holiday parties. I know I'm not going to
|| be able to pass up the jambalaya, gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other
|| carby dishes. Therefore I have declared the rest of December a FREE
|| MONTH!!! I'll still be good when I'm eating at home, but at the
|| parties all bets are off. I'll just buckle down and work even
|| harder once January rolls around. At least until the 27th anyhow,
|| it's my birthday, and is also going to be a free day 🙂 I'll have
|| to post my new stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in. --

why can't you just have a few free days? Why do you need an entire month?

|| ClabberHead 5.0 (aka Iron Chef Atkins)
|| 248.5/189.0/185.0 Livin' La Vida Low-Carb since 5/1/03
|| Al-Team #"e" to 27 decimal places (2.71828182845904523536028747...)
|| MSTie # 93058
|| "Think about how stupid the average person is, then remember half of
|| them are stupider than that!" - George Carlin

Roger Zoul said:

ClabberHead 5.0 wrote:
|| I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost
|| 50 lbs, am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure

of

Quoted message said:

|| Christmas time is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and

I

Quoted message said:

|| are low carbing in either of our families, and it's hard to pass

up

Quoted message said:

|| the tempting treats at our holiday parties. I know I'm not going

to

Quoted message said:

|| be able to pass up the jambalaya, gumbo, etouffee, boudain and

other

Quoted message said:

|| carby dishes. Therefore I have declared the rest of December a

FREE

Quoted message said:

|| MONTH!!! I'll still be good when I'm eating at home, but at the
|| parties all bets are off. I'll just buckle down and work even
|| harder once January rolls around. At least until the 27th anyhow,
|| it's my birthday, and is also going to be a free day 🙂 I'll have
|| to post my new stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in. --

why can't you just have a few free days? Why do you need an entire

month?

Quoted message said:

Very good point. I've always found that I can go off for a couple days
and resume with no problem. But beyond about 3 days, my appetite and
carb cravings kick back in and then it's very easy to keep saying,
"I'll restart tomorrow, what diff does another day make." And that's a
good way to quickly put back on a lot of weight.

Quoted message said:

|| ClabberHead 5.0 (aka Iron Chef Atkins)
|| 248.5/189.0/185.0 Livin' La Vida Low-Carb since 5/1/03
|| Al-Team #"e" to 27 decimal places

(2.71828182845904523536028747...)

Quoted message said:

|| MSTie # 93058
|| "Think about how stupid the average person is, then remember half

of

Quoted message said:

|| them are stupider than that!" - George Carlin

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:37:29 -0500, Roger Zoul <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Bob M wrote:
|| On 23 Dec 2004 15:57:52 GMT, Ignoramus8229
|| <[email hidden]> wrote:
||
||| On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:55:38 -0000, Eric J. Holtman
||| <[email hidden]> wrote:
|||| Ignoramus8229 <[email hidden]> wrote in
|||| news:[email hidden]:
||||
||||| On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 09:39:48 -0500, Bob M
||||| <[email hidden]> wrote:
|||||| My girlfriend does support it (doesn't follow it), but there are
|||||| no, and I mean NO, low carb options at these parties. (Not
|||||| even meat that's not in/wrapped in something else.) Thanks for
|||||| the support, though.
||||||
|||||
||||| Can you take your own food with you?
||||
|||| It's..... just..... a..... party.
||||
|||| Eat the food.
||||
|||| Enjoy yourself.
||||
|||
||| The OP can enjoy himself and bring some nice low carb food with him.
|||
||| I doubt that party hosts would object to him bringing, say, a
||| rotisserie chicken and some other meat or fish.
|||
||
|| And you have time to make this, when? I really don't have time to
|| make anything. I'm lucky enough to have the time to get to the darn
|| party.

Buy something.

Like? It's very hard to buy something that's low carb. That's what's
hard about low carb. The world is based on high carb, low fat. Other
than a plate of vegetables, there's really nothing I can think of to buy
(even quiche is filled with partially hydrogenated oils, sugars, and the
like). Heck, I have a very hard time buying stuff for myself, and I'm
typically resorting to sausage and the like.

--
Bob in CT

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:38:04 -0500, Roger Zoul <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

ClabberHead 5.0 wrote:
|| I've been low carbing for the last year and a half, have lost
|| 50 lbs, am almost at goal, and feel great. However the pressure of
|| Christmas time is slowly taking its toll on me. Only my wife and I
|| are low carbing in either of our families, and it's hard to pass up
|| the tempting treats at our holiday parties. I know I'm not going to
|| be able to pass up the jambalaya, gumbo, etouffee, boudain and other
|| carby dishes. Therefore I have declared the rest of December a FREE
|| MONTH!!! I'll still be good when I'm eating at home, but at the
|| parties all bets are off. I'll just buckle down and work even
|| harder once January rolls around. At least until the 27th anyhow,
|| it's my birthday, and is also going to be a free day 🙂 I'll have
|| to post my new stats as of Jan 1 when I weigh in. --

why can't you just have a few free days? Why do you need an entire
month?

He is. The rest of December is what he's declaring as free.

--
Bob in CT

Nuts, cheese.

In news:[email hidden],
Bob M <[email hidden]> stated
| Like? It's very hard to buy something that's low carb. That's what's
| hard about low carb. The world is based on high carb, low fat. Other
| than a plate of vegetables, there's really nothing I can think of to
| buy (even quiche is filled with partially hydrogenated oils, sugars,
| and the like). Heck, I have a very hard time buying stuff for
| myself, and I'm typically resorting to sausage and the like.