STAC Rollcall Friday 10-23-9

[barrnone]

Whooshie Sauce - I'm definitely making it tonight! Congrats Barb - what a fun surprise. I'm sad to say, when I look down - once I lose my belly - I'll just see my feet

[sham]

Hi everyone keep it up.Have a great weekend!

[ejagno]

Hi everyone;

I began induction on 09/24 and lost a whopping 15.2 lbs. I really didn't mind the induction foods so I decided to stick with it until I'd reached my ideal weight.

Monday I worked all day and stayed up later than normal. My son, who is in college half way across the country sent an urgent message that he needed help. He was in an accident. He was not physically injured thank God but the emotional trauma was almost as bad. It's called survival guilt. I'm sorry but after sitting up on the instant messenger with him all night I knew that I needed to be there with him. I woke DH up at 4am and told him I needed money and his truck immediately. I drove 16 hours after being up 24 hours to reach my son. I drank tons of water and I didn't want to lose a minute of time so when I got hungry I drank an Atkins shakes. Once I got there I knew he needed to eat so I fixed a good ole' home cooked meal that he needed despirately. I used what he had on hand. I ate forbidden foods. I sat up and held him until he was asleep for the first time in 4 days. I spent the next 3 days cooking, talking and eating with him. Yes, most of it was not induction friendly although I did try to watch my intake quantity. Now was not the time to be different. I needed to be 100% in sync with him and that meant eating, thinking and sleeping like him. It worked. He was much much better after the first couple of days. The trauma will take some time to heal but the immediate threat of a complete meltdown was averted. I had to come back to work so I stayed with him until the last possible moment and drove another 16 hours home surviving on water and this time a few Dr. Peppers, a mean bean, and even some raisin cane chicken strips in the mix since the others weren't condusive to keeping me awake.

Oh my, now I'm having the terrible guilt. I did weigh myself and was actually surprised that I'd only gained a few pounds back. It still concerns me because I've read at least a dozen times that "You cannot redo induction." Now I'm stuck and I don't know what to do or where to pick up from where I left off. HELP!

[Jenileigh]

I am new here, I began the Induction on October 13th. I'm 12 days in. I weighed in on one thread, not sure which one it was but I've lost 7 pounds in 11 days. I'm very pleased. Even so, I've struggled coming off of sugar and caffeine.

I saved the link to the recipe for the Whooshie sauce. Thanks!