https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:57:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs/page/2#post-1436382 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 11:09:27 +0000 Jjsloane 1436382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I rarely see a line at the produce department when there is a storm pending. Something about hunkering down with carrots is not as satisfying as hot chocolate, cookies (I want one of those frog cakes now), bread...<br />Hang in there - spring is coming (not if you ask that Groundhog though..) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs/page/2#post-1435476 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:17:17 +0000 Carla 1435476@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL! On the way to the gym with DS yesterday, I suggested we hole up at Tim Horton's and eat a dozen donuts instead of our planned workout. DS was game! But we didn't. *sigh*. We did the workout...</p> <p>This has been the coldest week since we moved in July, but nothing like what we are used to. DH says that we have only had to shovel the driveway 4 times so far this winter. </p> <p>Going to and from work in the dark, the lack of sunlight can become an issue. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs/page/2#post-1434888 Sat, 31 Jan 2015 02:51:04 +0000 shipskitty 1434888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz - LOL thanks for explaining :)</p> <p>Lisa - Wine is required at all times of year - isn't it a food group? Popcorn and tea with wine is probably an entirely sound nutritional strategy.</p> <p>Viva - Stay warm and I&nbsp;hope the snow lets up soon!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1434522 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:43:04 +0000 viva 1434522@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Went to barre yesterday, drank green juice, and had extra servings of veggies and low doses of carbs. Went to bed feeling better. </p> <p>Today I woke up to a migraine, it's snowing again, and when my terrier got stuck in a snowdrift this morning, I went out to rescue him and fell in myself, in my pajamas. Sometimes, you just cannot win. </p> <p>Oh well, it's almost February!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1434432 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:06:51 +0000 Windchime 1434432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Same issue here, Viva, but not as much snow. My carb eating has been out of control the last couple of weeks. I always resolve to not gain weight over the holidays and actually weighed a pound less on New Year's Day than on Thanksgiving. But I don't know what happened to that self control. </p> <p>Vitamin D? I must research this. We've see sunshine maybe once a week the last couple of months. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1434264 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 03:25:22 +0000 Karie 1434264@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As I'm&nbsp;reading the book "Wheat Belly" I'm trying the no gluten thing for a month. So far so good, and I'm feeling less bloated and sleeping better. If I do eat something that I know I shouldn't, I just say I'll try better tomorrow.&nbsp;</p> <p>Healthy eating is hard this time of year, as all we want to do is bundle up and stay warm - so out comes the comfort food. Plus it's just too dang cold to do anything! I'd love to take Cosmo Edward for a walk, but when it's 0 degrees, it's just not happening! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1434238 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 02:30:05 +0000 Anonymous 1434238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz - of course . Diet of champions:) &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1434197 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:18:20 +0000 Suz 1434197@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lisa, the wine is necessary for the reservatrol. Popcorn = whole grain. Excellent. Tea...well, aren't there some anti-oxidants in that? If you take it with milk, there's some protein. Done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1434116 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:00:51 +0000 Anonymous 1434116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm currently subsisting on a diet of popcorn and tea - with the occasional glass of wine thrown in for good measure. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1434092 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:26:57 +0000 L'Abeille 1434092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Let's turn this positive, ladies: winter is time for soup! SOUP. Veggies, legumes, whole grains, chowders. (And maybe a little bread roll on the side) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433740 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:28:38 +0000 Helena 1433740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>January = carbs month. I usually am quite good but definitely have had days where nary a veg has passed my lips ... it's just too cold. Your body needs the calories and comfort! Enjoy and remember salad season is not far away ...<br />PS - I'm having a Homer Simpson moment ... *drool* ... Beavertails ....</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433728 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:16:53 +0000 Beth Ann 1433728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm feeling the same sloth, without the snow!&nbsp; I am working to remember to add the good things -- yummy fruits and salads and soups loaded with veggies.