It was so nice to read the comments from some of my old blog friends as well as new ones!! Thank you for the warm welcome back! So, it is 2 weeks and 3 days since I started my low-carb prison sentence, and I am down only 3 pounds!! As you can all imagine, I am not a happy bride-to-be! Of course, in true male fashion, my DF is down 8 pounds! And yes, if you are wondering, I am totally jealous about that! It is frustrating to live day after day on 20 grams or less of carbs and only see a 3 pound loss! But, I do admit, that my face looks noticeably thinner and my pants are feeling looser. So, I am doing my best to forget about the numbers on the scale. It ain't easy though, let me tell ya!
Then, last night, DF and I decided to watch Forrest Gump. DF went to Blockbuster and bought the movie, then called me on the phone. And what did my beloved ask me? Did I want ice cream? Ugh!! Of course I wanted ice cream damnit!! And not just any ice cream... but the momma of all ice cream stores- Cold Stone Creamery!! For the low price of about $8, you get yourself a huge sundae type concoction of fatty goodness. Well, my DF brought some of this yummy devil's food home and I had some. Actually, I had a lot less than I ever would, so I am happy about that. After the damage was done, I would say about 1 and 1/2 cups were consumed, if that much!
Luckily, I got the guilt of eating the ice cream out of my head and am fully on the wagon. Maybe it's just a rationalization, but I have not eaten a morsel of bread, pasta or potato in the 2 and 1/2 weeks on this diet, so a slip up of 1 and 1/2 cups of ice cream will not be my undoing!! And for those of you who are familiar with Atkins or really low-carb diets, and know about being in ketosis, even after the ice cream party, this morning I am still excreting a small amount of ketones. So, all is not lost!
In other news, crazier things have been happening with the house we are in contract for. Originally, DF and I fell in love with a colonial that we made a bid on. Apparently, another party also bid, and the sellers made a counter offer to both of us which was 10k more than our bid. Not knowing what the other buyer's bid was, we went up 5K and ended up losing the deal because the othr buyer went 5k over the seller's counter offer!! I literally cried over losing this house. I was so upset that when I found out- I had to leave work early! It was heart breaking! DF and I really saw ourselves getting old in that house. And it had such wonderful charm!
Fast forward a month. We are now in contract with a home that we like a lot but it is not our dream home. Our down payment is 20k. And what happens? You guessed it- the favorite house's deal fell thru!! And so we have our attorney look over our contract to see if we can get out of it, since they already cashed our check, and of course it is looking grim. DF and I really did a lot of soul searching and discussing about the favorite house. And we then come to the conclusion that even though we cannot really afford it, we are going to walk away from the down payment and do our damnedest to get the house we love! We figure, that after all is said and done, we would spend more than 20k on renovations to get the house we are in contract in up to the point that the favorite house is presently at. So, now we wait... Please cross your fingers and toes that we get this favorite house of ours!!
On the agenda for today- go to DF's niece's 6th birthday party, where I will resist all carbs! And then pick up my brother and his GF at the airport at 6pm. I will be on vacation from work this week! Yay me!! I will have to make sure I get on the treadmill. I finally did 35 minutes of hard core running and walking [mostly walking] the other day and I felt sore but good! Gotta get that exercise in!! Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! Be good to yourself!
Posted By: twinkletoes807
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06/02/2007 12:23
Bears
Just read your blog. What an interesting life! I do hope you get your dream home. But about the carbs! I, too, am working out a low carb eating regime. I'm trying to avoid the d-word as it shuts my metabolism down. About 14 years ago, after my fourth child was born and my weight climbed to 168lbs (thought I was fat then), I went to a doctor about my weight concern. He was an old country doctor who listened attentively while I opened my soul to him, telling him that all I really wanted to do was eat ice cream and chocolate all day-that all my attempts to stop these cravings were thwarted by bake sales, ambushed by skittles, and devestated by the candy bars my kids brought home to sell for school. He told me I wasn't nuts, that it is natural to crave sweets, that the best way to catch a bear is to put a box of donuts in the woods. I stopped myself from asking what kind of donuts, surely the chocolate glazed would be most effective, or the raspberry cream. He went on to explain how we crave sweets as a survival mechanism - readily available energy - and we still have that drive even though sweets are readily available for most of us. He talked about complex sugars, starches, waxing on about caloric intake and energy output. It was dizzying. When he finished, I asked the obvious question: so, you're telling me to be smarter than the average bear? He nodded.
I'm still working on that. Good luck to you today and long live celery!
Have fun at the party. It's so hard to resist party food. Good luck getting that exercise in and I hope you get your dream home!
Oh, and thanks for the tip about wedding cake. I didn't realize it was bad luck. Maybe that's why so many of my friends have already gotten divorced. LOL! (Not laughing about the divorces, though.)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your dress! Beautiful! How are you doing? How are the wedding plans coming along? Drop me a note some time and let me know. I loved planning my wedding!
I know what you mean about Cold Stone. It is truly the handiwork of the devil. Good for you for staying strong against its pull and not going medieval on it! LOL Keep up the great work--DO NOT get discouraged about the scale. A thinner face and looser pants are HUGE indicators that IT IS WORKING!!!! So don't give up the fight! You will be triumphant I know and it will all be worth it when you walk down that aisle.
Great news on the dream home. I think you are making the right decision. I will be pulling for you to get the dream home AND to get back your down payment. As much money as it is, it is a small price to pay to grow old in your dream home!!! Good luck sweetie!
Hey. Good to see you back. It seems you have a lot on your plate right now...and trust me, it won't get any better until about 2 weeks after your wedding! ;) I lie, you will reach a point where there is nothing left to do wedding wise until about 2 weeks before the big day. Of course, you are adding a house into the mix too. I couldn't imagine doing both at once, adding in there trying to diet and be healthy on a wedding deadline...oy! My best advice, simplify, because something somewhere will have to give.
Hope you wind up getting the original house you wanted.
Ya, I've been MIA too from EXP. Glad to see you're still checking in. I can't believe your wedding is right is in September!! Well, the low carb thing (less than 20 a day) is how I lost my weight. If you stick to it, it does work...I have tons of friends that have lost major weight since following this type of plan too. I will say that ice cream is the one thing I crave too....it's been part of my "maintenance plan" for a while...haha!
As you can all imagine, I am not a happy bride-to-be! Of course, in true male fashion, my DF is down 8 pounds! 
And yes, if you are wondering, I am totally jealous about that! It is frustrating to live day after day on 20 grams or less of carbs and only see a 3 pound loss! But, I do admit, that my face looks noticeably thinner and my pants are feeling looser. So, I am doing my best to forget about the numbers on the scale. It ain't easy though, let me tell ya!