NAILED IT lol... JUST THE OPPOSITE!!
Why I failed at carb cycling...
Simply put, past demons came to bite me in the butt in the present. In my former life as 240 lbs Janet, sugar and carbs were my SWEETHEARTS. In my current life I have replaced sugar/simple carbs with fruit and I have replaced cakes, cookies and biscuits with the OCCASIONAL wheat bread, brown rice sweet potato etc.
I fell in love with carbs when my parents fell "out of love" with each other. I used them as comfort. I over indulged in them. 2 or 3 pieces of cake, a whole box of cheese its. I had no off switch. I had to eat it until it was gone.
I thought I had overcome that. But maybe I just learned myself and only allowed what I knew I could handle... then enters carb cycling. Ha.
Seemed harmless, seemed like something that would help me lose this last little tummy pooch!!
Because of my past, my present key to my carb intake was portion control and intake of things that I didn't really care for. Meaning, I have no desire to eat a bunch of brown rice or slices of wheat bread! So I used them to fulfill my carb intake requirement, and avoid my "demons". This is not to say that I don't eat cake or have pancakes. Because Lord knows just typing that even made my mouth water. Lol. BUT I keep nothing of the sort in our home. If I want junk I HAVE TO GO GET IT. And when I get it, I only get ONE portion worth. That way I don't hear it calling my name from the kitchen. Yes... I'm one of those people. :-) So I ate the aforementioned carbs, which I had no desire to over indulge in and kept it moving. I had it all worked out.
So, I start carb cycling. There were low and high carb days. Low carb days were basically no fruit or carbs. And high carb days you added back in fruit and carbs. Now we already know, fruit is my thing! I eat PLENTY of veggies, especially green vegetables, but I #love fruit. There was something about having no fruit that THREW ALL MY CRAP OFF. I went from days of BLAH low carb to high carb days which felt like cheat days almost. All of a sudden I ate MORE than my normal portions of fruit and now wanted to over indulge in things like brown rice. This combo was a mess for me. I was subconsciously abusing the process and my body wasn't happy about it.
I essentially failed at carb cycling because my past was more present than I ever knew. Although I don't need "food comfort" like I did as a child, I did felt deprived. This feeling made me over indulge to compensate for the low carb days that were coming. I was stocking up like I was going into hibernation.
I ended up gaining a few pounds... because let's face it, healthy or not if you don't burn it off it turns into fat. At any rate, I have gotten rid of those few lbs. Just goes to show that not everything works for everybody. I have gone back to my normal way of life: eating healthy, exercising regularly, watching my portions, with the occasional cheat meal and my "boring" carbs. This seems to work for me, and my body responds to it well. At some point we have to stop "nit picking" at our bodies, be happy with being a healthier person. We have to appreciate what we have. With 100 lbs off my frame, I have to expect that I will have some pockets of fat that are stubborn!! Prayerfully I will get rid of it, but who knows may be not. Either way, I am happy in the skin I am in and getting healthier by the day. That is awesome in itself. The only cycling I will be doing from now on will be ON A BIKE!!
Best of luck to all on their journey.
Please feel free to comment or contact me if you have questions!! Peace and Love.
Why I failed at carb cycling...
Simply put, past demons came to bite me in the butt in the present. In my former life as 240 lbs Janet, sugar and carbs were my SWEETHEARTS. In my current life I have replaced sugar/simple carbs with fruit and I have replaced cakes, cookies and biscuits with the OCCASIONAL wheat bread, brown rice sweet potato etc.
I fell in love with carbs when my parents fell "out of love" with each other. I used them as comfort. I over indulged in them. 2 or 3 pieces of cake, a whole box of cheese its. I had no off switch. I had to eat it until it was gone.
I thought I had overcome that. But maybe I just learned myself and only allowed what I knew I could handle... then enters carb cycling. Ha.
Seemed harmless, seemed like something that would help me lose this last little tummy pooch!!
Because of my past, my present key to my carb intake was portion control and intake of things that I didn't really care for. Meaning, I have no desire to eat a bunch of brown rice or slices of wheat bread! So I used them to fulfill my carb intake requirement, and avoid my "demons". This is not to say that I don't eat cake or have pancakes. Because Lord knows just typing that even made my mouth water. Lol. BUT I keep nothing of the sort in our home. If I want junk I HAVE TO GO GET IT. And when I get it, I only get ONE portion worth. That way I don't hear it calling my name from the kitchen. Yes... I'm one of those people. :-) So I ate the aforementioned carbs, which I had no desire to over indulge in and kept it moving. I had it all worked out.
So, I start carb cycling. There were low and high carb days. Low carb days were basically no fruit or carbs. And high carb days you added back in fruit and carbs. Now we already know, fruit is my thing! I eat PLENTY of veggies, especially green vegetables, but I #love fruit. There was something about having no fruit that THREW ALL MY CRAP OFF. I went from days of BLAH low carb to high carb days which felt like cheat days almost. All of a sudden I ate MORE than my normal portions of fruit and now wanted to over indulge in things like brown rice. This combo was a mess for me. I was subconsciously abusing the process and my body wasn't happy about it.
I essentially failed at carb cycling because my past was more present than I ever knew. Although I don't need "food comfort" like I did as a child, I did felt deprived. This feeling made me over indulge to compensate for the low carb days that were coming. I was stocking up like I was going into hibernation.
I ended up gaining a few pounds... because let's face it, healthy or not if you don't burn it off it turns into fat. At any rate, I have gotten rid of those few lbs. Just goes to show that not everything works for everybody. I have gone back to my normal way of life: eating healthy, exercising regularly, watching my portions, with the occasional cheat meal and my "boring" carbs. This seems to work for me, and my body responds to it well. At some point we have to stop "nit picking" at our bodies, be happy with being a healthier person. We have to appreciate what we have. With 100 lbs off my frame, I have to expect that I will have some pockets of fat that are stubborn!! Prayerfully I will get rid of it, but who knows may be not. Either way, I am happy in the skin I am in and getting healthier by the day. That is awesome in itself. The only cycling I will be doing from now on will be ON A BIKE!!
Best of luck to all on their journey.
Please feel free to comment or contact me if you have questions!! Peace and Love.