&nbsp; I still feel the siren call of quesadillas and warm rolls.&nbsp; Yep. Sure do.</p> <p>And in the midwest, we don't have beaver tails.&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; We have Elephant ears and funnel cakes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433718 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 15:01:08 +0000 texstyle 1433718@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know, I think I'm a skeptic when it comes to carbs. I mean, of course we shouldn't overdo on anything, especially refined sugar and refined carbs - but it makes me wonder if the old folks back when I was a kid were actually right when they'd say "Yes, but look at old man so and so, he ate whatever he wanted and he's 98 years old."&nbsp; I mean my great grandparents outlived many of the next generation and they ate a huge amount of carbs. They also ate a lot of beef and pork. The drank alcohol. And ate canned vegetables. All. the. time.</p> <p>I eat a lot of organic, a lot of vegetarian. Limit my bread and try to eat whole grain when I do have it. I only have pasta maybe once a week at most. Veggies are included even in breakfast on a near daily basis, I try to get plenty of exercise - and you know what? In spite of all of this, I am not healthier than many of my ancestors. Did they bless me with bad genes because of the way they ate? Or maybe it's our chemical world wreaking havoc?</p> <p>At any rate, I don't berate myself for eating any particular thing - just when I overeat in general is when I feel bloated and tired. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433710 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:36:42 +0000 Anonymous 1433710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Vivian - have you ever tried one of those daylight simulating lamps? &nbsp;I have one on my desk all year long and could not survive without it. &nbsp;Changed my mood and feeling of well-being dramatically. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433704 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:33:26 +0000 jackiec 1433704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hibernation mode, Viva. Shake it off :)</p> <p>OMG everyone is making me so hungry! Frog cakes! Beavertails! Donuts! Aah. Better go make a green monster smoothie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433675 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 14:10:26 +0000 Suz 1433675@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shipskitty, I think the Australians win. That is a truly astonishing confection.&nbsp;</p> <p>But here, for your enjoyment, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeaverTails">Beaver Tails!&nbsp;</a></p> <p>It's basically a flat donut without a hole. But the best ones are the lemon with cinnamon. They are the classic, I believe.&nbsp;</p> <p>On the canal, they have huts where you can buy them right on the ice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433641 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:32:00 +0000 viva 1433641@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Winter is hard ... SO TRUE! And January, for me, is the hardest month. I don't hate winter but it is so easy to feel slothful, overly introverted, and sad. It can be like a long stretch of PMS. On the other hand, on some days the cold weather feels great -- bracing and energizing. It's unpredictable.</p> <p><b>Dimity</b>, you are so right. I always feel better just seeing the calendar turn to February. </p> <p><b>Meredith</b>, <b>Lisa</b>, <b>Jeanie</b> ... maybe it is a survivalist/stress thing ... but it just feels like laziness and boredom to me. If all I am doing is laying around and reading or watching TV, it's just so easy to reach for toast. As <b>citygirl</b> said, it's readily available! </p> <p><b>Suz</b>, I think the only thing that would have made me feel worse would have been a hot dog!!! haha!! Or maybe one of<b> Shipskitty</b>'s frog cakes. </p> <p><b>Summer</b> (so aptly named): This amount of snow is unusual. And it's exciting for all of us, at least at first. We love watching it fall and at the beginning, snuggling in for a family movie is really fun. But after 24 hours of that, and no chance of hitting the road, cabin fever sets in and it can get a little crazy-making. Hence the "what can we bake?" questions. Shoveling does help with vitamin D (<b>L'Abeille</b>) and energy, but it's hard work with that much snow. </p> <p>Today feels like a much more normal day, thank goodness. But we've got more wintry weather coming tonight. <b>Meredith</b> and<b> Kiwigal</b>: I'm going to load up on salad makings! (Not sure I am totally ready to give up carbs,<b> Carter</b>, but when I am I will click on those links haha.)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433606 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:39:14 +0000 Summer 1433606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cold weather always equals extra carbs for me. &nbsp;Then those carbs make me sluggish and lethargic - that's why I hate winter so much! &nbsp;Mind you, I feel vastly under-qualified to comment here - we haven't &nbsp;had any snow yet. &nbsp;How on earth do you manage with 25" of the stuff?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433604 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:34:19 +0000 shipskitty 1433604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Also cold weather always makes me crave all the carbs (and in particular all the cakes...) and we don't even get temperatures anything like as low here as you guys do... