Froufy - Have you tried the Buffalo Chicken Thighs? You use 1/2 cup of crushed BBQ or Hot and Spicy Pork Rinds as a bredding on the chicken and hten pan fry... they are sooo good! Even Hubby loved them! Serve with Blue Cheese or Ranch Dressing to dip in! YUM!

Lisa - Ditto for what Leens said about the Kiss of Death. I have talked to several people who had a little cheat (tiny compared to what we would normally concider a cheat) and gain 5 pounds or more in a day. That is why I never taste ANYTHING when I am baking! It is hard.. but I do it!

Star Princess - Could you share your new found knowledge of Sugar Alcohols with us? I am still confused on that issue!

As for me, I am back to the gym today after a week off. And boy could I tell! I did fine on the Eliptical, but I had to drop the reps on the weights a bit today! But my body is so happy now! I bet I will be sore tmo!

talk to you all later!

Thanks everyone on the kiss of death replies. How sad for me... oh well, back to square one!!

Isn't Splenda a sugar alcohol, too? Maybe I should be giving up my coffee with cream and Splenda. I seem to do better without it and think I'll just give up cream altogether.

No more baking for me. Period... for a long time because I know myself well enough to know that when it comes to will power, I don't have it with cookie dough.

A little brag here for me though. I'm back on program this week and my dh tried to force feed me a chicken nugget. He said "one nugget won't hurt you..." I said "yes, it will and I won't eat it." He put it down on my coffee cup lid (we were in the car and I was driving) and I said "roll down your window" and so he did and I chucked the nugget out the window on the freeway. I think he decided I was serious about not eating the nugget... LOL!!

Kokoloo shared an article about the whole sugar alcohol thing. The bottom line is that while sugar alcohols do not affect your blood sugar, they are metabolized by our bodies. We subtract fiber from our carb count because it isn't metabolized at all but since we do metabolize sugar alcohols, the argument is that we should count them in our daily carb intake.

It made some sense to me so I took a very deep breath and said goodbye to candy. The results I've had are really amazing. But it does make me a little angry to feel like I was really misled by all the low carb products that say sugar alcohols don't count. For me at least, they really do!

As backup for my own experience, I use ketone sticks on a regular basis. When I was eating my sugar free candy, I stayed in the pink range. Since cutting out the sugar alcohols, I can have a glass or two of red wine with dinner and still be a lovely dark purple in the morning. That's evidence enough for me!

Lisa - no, splenda is sucralose and not a sugar alcohol (thank goodness!) And on the chicken nugget victory! That cracked me up!

That's all very interesting about the sugar alcohols, etc. I rarely take a drink of any kind though so I guess I don't have to worry about that, at least. One thing I have cut way back on is Splenda. In Canada we can still get liquid Sucaryl with cyclamates and I much prefer it for sweetening just about everything without it affecting my blood sugar. I'm not trying to do any l.c. baking lately because it tends to tempt me too much.

As for fried pork rinds, I'm also in Canada and have no problem buying them at Superstore and occasionally at Safeway. We can only get plain (salted) and bbq. Somebody posted a recipe somewhere on making cinnamon pork rinds which involved using melted butter, Splenda and cinnamon. They claimed they were excellent. I mainly use them to make mock French toast (more like pancakes) and breading chicken strips. Mix some ground flax seed into the pork rind crumbs as well. Not bad. Even dh didn't realise he wasn't eating breading.

So there I was driving along the freeway, minding my own business, with my window wide open enjoying the fresh air...when all of a sudden A LONE CHICKEN NUGGET landed on my lap?

What is this I wondered? Was I imagining things? It must be all that sugar alcohol I've been ingesting!

Anyhow I dipped it in some crushed bbq pork rinds and ate it - it was DELISH!

Froufy

(sorry I couldn't resist! )

Froufy - I'm totally cracking up over here. My coworkers are looking at me strangely...

Now you've given me the giggles....

Thanks,

Thanks Froufy.....you drove over that chicken nugget smushing it and then it bounced up and THUD.....landed on my windsheild......smucking grease and crumbs all over the place. COULDN'T SEE WORTH A DARN!!!! hate when that happens....LOL

Linda - Just for clarification, sugar alcohols are a sugar substitute. It's frequently used in sugar free candy, chocolate, and ice cream.

Froufy - I can not stop laughing! Thanks for the added abdominal exercise

I'm still laughing over here, too. Next time dh tries to feed me something I can't have, I'll launch it into orbit and see what country/state it lands in.

Funny, funny stuff!! I'll now know to watch out for flying hunks of processed meat when I'm driving!

