SCIENTIFIC ADVICE NEEDED. Starting over!

[mumu]

Hi there everybody!
So i first started on may 26, did a 21-day not very clean induction - too many veggies, and 2 cheats! Then added some more veggies and went till nuts rung after about a month. Maybe a glass of wine or two/week.
The maximum I lost was about 7-8 pounds only for a couple of days then climbed up back to -5 pounds.
I'm now exactly back at point zero =147,5 (66, and want to achieve 136 (61,5). I'm 5'8" (173cm) and quite athletic. I need to loose 10-12 pounds overall so it's so difficult!
Everyone (including myself) keep telling me i look fabulous and that i' m overreacting...." come on now we're on vacation... you should eat the pizza, ice cream, drink the mojitos etc. etc."
4 weeks full of action and carbs.
I love carbs, i admit it! From musli with milk to fresh fruits, from huge fresh salads to breads, pasta, pizza, white wine and all the way to chocolate, cheesecake and ice cream.

Anyway i started a hopefully clean induction yesterday(Tuesday) morning so this is my day2 and just finished TOM.
I'm still drinking espresso coffee since it doesn't give me cravings at all.

But here is where i need your help: I woke up this morning with urinal track infection symptoms. I've had this 6 months ago so i quickly reacted by drinking a bottle of water and taking a supplement of cranberry extract which is said to be good for cleansing and a pain killer.
As i speak i haven't decided yet if i' m gonna take antibiotics, hoping it will go away with tons of water and cranberry pills.
If i do take them i will have to eat yogurt to avoid other mess.
Anyway the questions are:
1. Is cranberry pill is going to affect my induction?
2. If i take antibiotics, what do you suggest instead of yogurt? Do you think Lepicol psillium with pre and probiotics will do? I take it anyway to avoid constipation.
3. Or should i quit and start again in two week?

Thank you in advance and sorry for the long story, it seams to be a habit of mine to talk for hours.Lol

Mumu

[not2late]

Re: SCIENTIFIC ADVICE NEEDED. Starting over!

It looks like you were doing OWL Phase, but panicked when you regained a few pounds. That tells me, you didn't follow the OWL Rules of cutting out offending foods or closely monitoring your carb intake/level.

When you do OWL again, try to keep better track of these things.

Anyhow, for your urinary tract infection, I would follow your doctor's advice. If you do a google serach about cranberry pills, you need to take a certain amount daily.

As for probiotics, instead of yogurt, why not take a lactobacillus pill?

[mumu]

Re: SCIENTIFIC ADVICE NEEDED. Starting over!

Yes, exactly!

I admit that i find induction much more easy than OWL. All this testing the limits of +5 carb foods, and monitoring is quite hard. I tried my best to calculate and measure, and i felt much more confident with protein foods / no or very little carbs.

Instead of cutting out offending foods i let go since i was on vacation. A little alcohol before its rank, a little more fruits, a little bit of this a little bit of that..... Of course letting go for 4 weeks is as catastrophic as it could get!

So back on track now. Already down to 65 (two kilos in two days- yes i know it's mostly extra stuffing and fluids but its a huge relief to look at on the scale).

Anyway, thank you very much for the advise, i think it was a close call because the symptoms stopped 3 lt of water 6 cranberry pills later and a thousand "pipi" visits to the toilet.

I hope i' ll do well this time and stay there. 10 pounds down that is!
I wish there could be a magical vaccine against loving high carb foods!
Mumu