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Re: bachlor party.....please help
D'Oh! Seriously, there's such a thing as a planned cheat or controlled higher-carb event. You were very close to that, actually: say you could have resisted the rice and hot chocolate and danish(
) ... maybe had a couple more pieces of chicken instead, the evening could have looked like this:
3 Coors Light: 15 or 20 carbs
4 pieces chicken: 20 carbs (guess 5 each for the sugary sauce that remains stuck after you shake the chicken) ...
Now we have 35 or 40 carbs, not great for induction, but you had the event with your friends and maybe you take a long walk next day as carb burning penance --- not necessarily a reason to go back to Day One of Fourteen. These things can be managed, but the toying with the rice/chocolate/danish plays bouncy-bouncy with your blood sugar --- in the future these things have to fall prey to your steely-eyed determination.
All this becomes "easier" in a way once one hits middle age and confronts realistic mortal threats like diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. The weight loss becomes less of an optional game, and a little more of an exercise in grim determination.
D'Oh! Seriously, there's such a thing as a planned cheat or controlled higher-carb event. You were very close to that, actually: say you could have resisted the rice and hot chocolate and danish(
) ... maybe had a couple more pieces of chicken instead, the evening could have looked like this:3 Coors Light: 15 or 20 carbs
4 pieces chicken: 20 carbs (guess 5 each for the sugary sauce that remains stuck after you shake the chicken) ...
Now we have 35 or 40 carbs, not great for induction, but you had the event with your friends and maybe you take a long walk next day as carb burning penance --- not necessarily a reason to go back to Day One of Fourteen. These things can be managed, but the toying with the rice/chocolate/danish plays bouncy-bouncy with your blood sugar --- in the future these things have to fall prey to your steely-eyed determination.
All this becomes "easier" in a way once one hits middle age and confronts realistic mortal threats like diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. The weight loss becomes less of an optional game, and a little more of an exercise in grim determination.
maintained 190-220 from 2004-2008 
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