Weight was 182.2 this morning and FBG bacj down to 99. I don't ever want another binge like I had the other night. I don't know what came over me. I saw a girl on a movie eating crackers and they looked so good I grabbed te box of wheat thins and ate out of the box. Now I know better than to do that. I know if I'm going to eat something to measure out a serving but no, I had to eat it out of the box. I know portion control is key for me.

Carol Sue, I will have to look up that book and read it. The book No Veggies Included helped me a lot. I don't seem to have a problem with bread any more. I can eat it without any problems. I try to stick close to the WW SF foods as much as possible although I don't do WW. I really like using the GI/GL combining ideas from The Magic Foods book as it seems to fit my lifestyle better.

We are going to the local store over by the beauty shop today because I hope to be able to get the pizza dough we like there. We like the personal sized whole wheat dough that I can only get there. They cater to more healthy eating than these other stores. I can also get some good salad veggies there as well. Since we will be in that area DH decided to get Arby's instead of LJS so I am going to get my Ruebin sandwich that I've been craving for quite some time. I had a slice of cheese toast for brunch and will have that for dinner and nothing afterwards.

When I was in Overeater's Annonymous yearss ago, a woman came to our meeting and told us how much weight she had lost. She told us that we could continue to eat the strict low carb diet we were eating if we wanted to, but she wanted to tell us how she had lost all of her weight. She said, "I eat whatever I want. If I want a banana split, I make that my meal for the day". Reading the No Veggies Included book reminded me of her. When DH and I traveled, remember times when we wanted a blizzard so we just made that our main meal for that day. I was always surprised that when we traveled that I didn't eat low carb at all and would always come home and get on the scale and find Ihad lost 4 or 5 lbs. Maybe I should have payed more attention to what was happening. I will definitely look up that book Carol Sue.

Have a great day.

The first 2 zucchini breads turned out good and are cooling. My biggest problem is taking them out of the pan without sticking. I have to grease and flour very well. I will probably eat a piece. I have to use these other 2 zucchini soon but the ones Step daughter gave will be good another week as they were just picked.

The SF plan worked well for you in the past and will probably do so again.

When I was still eating DQ ice cream I used to skip brunch if I knew we were going to DQ. That would be my brunch. Now I will only get ice cream for every 5 lb loss but will not give it up completely. My SIL who lives in Las Vegas only eats dinner and eats what she wants. When they lived here she lost 90+ lbs. She dieted all week but ate whatever she wanted when they went out Saturday night. Everyone has their own system to help them stay on track. We do what works for us.

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Trish, the thing about these books I read, they are either free or very inexpensive, so if I don't like them I just delete them.

The world seems to be against me right now. DH went to the local grocery for a rotisserie chicken but they had a power outage this morning and couldn't make them. So he went to McDonalds and got hamburgers. That would have been ok if I hadn't had a piece of zucchini bread, but now I'm higher on carbs than I wanted. I'm at about 65 but I wanted to be very low today to get back on track. I ate the zucchini bread because I thought I was going to have just chicken for dinner. I had heard about the power outage in the shopping mall but didn't think about not cooking the chickens.

Carol Sue, I ordered the book to read on kindle. Will start it in a few minutes. Sorry about the rotesserie chicken.

We went to the big grocery store. They are still working on the remodeling of it, but they have the best produce of any local store even Walmart. I was able to get a lot of different green veggies etc that I can't get any where else. I will enjoy eating salads this next week. I wondered who was getting all the beautiful lettuce because Walmart and the local store close to us doesn't get it. Well I found it at the remodeled store and they are getting huge beautiful head lettuce. I told DH that it would be worth driving over there every week just to get our fruit and veggies.

We got the Arby's Reubin sandwich but I told DH it wasn't as good as I expected it to be because the bread was more of a gooey texture which I didn't remember it having before. He thinks I ate it somewhere else before and he could be right. The bread didn't taste like rye although it was dark. I didn't eat any of the sauces and only ate about 3/4ths of it so calories weren't too bad. I came home and made air fries to go with it which came to almost 2 oz of fries. I have had 987 calories so far today. However, I do have a snack planned of a protein shake with a few bites of fruit for later if I do get hungry for it which will bring my cals up to 1202. It is tracked to please MFP. I would really love to just have 2 meals today and not have the snack.

