Tril's Trail To Thin

[Caoimhe]

Aw, you poor thing. Hope the pain eases and you get your energy back . Well done on the wedding! Not one bad thing, go Tril!

[cherihill]

Fantastic Tril on the Wedding Day Feast.. U did soo good.. Now U know that if U can conquer the temptations of food at a wedding with everyone Enjoying the sweet of life.. U can conquer that size 4 ..WTG Lady!!!

[smerbear]

Great Job Tril. It appears to be a very successful weekend for a lot of us on this forum. Take each obstacle at a time and you will succeed!!!! I am glad everthing went well. Now maybe your house can get back to normal and you won't have the added stress.

[Tril]

ANOTHER successful day has been had!!!! Today my youngest graduated from high school. Here is my day:

b'fast... 2 eggs over easy.

lunch... before we left for the ceremony... plate of lettuce topped with sliced turkey, few slices of cheddar and pepperoni, couple nuts (not induction, but they were good lol), EVOO vinaigrette dressing

cookout... more cheese and pepperoni, deviled eggs, few more nuts, LOTS of water, diet soda (splenda sweetened), sausage with peppers/onions/mustard, one plain burger patty. I served the cake and ice cream but didn't so much as like the frosting off my fingers. I did not eat ONE dark choc M&M (my favorite). We didn't serve any alcohol so that wasn't a temptation. I don't think I overate because I'm hungry again and it's only 8PM.

The graduation was nice... 2 hours. It was outside and the weather, although a bit hot, was really nice. We had a good breeze, too. I'm looking forward to having tomorrow off. Ahhhhhhh...

Tril

[cherihill]

Wow what a busy day U had today.. And U did great on Atkins also WTG!!

[Caoimhe]

Go Tril! You did fantastically!

[Tril]

Don't you just hate it when you do everything RIGHT... and feel so GOOD about it... to be rewarded with a GAIN on the $#$&% SCALE!!!???!!! I'm up a pound this morning. Not bummed about it... I'm MAD about it. LOL I had a really hard weekend to get through... and I did it. I do NOT deserve this gain!!

Ok... there. I vented. Now, what went wrong? Nothing. I did what I could, I did well. So, that "gain" must be from something else. Sodium? Hot, humid weather? TOM (which has been here since Friday)? All of the above? That's it!!! All of the above. It's not something I did... or didn't... do. I don't need to eat fewer carbs (I'm in ketosis, I know). I just need a day or two to equalize. Sigh... I don't like it, but I'll deal with it.

Plan... today... eat fresh. lol Really, just to eat good healthy foods and drink a LOT of plain water. I probably had too many sf drinks and not enough plain water yesterday. I have a bunch of the wedding tuxes to return but other than that, my day is open. It's going to be too hot to do much... maybe I'll take the dogs for a swim as it's too hot to walk them.

Off to read and see how everyone else is doing!!!

Tril
PS... I am SO thankful to have this site and all of you for support. It's making a huge difference. Thanks!!!

[cherihill]

I love your attitude about this.. yea I'm thinking the culprit may be something like sodium content and U never know when U eat out or eat someone else's cooking who isn't on Atkins U never know what hidden or unknown ingredients they use that may not be for Atkins.. Thats why I usually prefer to do my own cooking or if I dine out I must know for sure the food is Atkins safe due 2 o my recent Bad experience eating out. Want to avoid those types of uncertained about Carb Content Situations as Much as possible ..

But n a day or so U will see that pound gone Forever ..Thats a day or 2 to really look forward to .. I know the feeln..But U are doing GREAT!!!

[Tril]

Thanks for the support, Cheri!! It's much appreciated!

[Caoimhe]

It will be gone in no time. But I can see it must be hard seeing the scale go up when you've been so good. Keep at it, :wink:

[Tril]

Oh, I am... I've had so much water today that I slosh when I run to the bathroom. LOL

I feel good today. Upbeat, calm, in control, happy. Two weeks ago I would never have described myself that way.

[Caoimhe]

That's the main thing. I stayed the same today but I feel great. I definitely feel better without sugar.

[batlou]

"I feel good today. Upbeat, calm, in control, happy. Two weeks ago I would never have described myself that way."

Thanks for the reminder of the more important piece of the puzzle. In the end this is what this low carb lifestyle is about or at least that is what I like to think. The weight loss is just a side effect of being happy and content with your current lifestyle choices. Kudos.

[Tril]

You know... I have decided that sugar is just poison to my body. I do not function well phsycially when I eat it and I truly believe I become clinically depressed when I eat it. The difference in how I feel both emotionally and physically is astromical. Without sugar I'm my old self. I feel strong. I feel engaged in life. I CARE again. I smile again. It's something I have to remind myself whenever I'm tempted to eat sugar... it's not worth it. AT ALL.

"Hi... my name is Tril and I'm a sugar addict."

I'd laugh, but it's not funny.

Tril

[smerbear]

I feel so addicted to food when I am eating any other way but lowcarb. You really do feel better eating this way!!!! If we could just keep that in mind when we go for that chocolate cake or chips.

It is a whole mind/body experience!!!!