Sweet Tooth came back. :/

[rybread]

OWL has been going well. Until recently. Recently, I've been feeling like I've let the sugar monster back onboard, and I don't feel in control of it anymore. Ok, not the *actual* sugar monster, because I still haven't had sugar in 4 months, but the sweet tooth monster. I've been spending far more than my usual sweetner allowance on things like homemade chocolate muffins, or peanut butter cookies, or sweet breakfasts, and it has to stop. I'm not going over my net carbs (tho certainly am going over my sweetner allowance some days), but I no longer feel in control of it like I used to before, and I don't like that, so it ends today. Food will not control me again, no way, no how.

I've considered going back to Induction for a week or so. But given that we just did groceries that included a whole slew of berries that my husband won't eat, I may reconsider it for next week - we cannot afford to throw out food. Depending on how I do this week in my attempt to rid myself of my sweet tooth (max 1 sweetner a day, preferably only one every couple days, is my goal), I'll reassess next weekend.

Oy.

[not2late]

Re: Sweet Tooth came back. :/

OWL has been going well. Until recently. Recently, I've been feeling like I've let the sugar monster back onboard, and I don't feel in control of it anymore. Ok, not the *actual* sugar monster, because I still haven't had sugar in 4 months, but the sweet tooth monster. I've been spending far more than my usual sweetner allowance on things like homemade chocolate muffins, or peanut butter cookies, or sweet breakfasts, and it has to stop. I'm not going over my net carbs (tho certainly am going over my sweetner allowance some days), but I no longer feel in control of it like I used to before, and I don't like that, so it ends today. Food will not control me again, no way, no how.

I've considered going back to Induction for a week or so. But given that we just did groceries that included a whole slew of berries that my husband won't eat, I may reconsider it for next week - we cannot afford to throw out food. Depending on how I do this week in my attempt to rid myself of my sweet tooth (max 1 sweetner a day, preferably only one every couple days, is my goal), I'll reassess next weekend.

Oy.

No need to "go back to Induction".

All you need to do is drop the low carb cookies, muffins, etc. since they are triggering your sweet tooth (ie: destabilizing your blood sugar). One of the Rules of OWL is if any food triggers your blood sugar symptoms or causes a weight loss stall/slow down, you need to drop that food ASAP.

As for your berries, freeze the excess--that way you'll have them during the winter months.

Personally, I never thought any of the low carb baked products could measure up the "real" stuff, so I don't waste my time, money, energy and carbs on that stuff.

[rybread]

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No need to "go back to Induction".

All you need to do is drop the low carb cookies, muffins, etc. since they are triggering your sweet tooth (ie: destabilizing your blood sugar).

Oh, those foods are definitely out. I've already told my husband that if he wants the leftover muffins we made this weekend (which he claims he does) he needs to do something with them before I get home today (ie. eat the 3 that are left, or throw them out), or else I'm chucking them off the balcony.

As far as I'm concerned, I will not be baking any of that stuff again until I know I can remain in control. And when I do bake said stuff again, it'll be for special occasions only. No more of this "but we need a batch of something sweet for the week!"

I really need to re-dedicate myself, in general. I feel like I've gotten too comfortable, and that's the point in which I know things start to slide. So I've pulled my book back out, and will be re-reading parts of it this week. I haven't stopped journalling my food and putting it all in fitday, so I'm ok on that front. But I have to become more diligent about making sure my nutrients are coming from all the right places, again.

Personally, I never thought any of the low carb baked products could measure up the "real" stuff, so I don't waste my time, money, energy and carbs on that stuff.

Alas, these weren't 'products' - these were all my homemade creations, using every day ingredients (almond flour, natural peanut butter, cocoa powder, etc). Ok on their own in terms of my ability to handle them in the past, but in combination, a definite sweet tooth trigger for me.

Today has been good so far - some blueberries with a cream cheese & egg mixture this morning, lunch is cheeseburger quiche with a salad, and dinner will be tilapia with some broccoli and cauliflower. So far so good.

[Peytonn]

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I think that's what happened to me.. with the schedule change and all... I've been 'legal' to a degree.. but too many frankensweets... and it's got me thinking about the real deal...

so honestly.. today.. I have cheese, chicken and some steamed cabbage for lunch... the sweets .. fake or not.. got to go for now

[not2late]

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Nope, I mean the "homemade" stuff. I always thought it took alot of imagination to believe those things were anywhere close to the real counterpart--too much imagination for me to spare at least lol.

I limit myself to Atkins Revolution Rolls because sometimes I need to bring a sandwich along for one thing or the other. But the flax pancakes, muffins, cookies, etc.? Nope...the effort I put into making them wasn't comparable to the taste of the final product, imo.

The most I make nowadays is ice cream and a cheesecake if I need to bring it to a party or something. Correction, I do make individual fruit cobblers---put fruit into a ramekin, microwave until the fruit is warmed through, then sprinkle the top with a mix of chopped nuts, wheat germ and cinnamon. But I only make one serving at a time and only when my fruit gets a little too ripe to eat raw....

[rybread]

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Peytonn - we can do it. I have faith.

not2late - Oh, how right you are - they definitely do not taste like the real stuff. Well, the muffins and cookies anyway. Live and learn, right? I'm glad at the very least that I experienced this, it means I know what I have to avoid in future to be successful (or as Brook says, know thyself!), and I now know what I'm *not* missing, and how not worth it it is.

[Hinen]

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I'm still thinking this through, haven't finished this idea...
Perhaps there is something about wanting to eat the way we used to, about wanting to eat things that aren't wholesome, whether its frankenfoods or homemade almost-the same things, whether its safe or not, or even the fall-off-the-wagon-for foods... its the wanting, or maybe the having of those foods that trigger old behaviours, plugs us back into old patterns. Is this making sense?
The best meal I had this week was hamburger patties with fried eggs, fried onions, tomato, avocado and garlicky mayo. It was the sort of delicious and satisfying I thought I'd left behind, it so completely hit the spot I could've eaten it all over again, I am proud I didn't, didn't overeat. But here's the question: If I'd set out to make hamburgers without the buns, would I have enjoyed it as much or would I have felt deprived for the lack of a bread bun? If I'd substituted something for the bread would I then have focused on how little it was like bread, and been disappointed.
My mind is a strange place, the journey continues...

[Peytonn]

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yesterday I almost bought low carb ice cream.... and peaches.. already had them in the shopping cart actually.... then I walked right back and put them right back where they came from... and hit the salad bar.... while I was doing lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms,..... then I spied these outrageous chunks of different cheese cakes.. on the salad bar!

my mouth literally watered... I thought I'd pass out..... I wanted it so bad... it made me sick at myself that I was about to be so weak.....

so I closed the lid to my salad... walked away feeling very ...... well... a little stronger... like I CAN do this!

I just want to stop WANTING the bad stuff!

[Hinen]

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Oh yeah, me too. And the vivid cake shop dreams!!!
Enjoy being virtuous and making good choices.

[rybread]

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How are you all doing today?

I did pretty well yesterday - I met my goal of only one sweetner for the entire day. I ended up having it in a cup of caffeine free apple cinnamon tea - delicious!

Apparently the scale agreed I did well yesterday. I lost 1.5 lbs since yesterday, a loss the likes of which I haven't seen in weeks! Not bad!

[not2late]

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Good for you!

[Barbde]

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L-Glutamine is great for surpressing sweet cravings

[Elizellen]

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Is that a new photo Barb? You look sooo good in it that I just had to pass comment!!

[Barbde]

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Thanks Elizellen