Thu, May-06-10, 08:47
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Every day is day one
Posts: 7,776
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Plan: AtkinsMaintenance/IF
Stats: 185/145/155
BF:
Progress: 133%
Location: Oregon Coast
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Taken from JMs menu blog 5/5/10:
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NOTE: I'm excited about the progress of my recent focus on consuming the highest quality of real, whole foods I can find. It's still not a perfect diet, but it's a whole heckuva lot better one that I was eating the past six years and certainly light years ahead of the Standard American Diet (SAD) I was consuming prior to 2004 as a 400-pound behemoth of a man. But I don't regret the transition it took for me to go from that morbidly obese state into the smaller size I am now. Some people scoff at the notion that you do things like add artificial sweeteners instead of sugar, substitute favorite high-carb foods with low-carb alternatives, etc. because they say it feeds your addiction to carbohydrates. But I disagree.
My personal experience has shown me that those things are an outstanding way to NOT feel deprived while you are transitioning from eating crappy to eating healthier. When I was 410 pounds, I literally didn't care about what I put in my mouth because it didn't seem to matter inside my head. But when I turned to the Atkins diet to help me take the weight off (and subsequently get my health in line), all of a sudden my mind did a complete 180 and I suddenly became acutely aware of everything I was putting inside my body. It was as if a light switch was turned on and instantly I could see the fallacy of my old eating habits. It was an awakening of sorts that helped me become highly successful in my weight loss efforts and why you know who I am today.
In March 2010, the next phase of my journey took hold and a newfound awakening happened allowing the light to be turned on about the foods I added to my low-carb lifestyle over the past five years and I could see it was filled with a lot of junk. As much as I loved regularly consuming my beloved diet soda, sugar-free chocolate, low-carb pasta, low-carb ice cream, and all the other replacement foods that made low-carb enjoyable for me the past six years, those foods are not what we were intended to be consuming as the mainstay of our low-carb diet--EVER! I know, I know...I've been one of the leading low-carb junk food junkies for a long time and I'm here to say nobody should be eating these things ALL THE TIME. Perhaps once in a while it's not a big deal but several times a week or every single day? Not appropriate if you are attempting to be as healthy as possible.
With the light shining brightly on this aspect of my low-carb life, I couldn't help but change my habits. They had become somewhat sloppy again albeit with low-carb foods instead. So doing my eggfest a couple of months ago started a new transition for me away from relying on things like diet soda and all the other sugar-free, low-carb stuff that I had introduced into my life and towards fine-tuning my diet to prefer grass-fed beef, pastured eggs, grass-fed butter, quality cheeses, a few natural spices, some green leafy veggies, and water instead. Unless you've been through this journey yourself, you can't imagine how incredible it feels to make this kind of switch. It's monumental for me and I'm still in the midst of making it take hold in my life so that I can benefit both my weight and my health. The weight loss started fast and has slowed down, but that doesn't matter to me as much as allowing the good habits to take hold and stay there for life. That's my pursuit.
The argument could be made to just go all the way with your diet changes and more power to ya if you can pull that off. But I know for Jimmy Moore and others out there that this is a process that we all need to determine the perfect timing for us. Rushing into it too soon will only lead to discouragement and ultimate failure with discontentment about the process leading right back to poor dietary habits again. Although it is possible to make these changes later than need be, it's a whole lot better to be late than never. Yes, I'm probably late transitioning to the next phase in my lifestyle change, but I think the time has taught me what is right and what is wrong. I'll never claim that I have arrived and anyone who does has a rude awakening coming someday. But what I am is aware. Aware of my surroundings, aware of what's best for me at this moment in my life, aware that I hold the power to change and am making that change happen. The time is now for me. How about you?
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Yeah!!! The light HAS gone on!!!! 
It's too bad that it took 50+ gain.
The other thing is, I wish he would put this on his main page where most people end up when searching low carb.
I wonder what all his LC junk sponsers are thinking?
Progress not perfection.
Lisa
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