I am really upset with myself that I ate that hamburger. DH called me and told me there were no chickens and that he was getting McDonald for himself which is right there. It wasn't what I wanted but I wasn't going to ask him to drive somewhere else during rush hour. If I had more time to think I would have told him not to get anything for me and I would have made something else for myself at home. Not only did I eat something I didn't want but it was off plan. I feel like I might as well give up trying to lose weight and just get fat. But I don't mean that. I just feel like I'm trying but the world is making it harder than it should. So tomorrow is another day.

I added half oz of peanuts to my fruit and protein shake. Since I'm going for low calorie and fiber, I had a very good day. 1282 calories and 16 g fiber. I think I need to plan on just watching total carbs and not worry about net carbs because I'm not worrying about carbs but I'm leaning more toward SF combined with Magic Foods book with low faat but not FF. So with that in mind, I have had a really good eating day today. Going by hunger and not by the clock I ate within an 8 1/2 hr eating window.

Carol Sue, sorry today didn't work according to your plan. As we know that happens sometime. If you remember I had some of that happen to me last. It isn't fair when we have our plan and then all of a sudden something happens and our plan gets changed. However, we know those times happen, but it is really bad when it happens at the beginning of our getting back on track like you are. I don't know how many times that has happend to me and I did give up. I'm glad we have matured in our woe so that we may experience the feeling of wanting to give up, but we know that we will refuse to give up. Tomorrow is another day. Today was just a learning experience so that you can know what to do next time.

Catch you tomorrow.

Trish, I have eaten off plan many times when it was something I liked but McDonalds burgers are just not my thing. I could have eaten cooked vegetables at home and been happier. This, wasnt me eating off plan, it was not of my choosing. Well its over and done.

Weight is back down to 183.8 so I'm improving. I will get back on track now. I took magnesium again and didn't get up for the bathroom til 5. I am sleeping slightly better, not as good as I expected. I wonder if the magnesium is doing anything else for me. I will Google to see what else it does.

For some reason, bread is a trigger for me. I COULD eat a whole loaf in one day if I'm in overeating mode. This is why SL bread is such a good choice for me. I have not over eaten bread in months. My over eating is under control. When I eat low carb I can eat less and not be hungry. I miss some things but I want weight loss more than those foods. And a lower A1c. Trish, your blood sugar is good. I am not there yet. I used to say I don't want to give up this or that, but when I see how my blood sugar drops when I give them up I am changing my mind. I know that your WOE is working for you and that is fine. We can eat differently and still both be doing good because we are both achieving good health.

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2 more zucchini breads done. DH drove step daughter to work and gave her half of one from yesterday. I will give her another one from today. After all, the zucchini came from her husbands garden. They like it but she doesn't bake much. I have one more zucchini left so I can make 2 more and she can freeze it.

DH went to the store and got a rotisserie chicken so I had that for lunch. I was really craving it. So good. When I roast chicken its not as good. They inject it with something. Chicken is good for low carb.

I found out that magnesium glycinate can lower blood pressure and blood sugar and can also relieve pain. So I will continue to take it as long as I don't get any side effects. I feel that I'm improving my health little by little and I wish I had done these things long ago. But better late than never.

My weight was up to 183.2 this morning which I'm sure was the bread on the Reubin sandwich because it was too thick and even eating less of it didn't stop the damage. However, the shocker was my FBG which was 95 so at least it didn't mess tat up. I forgot to drink my ACV drink that I usually drink before I go to bed so the weight maybe would have been better if I had drank it.

