Somebody STOP me!
 

My friend dropped off homemade carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for hubby, she knows I am doing IP, so she left 1 piece off for him. He is out to dinner with clients. I just went out to the fridge, after eating my IP dinner and took out the cake, took off the wrap and smelled it and put it back. I don't know if I can hold-out all evening, so depressed after almost 7weeks and slow losses. Somebody tell me why I shouldn't eat it! HELP!;)

How are going to feel AFTER you scarf it down?

You'll just want another piece (What the **** right?) and then you'll feel that much more disgusting and depressed.

DON'T DO IT!

If you so much as smell that piece of cake again, I'll hunt you down with my pitchfork and sharp fangs, and wherever you are, I'll find you and make your life miserable:devil:!!! Be warned! Step away from the fridge girl. Good luck! lol

Stay strong and don't be disappointed by the slow weight loss. I'm not on IP so I wouldn't know how you can speed up your loss on your plan, but maybe you should try tweaking things up? NOt with carrot cake lol but I'm sure you can find something more suited to IP. Wish you all the best.

I was thinking more like it might trick my body... but probably not so much. I am just staying out of the kitchen until hubby gets home. I txt him and told him there was a piece waiting for him, now I can't eat it! This has been my worst impatient day since starting IP, just pacing around, drinking tons of H2O, cleaning, basically driving myself nuts! I am glad I have a super-busy day tomorrow.

Ok here ya go and remember I am going to be honest... Sorry if TMI. Last night I had a major binge after being on this program almost 7 weeks. It was a emotional binge so I will assure you there was a whole lot more consumed than a piece of carrot cake. Let me just say I was probably over my carb limit by about 2 weeks. I was soooo sick last night that I threw up 4 times. I am the girl that refuses to do so even when I have the flu because it makes me cry. Today I woke up and felt like I was hung over. I have been super hungry all day and have been doing boot camp and probably will till monday...

I know it is only a piece of carrot cake but if you don't want to eat it I hope this helps you to stay away.

I really don't want to eat it, I am looking for some kind of satisfaction for being so good for 7 weeks. I have been good through at least 8 parties/picnics, including 2 at my home that both included tons of yummies. I just feel anxious today, not my usual personality.

Well you did well by coming on here and distracting yourself....Pat on the back for that!!....you know that the cake won't taste as good as you thought it would so its just not worth it. Why don't you go get a pedicure or something tomorrow to reward yourself? I know how hard you have been struggling and didn't you have a good weight lose last week....-3.2lbs I believe!!...hang in there you know we are all behind you 100% so stick to it, post on here and get your mind off of that cake!

I know EXACTLY how you feel. And by that I do mean exactly. I have 3/4 of a carrot cake sitting in my fridge at this moment! It was my fathers birthday on Monday and every year he asks me to make it for him... And the rest is now sitting in there. I give it the stare down every single time I open the refrigerator door. I just keep telling myself that once I am done with IP I will be able to have a slice of carrot cake on a cheat day. It isn't gone forever, just for now!

Stay strong, my dear. The small satisfaction of eating it is not worth being kicked out of ketosis OR the stall that you will experience and perhaps even the GAIN.

Leave the house....right now! Take a drive through a nice neighborhood, go to the mall, visit a friend........you really DO NOT want that. You have control over your food. And honestly, if you had one bite right now, you would find it to be soooooo sickening sweet it would disgust you, mentally and physically. You DO NOT want that cake!

Don't do it! You will feel horrible about it much longer than you will enjoy the taste.

Originally Posted by patns:
I am cutting and pasting here so will try to make it different colours.
First from you on another thread

I too am a slow loser, this is my 7th week and I am only down 15 lbs. I weigh again on friday, but today is wednesday and I am exactly the same as I was last friday. I get down about it too, but the ladies here come along and cheer me right up! When I broke my neck and back and had no food or H2O for a month, I only lost 20 lbs and my doctor said most people would have lost double that and that was when I was only 28 yrs old, so I have always been a really slow loser and now being 53, post meno & hypo thyroid, it is ever dragging more. I was just talking with Hubby today at his lunch break and I truly wonder if it is worth it. I gain so very easily and I truly don't eat much or poorly... hmmmm


I have been thinking about this since you put it on another thread earlier. The part about thinking is it worth it. I too am a slow loser for mostly the same reasons. So we know it is going to be a longer haul than for most people. But I think you have to took at it from a different perpective, where would you be if you hadn't been doing this for the past 7 weeks. 15 pounds heavier than you are now. You are averaging about 2 pounds a week while is not bad at all. If you keep going at that rate in another 7 weeks you will be down 30 pounds. That would make a huge difference.





Lastly words of wisdown from WUV2BLOVED on another thread:
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Y'all and those SCALES!!!!!!.....y'all are putting MORE STRESS in y'all lives than NEED to be!!!!....If I could reach though this screen and get each and every one of y'all scales I would do it! I lost 1.5 lbs its a loss, it takes time.

