207.8 this am - first time in the 207s in more than 20+ years

Our Easter ham is curing (a sugar-free cure), and we are smoking a brisket this weekend (without sugars so it will also be cm).

I love this time of year! I am slowly getting my veggie gardens started - have only planted a little bit so far - a row of leeks, a row of baby bok choy and 2 rows of scallions. I need to get my lettuce seeds in.

Today's weight (slept in a bit) was 206.6!!!! Woo!

Unexpectedly had dinner(RM) out last night - not that surprised to see a weight swing this morning of 208.5. I'll take it - it's still less than last week's weight by average.

We had a cm rub - rubbed brisket smoking...driving the neighborhood crazy I think..the smoke smells soooooooooo good!

Trying a new recipe for a broccoli salad today to go along with the brisket at our rm.

Here is the link to the Brisket rub by Bobby Flay we are using. The only changes are 1) we don't spray with apple juice, we use a half and half blend of apple cider vinegar and water. 2) we don't serve it on toast

New average is 208.17 (have to round up on this site, hence the 208.2). Hope to see the 100s by early June if not sooner

Hi
Still struggling on here! Have had a few episodes of hypoglycaemia which
I'm trying to work out! The first one happened because I hadn't bothered to
eat or drink anything for probably too long the night before.
This was due to the diminished appetite of being on the CAD.
I felt nauseous, had a fever & like I was going to pass out when I woke up in the morning. To combat this I think I had something off plan, like 1/2 banana..& some milk. It was really awful.

I had the horrible symptoms of hypoglycaemia before this a few weeks back too when I woke up and couldn't face any breakfast so instead just had a coffee, but then
I was all jittery & confused & my brain was not working as it should.
I felt like an imbecile.
Lesson learned I will always force myself to eat breakfast no matter how I feel.

Then another time; I almost passed out in the shower...it was pretty scary,,
I could feel my head kind of 'zoning out' like I was about to faint.
I felt so weak & had to crouch down & crawl out & drink like 1/2 cup of milk
which made me feel almost human again. I laugh now but it wasn't funny.
I don't know what brought it on this time...The day before I would have had
more of a CALP type day with very little carbohydrate at all so maybe it was my body trying to adjust I don't know.
An hour or so before this happened, I had a cup of tea... I think maybe it was hormone related too.
I don't know maybe I need to completely phase out caffeine and see how I do.
Still trying to focus & get it right however.
On the whole its been really helping me & generally now my energy levels are good. Having those days where I want to eat everything in sight are very few and far between now which I'm so grateful for.

How fantastic Patricia; your already planning your Easter meal.
I'm not a big meat eater but that ham sounds so delicious.
You make amazing progress each and every week.
I think I've stalled but that's because I haven't been 100% perfect
with keeping to the CAD guidelines. I'm hoping to improve.


We have got some raised flower beds, I must get down to organizing them too & plant some nice vegetables.
I've just been planting mostly flower bulbs; I seen they had started
to emerge just yesterday.

Hi Eno; Hope you have a lovely time this Easter visiting your family & grandbabies!!


This Easter I REALLY do not want to throw caution to the wind & just
go mad on chocolate & everything else I had given up like desserts etc.
Life is so great being free from craving these things.

Mary - make sure you are eating enough! While my cravings are gone, I do get hungry - tummy growling hungry - and when I do, I eat

Drink plenty of liquids and don't skip your breakfast cm! Hope these incidences of low blood sugar become far and few between.

I hate when I feel like I'm talking to myself here...

Today is a big swing up to 209.6. I think it's just confirmation of what I already know..I have trouble when I eat potatoes or pasta (or tomato sauce..sobbing..horrible thing for a half-Sicilian) and I had gluten-free potato gnocchi as part of my rm last night.

I expect with lots of fluids today and squeaky clean eating, it should come back down tomorrow.

Hi Pat what kind of things do you eat for breakfast? I eat eggs often and I'm so tired of them.. I do best with my rm either breakfast or lunch.

I have trouble with low blood sugar too. I think with that problem, you have to make yourself eat even a small meal and I think a snack in between keeps the blood sugar levels from dropping too low. Now I like the Healthy for Life program so in that program, the Hellers allow a risk reducing snack in between meals. I'll eat cheese mostly. In their Stress Eating Cure, I like that food list the best because they now allow nuts on the risk reducing list, so for a snack I'll have a handful of nuts I have a really good recipe for Curried Cashews that are so buttery...! The point is not going without eating. It also stalls your weight loss by making the body go into starvation mode and you won't lose weight.

I eat leftover cm proteins (chicken thighs, 2 oz. beef) and a veggie, with a favorite being 1 turkey Italian sausage with a piece of cheese and some celery or leftover boiled cauliflower or broccoli.
I also like a tin of smoked oysters and some veggies as a breakfast.

It's whatever you like and can handle early in the day, that is cm

Thanks so much for this advice Patricia. Maybe my hunger cues are not normal
yet because I just was such a slave to my cravings.

I'd find it annoying too to feel like I was
talking to myself on here!
Sorry I must make more effort to respond more promptly; I think sometimes I'm still in my 'lurker' mode here.



Hi Mayflowers;
Thanks so much for your advice too! I'm so glad you understand it also;
the list of symptoms that it can produce are really no laughing matter.
I will try to include a few cm snacks & also try to reduce caffeine. Exercise at least half an hour I'd hope would help also.
I walked for just an hour today & felt so alive afterwards. I love it really if I can just force myself out the door.
In a way I need to think like a diabetic in a lot of ways.
I actually hadn't read any of the hellers latest books so thanks for informing
me of their latest advice.
'Risk reducing' list sounds interesting.
Its like such an emergency situation when that low blood sugar thing happens.

Pat, we've both posted at the exact same times two days in a row...

Pretty good timing considering our time difference!

Amazing timing for sure!!!
Well at least you've identified those food culprits with the potatoes etc.

I know for sure that High GI foods like rice cakes and baked potatoes do
bring on more of that hypoglycaemia for me too.


Ok, I've been doing some reading on this whole hypoglycaemia thing & I've
decided to do some new things.
1. Minimize caffeine as much as possible.
2. 30 minutes of exercise a day
3. Only have mostly Low GI (Glycaemic index) Carbohydrate foods in my Rm.


Hopefully I'll have good news to report next time.

The weight itself is such a secondary issue & no matter what I weigh
I reckon I'll be battling these same metabolic issues for the rest of my life.
As Dr Phil would say 'it can only be managed, never cured'.
May as well try to make it as enjoyable as possible!

Good luck everyone!

Hi Maryh, I suggest if you want to follow this diet, then please buy one of the books. You can get them so cheap on Amazon now used. Their most recent book is the Stress Eating Cure. That one may be a little more.