DH likes the Olive Garden parmassen chicken. I noticed it is made with breaded chicken. Our local store make a frozen beaded chicken patty that isn't very high calorie so I bought a package and will make it today for dinner. I found some high fiber ole tortillias in the pantry that are still good so I had a nice breakfast wrap with 1 egg, 1 slice bacon, 1 sl velveeta cheese and broccoli slaw made into a taquito. It was less than 300 calories and very good. It would be a really good SF breakfast. I think my total calories today will be 1095 and because of the high fiber tortilla, my fiber will be 24 grams. Carbs are 108 total.

I've been taking magnesium before bed for quite some time and I do notice that I sleep most of the night until about 5 or 6 am sometimes even until 7.

Here's hoping we both have a good day with no side tracks expected or surprises. I would like to have an on track day today.
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Not a good eating day. I was hungry all day. Not sure why. I won't weigh tomorrow.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lTlJMNItwWo

I didn't watch this yet but it looks interesting. There are also some interesting looking videos on the right side.

The scale showed 184 again and I jumped off again. I just can't let that register on the app. I guess the low weight I had last week was from the potty issues I was having. That's hard for me to accept. I was so happy. I just have to work harder.

I slept til 10am today. We went to the casino yesterday and got home after midnight. I fell back to sleep after DH got up. I am always able to sleep better when he's not there. I took the magnesium again. I am able to sleep more but not necessarily better sleep according to my Fitbit. I will continue taking it. Things might improve in time. He ate breakfast and I had 1 egg and 2 bacon. I was going to cook Italian sausage in the slow cooker but I got up too late.

Trish, I used to love a Reuben sandwich but not recently. I no longer like all the stuff mixed together. I just prefer more plain food now. I love Arbys roast beef so I can't imagine choosing something else when we go there. I read that they have started selling the beef by the pound in some other state but not in PA. I would like that.

I don't know what we will be eating for dinner. Everything I have is frozen and takes too long to prepare. I need something quick. I'm actually afraid to eat anything anymore. Everything makes the scale number go up.

Carol Sue, I feel the same way. I am wondering if I will ever see 170s, but I keep trying because I know the alternative if I stop trying. I know you feel the same way I do. I know some of my problem is this having to go for lab and docs appts this month. I always struggle around this time before I go. He never gets upset about anything I do. In fact, I think he is going to be so thrilled with DH improvements that he isn't going to be too interested in me any way. I think I just feel like a child having to report in on something that I'm not really interested in doing. I would rather go once a year when lab covers everything, but I guess I should be happy I don't have to go every 3 months.

I am thankful my weight was 183 down .2 lb probably because I ended up with 35 g fiber yesterday. I don't think I'm going to track food today. I think knowing I have X# of calories left makes me think I can have more and then I go over what I have set as my goal. I am going to try actually eating when hungry other than our main meal. Sometimes I just don't want a meal. Today I didn't want a lot to eat so I had 1 sl bacon on 1 sl SLMG toast with my collagen coffee. I just needed enough to calm the hunger feeling. I'm not going to worry about IF either and just see how I do. I always did good on IE when I did it on my own without a support group because it was a normal woe for me not a diet. But I also lost weight eating that way and would get reprimanded when I would say something about losing weight on it. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

We are having pork chops today. I made 3 jars of Harvard beets for DH and I will have greens with mine and a nice big salad.

Thanks for the link Carol Sue. I will watch it. I saw another one of Dr. Bergs I want to see on safety of soy that I want to watch. We get it in a lot of foods, but I always like soy milk and loved edamene but haven't used either because they thought it caused breast cancer. I keep forgetting to see if my niece has heard any different. Hopefully he will have some answers.

Have nice day everybody.

I got a grilled chicken sandwich with lettuce, tomato and mayo with a side of broccoli. They serve fresh broccoli, not frozen like I buy. It was a great dinner. A,server who quit when the pandemic started came back. I don't know if she is back for good or just helping out. Restaurants here are still having trouble getting help. There are so many restaurants and fast food because of the PA Turnpike interchange. A new restaurant opened but they closed before they got to go full time because they couldn't get employees. Denny's is only open til 4 pm. No dinner, just breakfast and lunch.

