New-3rd Day on Induction

[pommychic]

Hi

How are you getting on? Im doing OK.. the nauseous and the tiredness has disappeared but I dont actually think I have lost any weight... I weighed myself a couple of days ago and the scales havent shifted at all!

I put a sample receipe on "review my menu" and it seems I have been going slightly over the 20 carbs.

My downfall is coffee.. or should I say milk in coffee. Rightly or wrongly I have turned to coffee when I gave up smoking three months ago and the times when I would have enjoyed a cigarette, I am enjoying a nice cup of coffee. I have cut out the sugar but I cant drink de-caf and also cannot drink it black.

Since realising I was going over my carbs I decided to cut out the milk and use cream (yuk!) Here in NZ we only have two types of cream - general single cream and a very thick cream with a consistancy of cream cheese or sour cream. So I have been putting that in my coffee.. we will see.

I do love the diet though... definately better than the cabbage soup diet! I was going to do a 4 day detox with my friend where you can apparently lose 18 pounds but I just think that I would really feel deprived.

Anyway enough of me rambling on... looking forward to your reply and hearing how you are getting on.


Take care

Andrea. x

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by pommychic

I dont actually think I have lost any weight... I weighed myself a couple of days ago and the scales havent shifted at all!

Did you take body measurements as well?

Since realising I was going over my carbs I decided to cut out the milk and use cream (yuk!) Here in NZ we only have two types of cream - general single cream and a very thick cream with a consistancy of cream cheese or sour cream. So I have been putting that in my coffee.. we will see.

You can use single cream if you prefer. Even dilute it with some water.

I do love the diet though... definately better than the cabbage soup diet! I was going to do a 4 day detox with my friend where you can apparently lose 18 pounds but I just think that I would really feel deprived.

You think? 18 lbs in 4 days, huh? Smart move choosing a healthy, lifelong WoE.

[gumby87]

Hi!
Sorry I've been missing in action!! This weekend was crazy busy. Things are going very well here. I had a really hard Saturday where I almost gave up and just said forget it, but I pushed through and today I am so glad I didn't quit. I feel awesome and I can tell that I've lost some weight. It's very motivating to see the scale drop but even better when you can see it in your face!

I went out to dinner last night with a friend and was a bit nervous, but think I did pretty well. I ordered a salad since I hadn't had my salad veggies yet. I did use their ranch, which probably had some sugar in it, but I said no to the "hot out of the oven" croissant and the honeyed pecans. That was a major victory for me!

Andrea, I hope you're doing well. I totally understand about the coffee addiction-I too love coffee and it's been the one thing I haven't been able to give up. I still have one cup of coffee in the morning and then I switch
to decaf the rest of the day. It took me awhile to get used to this but I
think I'm finally there.

Have a great day!

[chinadoll]

Tammy thats great! SOmetimes when we aren't out the choices aren't ideal but you did the best you could under the circumstances, and that has to be enough sometimes.

How is it going today?

[gumby87]

Jill,

It's going really well! Today is my 14th day, so I'm getting ready to read up on transitioning over to OWL. Don't really understand how it works, but I'm ready to give it a shot. I want to do this the right way and make it a lifestyle change, not just a weightloss that I'll gain back later and become fatter. Been there, done that!

I've lost 7 pounds, which for me is really good. I've always known that my body does better on lower carbs, but my taste has always been for pastas, breads and chips. However, I haven't craved these the past 2 weeks, so I'm pretty happy.

Thanks for the encouragement and checking in on me!

[chinadoll]

Here's what I do. You may want to do it differently. First, I eat the same foods but add 5 grams. That way I know that if I stop losing for 4 weeks, the grams of carb are the problem and I need to drop back down. Then if the number of grams isnt a problem I start adding in a food from that rung-one food over several days. If that doesnt cause cravings or stop me losing then I add another food from that rung, until I have added the foods that I am likely to use regularly. Once I have worked through that (it takes several weeks) I add 5 more and do it again with the next rung.