Monday, September 24, 2007

MAN OH MAN!

OOO I'm so angry this week! I gained 3 lbs! It all started on the 18th when I had a piece of cake for my DD's birthday. DH and I had planned on it for a week. We did our carb blockers and I had a small piece, TINY maybe 1" x 2" and about 2 tablespoons of ice cream. I didn't even finish it. I ate maybe 3/4ths of it. OK, so no big deal I expected to stay still in my weight or maybe even gain a few ounces. So what happen? GRRRR!
The next day at work my boss brought in pistachios...I LOVE pistachios and know that 39 kernels is one serving and it is about 5carbs. The problem is the salt makes me stall... anyway, I ate some of her pistachios, and that along with the night before cheat sent me over the edge! I ate a bunch of pistachios, I stopped counting, just ate them. I gained a pound that day.
The next day I felt guilt that I ate so many of her pistachios and went out and bought her somemore to replace them, and I bought myself some also. Gained another pound that day.
It is like a frieght train and I couldn't stop it. I tried to recover this weekend and did pretty good, but still gained another pound for a total of 3 pounds (Assuming the left over weight gain from the nuts and cake).
My frustration is this: I didn't cheat that bad! I only had a some nuts and a tiny piece of cake. Is my metabolism that bad off?
I tested last night and I was no longer in Ketosis so I had another piece of cake (yes I still took the carb blockers). I figure I have to start over Monday anyway and I have been resisting THESE cakes anyway (DD bday cake and a "Bonus" Cake from a KFC meal on Saturday) They tasted horrible by the way, I didn't finish them.
SO today I am back on Induction, that is lean proteins, very few veggies and fiber, staying under 20 carbs. It should take 3 to 5 days to get back to ketosis. I'm back at 204.5.
The good news is that I can still see the whole picture. I started this 11 weeks ago at 247 lbs. I've made some big changes to my WOE and my lifestyle. I'll make it to 140 BEFORE July 2008!
I went shopping this weekend to cheer myself up, got a pair of black jeans, size 18 and they are a little big :D I also bought an outfit in a size 16! YEAH! it's a little snug but not terrible, I was excited.

Monday, September 17, 2007

46 pounds gone!

Yes, I had a big jump this week. Was it because I switched up to an Atkins diet from doing the too low calories/fat Kimkins diet? Could be.
DH has been a little frustrated because he has been bouncing down then up so he is down 2 lbs then up a pound, then down 3 and up 2, then down one and up 2, see, crazy like. I told him it might be because he was really low on calories and he is a bigger guy than me, he needs to eat a little more than me, He was down below 800 calories a day. So he is doing Atkins with me now too. I think that he is happier, he really likes the waffles and I got my order in finally (took 2 weeks from netrition.com) and made the low carb rolls (2 net carbs). I made a batch last night because we made hamburgers last night (regular ones not the dove ones lol!). I thought I could use the roll as a hamburger bun, well, the roll was much smaller then the hamburger so I ended up cutting the hamburger in half. In the end, I couldn't taste a thing. I caught this nasty cold over the weekend and I lost my voice and apparently my sense of smell and taste. It was almost a waste of carbs to not be able to taste the roll. I added garlic powder and cheese to the mix to taste kinds like those rolls you get from red lobster. Anyway hubby said they smelled good. He is saving his roll for today I think cause he didn't try it last night.

Well the kimkins controversy is raging on. So many people have been banned from or left the kimkins website. Most of the admin crew has been banned two fold since I've been there, meaning we are on our third set of admins since 08/13/2007. One lady is setting up a class action lawsuit against the site for people that have been banned to get their money back.
There is all kinds of crazy rumors that kimkins is attaching some kinds of tracker to your ip address that is tracking you going to other websites and banning you if you participate on Lowcarbfriends forum or Jimmy Moore's living la vida lowcarb forum. Is that even possible? I mean the technology? Wouldn't that violate someones rights? Kind of like wire tapping no? I find that I am fascinated by the whole thing though. It's like a soap, I don't want to watch, but I can't help but watch.

