Just caught up on the thread. Bravo Chester , loved the poem. And I'm cheering for your well deserved loss. Congrats to the other losers too. And thanks for posting that graph Six - very inspiring.
So here's my tale:
I've stayed away from the thread for a while because my didn't so much face plant as face burrow - I just kept on chomping. I put on 2.64 pounds. And so I decided on Thursday that I was going back to strict BC basics. I did stick to the allowed foods, but I ate far too much of them - as in most of a tub of cream, for eg. Anyhoo, did the same on Fri, i.e. LC but too much food, and did a good, hard gym session on Friday.
Saturday I stepped on to the scales hoping I had not put on any more weight rather than expecting to lose anything. Surprise! The whoosh fairy had left a present for me. I was just over three and a half pounds down. That's from Wed to Sat, with Wed being a very bad day food wise. So just two days of proper, if excessive, LCing. I have had no wooshes in almost four weeks of doing BC carefully and properly.
Now I know that most of that will probably be water. But still …who cares when the scales are cooperating. A whoosh is a whoosh and I can't help being thrilled and encouraged.
I just wanted to share my experience in the hope that it can be useful to others. For me, this has been a reminder that the only thing to do is to keep on keeping on. But also, a reminder of how important it is to remember that one CAN get back on the wagon after compulsive, unhealthy eating. And to see that sometimes the scales gods can be forgiving, even after bad, self-destructive eating that leaves one feeling anything but forgiving to one's self.
I am also wondering though about something Stuntnun said many threads ago, which is that she does a controlled low-carb breakout from time to time. Have I got this right Stunt ? I am wondering if perhaps I needed something a tad carby in order to carry on limiting myself to LC. Is it possible, BIWI that I needed some carbs for my body to stop holding on the weight? Or is this completely cock-eyed logic and even more poor science than usual?
If a small bit of carbery was what was called for then I have learned my lesson, and will do what Stunt advised and have a small sweet potato or similar rather than go crazy with the chocolate. I was stunned at how quickly the carb and sugar cravings came back, and it really felt a relief when I got back into the LC groove.
My fear is that it is not possible for me to just have a small amount of carbs on a weekend and then get back on the wagon. I see afresh how I am simply not a moderate person…just as well I'm not an addictive one, or it would be the gutter for me for sure. I'm just not good at a little bit of anything 
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Sorry for such a long post. I really hope I havent offended or upset anyone with my queries. This WOE is really helping me, and I want to embrace it. I need to make sense of my experiences and queries in order to so.