I just ate pizza and it was yummy. I have a local pizza place that I absolutely love. I haven't had them in a year and half since I went on FTS. So today when my guys wanted pizza I said lets go for it. They ordered my favorite which has bell peppers, sausage, mushrooms, cheese and super light on the sauce. When it arrived I took one of my low carb pitas and cut it in half. Carefully slide the top off one piece of pizza, cheese and all into half the pita. It was the PERFECT size for half a pita. I did that with another piece and had what really reminded me of a calzone. Now the pita has four carbs and even though I believe the topping was 3 or less, I gave it five just to be safe. It was AMAZING and super filling. Great way to have pizza with everyone and not get all the carbs.  I love FTS!

About six months ago I switched to Centrum Ultra for Women vitamins. When I switched I started losing weight hand over fist. I posted about it and everyone said it's not the vitamins. When they ran out I changed to my regular vitamins because they were on sale. So last Friday I ran out of vitamins and the Centrum Ultra's were on sale so I bought them again. I'm telling you there is something up with these vitamins! I am trying to maintain, eating more carbs than normal, it's that time of the month and I lost four pounds in two days. What is up with that?! I'm loving whatever it is but I really think there is something going on with these vitamins. Anyone else take them and notice a change when first taking them?

Last night I went out and had a fantastic time. Afterwards we went to eat and the french fries were starring at me. Granted it has been 15-16 months since I had a french fry. I'm in maintaining mode and thought why not just this once. So I had chilli cheese fries while my husband watched wondering what I was doing. They tasted great but the weird thing is they didn't taste as good as I remembered them tasting. They were really greasy and heavy. Once I was done with them I felt way over full and bloated. This morning though I am DYING! It's like I have the flu from hell. Stomach sick, head hurts, sluggish - no energy, AHHH!! Even my son commented on that I looked like I feel sick. So if this is what carbs makes me feel like I am so SO GLAD I don't eat them anymore. I feel like I went dancing all night, drank way too much and then ate a FULL thanksgiving dinner. I guess I learned my lesson but gosh I feel AWFUL!

If I feel this bad from one serving, what in the world are those carbs doing to my body??

Scary right!

Might I just add.....201 gone! Whoop Whoop  

It is a new phenomenon that is happening with me and it's driving my husband crazy. When we are out at restaurants or even at the grocery store and I see an overweight person, the size of what I used to be, I have the overwhelming urge to sneak up to them and tell them I have the secret to being thin. My husband thinks that they are going to take it as an insult and be rude to me.  But it just hurts me to see someone living that way, the way I used to, when I know how they can change it all...forever. Dan (my cutiepie hubby) thinks if the rolls were reversed it would hurt my feelings but maybe if I can help just one person...it would be a good thing.

Any suggestions guys?

Hi All!! I hope your FTS week has been good!!

I am learning about plateauing and stress this week. Since I signed off over a week ago I have been fighting a plateau. It seems I hit one about every three months. The good thing is I'm still loosing inches but not a lot of pounds. I even went down another pants size this week. But I am so stressed from the kiddo now homeschooling and packing for the move, that I think it's adding to the plateau effect. Last week I fought gaining and loosing the same pound all week. I also have learned that if you want chocolate, the Russell Stover's truffles are awesome but eating a whole bag in a couple days, will make you gain weight.  Thankfully, I did finally loose 2 pounds but I had to really fight for those. I think I am going to just relax a bit and focus on the move and try to just get through it without eating bags of chocolate. 


How is everyone else doing this week? Have you lost?

I just got back from swimming in public in a cute LITTLE bathing suit! WOO HOO!

I have had to wear those ugly, skirt suits because of my weight, but most of the time I wouldn't go in at all. Today I went swimming in a black and white little polka dot "marilyn monroe" type suit and I was comfortable wearing it!! I haven't been comfortable in a bathing suit in 20 years! I am so excited! 

For the last three days I have been feeling really sick. My tummy felt like boulders were in it rolling around and I just felt all over yucky(technical term). It started Saturday, I had my usual three pieces of no carb ham with three pieces of no carb cheese. I have that most mornings for breakfast. It's great for on the go food, just roll it up and I'm off. Anyway I had that every morning- Sat, Sun & Monday. Sunday night I was hungry but my stomach was feeling so sick I didn't want a big meal, so I just had my three pieces of ham. So Monday morning I was making my sons lunch, complaining about not loosing anything since Sat morning, when my husband asked me why we had honey ham. I looked at the label, which looked identical to my regular ham and sure enough in little tiny type it said honey ham. Then I looked at the carbs listing it had 2 carbs PER SLICE!! Doesn't seem like much but the next ingredient after ham was sugar! I was blown away, eating 6 to 12 extra carbs a day without me even knowing it, no wonder I hadn't lost anything since the 2nd! Those hidden sugars are nasty, I didn't think they would make me so sick though with just that small amount. The good news is that in just one day my tummy has stopped hurting and I am down a pound.  I will definitely be more vigilant with those labels!