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[falconcy]

I think you have thought this out pretty carefully and drawn pretty much the same conclusions I did. Be prepared for a few "speed bumps" in your weight when you go back to solids. You could gain up to half of what you took off. The general trend will be downwards and the discipline will definitely be there.

Exercise and proper hydration (I need to listen to that one) will help keep things going the right way. Be careful what you cook and eat. I suspect the pasta bake, as delicious as it was, might have been quite high in calories. Overall, I think I kept under 1000 for the day and I think this is going to have to be the norm till I get off the weight.

[irondawn]

Weight: 177.5

falconcy - I'm so glad I did this at about the same time as you.  It's good to see that we see the same things in the fast. 

I've officially gone off the fast now, and have been working my way up quickly to small amounts of solid food.  I had broth, but it made my stomach hurt - as soon as I had one blue corn tortilla chip, my stomach settled.  I had a thumb sized piece (as in, 1" wide and 3" long) of fresh gluten free bread with a tiny bit of organic butter.  The butter did not seem to affect me - and I was FULL. 

This morning I had a slice of gluten free toast with butter and a cup of Earl Grey tea with honey.  Within an hour, I had to use the restroom and had the first semi-solid BM.  The urge to go is still accompanied with cramps - just like the Smooth move tea, but that is OK for now.  I was very full and I've been drinking water.  I've brought my broth with me for lunch, but I will be cutting it in half...it is SO salty.  But, only 13 calories!

I walked up 6 flights of stairs this morning and will go for a walk at lunch if I can get out (90F here today, supposedly.  I wouldn't know, I'm in a climate controlled area where I'm freezing all the time.)  When I get home I'm going to the gym to do elliptical for 35 minutes, and then I have a dance practice.  We have a big show coming up and we need to rehearse!  Anyone in Chicago-land area can see us at the Tribal Revolution Hafla -

Date:      June 22, 2007 (Tribal Revolution takes place from June 22-24)
Location:                   Mickey Finn's Brewery
      412 N. Milwaukee Ave.  Libertyville, IL
Times:      Doors open to the public       7:00 p.m.
      Hafla performances begin       7:30 p.m.

I was a little leery of introducing caffeine back into my life, but at the same time - I greatly enjoy a cup of tea, and it comes with many many benefits.  I'm allowed one addiction to keep me sane, right?

However, I am regaining something negative - my desire to eat something for the sake of eating it.  I'm not hungry, at all.  But I want to eat something, for flavor, for some odd reason.  Perhaps this is where I need to introduce CFF since it appears I have not broken that connection (probably because I've only gone 10 days, and falconcy went 27). 

So, from here, I will be monitoring my food intake and letting people know how I'm doing.

[falconcy]

Monitoring the intake is essential, the last thing you want to do is add it straight back on. I'm trying to be really careful with the cheese, I can easily go overboard with that. The rest is not an issue, but any kind of blue cheese is a thing I would eat probably a bit more than I should.

[irondawn]

Lunch was a unique experience totalling less than 140 calories. 

First I had my broth - cut the cube in half so it isn't as salty (which is actually the serving size - half a cube.  Why do they make it in double serving sizes then???).  After eating that, I tried the cauliflower, but the flavor was boring, and I only had a couple of bites of the whole serving.  Still, I'm counting that 40 calories as part of my intake, despite the fact that I didn't even have a fourth of it. 

Then I had a hard boiled egg - and it tasted cruddy.  I ate it very slowly, and I ate the whole thing, but I don't think I will be doing that anymore.  They just aren't worth their 80 calories for some reason.  I don't know if the herbal flavor of the broth (Harvest Sun brand) did it or what, but I just wasn't interested.  So far, my stomach is dealing with the hard boiled egg though.  Perhaps I will boil an organic egg and see about that.  My cafeteria at work is far from organic - healthy, but not organic.

I went out for a walk to the post office and hit the supermarket on the way.  I bought two organic strawberries for a total of 8 more calories.  That effectively washed a good portion of the hard boiled egg flavor out of my mouth.

And I'm so not hungry.  I think the broth will be a major tool - it's in essence CFF.  At 13 calories a serving, (1000mg of salt though) it is pretty much calorie-free and a great way to start a meal.  I just wasn't interested in anything else.  Now the goal will be to find broth boullion that is gluten free AND lower in salt.  Perhaps I can start adding some of the veggies to it then.

