Carbohydrates and cravings - Advice Please!!!

I know it's been a while since I have been here... it's been busy and I am beat, but I think about this space often and wish I had about 30 hours in a day... just to do everything I would like to do... especially writing...

Anyway, I have a conundrum! I am trying to watch what I an eating and doing the whole "sensa" thing, but I am struggling with something... carbs... CARBS!  They hate me... and they are not my friend.

I NEED GUIDANCE... FROM ANYONE WHO HAS RUN INTO THIS SITUATION...

I am a carb junkie... and I am working to cut them out... which is all good... but the lack of carbs make me tired. Is this correct? Or is it in my head? (I have been told it's mind over matter)... but anyway... I love oatmeal and bagels, but I find that if I eat these things in the morning, I crave all day long... I can eat constantly. Is my blood sugar spiking? What is happening?

I am having a meltdown with all these feelings... I had oatmeal this morning and am totally hating myself right now!

Please... anyone?

Fat vs Fluffy - Entry #2

Well, today was my downfall. I was so hungry at lunch. I normally am one of those obsessive people who don't go to fast food places to eat, unless I have reviewed the nutritional section of the menu. Yeah, I know, I'm weird.

Today I was hungry,  but not sure what for. Where I work, there is a variety of guilty pleasures... Cousin's, Subway, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Culvers, Panera Bread, Buffalo Wild Wings... and the list goes on and on.

There are places I avoid because the nutritional honesty gives me heart palpitations.

When all else fails, I find myself going to the grocery store and buying a fresh salad. Those actually hit the spot on occasion.

Today, a lost lamb, I had to get out, so I started driving. I only had a few dollars in my purse, so that limited my travels. It was... Culvers. I have been having the worst craving for a burger. Not a veggie burger, not a turkey burger, not a plain burger... I wanted a sloppy one, with everything, including gooey cheese... 

And that's what I had! Yes, it tasted good, it subdued by craving, and now I hate myself, but I guess I will get over it. (PS - does the Diet soda help offset the pain at all???)

 
Oh yummy - not quite as pretty, but oh so yummy!!!!