Glad the week end is over and its down to business again. LOL.... I did do better this week end but not perfect. I'm eating more like I will in real life. If you get what I mean. I'm glad I made a pot of chicken veggie soup Friday it has helped.

Ellen- Hope this book gives you some answers. That's great you brought your Grandson home and gave his parents a little break and you time to play.

square1- It takes me about a week to detox from sugar. Its a real problem for me. But if I stay away from it awhile I really don't miss it. I look for products with 5 grams or less.

Amarantha- You are losing good. Congratulations. Keep up the good work...


Think I need to go put more wash in. Should have done it on the week end.

Hi ladies, just waiting in the trick-or- treaters. Didn't go to my grandson's as I have taken him 3 other places this week and being a week night just decided to stay home and hand out candy.

still down the same 9 lbs. Figured it would slow down. Still hoping to be down to 189 by Wed.

Ellen glad you had so much fun with your grandson. They are so much better than our kids were. Ha-ha.

Toni, I had decided I need to find a way to lose and eat the way I do but healthier. Not 100% strict but tyring to only eat healthy and stay at 2500 calories. I don't want to give up my wine and some other things. That is not how I live. I sure don't know how long I have so might as well do what is normal for me. Allowing myself one cheat meal a week too.
Did you happen to see Dr Oz today. They had Tony Horton (I think invented that PS90X program).But he said heat 90% healthy and 10% not so. They applies to exercise. He said at least 5 days and just move. Doesnt have to be strenous exercise.

Amarmantha. Welcome. Good luck with this WOE. Sugar is so bad and makes you feel bad too. I don't eat sugar, but at the end of the day my tracker shows how much sugar and I am amazed. Where did it come from? It's in everything.

I did good. Still had calories left so I enjoyed a fun size Baby Ruth. only 80 calories. Now off for a warm cup of tea. See ya later.

Thanks, Toni! Square1, hope the sugar detox is going well!

Solly, yea, it is hard to avoid sugar, they are putting it in so many things.

miniDoodles, I am using a modified version of the Sugar Busters' plan, which DOES allow for some sugar, it is very low sugar but not "no" sugar. In the challenge on FB, though, I personally define sugar as sucrose (table sugar), dextrose, glucose (which is the sugar we have in our blood naturally), molasses, honey, etc., as well as anything with High Fructose Corn Sugar and I personally avoid agave nectar, which is supposed to be low glycemic, but isn't really, plus I avoid raw sugar (turbinado) or cane juice, all sugar (even though these are natural sugars and not refined).

Sugar Busters (the original book) says t'is ok to use all fruit spreads and I do that. Fructose that is in allowable fruits is ok (but not High Fructose Corn Sugar), so yea, personally if you were bustin' sugar the Sugar Busters way, I'd personally think using fruit for chocolate recipes would be good.

I don't know, really. I did Sugar Busters for years and found that there were all sorts of interpretations of it. I modify it also but I stick close. It is hard to define "sugar," actually. I think everyone has to decide for themselves.

I am having fun reviving my Sugar Busters. I found Beanitos today, a chip made out of pinto beans and whole flaxseeds (although the body doesn't absorb whole flaxseeds, they taste good.

I revamped all my goals today as I wanted to add a loss of some more pounds to get to where I want to be in March of 2012, a significant month for me. Then I will be done with loss of the regain and the extra I wanted and will maintain. I still had eight pounds to go on my holiday goal, which I incorporated.

This helped me avoid corn or something sugary.

Ten of these was very satisfying as they have protein and fiber.

Sorry to ramble, Sugar Busters' ... see ye. Have a fantastic day.

I am counting down to my goal date and from here to there is now 145 days!

Woot!

Hi ladies, I did not make my goal of 189 by today. I weighed yesterday ater a day of not having my diuretics and I was up 3lbs. BVery discouraging. Today I was down 2 of the 3 so 1 lb over where I was last week. Not sure why. I have been eating my 2500 calopries and walking around the block everyday. Oh well, keep on trucking.

This morning I had oatmeal with blueberries, and milk with green tea.

Amarantha, good luck on meeting your goals. You have to do what is good for you.

Mini doodles, I love all those cute puppies. SB does not allow a certain amount of grams per day but I beleive you look for things under 3 grams of sugar in them. All fruit is ok with the exception of bananas, pineapple, and raisens. I think that is all. Ellen will correct me if I am wrong on those grams. She knows everthing about this WOE.

Ellen, help me out here if you will.

Toni, how does the scale look today?

Got to run the grandson is here. Think we will put up the Christmas tree in the basement today.I am pressed for time.