[irondawn]

This morning I had oatmeal and a piece of toast with butter.  That packed a whopping 350 calories.  I don't mind it so much for breakfast usually, except that the majority of it was carb-based.  That means that I'll tend to be hungry for lunch pretty early - and I've already eaten my banana.  Add in that I have a dinner to go to tonight, and I'm being cautious.  Even keeping it down at around 1000 calories yesterday, I am back up a pound.  I'm sure that just for HAVING food in my body.  The weight vacillates, and I don't want to become a freak. 

I start working out again tomorrow, and tonight I'm going dancing so that will also be quite a workout.    I am considering starting SLD again tomorrow because I am starting to be more hungry.  Still - I'm not really HUNGRY all the time, but just wanting flavor.  This is where my downfall is, I believe. 

[irondawn]

Raw by accident?

I went to the cafeteria today and realized I didn't want ANYTHING they had there - until I saw the 1/2 ruby red grapefruit.  That called to me like a hussy calls to a sailor that just got into port. 

So I ate my broth, 1/2 an avocado that wasn't ripe yet *sigh* and 1/2 grapefruit.  I completely forgot to get water or any other beverage - I'm sure that would have stopped me sooner.  And I'm DONE.  In my little calories spreadsheet, if I wanted to keep it at 1000 calories, I still have 324 left for the day.  (I'm an anal retentive free spirit, if such a thing can exist.  I ENJOY counting calories for the sheer raw data...and then I get fed up with the oppressive process and free wheel for a while.)

It was the same last night, sort of.  I was hunting through the house for foods - my body suddenly saying, "Give me flavors!"  So I was trying little bits of a lot of things - none really BAD, but still.  But then I had a fresh, organic orange.  And I was done.  I didn't need anything else and didn't want anything else. 

I haven't had really any meat beyond two shavings of turkey on a half sandwich I had last night.  I haven't had any dairy besides the butter on my toast.  I'm actually a bit concerned about introducing either of these any further into my diet...even though I dearly LOVE both. 

My husband is concerned that I might have grown reliant on the laxative tea as my eliminations have not been regular in that regard.   

[irondawn]

So...

I've gone back up 2 pounds - which, frankly, I expected.  Haven't had the ticker updated yet.  I'm heading into the two week experience that is my TOM, so that will also affect it.

The meal at the restaurant went very well.  I had the tofu dish falconcy had recommended (and the chef as well), and was so full I couldn't eat anymore - although I desired a taste of sweetness.  No alcohol, and some bits of cheese from a cheese plate - as well as grapes.  Then we went dancing, and I was wearing an outfit I haven't worn for 5 years...it was great.  My dancing pants. 

Saturday I ate breakfast and was full till 2pm, when I hit a low pretty badly and so we went out for Mexican.  I could barely get through half of my plate at the Mexican restaurant.  The meat combination (beef and pork) bothered my stomach so much that I only had a piece of toast with butter that evening - and some tea. 

Sunday, I decided to have people over and use the massive amounts of veggies I had in the house - I couldn't possibly eat them all.  So, we had a salad buffet of sorts.  Three friends came over (another gluten intolerant one) and we made large salads.  I was actually still very full from my lunch, which was the rest of that Mexican dish I'd had the day before, that I barely had a salad. 

I proceeded, however, to overeat.  I ate without thinking, for hours because we were playing games and talking.  I ate VEGETABLES and FRUIT, some blue tortilla chips, salsa and some bean dip.  I also had the first alcohol since the cleanse (lemonade and 44 North vodka, yummy!)  I felt really badly about eating without thinking, but at the same time I don't think I've ever eaten so much fruit and veggies.  Raspberries, cherries, strawberries, grapes.  We plowed through them. 

I am thinking of starting the ELOO again today because, while I ate great things, I still went overboard and ate too many of them - with the most uncomfortable full feeling.  I ate past being full, and I don't like that idea. 

I've not managed to work in too much dairy or meat yet - I've probably had a total of a 1/3 of a cup of meat since being off the cleanse. 

Oh, and I was diagnosed with rosacea...so at least we KNOW about it now.