HAHAHA...good one Patns....I really would if I could too!......lol

DON'T DO IT! I really like Patns post because if you were doing this on WW you would be rejoicing at losing over 2 pounds a week! Then add another 7 weeks and it would be 30, so much better than gaining. Right now it is just a lifestyle change, I know the promises about losing big, blah, blah, blah, but so what, you are losing weight! I'm giving myself the talk too, just hang in there. TAke one day at a time and move forward.

Ok, took a walk around the block. Admired my stone wall that the mason's are building, just awesome. I just feel wound-up, like I had a ton of caffeine, which I have not. Maybe it's a full moon tonight, it definitely makes me restless.

Too funny about the carrot cake. The potatoe salad, cookies, hot sausages did not bother me, but man o man that carrot cake. I know how good it is, she's made it before. You are probably right, it would seem sickening sweet. When I was young, 20's I ran and I never and I mean never ate sugar and very few carbs. Actually food combined for training. I was thin and muscular. One day my BF ( now hubby for 29 yrs) brought me a donut and I said I don't eat sugar and he said just a bite, it nearly made me puke. I wish I felt that way now.

Originally Posted by wuv2bloved:
HAHAHA...good one Patns....I really would if I could too!......lol

I thought if that didn't scare her nothing would, I'd bet you could clean out all the carrot cake too while doing battle with the scales.

Sorry Bella, but I had such a laugh at picturing her coming through all those screens!

You all are so funny :)

I just looked at my calendar and it is the week of the full moon, it always makes me hyper. I used to not believe it, but then tracked my anxiety and low and behold, always the week of the full moom. lol.

Wuv, you are just too much ")

Originally Posted by Bellamack:
You all are so funny :)

I just looked at my calendar and it is the week of the full moon, it always makes me hyper. I used to not believe it, but then tracked my anxiety and low and behold, always the week of the full moom. lol.

Wuv, you are just too much ")

I know BUT I made you smile so my job is done for the night :)

Bella!!!

I am so glad you didn't do it. Given you know what it is like, ask your friend is she will make you ONE piece for your first cheat day on phase 4. It will give you something to work towards.

NOW, GET... OVER... IT!! :) (said in the most loving way)

You keep thinking you are losing slowly. YOU ARE NOT! You are losing at the recommended healthy rate of 2 to 3 pounds a week. You are doing great and you will sustain the loses that come like these.

Maybe you can do better, maybe not. You will not do better by eating carrot cake. You might do better by adding a fourth packet and making sure you are getting a few restricted packets a week since you are exercising so regularly.

Now stop stressing yourself out and setting yourself up for sabotage by worrying about what you don't have instead of rejoicing in what you do.

YOU HAVE LOST 15 pounds in just 6 weeks! WOO HOOO!!!

:hug:

:)

Originally Posted by Bellamack:
:)

I'm so proud of you Bella, I just logged back on as I was away making dinner and saw your thread.

I recommend in the future that you throw out the cake, I'm sure that hubby would understand with what you are dealing with when it's there taunting you.

As I mentioned before as well, and Wuv mentions all the time. STAY AWAY FROM YOUR SCALE. I have been stress free with the diet ever since I stopped weighing myself, you can do it. I know you can. Set a goal to not weigh yourself for 1 week and see what happens.

I say we all challenge Bella to do so!!!!!!

(I have unlimited long distance calling as well, if you need a call, msg me)

Originally Posted by YvetteSki:
I'm so proud of you Bella, I just logged back on as I was away making dinner and saw your thread.

I recommend in the future that you throw out the cake, I'm sure that hubby would understand with what you are dealing with when it's there taunting you.

As I mentioned before as well, and Wuv mentions all the time. STAY AWAY FROM YOUR SCALE. I have been stress free with the diet ever since I stopped weighing myself, you can do it. I know you can. Set a goal to not weigh yourself for 1 week and see what happens.

I say we all challenge Bella to do so!!!!!!

(I have unlimited long distance calling as well, if you need a call, msg me)

I was being good, because Wuv2b got after me, but I was feeling confident this morning and you are right, it brought me down faster than, hmmmm, don't have a catchy analogy. I would have already quit this diet if it wasn't for the support here, it is the most awesome place to come. So, much knowledge here too. I think the other thing that bothers me is that I think my coach thinks I cheat (she never says that, but she said one time that other clients with my losses cheated, soooooooooo, I could be reading more into it) With that said I was hoping for a big whoosh friday, so she would know I wasn't cheating, but there I go trying to please some else instead of me. This is suppose to be all about me. me. me!

Originally Posted by Bellamack:
I was being good, because Wuv2b got after me, but I was feeling confident this morning and you are right, it brought me down faster than, hmmmm, don't have a catchy analogy. I would have already quit this diet if it wasn't for the support here, it is the most awesome place to come. So, much knowledge here too. I think the other thing that bothers me is that I think my coach thinks I cheat (she never says that, but she said one time that other clients with my losses cheated, soooooooooo, I could be reading more into it) With that said I was hoping for a big whoosh friday, so she would know I wasn't cheating, but there I go trying to please some else instead of me. This is suppose to be all about me. me. me!

