Hi All!
My name is Tanya and after having come to grips with my carb addiction I need a little help getting started. But before I ask my couple of questions let me give you a little background on me...
My story is probably familiar to most of you. I have struggled with weight my entire life. Doctor's told my mother while I was in first grade that I was getting a little heavy and so began my first diets. In middle school I was 30lbs ish overweight in College 50ish pounds, post grad 75ish and now approaching 100lbs give or take. I'm to embarrassed to step on the scale. I've tried most diets Weight Watchers/Center based/Scarsdale with varying degrees of success. About 10 years ago I did CA and lost 30-40 lbs but started feeling woozy aLOT and went back to trying to control my weight in other ways which took care of the wooziness but wasn't so great for any hope of maintaining. So now, having had a baby 9 months ago and losing all the baby weight plus and then regaining it plus more because I literally cannot control my eating at all, I realize I am full on in the throes of carb addiction. You know the symptoms: eating and eating and eating and not feeling full - and only eating junk. I am to the point where I only crave junk food now. It's really weighing on me (figuratively and literally). I've been reading enough of the posts to know many of you have been there.
So here I am. I need to and will get back in control of myself! I've been rereading the original CAD book and also bought the LifePlan so I'll read that soon. I've also been reading this forum and am inspired by so many of your stories.
I need to get to the store to stock the house with good proteins and veggies and here's where I need a little help:
broccolli? to eat or not to eat that is the question. I saw it on a don't eat list but when I looked up the carb content of a serving it was the same as green beans. Can that be? What's the scoop with that?
Does anyone have a good Heller recommended reference for determining if a veg is a good CM choice? Every chart I see seems to contradict itself.
Recommendations on dressings or dips for the veggies or resources
If one of the Heller books covers this let me know and I'll go hunt it down...I haven't finished rereading the original but I skimmed some of it and didn't see it there.
Any pearls of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
I want to prepare to succeed. Which means starting this probably tomorrow.
Thanks for taking the time to read and hopefully respond. Your story will help inspire me...
Tanya