Weight coming off slower...

[WebMistress]

So, for the past 10 days I have been on vacation, this is why I haven't been here. During that 10 day period I lost only 1 pound of weight, which is fine with me. I'm seeing it slow down now as my body gets used to my routine of intermittent fasting and eating. To be fair though the past week I had my sister and family in town and we went out to eat a lot, even though I would fast all day and only go out to eat, things would interfere with my diet routine.

For example, we went out to eat dinner at the Cheesecake factory, after an entire day of successful fasting for 23 hours.

I sat down and ordered the beet & avocado salad, and an ice water.

Of course I heard "You have to have cheesecake, what's the point of coming here if you don't eat good!" So, I felt the pressure, but you know, cheesecake! It wasn't like they had to twist my arm too much, I didn't really argue it. Even though, I wasn't planning to have any, I gave in and said, oh okay. I only ate half of it, but still. I ate it. I took the rest home to give to my boyfriend (who didn't go to the cheesecake factory with us).

Those kinda things kept happening.

So in the end, I still did a lot of walking, and a lot of fasting, every day in fact. It was a lot of fun to not have to work and to just hang out with my sister, and her kids at my mom's house, but I did notice something that I wanted to point out.

The day after the cheesecake, I became the biggest B in the whole world. I was super bitchy. I was horrible. I felt like I was having sugar withdrawal and super bitchy. I regretted that piece of cheesecake after that.

I guess this is how a person feels when they give up cigarettes.

I read somewhere that giving up sugar is just like giving up cigarettes. There is that kinda affect on us, where we feel super edgy and bitchy.

Anyone know what I am talking about?

Also I noticed that after that cheesecake, I was craving carbs like mad the next two days after that. It was horrible. It's like my body went back to desiring carbs with a vengeance.

But, someone saw me yesterday and said "Oh my god, look at you! You're getting sooooo skinny!"

I was like (in my mind) saying to myself "Yay!"

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Hi WM, I hope that you had a great time on holiday plus losing 1 lb means your weight is still going in the right direction.

Now refined carbs like sugar affect our hormones our blood glucose levels and make us want to eat more empty calories...😊

[WebMistress IF Star in reply to Hidden]

Yeah, they're not fun. I don't like how I feel after eating them, but they taste good, but I don't want to deal with the emotional roller-coaster.