STOP with the warm bread talk, or I will find you and smother you in your sleep!!
We did a benefit yesterday for 2 kids fighting cancer--I baked 4 loaves of honey oat bread, 3 pumpkin and 2 apple pies. And didn't have a bite of any of them!! (We had an auctioneer selling the stuff--the bread brought $8 a loaf and the pies went for about $10 each. Made me feel good!)
Yes, it is hard, and yes, I do miss my bread and pasta and rice--but I would miss my eyes and my kidneys and my feet more, so I try to think about that. I have a disease, and I am a major part of the treatment!
I love veggies, and I am a meat eater, so maybe it is easier for me. I don't restrict most vegetables, and I really don't worry about fat--butter or olive oil on the veggies, nice juicy chicken thighs or pork.
And, hateful as it is, some exercise every day. I have a recumbent bike, but I am more likely to spend my exercise time DOING something--working in the garden, vacuuming under the furniture, raking leaves. Seems more productive, and as long as I am up and around, it counts.