Oh don't know if I will be back this week. My ortho doc talked me into having my carpal tunnel fixed, one tomorrow and one on the 17th. Do I may not be able to type until Monday. Not sure about this but since I have insurance hanging over my head and they wake me several times a night numb, I guess I will do it. Talk to you soon

Huzzah, thanks to Solly and Ellen for the welcomes. miniDoodles, hi, I don't really know the answer to that question. I'd think it would vary. Nutrition is so complex, it is a good question.
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Today I kind of switched gears from doing the old Sugar Buster's program (from the book). I am still committed to staying sugar free and low glycemic, I just realized that though the book served me well for a long time in the past, it isn't the specific set of guidelines I want to consult right now.

I posted some of my thoughts on this in my blog. It is just too much for me to worry about whether whole wheat is stone ground or bananas are ripe or unripe or whether something I eat is on the legal list or not. That served me well before but now I just need to focus on being sugar free as I define it and reducing weight and staying fit (I exercise daily).

I am doing fine with being sugar free and it is helping me control calories and also think more clearly, so on to another day.

I am glad I found this thread, thanks again for the welcomes.

Solly, good luck with the surgery!

Time to fix DH lunch so will keep this kind of short. We went grocery shopping yesterday, so theres lots to eat. Plus have a nice container of veggie chicken soup. Got my treadmill walk in. Thats my week in for it.

Ellen- Sorry all your stuff didn't turn out like you wanted. Hope you can fix the ones that didn't. I still drink my tea out of the cup you made me. I'm so glad you found an eating plan that is working.

Solly- I hope your surgery goes well. Its good to your carpal tunnel fixed. I had hoped I would lose a lb. but instead stayed the same. I still need to lose a lb. to get back where I was. Maybe this week. I'm drinking wine and trying to make my plan liveable.

Amarantha- Good luck with your new way of eating. We each kind of do our own thing. Keeping sugar busters in mind. I really fight with sugar...

Mini doodle- The only chocolate I have is the 70% dark chocolate. I have a square of it when I really need a sweet thing.

Off to cook....

Huzzah to all! Abbrevated version of something about sugar that I put in my 3FC bloggety blog! Yesterday, I accidentally drank a sugar filled Slim-Fast shake that I grabbed after a stressful meeting instead of their low carb, no added sugar variety, which despite all odds is not a bad quick protein shake. It's a long story but I drank the sugar thing and could not tell the difference, but then later could not stop eating.

Anyhow, it got me thinking about how life is going lately lol and I decided that while I intend to continue to eat "sugar free" and "low glycemic," I don't want to really have the complexity in my life of being defined by them.

I dropped out of a sugar free challenge I was doing on FB. It's not as if I am making big sugar eating plans. I just don't want to state again and go on and on as I have in the past that I will never eat sugar again lol.

Am still bustin' sugar (and of course counting calories, exercising and generally TRYING to lose this stupid weight).

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miniDoodles: I hear ye on liking food. I really do, too.

Toni48, I like a square of dark chocolate now and again, also. I think the monounsaturated fat in chocolate aids in flattening my abs.

Welcome to all the new members.

((Everybody)) Things are going well. I got off base for awhile but I'm trying hard to refocus.

Solly..praying that surgery went well. ((hugs))

Ellen...that is great about the new diet. So glad your numbers are going down.

Toni..I think eating in a way that you can do for the rest of your life is way better than any single plan. I eat WAY more things than when I was strictly following the SugarBuster diet. Not only is this more doable I've lost more weight than the first time around. An example would be the Tacos I had as a treat from Taco Bell. There was NOT way in the old days I would have touched it. I did, I enjoyed it and it was worth the calories. I do eat on the lower end of my calorie range though.

Dinner is calling. Hope Robert gets in from hunting soon. I didn't eat very much earlier and with the workout and running my tummy is talkin'

Hope everyone has a fantastic rest of the weekend.

Glad the week end is over. Worked hard today and got allot done in the house. Made DH a batch of pumpkin spice cookies and hope I stay out of them. Packed my lasagna up and froze it. So I'm set to healthy eating. I'm making lean pork chops and broccoli for dinner, maybe a salad too.

Ellen- Hope your back is better. I'm enjoying the time change. I popped right out of bed this morning extra early. The picnic sounds so good. It would be so nice to have someone else cook something yummy and healthy.

Crystle-Hope you're doing fine. And running lots....

Amanarantha- Hows it going? I'll have to try the sugar free slim fast. It would be nice to have something quck in the fridge.

mini doodle- Did you have a good week end. I have the worse time if candy is in the house.

Solly- Hope you're doing okay and your surgery went well.

My gosh its gloomy out....