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433603 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:32:46 +0000 shipskitty 1433603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What's a Beaver Tail LOL? Educate this poor aussie lass? In exchange I will share with you the delicious south australian&nbsp;wrongness that is a frog cake...kind of petit fours in frog form...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433581 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:00:04 +0000 Jeanie 1433581@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think <b>lisap</b> is right.....I've downed 2 bowls of spaghetti the other night because I am so stressed over very sick kitty. &nbsp;It's in our programming because I don't even eat pasta normally.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433531 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 03:38:01 +0000 Suz 1433531@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OMG. I <b>FORGOT</b> the Beaver Tails. Now there is a convenient slip!&nbsp;</p> <p>Well, truth is, I didn't eat one. DD did, though. Maple.&nbsp;She also ate most of the nachos. Which were truly disgusting. But I ate the whole hot dog.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433497 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 02:34:08 +0000 L'Abeille 1433497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Suz:<br /> What, no beaver tails?</p> <p>Viva:<br /> Are you taking your vitamin D? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433453 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 01:48:51 +0000 Suz 1433453@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If it will make you feel any better...</p> <p>We didn't get the snow here. We did get bitter cold, though. And my DD is on exam break. So, in my wisdom, I decided to drive up to Ottawa today to take her skating on the Rideau Canal, the "world's largest skating rink." Sounds like a day of fitness fun, right?&nbsp;</p> <p>Well...in a manner of speaking, I guess.&nbsp;</p> <p>Somehow on our 2 hour&nbsp;skate we managed to scarf down a couple of plates of nachos, a hot dog, a container of fries, a couple of almonds, a hot chocolate, and an apple cider. &nbsp;:-\ &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Whatever. It's winter. Onwards.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433405 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:39:56 +0000 Meredith 1433405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I hear you. I turn to carbs in high-stress situations. Sometimes a person just needs a donut, you know? Its always easier for me to add something to my diet rather than focusing on removing things. If I add a warm(during winter) salad or green drink or Greek yogurt during my "weakest" time of day, thats usually enough to keep me on track and focused the rest of the day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433392 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:12:13 +0000 carter 1433392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two books, both available in hard copy or kindle. Just start reading...you will be SO DONE with starchy carbs. Promise.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_5?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&#038;field-keywords=grain+brain&#038;sprefix=grain%2Caps%2C361" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb.....Caps%2C361</a></p> <p>and</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_3?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&#038;field-keywords=why+we+get+fat&#038;sprefix=why%2Cdigital-text%2C206&#038;rh=n%3A133140011%2Ck%3Awhy+we+get+fat&#038;ajr=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb.....#038;ajr=0</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433388 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:09:45 +0000 Anonymous 1433388@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's some hoarding/survivalist thing that kicks in when we think we're under attack of some kind, By snow, zombies, whatever. Seriously, I think our bodies somehow think we're about to enter starvation mode and we feel this need to stuff it with food that makes us feel full and gross. &nbsp;Weird, isn't it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433385 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:01:53 +0000 Sal 1433385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two days is fine, &nbsp;as you say now you feel over it, and it is time to change things again. &nbsp;I like carbs in winter too - and some of them feel great such as pumpkin soup with grainy toast. &nbsp;But too many also makes me feel slothful. </p> <p>I think it is comfort food, and perhaps it burns up easily which keeps you warm. &nbsp;With me there is an element of boredom as well.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433381 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:54:08 +0000 citygirldc 1433381@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Because carbs are readily available. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/why-all-the-carbs#post-1433376 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 22:45:49 +0000 Dimity 1433376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Winter is hard. I always feel better when I do some stretches, go for a walk rugged up warmly or do some vigorous housework. For me, getting active is key to breaking the cycle of sloth. I'm very good at sloth and love curling up on the couch with a laptop or a book.&nbsp;Still, we're mostly through January so the end is in sight now. </p>