back....laptop is so much easier.....I see the cocktail sauce as #1 problem, and I only dipped my shrimp in.....now the shrimp was an experiment....
for most all my life I have this problem where sometimes my lower legs itch to the point I want to just pull the skin off...and about 5 years ago figured out I get itchy about 24 hours after eating shrimp....so didn't have shrimp for a long time, still had occasional itching though, then started flirting with shrimp again....and no itchy problems AT ALL for a long time....then started LC (now FTS) in January, and had a little shrimp with no problem........then increased shrimp consumption last couple weeks especially on Fridays (lent)......last Saturday night had major itchy legs.....so benadryl time again, and then was careful not to have any shrimp for the week and then had some last night WITH the cocktail sauce....so if I have itchy legs tonight....then shrimp AND cocktail sauce is OUT.....it might have to be out anyway because that cocktail sauce has a LOT of carbs....
...and I don't like shrimp without it
The rest of the codiments didn't look too bad carb wise....I get a lot of salad satisfaction over the Thousand Island and salsa....but definitely have to measure so I'm on the carb straight and narrow...
I also knew yesterday that the carbs I was having were not a problem in light I didn't have berries with me, etc....or is that wrong thinking again.
I think I probably have a lot of wrong thinking going on about carbs, and carb creep.....Dr. Eric Westman (Duke University head of bariatric program and a low carb (20 gm) explains it this way......"In America we drive on the right side of the road and the steering wheels in our cars are on the left side of the car....and learning to live LC (applies to FTS) is like learning to drive on the left side of the road with the steering wheel in your car on the right side of the car..."
From reading your replies to this posting and posts of others (Doug, Umpa, Mouse, Stephanie other moderators and BIGGEST winners) I am thinking I may be very carb sensitive and very insulin resistant after years of sugar and white flour abuse......
Oh my GOSH....can remember the CICO (calories in, calories out) days where I worked on making DIET Banana bread....or ate no fat hot dogs with WHITE BREAD HOTDOG BUNS
Dear Umpa....I DO have something to transfer obsession too. I'm church pianist....started out in my dad's little church when I was 8 years old....then didn't play at church for a long time....then converted to another church in 2009....and after a while felt called to brush off my dusty talent....and learning this church music has been a HUGE learning curve...and I've had to stop hiding in the choir.....and overcome some self-consciousness about my weight....then recently was asked to start playing for second service because church is growing....so am organizing all the volumes and binders of music, and planning music now through end of May, and practicing new stuff (music is much more contemporary since last time I was a church pianist (almost 30 years ago)........so dear co-worker last night did tell me I'm obsessed with the music project....and you're right, it does help keep my mind off of food....
Plus odds are I'm looking at a lay-off soon and may be looking for a full time music ministry position in the church....and with each even 1/2 pound loss my shame lessens, and my confidence grows to be in front of others....in this church except for the large cathedrals the gal/guy at the piano is playing the instrument, leading the choir and the congregation in music, giving announcements.....
AND if that were not enough........I just FEEL BETTER on FTS....I've posted here occasionally and lurked often....I had gone back last year to calorie counting (spit on ground, doesn't work for me, never has and never will) but I committed to FTS last night in much the same way in 2009 I converted to a different church.....
FTS just makes sense, it keeps it simple, it cuts through all the LC do this, don't do that BS that is currently in books and on the internet....NOT that those people are not well-intentioned.....
When I first came her the assistance, encouragement, support was amazing....almost seemed TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!!!
But with time, and lurking in then my last couple posts.....there is nothing too good to be true about this website....I finally feel like I'm with those who know, those who have BEEN through it, and those who can guide my "weight out". (pun intended)
Thank you for your time......and.........VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION....doug and umpa....HOW the heck do you pronounce your last name?
I try to say it to people when I'm telling them about FTS, and always am not sure how to say it...
Okay, now I'm off to establish my Elizabeth779 Menu where you directed me, and thanks thanks again for all your kind help.
Blessings, Elizabeth
