I am so upset! I made whipcream with plends and jello last night for a treat for dh and I. Dh kept saying how sweet it tasted but I really didn't think so. BUT... after Dh went to bed I foundmyself prowling arond the kitchen wanting something sweet so bad and unable to figure out why. I was thinking maybr I am triggered by artificial sweetners. I never thought they triggered my cravings. I vowed to not have sweeteners again for a very long time. Alth I didn't give in I felt so out of control. I woke this morning and had bacon and eggs. An hour later I'm thinking of making more whip cream and jello. I was just ccraving it. I tried and tried to figure out this odd state of affairs. Finally I gave in and made the whip cream. As I'm makinig it I look at the box(the same box I used last night) and lo and behold it was REAL JELLO! I could have screamed! That was why I was having all those cravings last night. I'm so mad I want to sit down and cry. What a way to throw off my weight loss for the week! I was also very shocked at how that little bit last night just set me off and how badly I wanted sugar after that! A bitter lesson learned

Well, you learned a lesson from that and you are still ten pounds lighter than when you started.
So now you are several IQ points smarter. Don't be hard on yourself!

I know but last week I didn't lose anything and I weigh in Sunday and now i bet I won't lose anything this week. Does it work like that?

Sometimes I've cheated on carbs and still lost. Other times I've been perfectly on plan and gained. Bodies are weird.

wishing... it's all ok. you've learned a valuable lesson,. and even if you don't lose this week, you're all set for a big loss within the next couple of weeks.

and now you realize just how sensitive you are to sugar...

It's okay, you learned something from it. I hope it tasted good. It's difficult to get your body back to low-carb mode... I had birthday cake this week because it was my husband's 27th... and I'm craving sugar almost every day now. Difficult to get it out of the system. I had a bite of cake last night and thus sleep paralysis this morning (that's when you can't wake up...)... from the low blood sugar.

Don't feel bad about it, just learn from it.

Look at the quotation in my signature - it's from a TOPS book.

Oh Wishing, we've all been there and done that! And staying away from artificial sweetneres until you are under good control of the WOE is a smart move, after all, you don't want to accidentally do it again. I find that a good three days of water, protein, veggie, water, water, water will sort out the accidental carb cravings.

Wishing......its ok. Sugar, real or not, does the same thing to me. Turns me into some sort of monster, and I dont feel very good about myself. But you learned, and Im sure everything will be fine Sunday.

Wishing first things is that it was a brief time that you did this. look at the time i was eating fake crab salad by the ton and could not figure out why i was craving so badly, i went into a store and just kept eyeing the cookies and doughnuts and the chips when i grabed my bottle of water i tried to get out of there so fast i ran litterally into a stand holding potatoe chips we almost fell to the floor and i was thinking can i grab a bag on the way down??? well that was what it took to get me to take a good look at the diet. and found that the crab is made with starch and sugar!!!

but lesson learned dust off and get back OP!! You can do it and the faster you do it the less problems and cravings you will have. I am sorry that you had to learn the hard way how your body reacts to sugars but this is truly a great lesson!!! you know your responce to sugars. I firmly believe that sugar is an addiction to my body and i do the same thing i go through the house like a cyclone looking for the sugar to eat!!! the body turns starches into a cocaine like substance (some web site if i remember i will find it explained it all clearly) that is why the body goes into withdrawl symptoms and has those cravings of searching the house like a maniac, cuz it makes your brain crave it. if you think about it it does make sence. so stay strong you are fighting an addiction!!!

Thankyou girls. You're all so great. Speaking of sleep paralysis. is that a real saying? I know exactly what you mean but I never met anyone else who knows what I mean. Is that where you go to sleep and when you wake up you can't? It feels like something is pushing me down down down and I'm fighting to come up through it all and not matter how hard I try to open my eyes I absolutely can't! I will myself to wake up. My mind talks to itself. I tell myself I've been here before. Just force your eyes open girl and I can't because I'm fighting a heavy heavy feeling. It's hard to explain but thenwhen I do get my eyes open an invisible hand reaches out and shoves me back under! I'll work to come awake over and over and by the time I truly wake up enough t o get up I have a headache from being plunged in and out of sleep. This always happens after a sugar overload and have never heard a name for it. I am in disbelief! Could this really be what you are talking about?

And I'll try hard not to let this goof get me down. I'm just wondering what will happen to my confidence if the scales is not down Sunday for the second week in a row? Can I hold on? It's scarey!