did i mess up real bad???

[*poetic.child*]

i been on induction for like 2 months been doing well but today i was making brownies for a party(i make pretty good brownies and they wanted me to make them)..and i was mixing hot carmel sauce and i made a mistake and somehow the HOT carmel sauce got on my fingers so my initial reaction was to lick some off then i rinsed my finger off it hurted real bad but now its registering to me that it was sugar i mean it was a tiny lick i went to brush my teeth to try to get some of the carmel out my mouth i tried not to swallow it and i only had like 7 carbs today anyway(came from 3 packets of splenda and some vegies) but this is stressing me out did i mess up will it make me gain weight and/or take me out of ketosis?????? i.that was almost inevitable..help me with this i'm about to cry..this is so messed up i just got done doing a 4 mile workout too and look what happens..

[Sherri]

Poetic Child
It's not a cheat unless you actually ingest it. Sounds to me like you caught yourself and got rid of it right away. If any did slip through it's not enough to effect you. YOU'RE FINE!

[Porcelain]

Yeah, you are fine. I did that slicing a cake I made and licked my finger without thinking about it. The point is, you didn't just go crazy and start licking the caramels off the brownies. That might have been considered bad! Just to reassure yourself, check your ketostik. You were fantastic for not just losing it and eating something. Kudos to you! How have your ketostiks been registering as far as pinkness?

[*poetic.child*]

i dont have the ketostix brand because walmart wasnt carrying them they were carying the Reli On Ketone testing strips but i'm sure their the same...i last checked this afternoon and it was moderate(it turned like 2 shades of pink)..but it wasn't purple but i'll check again it might have changed

[*poetic.child*]

i checked again its a trace

[Porcelain]

It is usually only dark purple if you are dehydrated. I use the reli on brand too. You should be fine. But I do know how you feel, you are trying your best and you don't want to mess up. You don't want to fall off the wagon. You are doing great, you will get past this and one day, you will be the one who will be guiding the newbies on their journey!

[Gatorgal]

Originally Posted by *poetic.child*

i been on induction for like 2 months been doing well but today i was making brownies for a party(i make pretty good brownies and they wanted me to make them)..and i was mixing hot carmel sauce and i made a mistake and somehow the HOT carmel sauce got on my fingers so my initial reaction was to lick some off then i rinsed my finger off it hurted real bad but now its registering to me that it was sugar i mean it was a tiny lick i went to brush my teeth to try to get some of the carmel out my mouth i tried not to swallow it and i only had like 7 carbs today anyway(came from 3 packets of splenda and some vegies) but this is stressing me out did i mess up will it make me gain weight and/or take me out of ketosis?????? i.that was almost inevitable..help me with this i'm about to cry..this is so messed up i just got done doing a 4 mile workout too and look what happens..

You are completely fine, especially with a 4 mile workout. You are still in ketosis and with exercise it will take a lot more than a little caramel lick to do anything major to mess you up!

[kate58]

It's such a minor thing as to be irrelevant, put it out of your mind.

What's more important it why are you eating only 7 carbs in a day? That is way too low and not doing you any good and means you cannot be eating as much vegetables as you should be. Also why 2 months of induction? Is it time to think about moving on?

You won't learn anything about how to maintain your weight or how to eat long term by staying too long on induction, and especially by eating at carb levels that are way below even those recommended for induction.

[not2late]

Originally Posted by *poetic.child*

i been on induction for like 2 months been doing well but today i was making brownies for a party(i make pretty good brownies and they wanted me to make them)..and i was mixing hot carmel sauce and i made a mistake and somehow the HOT carmel sauce got on my fingers so my initial reaction was to lick some off then i rinsed my finger off it hurted real bad but now its registering to me that it was sugar i mean it was a tiny lick i went to brush my teeth to try to get some of the carmel out my mouth i tried not to swallow it and i only had like 7 carbs today anyway(came from 3 packets of splenda and some vegies) but this is stressing me out did i mess up will it make me gain weight and/or take me out of ketosis?????? i.that was almost inevitable..help me with this i'm about to cry..this is so messed up i just got done doing a 4 mile workout too and look what happens..

No one can say for sure if it will take you out of ketosis or make you gain weight. We all have a Critical Carbohydrate Losing Level. Mine was 50 net carbs daily. So I could have eaten a 20 net carb slice of pizza and as long as I stayed within that CCLL of 50, I would still be in ketosis and still would have lost weight.

Is there any particular reason why you are prolonging your Induction phase? From the experience of this board and from what Dr. Atkins wrote in the book, extending Induction past the initial 14 days may be beneficial for the folks who have a very high metabolic resistance to weight loss. For the rest of us who have an average to low metabolic resistance, prolonging Induction doesn't guarantee faster weight loss or a consistent weight loss.