Do you listen to Toby Keith? he has a song called "I WANNA TALK ABOUT ME!" its great.....when you said that its suppose to be all about me me me made me think of it!...ha

Originally Posted by Bellamack:
I was being good, because Wuv2b got after me, but I was feeling confident this morning and you are right, it brought me down faster than, hmmmm, don't have a catchy analogy. I would have already quit this diet if it wasn't for the support here, it is the most awesome place to come. So, much knowledge here too. I think the other thing that bothers me is that I think my coach thinks I cheat (she never says that, but she said one time that other clients with my losses cheated, soooooooooo, I could be reading more into it) With that said I was hoping for a big whoosh friday, so she would know I wasn't cheating, but there I go trying to please some else instead of me. This is suppose to be all about me. me. me!

Now I just want to cry! :( I hated going for weigh in because my coach had this subtle way of making me thinking I just hadn't done enough. LOVED IP, hated going for weigh in. I actually weighed on my own every morning before seeing my coach. I used my coach for measuring, food, and for the occasional "woo hoo, look at you go!".

Keep your journal, be true to you (it is what matters in the end), and if your coach keeps making you feel like you cheat when you know you don't tell her to keep it to herself because it isn't like that for everyone!

(if you care to know how I know small losses are ok, I got so sick of my coach telling me I was off target, I asked Dr Tran personally. :) He gave me a great response and was very encouraging of my 2 pound loss. )

I love Toby. That will be my theme song.

Originally Posted by wuv2bloved:
Do you listen to Toby Keith? he has a song called "I WANNA TALK ABOUT ME!" its great.....when you said that its suppose to be all about me me me made me think of it!...ha

I LOVE that song! It always makes me laugh! :)

Originally Posted by showgirlaz:
Now I just want to cry! :( I hated going for weigh in because my coach had this subtle way of making me thinking I just hadn't done enough. LOVED IP, hated going for weigh in. I actually weighed on my own every morning before seeing my coach. I used my coach for measuring, food, and for the occasional "woo hoo, look at you go!".

Keep your journal, be true to you (it is what matters in the end), and if your coach keeps making you feel like you cheat when you know you don't tell her to keep it to herself because it isn't like that for everyone!

(if you care to know how I know small losses are ok, I got so sick of my coach telling me I was off target, I asked Dr Tran personally. :) He gave me a great response and was very encouraging of my 2 pound loss. )

WOW. now I am encouraged!

Put it in the freezer or the trash.

See Bella, I have lots of great things for you!...keeping you distracted for ALL that NEGATIVITY you got going on!!

Don't do it! 1 piece of cake is not worth going through the withdraw period (you remember, the massive carb cravings, not feeling so hot, cranky and maybe even headaches) - nothing is worth that process all over again.

My coach was thrilled with my 2.3 loss this week. I lucked out when I went to that clinic without knowing anything about it. Hey, we could have a Toby Keith subform too! Words of wisdom from Toby.

Originally Posted by patns:
My coach was thrilled with my 2.3 loss this week. I lucked out when I went to that clinic without knowing anything about it. Hey, we could have a Toby Keith subform too! Words of wisdom from Toby.

Toby is my FAVORITE country singer of all times. I have seen him in concert 4 times. The BEST one was ON my 40th birthday and I was in the SECOND row MIDDLE stage....GREATEST concert ever.....It was my mom and I, I had won tickets because at the time the place I was going out too was holding a contest and wanted to know why "I LOVE THIS BAR" it was his hit at the time and they PULLED my name!!...WOOHOO!!!!!

I really like Toby too. He would be great in concert. He was supposed to close out a big country jamboree here too weeks ago but when it was time to go on he had laringitis and couldn't talk. So he will have to come back sometime this year.

I have several favorites but my all time favorite will likely always be Chris Young, I've been following him since he was really young. Oh wait, he's not that old yet. He used to do volunteer work as a role model in reading for boys. My job is working with kids with reading problems so knew of him through that.

Pat

nothing tastes as good as skinny feels! remember that !

I like the feel of skinny more than the 30 seconds of taste bud satisifaction.

If it is just the cake that you are craving... try to have a chai tea with extra cinnamon and nutmeg. Or you could make pudding cakes and add cinnamon and nutmeg for the spice of the cake and then top it with vanilla pudding... there you go... your version... oh and you can add a little zucchini to it.

I was recently reading a book by Gary Taubes. It said that we can start to secrete insulin just by thinking about sugary/starchy foods. After reading that, I was a) craving carbs, and b) realizing that the mind is very powerful. Get the food out of your house! If your husband has to have the cake, he can keep it at a neighbor's house.