Sept. 20th Started Again !

[Cara]

  Good job SherriPie, you look great.

[umpa]

I did miss them,thank you schihtzmom!
Sherripie you look fantastic!!!! You must feel awesome!(and your hubby is a cutie too!)

[Doug Varrieur]

Sherri you look wonderful, I'm very proud for you!

[joagain]

Well Monday again and nothing good to report actually up 1 lb 

[SherriPie]

Thanks guys..I just keep pushing along.

Jo..I am having your same trouble this month. I gained three pounds drinking two Michelob ultra low carb beers and eating those darn sugar free truffles. I just lost it but it took 10 days to loose the three pounds. We just have to hang in there through this month and then we can loose like crazy again. Up one pound isn't bad, you might just been having a bloaty day. Maybe tomorrow you'll be down two pounds because of it??

[joagain]

Thanks Sherriepie those candies are addictive and very good . We have bad habits that we need to break one of mine needs to be not getting on the scale LOL Thanks for the encouragement ! Oh were the beers good ? Probably not worth 3 lbs well maybe so . 

[umpa]

Just keep moving forward and do the right thing and all will be well.

[SherriPie]

Thanks Sherriepie those candies are addictive and very good . We have bad habits that we need to break one of mine needs to be not getting on the scale LOL Thanks for the encouragement ! Oh were the beers good ? Probably not worth 3 lbs well maybe so . 

I have to say the beers did taste mighty good. Kicked my butt too, I was completely toasted on just two. They are low carb beers, 2.6 carbs per serving. They sure made me gain weight though, well either that or the truffles which were yummy too. I am having another one (beer) on Christmas eve...so we shall see if it happens again.

[joagain]

Sherriepie wonder why it makes you gain ? It looks like if you count it as your 20 carbs it shouldnt ,right ? I remember somewhere Doug or Umpa said 20 carbs a day dont matter where you get it from . 
  Of course I know that 20 carbs of cauliflower is better then 20 carbs of beer and SF candie but 20 is 20 ,no ? Somebody correct me if I am wrong ,lease

[SherriPie]

I have NO IDEA why it effects me that way. I keep seeing all these peeps posting about how they are eating the sugar free candies and still losing. Since day one if I eat them I don't lose anything but usually I don't gain. I think my system just doesn't like them for some reason, who knows!

[Doug Varrieur]

What you don't see on the label is the alcohol effect. Alcohol has no carbs but will burn as fuel before FAT will 

[joagain]

Well not much to report for a 2 week update ,a loss of .2 .
 I guess for over Christmas and New Years that is pretty good .

[umpa]

That is great Jo! i got plenty of emails from people that gained 3-5 pounds!It wasn't the food that got them, it was booze.

[joagain]

If I do not get rid of this scale it is going to really drive me crazy . I  know that I can not go back to eating the sugar again I know that for sure because of the way I feel . But the slow/no weight loss is driving me crazy !!!!  Not losing inchs either right now !
 Thanks to Dougs book I will continue to eat the FTS way because of all the benifits,but the main benifit I came to FTS for is not happening the way I would like it to . I have read the book and reread the book I have checked and rechecked my carbs, I am drinking 64 ozs of water or more a day . I measure everything to make sure I am not getting extra ,no SF candies . I have even said to myself at least I have lost 21 pounds .
 I know that I could and would have been up 20 pounds had I not found FTS ,one would think that is enough to be happy . But when I come on the forum and I see eveyone losing like thye do I think what am I doing wrong ? I cant even average it out to 1 Lb a week now .
 Oh well just had to vent very disappointed ,discouraged, mad and 
 

[Doug Varrieur]

Jo STOP! I want you to put all that energy into a nice brisk Alabama walk, let's you you dropping again by revving up the engine