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It's hard to find the willpower to cut out starchy carbs and sweets. Especially when people just don't GET it- I have begged people I lived with in the past not to buy things like chips or juice because I just couldn't say no, and it was a real struggle. Right now I am moderately disciplined about it, but only because I never eat at home and I'm on a strict budget with no desire to spend the little I got on sweets!
The thing that has helped me get out from under carbs is changing the patterns in what I eat- no more meat-and-rice meals, I try to go for soups or salads instead with a piece of whole-grain bread. If I DO order something with rice I will pick brown rice (which I like just as much as white rice if it's cooked properly- which most people seem unable to do, including me). I used to have a sweet a day- one cookie or piece of cake or something, but I am trying to replace that with a piece of fruit- usually a banana.
Working farther away from Whole Foods helps a lot, lol.
I wish you all the best!
ETA: This weekend I found that I now fit into my old jeans and slacks again! They haven't fit in about a year!
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
Last edited by lovelyivy84; 08-16-2007 at 10:25 AM.
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