I'm spending most of my time on Jimmy's Forum. It is much more laid back and I'm not worried about posting comments that could get me banned so Thank You Jimmy for setting up a place that is safe for us to have an open discussion about low carb diets, ANY ONE of them!
I tried the Low Carb Friends forum for a little while but they are heavily into scrubbing or deleting comments, so just be aware of that there. (They deleted my comment that said "If we could invent low carb popcorn, we'd be millionaires" in a reference to the drama going on with the kimkins site...I guess they felt it was offensive) I'm not into being censored, so I think that was the last posting I made, or rather tried to make there.

If you were a fan of Becky(aka Lilbit), Christin (WW cover girl) or Deni please visit their blogs OR come visit them on Jimmy's Forum.

Finally count: DH is down 47lbs and I'm down 46lbs in 10 weeks :D Will post our measurments soon... tomorrow is measuring day.

Monday, September 10, 2007

The Dove Meat

Well, we did it. We ground up the Dove meat and mixed it with sausage formed patties and grilled them on Sunday night for dinner. My official opinion was that it was good. I think mixing it with the ground sausage was good. There was no overwhelming gaming taste that I expected. We grilled them up with Cheese on top and ate it like a hamburger EXCEPT, no bun, cause I'm still doing low carb.

Speaking of Low Carb, some of you might notice that I removed the reference to Kimkins in my header. I've just been GLUED to the lowcarbfriends and kimkins forum over the last week with the current controversies. AMAZING, it's like a soap, what's going to happen next. Is Heidi Diaz Kimmer or not?! I have been reading the blogs of the admins (linked at the side of my blog) that have been banned with open eyes and mind. Lilbit's blog particularly is very eye opening and believable. I guess that is the key, when you are open and just lay it all out, it is believable. When you hide behind pseudo names, withhold information, and refuse to acknowledge the controversy and respond to your paying members concerns by banning them, it tends allow more doubt to creep into peoples perspective of you.
ANYWAY I have been doing the Kimkins diet, and participating in the forums, however there are several aspects of the Atkins diet that I miss. Namely the ability to subtract the sugar alcohols and the fiber from the carbs, i.e. counting net carbs. I think Atkins helped me to be successful before because I could have those little cheats legally and not gain weight.
This weekend I made low carb waffles and had it with BUTTER and Sugar free syrup. It was most yummy!! Hubby was thrilled to have something other then scrambled eggs. (he had me make him batter and leave it home for him to make waffles for today!). So according to the kimkins diet that was completely illegal, that would have been 12 carbs just for the syrup. BUT using net carbs to count it would have only been 2.5 carbs per waffle, and believe you and me, one was plenty! I was stuffed full afterward! Hubby and I need to discuss it, but I think I might be leaning to going back to more of an Atkins diet. Besides, I am not sure how I feel associating myself with someone who can't be honest with themselves, let alone others. In the mean time I'll be watching the drama with interest. *Wish they made low carb popcorn!*


Here is the Waffle Recipe from the Low Carb Friends website:
4 Large Eggs = 2 carbs
1/4 C. water = 0 carbs
2 Scoops Designer Whey Vanilla Protien Powder (this is approximately 23 cup) which = ~2 carbs
1/2 tsp. baking powder = 0.6 carbs
1/4 tsp. salt = 0 carbs
2 tsp. canola oil = 0 carbs
2 tsp. vanilla = 0 carbs

How To Prepare: Mix liquid ingredients in one bowl. Mix dry ingredients in seperate bowl. ( I don't use the full 14 cup of water, I just add enough to the entire mix to keep it moist, it makes thicker batter and better consistancy for waffles ) Mix all ingredients until blended well. For fun variety, one can also substitute different extracts for different flavors. Also, add chopped nuts, but remember to add the carbs. I grease my hot BELGIAN waffle iron with butter, it adds flavor to die for. If you serve this with SF syrup mixed with melted butter, it is unbelievable. If you serve this with eggs and bacon, 1/2 of a belgian waffle will suffice! Therefore you've endulged on waffles for less than 2 carbs!

Friday, September 7, 2007

40 lbs!

