%%%% CARBOHOLICS ANONYMOUS REUNITED %%%% Week 6

[oggsfrog]

Right. I need a damn good talking to.

Not a case of falling off the wagon........more like doing a polevault off a speeding wagon and sitting down on the dusty ground, cramming gob full of chocolate, cakes, and chips and watching as the wagon disappears into the sunset

Am off now to hang my head in shame and beg forgiveness whilst indulging in a hot whisky, honey and lemon, as I've got a stinking cold and I feel like shit.

Daren't even stand in the same room as the scales let alone weigh myself at moment (I can feel their disapproval through the wall)

...have you seen that advert for digestive biscuits with cadbury chocolate on them.....OH HAPPY DAYS..... its my favourite and best at the moment.

It is essential that you feed a cold..its medically proven.

Tumblemum, if your ketostix are even a very light pink then you are in ketosis.

They shouldn't actually be turning a deep pink/purple as that means you need to be drinking more water.

Try using one when you are definately not in ketosis and you will see that they don't change from a pale beige colour, so any pinky colour is a sign of ketosis.

Dont you ignore my unhelpful and positively encouraging you to eat crap post Mrs oggs...i shall keep posting about bickies and bread and pasta and stuff.

BREAD SARNIES

PASTAPASTAPASTAPASTA

Dissle, I don't have a tv so thankfully avoid any temptation from adverts .

how do you live in the thrid millenium without at v? ?

But dahling, tvs are so passe now we are in the thrid millenium

oh good re the pink sticks but, not loosing weight so the strawberries are not helping that probably

i hate b()&*y tvs.
mind you i hate computers as well.
how come i manage to waste an entire enveing onthe thing without achieving anything? not even an argy bargy?

You haven't fallen off the wagon Oggfrog - just, like me, having a week off . I'm currently enjoying a week off - unscheduled admittedly . Also trying out wheat-free flour as I'm sure its causing me problems.

So don't feel bad, just get back on track on a certain day.

Aaaaarrrrgggghhhhhh

I got on the scales this morning....

I know I shouldn't have as I'm on at moment...... and I should have been warned off by the sniggering coming from the scales as I stepped on.........

I've put on 12 whole pounds in less than three weeks

Now, I'm hoping that most of that will be bloating/fluid, but all the same.......

I've realised a couple of home truths;

1. I'm a pig
2. I'm a pig who eats regardless of whether or not I'm hungry
3. I think my eating habits could actually be classed as binge eating
4. I'm in denial about my eating habits
5. I'm a pig
6. All my trousers are too tight again
7. I cannot trust myself on anything other than the strictest of regimes
8. I'm a pig
9. I give up on realising home truths at around the 9th home truth stage [sickly smile]

Now listen! YOU ARE NOT A PIG! You are a frog .

You are addicted to sugar/carbohydrate. Look at it that way. When you leave the straight and narrow it jumps up and bites you. After years I have accepted that my main WOE is sugar-free and carb-light (possibly wheat-free specifically - am experimenting with that), majoring on proteins, veg and salad - typical Atkins but with less fat. Then, once in a while I have a holiday. So far on this 'holiday' I've eaten chocolate cake, pasta, bread, chocolate, fudge and pork pies. Which is why for me it has to be temporary.

Thanks for that Orm

I'm a frog, I'm a frog (albeit one that oinks and has a curly pink tail)

Just to shame myself even more here's what I ate yesterday; (won't bother with Breakfast, Lunch etc as they all sort of merged into one)

Cup of Rasberry and Rose fruit tea
1 grapefruit
1 boiled egg
500ml water
1 pear
6 brazil nuts
2 satsumas
2 pears
Home made veg soup (leeks,carrots,new pots,celery,courgette,lean bacon)
2 satsumas
Coffee w/ splenda and cream
1 slice of Burgen bread toasted w/ butter, jam and peanut butter
another 1 slice of Burgen bread toasted w/ butter, jam and peanut butter
4 chocolate "Rocky" bars (2 plain, 2 w/ caramel)
2 chicken wraps (w/ wholemeal tortillas, hoisin sauce, lettuce, onion, cucumber, peppers)
2 cans diet ginger beer
2 mini packs of Jammie Dodgers
4 "Rocky" chocolate bars (2 plain, 2 w/ caramel)
2 bags prawn cocktail crisps
Hot toddy w/ whisky, honey and lemon
Coffee w/ splenda and cream

Ahhh.... I see the day sliding downhill spectacularly . So familiar. Also the lc elements (coffee with cream and splenda) mixing with the low-gi (grapefruit and burgen bread). Sooooo familiar.

It's a bugger isn't it? Wish I had the answer but I don't which is why I lc almost all the time.

well youre day starte out brilliantly.
its trying to keep it on track that is the trick.
when you fall off the wagon, you need to go back on induction style for a few days it hink. i find the stricter the regine, the easier it is to stay on.
i'm back up to 10 0 today. i can officially cofirm the three day threory of gainine weight after a splurge. i pigged out on saturday, spectacular weight gain this morning.

Just eaten Dairy Milk. It was all going to go on DH's birthday cake anyway so I just ate some a bit earlier than everyone else.

the curry should be fine sally. its the rice that goes with it thats the problem
i'm starving and nothing to eat. not even any nuts
oi, your almond scones were too yummy. must make some more.

Hiya

I've not done any better today.

Just not motivated to get back on Induction at moment as I went and bought a load of bloody fruit on Saturday and am surrounded by punnets of plums, kiwi fruit, pears, satsumas and 6 grapefruits.

As OrmIrian so wisely deduced I have a bit of a problem with changing the diet halfway through the day

Still feeling tres rough, so am off to have a hot whisky toddy.

Maybe tomorrow will be the day I get back on track

Sorry to change the subject, lower the tone etc...
Still puzzled re my pink sticks and no weight loss, it is too depressing, there is chocolate cake in my fridge and I feel may as well eat it

this is what i have eaten today
packet of salami
some peanuts 100g
some chicken
small ammount of pizza topping no dough (home made so no added sugar)
and three sqaures of lindt 85% chocolate, just now, sticks still pink

Can anyone tell me why I am not loosing weight please

Tumblemum, don't know what your way of eating is/ how many grammes of carbohydrates you're allowing yourself, but where are your vegetables??

I'd ditch the peanuts (100g is about 12g of carb), and the chocolate, and add loads more green veg.

What was the pizza topping made with?

How much water are you drinking? (Should be at least 2lt per day)
You've not listed any drinks at all; what fluids are you drinking?

Don't look upon the ketostix as the Holy Grail (they wouldn't register a change that quickly anyway).

You could be losing inches rather than lbs. Are you measuring yourself?

drinking water
usually have lots of green veg but eaten it all and box does not arrive till tomorrow
ok will ditch the nuts and the chocolate
but still puzzled as in ketosis, have not got tape measure
thanks for your thoughts

the pizza was tinned tomatoes, cheese , aubergines and did not eat much of it.