I don't think I will ever lose the diet mentality. Its inbred.

I know that IE was meant to break overeating, dieting mentality. Those girls who posted here got mad if anyone mentioned weight loss, but I reminded them they were posting on a weight loss forum. There are forums for eating disorders. I tried to join one but they would not approve me. Something about me made them think I was insincere.

I just finished tracking my food on MFP. I tracked all day but only after I ate. No plans and didn't yse any diet plan. Strictly Intuitively eating. Calories today were 1245 and total carbs was 96 minus 19 g fiber is 77 net carbs. I did better today without a diet plan. Actually my diet was not a low carb day but not really high carb either. I don't think I'm going to worry about net carbs any more. It would be nice if I could eat within this calorie range every day. I'm just going to continue this and see how I do.

Carol Sue Thanks for the link. I found it interesting. Hope your day has gone well.
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Interesting experience. I haven't been able to find the brand of shoes I've worn for years. Then I found a brand similar to the old brand and ordered a pair. I got them today and I've lost weight in my feet. I knew I needed a smaller size and these I got today are still 1//2 size to large, plus I don't need a wide show any more. I hadn't even thought of losing weight in my feet. LOL

Trish, all my life I needed a narrow shoe. They were so hard to find and were usually only found in expensive shoes. After I gained weight I was so happy I didn't need narrow shoes anymore. I hope I never go back to narrow. I think my feet got wider from wearing running shoes all the time instead of dress shoes.

Today we have to take the dog for his haircut. I hate this. He always tries to bite the groomer. DH helps her. They call him Rusty the Terrorist. I make sure I tip her good. There is a guy with a special van who grooms your dog in the van in your driveway. If our groomer ever quits I will call him. I don't think she will ever quit because she and her husband own the shop and both work there.

Today I read that eating low carb only reduces blood sugar but what is really needed is to reverse insulin resistance. I think you have already done that. I need to read up on what I need to do. Its always something.

I didn't weigh yet and now I'm dressed. Last night after I came home I was craving more broccoli,,so I cooked some and ate it. Who craves broccoli? I did not get fat from eating broccoli, or any other vegetable.

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We are home already, 10:15. Rusty looks nice and will be cooler the rest of the summer.

We cannot all follow the same program. I need low carb because of my blood sugar. You have already corrected that problem. I don't know if I ever will. Its not really about weight for me. My weight comes down faster with fiber, which comes from slow burning carbs.

I bought a different bread to try. Its Schweibels 35 light. I bought it because it is lower calorie but same carbs as the SL. I will probably go back to SL. I always do. Its thin. I like thin. They have Arnold's Keto bread but it is thick and 60 calories per slice. I know calories are not what counts but I can't get calorie counts out of my head.

I have never planned my calories. I can't plan because I have to go by what DH wants. I get to choose occasionally. I should have never done that because now he's used to it. Sometimes when I want to make something I will just say "I'm making ******. If you don't want that, eat something else." I enter my brunch after I I eat it then see how many calories and carbs I have left for dinner. But its just an estimate because I don't really know what I'm going to eat. I think you are so used to eating the same way that you will automatically eat around the same.

I remember how I ate when I was gaining. Before that I ate breakfast and lunch at work and rarely ate dinner. After the kids moved out DH wanted to eat out. So I was adding 800-1000 calories to my day. What did I think was going to happen? I gained weight so fast. At first DH complained but I told him to stop making me eat dinner. The food tasted so good because I was ordering things I didn't cook. And I was eating all the bread and rolls. It was stupid, but I was having fun. I loved it! When I ended up with heart surgery and diabetes I was sorry but not sorry enough to stop. I don't know how or when I cut back enough to be eating 1200 calories. I think I finally have my compulsive overeating under control. I think IF played a big part. I've actually learned to enjoy the feeling of hunger. My only problem is when I get what I call "sick hunger," when I start to feel shaky and horrible and I have to eat something. So I guess losing slowly is,best for my long term goal but I'd love to wake up thin tomorrow!