WHOOOOOO Doing the happy dance! Today I woke up 40lbs (207) lighter then July 9th 2007. In just under 2 month I've lost 40 lbs. I'm proud. This weekend I cleaned out my closet of all the 2x and 3x clothes I owned. This morning I went to put a pair of jeans on that I thought would still be ok (they are a size 22) and They fell right off without unbuttoning. WOOT!

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Dove Meat?!!

Wow, it has been a week since I last posted, I guess with the holiday weekend I just lost track of time. Hope you all had a good vacation. My hubby went hunting and took my DD with him on Sat, and Sun. It is DOVE season in Arizona. I've never had Dove before. I guess I will in the next couple of weeks as hubby is a very accomplished Dove Hunter. I was successful in avoiding anything to do with the birds that were acquired, however DH told me he will cook them up next weekend..and guess what! Dove is low carb and low fat, whoooopeeee! I will give a full report, I'm a bit nervous about this, but I'm game to try...ha ha...get it...game, game bird...ok well I tried to add a little humor to your day.

Hubby had gotten down 42 pounds and I could no longer deny him his requested "reward", which was a Mexican meal, so we set the day for Friday Sept 1st. We prepared by deciding what we were going to order, he wants a Marylou. We agree to split it and no more than one basket of chips. We both took some carb blockers (block up to 40 carbs) 1/2 hour before we left for the restaurant. I also looked up on fitday some of the things I was expecting to eat so I could figure out how badly I was going to blow my diet. Well, I found out that one chip was 1 carb! HOLY COW! One 16" Tortilla is 53 carbs! I know that the meat and red sauce is actually very little, maybe 1 carb and the Cheese will be 1 carb also. So to split this meal is 27 carbs + 1 for EACH CHIP! I've been staying below 10 carbs a day, and I'm going to eat twice that in one meal! WELL, off we went to Manuels. We got seated and of course we knew what we were going to have so we ordered right away and they brought our chips. Somewhere along the line I decided I was going to have no more than 4 chips. So DH takes the first chip and I teased him a bit about how he was feeling getting ready to eat it. We were SALIVATING! Really...the anticipation of the tastes were amazing! I took a Chip and broke it up into a few pieces to make it seem like more. We tried to eat them slowly and enjoy them. I tried not to bring up the fact that I check out the carb counts on the chips, but I couldn't help it, and spoiled a little of DH's fun I think. We did pretty good, we didn't finish the basket and I stuck to my four chips. Lunch was served, they had cut the Marylou into four pieces so DH and I each took a 1/4 and again savored the flavors. We also had a side of Refried Beans as kind of a what the heck move. You know what... DH and I could barely finish our 1/4 pieces. I got so full that I ended up not even eating the Tortilla except for a few bites. I was pleased with our lunch and felt good that I didn't over do it. As a result I didn't gain any weight from it! YEAH for Carb blockers!!

So the weight loss has continued and I am down to 208! Pound by pound I'm getting there. I've averaged about 20lbs a month. If I can keep this up I should see about 150 by Christmas. I WOULD SO LOVE THAT, but I know it is unrealistic. The weight loss will get harder as I continue, and the less you weigh, the harder to loose weight.

I did do some research on the Tuna issue. I LOVE TUNA, but "they" do not recommend you eat more than 1 to 2 cans a week so I stopped. It's so sad, It made me so happy for the week I was tuna dependent. I am trying canned crab to see if I would like it the same and I don't. Eggs are great for the morning but I need a staple fall back for lunch and I don't want to do too much lunch meat because it has a lot of salt it in, or at least the ones I've tried taste really salty.

Well anyone that is doing a low carb diet know that sometimes it's low in fiber too and that can lead to some "potty problems". We did experience this a little and while at the health food store mentioned it to my friend health food store clerk. She was quick to direct us to Magnesium. She said it actually helps the absorption of Calcium and basically...it makes you go. We bought it and have no complains since. I've been feeling very regular and I love this stuff. Way more gentle than the Oxypowder which had me going 13 times before noon one day, of course that is suppose to be a cleaning.
Well, that is all today. I'm please with my progress and will keep going forward. Thanks for reading!!