Atkins

[Prudence]

I've decided my downfall is the weekend. During the week I'm pretty good. I start off with cereal and skim milk. Okay, so the Special K with Red Berries is no Total or bran flakes, but it's not Lucky Charms either. Mid morning I have 1 piece of fruit. Lunch is my big meal of the day, entree plus salad. Then I have another piece of fruit and/or a yogurt in the afternoon, with a Health Choice or Lean Cuisine for dinner about 4:30pm. Then I don't eat for the rest of the day.

Then comes the weekend. I don't get up until 10 or later, I don't start to eat until after noon, and I have cupboards full of temptations so I nosh until bedtime.

I have to do something about weekends.

[tracilicious]

Prudence, unless you go to bed at &:30, stopping eating at 4:30 must be really hard on your blood sugar. Imbalanced blood sugar prevents weight loss.

I was totally going to post that about wqeekends. Weekends are murder on my diet. Mostly because Michael is home. The guy is not good for my diet. I feel like I spend all week just making up for the weekend. In spite of eating pizza, soda, and kfc this weekend, I've still lost six pounds total. I have a killer cold right now, which makes it hard to eat at all, much less eat millions of veggies. Bleh.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Prudence, unless you go to bed at &:30, stopping eating at 4:30 must be really hard on your blood sugar. Imbalanced blood sugar prevents weight loss.

It's part of the difficulty of classes. At 5:00 I leave work for class, and then I don't get home until 8:00 on the early nights and 9:15 on the late nights. I know that eating before bed is a big no-no, so I don't really know what else to do.

I think the weight loss preventor right now, aside from my gluttonous weekends, is the stress level. It's super high, all the time, and I'm lucky to get 5 hours sleep a night.

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Originally Posted by Prudence

It's part of the difficulty of classes. At 5:00 I leave work for class, and then I don't get home until 8:00 on the early nights and 9:15 on the late nights. I know that eating before bed is a big no-no, so I don't really know what else to do.

Have you considered taking an apple with you for the evening, and/or a little baggie of nuts? I find that taking food with me prevents me from building up too much of an appetite and overindulging.

I'm not on atkins, and I'm pesca-vegetarian now, but my daily eating habits have consisted of generally thus for the last few months:

morning: bowl of delight: fat/sugar-free yogurt flavored with splenda, a serving of (melted) frozen berries, a half-cup of Trader Joe's flaxseed cereal for fiber and cruch and good fat. Some hot tea. I keep the tea, the cereal, and the disposable bowls at work, and I bring the fruit and yogurt with me every morning.

noon: the second half of yesterday's dinner. As an example, a yellow pepper stuffed with 1/4 cup rice, tomato sauce, and chopped tofurkey "sausage" with a little skim mozzerella on top. Serving of broccoli.

afternoon snack: a piece of fruit. Some nuts.

dinner: the first half of tomorrow's lunch. Today as an example, lemon-cilantro tofu curry with eggplant. If I'm treating myself, a skinny cow ice cream sandwich for snack in the evening.

Water throughout the day.

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Prudence

It's part of the difficulty of classes. At 5:00 I leave work for class, and then I don't get home until 8:00 on the early nights and 9:15 on the late nights. I know that eating before bed is a big no-no, so I don't really know what else to do.

I think the weight loss preventor right now, aside from my gluttonous weekends, is the stress level. It's super high, all the time, and I'm lucky to get 5 hours sleep a night.

That's tough. I second what LS said about taking it with you. Luna has some delicious protein bars.

I hear you about the sleep. I generally get six hours, but it's very broken up. Indi has decided since the baby is born that he needs to wake up about every hour. He goes back to sleep right away, but it still feels like I've been working all night. I wake up exhausted. A few times last week Michael took him to sleep on the couch because I was just at the end of my rope. It felt so good to sleep four uninterrupted hours. The baby sleeps great. At least seven hours a night. I think I'm sending them back to the couch tonight.

Do you just not have enough time to sleep, or can you not sleep because of stress? The Schwarzbein program suggests Calcium and Magnesium before bed for sleep problems, as well as some other supplements that I can't remember. And it lists several 30 second de-stress type of exercises that you are supposed to do during the day. Do you have time for a few minutes of stretching or meditation before bed that might help you sleep better?

Hey, LSPE, you wanna come cook for me? Yumm!

[wendybeth]

I am so weak.

I hadn't eaten all day, and we just had dinner. I skipped the rolls and took the skin off my chicken. Then, I succumbed to the temptation of a Halloween sugar cookie that Tori made me buy.

It's NA's fault, I'm thinking.

[Prudence]

It's mostly that I don't have time to sleep. I get home maybe 9:15 and I can't just go straight to bed. I'm all wound up from class. And I have to get up at 5am. So there it is.

Except for Sunday nights, where lately I have not been sleeping at all. I actually stay awake all night, even after two Benedryl. I hate my job that much.

I've tried taking something to class in the evening, but the reality is that I don't have time to eat it. I get there just in time to set up for class, then have just enough time to move to the next class and review the reading and then it's 8:45 and it's too late to eat.

[tracilicious]

Wow, it sounds like your body and your mind are going through hell right now. I would still eat something on the drive home from class. Even if it's just a little peanut butter smeared on a couple crackers. It might help you sleep better, and if it's two hours before bed, it shouldn't cause any weight gain.

Other than that, I'd just say meditate when possible, and ride out the stress storm. We're here if you need to vent.

[Kevy Baby]

Thin Krisps are crack

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Thin Krisps are crack

Thin Krisps are the new Fries