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Three days sick - I read the label wrong!
« on: April 05, 2011, 10:30:21 AM »
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!
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Re: Three days sick - I read the label wrong!
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2011, 11:28:53 AM »
Hi Sherri! :)

In our busy lives, it's easy to miss something important on a food label.

That's why when I go shopping, I do it when I have little else to do afterword.
Being hurried in a store makes for easy mistakes.

I also make sure I never shop on an empty stomach.
This eliminates most "impulse" buying.

I'm sorry to hear that this error cost you so much stomach distress.
But on the positive side, you seem to have a very good built-in "sugar alarm". ;)
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Re: Three days sick - I read the label wrong!
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2011, 01:44:13 PM »
Isn't it amazing how just a bit of sugar can make you feel ill once you're through detox :(
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Re: Three days sick - I read the label wrong!
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2011, 08:45:02 PM »
Wow Sherrie, Im glad that you are feeling better.. Its amazing how your body is use to certain things...
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Re: Three days sick - I read the label wrong!
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2011, 09:48:27 AM »
This even happens to me from time to time Sherri.If I eat sugar I get very nauseous and feel like I have the flu :)

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Re: Three days sick - I read the label wrong!
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2011, 09:21:53 AM »
That's it Umpa it totally felt like the flu coming on. Since I realized it I have been great and even lost two pounds.  ;D
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