Carol Sue, I have noticed that if I go too high on carbs that FBG goes up over 100. I know that isn't bad but I don't want it in the 100s again. Funny I read someone said that most people eat really high carb like 100s of grams. I guess because I've done low carb for so long that to me anything above 125 grams is high to me.

I need to stay away from the scale but just can't break the habit. I got up early and I weighed 183. After going to potty, 30 minutes later it was 183.4. What in the world is that about? I should have weighed less. I counted the 183 on my record sheet I keep because that was the time I normally weigh. .4 lb isn't going to make any difference except I don't want to see it right now. I can't believe the fruit is making a difference in my weight loss, because I was doing this before I got back to eating it. Go figure. We have labs Tuesday so I can change things up again if I want to. I just wanted to have this good reading this time. I've worked to get my A1c where it will be now and after this lab work, I will start working harder on the weight loss.

I don't want to do keto necessarily but I am thinking about eating mostly protein and salads for a while and see if I can get the scale to move downward and break this stall.

Sauerkraut and franks on the menu today. DH wants his salad and fries with it but I only want the salad with mine. I am going to make myself a bacon/veggie omelet for brunch today. If I could get away from eating at night still would be so helpful. According to this last book I'm reading of the guy who lost all that weight, I guess I don't want it bad enough because I'm not doing very well at breaking that habit. I need to go back and finish reading it.

I love the Rusty the Terrorist. Makes me think of my son whose name is Rusty. He was always into mischief. That kid like to have drove me nuts, but he turned out to be the best kid. Glad he will be cool for the rest of the summer.

Have a good day.

Carol Sue back when I first married DH, we didn't always eat the same things or even at the same time. Back then his DM lived with us and if he had to take her to a doctor's appointment, he would stop and get himself a HB and fries. He .would ask me if I wanted him to bring me a burger or something. Once in a while I would have him bring me a taco salad, but most of the time I would tell him no. I lived on coffee and tuna for my main meal which I usually had right after I put the baby down for her nap. Very seldom did I ever eat anything after that which was around 2 or 3. Even when we moved to SC, neither of us ate after 3 or 4 pm most days. I really don't know when all that changed. I think it was when our church decided to go on the Daniel Diet that Rick Warren's church started following which IS NOT low carb. I got off my low carb diet to do that diet with them and I've never been able to get back on my low carb diet since then. I think that was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made.

Maybe that is why I have a difficult time getting back on low carb especially keto. I know if I ever get on it that it would work, but I also know that when I get off, it will not be easy to get back on. So I just try to work around things I know both DH and I both like. There was a time I could tell him to get his burger and I would eat something low carb when I got home, but I seem to have lost the will power or whatever to do that any more. Plus, to me to do keto like it should be done is work. BS makes the cloud bread and some of the keto bombs etc that I just don't have the energy to these days. However, maybe I need to think about that. She is very thin and I'm not. So it comes don to how bad do I want this? I know it can't just be another diet, it has to be something that becomes a lifestyle.

I ended up with my eggs, bacon and toast. I will try to stick to low carb for my main meal and I am going to do my best to lose the nighttime eating. I really think that is key for me.

Carol Sue, I thought about you craving broccoli. I was craving brussel sprouts yesterday and was disappointed that I didn't have any in the freezer. You know, I can honestly say that even if doing IE, that both you and I mostly like "healthy" foods. I don't always crave junk food and the main reason I eat a lot of the foods I eat are things I probably would never buy or think of eating if it wasn't for DH wanting them. I think you are the same way.

Trish, I tried that new bread and I love it. That's not good!

Right now we have every salty snack imaginable in the house plus donuts and zucchini bread. None of them interest me.But sometimes I overeat on healthy food. As soon as I ate my brunch today I wanted more. I had eggs, bacon and tomato slices. Its the first meal of the day that starts my appetite, so I'm better off waiting as long as I can.

I would love it if DH got something just for himself. I think he feels like I'm being cheated.