Wed, Dec-12-01, 12:34
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Senior Member
Posts: 251
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Plan: Don't know
Stats: 260.2/254.2/150
BF:
Progress: 5%
Location: Tucson AZ USA
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CAD/CALP Support
I had suggested a CAD support/focus group forum, and it was suggested that I start a CAD thread first and see how it goes.
I can't think of an issue right now though, so I'll tell about my CAD experiences.
I was following Atkins starting 09/01/01 and lost 12 lbs in a month and then it slowed so much that it was probably less than 1/2lb a week. My resolve faltered and I was unable to be consistent enough to test what was causing the problem. Since October I've been bouncing back and fourth between 174 and 181.
I wanted to start over, but I decided to read Protein Power to try to give myself more information/motivation. I went to the library to get PP, but it was checked out. Rather then drive to the other branch, I decided to read CAD first.
I thought it sounded too good to be true and was very skeptical. So I came here and did keyword searches on CAD. I read some of the old threads and realized quickly that the tips being given on CAD were not what I had read. So I went back to the library and got CALP. This explained everything. I understand now how CAD works and why I wasn't losing weight.
I've been on CAD for less than a week and seem to be losing weight already. I will not get my hopes up though until I get below 174.
For me, what is making CAD work so far, is the knowledge that I can have that cookie, if I really want it, with dinner. It was so much easier to snub the doughnuts this morning, knowing that I can eat one later if I want to. Of course by then I won't want to. I was the pressure of NEVER being allowed to do what I want that was causing me to give up hope.
Plus I learned the damage that anything sweet can do to me, even just a nibble. I would think that a little piece of frosting had no carbs and couldn't hurt me. I didn't realize what just a taste does to my body chemically.
Would anyone on CAD like to share, ask a question, or give me some advice?
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