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I've been a carb person all my 60 years - rice, bread, fruit are the biggest ones, but plenty of others right on their heels.
When others would go on the Atkins diet, the idea of it made me sick. I eat some meat, like cheese, but only with carb as the vehicle. My proportions would be 3/4 carb to 1/4 protein. Dinner would be a bowl of risotto. I like vegetables okay, but don't crave them - and certainly rice was always the mainstay of my stir-frys. I love sandwiches - with healthy fillings! - and salads wrapped in tortillas. And fruit. I could live on a tropical island with nothing but fruit trees! I weep for fruit (and I don't mean just 1/2 a mango.)
The last 2 weeks I have eaten eggs, chicken, bacon, cheese, veggies - and I'm sick of them. I hate this diet. I think I need to start cooking fish. The foods I used to like are not interesting or feel too heavy without the carbs.
I'm sure many/most of you went through this - but for those who weren't big meat eaters and existed mostly on carbs - how long did it take to adjust?
When others would go on the Atkins diet, the idea of it made me sick. I eat some meat, like cheese, but only with carb as the vehicle. My proportions would be 3/4 carb to 1/4 protein. Dinner would be a bowl of risotto. I like vegetables okay, but don't crave them - and certainly rice was always the mainstay of my stir-frys. I love sandwiches - with healthy fillings! - and salads wrapped in tortillas. And fruit. I could live on a tropical island with nothing but fruit trees! I weep for fruit (and I don't mean just 1/2 a mango.)
The last 2 weeks I have eaten eggs, chicken, bacon, cheese, veggies - and I'm sick of them. I hate this diet. I think I need to start cooking fish. The foods I used to like are not interesting or feel too heavy without the carbs.
I'm sure many/most of you went through this - but for those who weren't big meat eaters and existed mostly on carbs - how long did it take to adjust?