[irondawn]

For a sense of sweetness, however, I've found that candied ginger takes care of that for me almost instantly.  I bought a small package of them and one will have me nibbling for hours. 

I love my co-op.  If only they would get ELOO!

[irondawn]

So, I've changed the first post to be more of a data tracking post. 

[irondawn]

Lunch was interesting.  I wonder if being at work changes how I react to food.

I had my broth - I bought a low sodium one because 1000mg of sodium was just over the top, especially if I intend to have broth at the beginning of more meals.  There was a "peppered turkey tortilla flat" and I started eating that, sans tortilla.  About halfway through, I recognized that I was pretty full...but I kept picking at it.  All the while, I read my book and drank water with lemon.  Could not finish it - feel too full.  Which is good, but why did I need to pick at it?  :?

So, overall, 160 calories for lunch or so and I'm sated to a degree that is relatively frightening.  I also got mild pangs in my gut - not sure if that is a response to the spiciness of the salsa, or something else.

About to drink more water back at my desk and then hit some green tea for the meeting I have in the afternoon.  Tonight I go back to the gym as well, so we'll see how well I do on an elliptical!  Been toying with drinking the Lemonade mixture from the Master cleanse for some dinners in the week.  We'll see how I feel this whole week.  I'd LOVE to drop another 10 pounds or something before June 22 - but I think I'm spoiled a bit by the master cleanse. 

So, so far - broth has been good at producing the "full" feeling.  I am intending on taking my first tbsp of oil at 3pm or so today.

[irondawn]

Took the ELOO at 3:15, and now at 3:45 I'm feeling a little odd in my stomach.  It might be the most fat I've consumed in one sitting in nearly three weeks!  I've been chasing with water, but it seems to be creating an...acidic response?  Heartburn perhaps? Very odd - I've never had this response to ELOO before.

Was thinking I was going to get baba ganoush and rice for dinner tonight, but might just go with a peanut butter jelly sandwich.  I haven't had one in simply forever, and I have a feeling I'm pretty low in the proteins area.  Not that baba ganoush doesn't have it - it's just sort of a pain in the butt to get tonight.  Before I took the ELOO, I was really craving it.  Now, I'm not really keen on it.

Ugh...stomach is gurgling and had some belching.  Getting a hungry feeling that I've not had in a couple weeks.  Trying to drown it with water and see if it is a fluke.

[irondawn]

So after having my ELOO (1 tbsp) at 3:15 yesterday, I proceeded to go home and EAT EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.  Not sure what happened.  I made my half peanut butter sandwich which was fine, and then decided that some blue tortilla chips and salsa might finish that off.  I added some bean dip to that salsa, and had at least one whole serving of that.  Then when my husband finally came home, I made another half sandwich, ate some raisins, and finally decided that since I couldn't seem to stop the flow of food to my mouth, I would have a piece of candied ginger - which did indeed stop my desire to eat anything.  That ginger is just so strong!

So...that was bad.  I've not wanted to eat like that in simply forever.  And I can't say that I "wanted" to do that last night either.  I really don't know what the heck happened.  One thought is that I was sitting in front of the computer just checking email and tribe.net, and this website as well.  I seriously zoned and didn't do anything I wanted to do till my husband came home at 8pm.  Two hours lost to doing essentially NOTHING but surfing the net and eating whatever I could grab. 

When I'm at the computer, I typically either snack a lot or forget to eat for hours.  I was ravenous when I got home, which I haven't been since the fast. 

So, I must review what exactly happened - and I'd love some objective suggestions.  I'll keep up 1 tbsp of ELOO at the same time for a while.

However, I did go to the gym for 35 minutes this morning and burned 500 calories. 

(also playing with my photo...feel like finding something suitable.)

[mpq]

Sorry, can't help with what happened, but would like to hear more about this "candied ginger"

[frenata]

Mmmm...candied ginger. One of my favorites.

[irondawn]

Candied Ginger

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The flavor is so intensely gingery that I can't eat anything after it at all.  It's a great treat.  100 calories or so for 9 pieces? (depends on the brand and size of course.)

The extra special treat?  Candied ginger dipped in dark chocolate.  My local sweet store hand makes these in conjunction with our Spice House.