Hi TabyTaby! Sugar is definitely addictive! Keep hanging in there. You'll have ups and downs on the scale so don't forget to take measurements so you can see inches lost too! :-) sometimes we won't lose pounds  or might even be up a little but be down in measurements do to our body composition changing. I know that is true. When I was younger and weighed 165lbs I was a size 14 or tight size 12 but now I'm the same, tight 12, reg 14 but now I weigh 189...I do exercise a lot so I'm blaming exercise for a lot of that, but low-carbing over the last 3 years (I just came to FTS from Atkins a couple weeks or so ago) seems to put muscle on my body without as much effort from me. I only really do cardio (running) and hardly any weight training so I don't really get the weight or body comp but I monitor my measurements more than my weight or at least pay attention to both to help balance my emotional relationship with my scale lol. It's hard so etimes but it helps. Oh and the latter half of each month I don't really put too much stock in anything lol. Good luck and keep moving forward, you know what to do. ;-)

That is really cool! :-) Hope you had fun! I'm a little under the weather today (bad allergies) so I'm taking it easy today. Still, I've managed not to fall behind in dishes, laundry and made good meals. How did that happen? I guess my "under the weather" now is like tip top energy of before haha. ;-) maybe it's easier to keep things up than it is to catch up! :-)

On the bright side, I lost two more lbs today when I checked for a total of 5 so far which is a lot for me! Yay!!!

-Michelle

Well I was hooked and wish I could've see more! Btw those "fur-babies" are completely adorable!! Love the photos and my husband would totally go for the alternative to spanking lol!

I love it too,only a couple times a year though! Its the Scottish in me!

Hey, me too! I'm a Wallace (my maiden name). :-) My hair gets flame red if I spend lots of time in the sun. Oh how my skin freckles and burns in too much sun but I love my drinks and heavy foods lol! I like rum though and I'm looking for a way to adapt a Long Island iced tea to low sugar someday...I also love wine. My husband only likes those sugary fruity drinks and he has no interest in changing that. I'm working on figuring out a strawberry margarita recipe without sugar so we can both drink it and not feel too worse for the wear. What he doesn't know won't hurt him. ;-)

I've tried various prepackaged and homemade LC wraps and tortillas.
But romaine leaves are still my favorite hamburger "buns"!

Tony

with the added bonus of being good for you too! :-)

Quote from: Happy2bthin4me on June 03, 2013, 11:53:41 AM

... I am learning to not really adjust my carb intake much for my exercise because its sort of a slippery slope for me...I can justify anything if I really want to and it's holding up my progress. I run because of how it makes me feel not necessarily to lose fat - walking and weights work well enough for that. ...

Hi, Michelle!

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The three most important factors in [url=http://www.fattoskinny.com/]weight loss[/url] progress are (1) carbs, (2) eat only when hungry, and (3) portion control.
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With FTS, you want to find that max carb number =< 20 that facilitates your progress,
- AND -
eat ONLY when truly hungry (i.e. avoid boredom eating, etc.),
- AND -
eat only the right amount of food that satisfies your hunger, and NO more.
Doug's 15-minute method works well  to help you determine this;
http://www.fattoskinny.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=f309bba0aa5effe631e02e0e8f608683&topic=5286.msg55552#msg55552

Faithfully employing that 3-part FTS strategy will assure your success!

Tony

Thank you Tony! I have been much more mindful of only eating when hungry. I've done so much under eating the past that I've gotten to the point where sometimes I just don't realize I'm truly hungry until I'm ravenous. Of course I don't get ravenous much anymore because my blood sugar is so much more stable but today was one of those times. I had a terrible headache that just got worse after lunch. I got home and suddenly realized how hungry I was and wow it felt so good to eat! Now I'm in my checking mode to see if I'm still hungry or not. LC waffles really hit the spot with pecans and cream cheese mixed with a little davinci caramel SF syrup. Talk about comfort food. I felt sort of like a pig but in all honesty it wasn't that much food. I just needed the one portion. I love that satisfied feeling I get now. It reminds me of when I was a skinny teen and couldn't eat much at once but I did have to eat more often then. I guess I still get low blood sugar even now. I will have to watch that. I didn't eat much at lunch. That must've set me off...along with my extra activity yesterday and today. I went for a brisk walk on a break at work today it was helpful but I think it set me up for extra hunger later.

I do have shoulder problems so both the run last night and the walk this morning put me in agony this afternoon. Only a muscle relaxer would help me. :-( I am going to start using my stationary bike for a while because I think it might help rest my shoulder from all of the vigorous arm swinging. I have bursitis and tendonitis in there. I really don't want to have to use my referral to the ortho...or the last resort...have to have surgery.

Ooh I am so going to the dollar store! With the heat rolling in for summer I'm really wanting a popsicle and SA's don't do well for me or my blood sugars. I use a meter and its really helping me to figure to out things that stall me.


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