OK. I'm a pork rind nut. LindaBC mentioned the pork rinds with cinnamon, Splenda and butter. Does anyone have that recipe? I'll add it to my plentiful supply of pork rind recipes. I swear I can't get enough of those things!

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Take care,
Jina

Good Thursday Morning,

Glad you all enjoyed my tale...I couldn't help it when I had the "visual" of chicken nuggets flying all over the freeway!lol

No rain, brightening up but very nippy today, and all the leaves have fallen due to yesterday's heavy winds. Time to start bundling up.

My biggest dilemma these days is getting dressed in the mornings....I really need to clean out the cupboard as I can no longer wear at least 50% of the stuff in there....at least not without looking a bit funny. I spent 15 minutes looking for a pair of black tights (and this made me late for work) - nowhere to be found....were once tight and relegated to the bottom of a drawer somewhere. Also wanted to wear this warm cotton burgundy mock neck sweater that I own (I think it's XL or XXL?)...had this big baggy mushroom baggy thing at the happening at the bottom I looked weird in it...so that was out! I don't want to go shopping, still have stuff I can soon fit into.....very frustrating.

Wearing something a bit tight on the chest (if you got it flaunt it) but still okay (black and white striped t-shirt, horizontal no less, with matching t-shirt long sweater in opposite stripes...very cute), and my black cotton pants (a bit loose but still okay). Had to put insoles in my shoes cuz they were slipping off!

Also REALLY need to get a ring guard for my pearl/diamond ring on right hand...it's slipping as I walk and hand pointing down!

Scale reading ultimate low of 187.6 this morning and I am THRILLED. As predicted I usually lose the most weight right after TOM...then the other 3 weeks I tend to hover/fluctuate around the same lb or two....oh well...at least it's working!

Hope everyone is doing well...Karen, how's the cold? Jina, are you excited to see next week's results? I am excited for you!

Going to the dentist for a cleaning this pm...weird phenomenon - and it's not just me, as I have noted this on other low carb boards, but some low carbers tend to have more plaque/tartar buildup after starting this diet. I noticed this shortly after starting, and thought it was just me, but have since noted others have the same problem, and in the same spot (inside bottom front teeth) - another atkins idiosyncracy??? So now I'm supposed to go for more frequent cleanings, not just every 6 months (notice my bright smile?)

Froufy

Froufy - You crack me up! Now I have that visual of the flying Chicken Nugget! My kids are looking at me strangely!

I do have that phenomenon too! I thought I was just being weird.. but I am glad to hear it isnt just me.

I will try to stop by later.. working in DD's Classroom today!

Hey, Froufy! I know what you mean about the baggy clothes. Before I went on Atkins, I lost 20 pounds (then I got stuck forever at the same weight). I don't have tons of money to spend on new clothes, especially temporary clothes, so I just bought one pair of jeans to fit me. So, one pair of pants I own fits me well. The others have to be rigged up with belts, and I tend to look like a clown. (Fortunately, I work out of my home, so I don't have to expose too many people to my clownish look...) But, I guess the clown look is good, right? It means we're losing!

Yay!! It's finally cooled off here. In Florida, "cool" is no humidity and about 80, but it still feels cool to me! And, it gets downright cold at night -- upper 60s...brr!! Maybe I'll be able to start wearing warmer, bulkier clothes so the clown look might not be as noticeable.

And, yes, I am anxious to weigh-in next week. I don't feel like I'm losing weight this week. Last week, I really felt like I was losing since I had all the Atkins signs -- bad breath, headache, etc. This week, I feel great, and I'm eating all these great foods (pork rinds)!! It just doesn't seem like I should be losing weight. And, I'm a little worried about my cream intake. I read that cream can slow weightloss in some people. I recently got addicted to coffee with 2 oz. of cream every morning. I guess I'll see what my weightloss is this week, and then adjust it, if needed.

Well, I hope everyone else is doing well. Keep those chicken-nugget chucking stories coming! I'm still giggling about that one...

Take care,
Jina

Froufy - You are a nut! I am in the same boat as you...clothes too big and my rings and shoes keep sliding off. NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING!!!! But it is somewhat annoying for now.

Anyone else have MAJOR weight fluctuations mid week? I find this so odd and it's killing me. I don't really care about it because I am not cheating and I will continue to work at this. I have yet to start a formalized exercise routine and I need to do that very soon - just procrastinating now! Today though I am up 4 lbs. since last Friday. Worse yet is that last Friday was ending TOM so I should be free of all that water weight now. For some reason every week I am up in the middle of the week and then by Saturday I actually lose weight for the week. SO ODD!

My clothes are definitely fitting me differently and my old body fat of 54% is now stable at 50% and on many weigh in occassions 49%. I will keep at this - it's just kind of discouraging to me.