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I can really feel the difference. I am almost reluctant to admit it. I have been through this before and I remember feeling more alive and my emotions seemed to be more even (instead of rollercoasting) when I low carbed. Yesterday I managed 34 carbs, net 28. My meals:

Blackforest ham rollups (cream cheese and fresh spinach), tea

Spinach salad with homemade bleu cheese dressing and ham, tea

raw almonds

chili (ground beef, tomatoes, chili powder and garlic) with 2 tablespoons of sour cream
I drink 42 oz of plain water along with several cups of tea throughout the day.

When I did this back in the 1990’s, I remember feeling so good. But the weight did not want to come off. I know some of the things I did that hindered weight loss (like too much drinking) and I know there were times I ate a high calorie range with all the whipped cream and such. I also remember that back in those days, people were becoming fanatical about food intolerances and further restricting their diets to the point of just a few low carb foods and it became difficult to truly determine what worked and what didn’t. I got all caught up in that and life became miserable. Too restrictive creates binges for me. I was on and off low carb so many times that my body I am sure didn’t know what was going on. I turned against it and the obsession and found a better path with natural eating.

I reluctantly joined a low carb group and in my intro post, I mentioned that I was monitoring my normal eating for a week, before starting low carb to see where my natural carb range was and what the foods were. I mentioned which foods my carbs were coming from and I received all these “that’s not low carb” responses. Sigh. It is one of those things that irk me so much about dieting. People are so quick to spout what they ever read and not used comprehension in the equation.

My husband will often exclaim in shock the number of calories that a food will have. It doesn’t matter how many calories a particular food has, it matter how much you eat in a full day and average over time. When he was running, he would tell me how many miles he would have to run to burn off a certain high calorie food like ice cream. This concept is so screwed up. Again, it matters how many calories one eats, how much the body needs, how much energy is used for exercise and whether there are any extra that are stored. This has to be averaged over time. Sigh.

Anyways, I hated it back in my prior low carb days when everything I ate was scrutinized and evaluated and it became such a hassle. The negativity was overwhelming. This time I will have to find a way to keep it a positive experience.