Went off plan

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

Modern research has determined that "Birthday Cake", ie: A highly
decorated sweet flour/fat/sugar based dessert, generally festooned with
YOUR name, has NO CALORIES, NO CARBS, AND NO FAT.

Shocking? Sure.

But it appears, the joy felt once a year when we eat a piece of this
comestible surrounded by our loved ones immediately dissipates all
CALORIES, CARBS AND FAT!

There are a few important caveats:

1. It must be YOUR birthday.

2. You must only have ONE birthday a year.

3. Cake must be consumed AFTER appropriate musical accompaniment ("Happy
Birthday" or "For He/She's a Jolly Good Fellow/Person" or the like).

4. Candles, while low carb, low calorie and low fat must NOT be
consumed... especially when lit.

5. BEWARE! Foods consumed before and after cake maintain their original
carb, fat and calorie count.

This has been brought to you as a public service announcement.

Jennifer

Yes, the "Ice Cream AND Cake" variable was addressed in the study.

Should "Ice Cream AND Cake" be consumed, as separate items, each will
release HALF of it's calories, carbs and fats. So an option would be to
only eat the HALF that is now CCF-FREE. Determining which half is now
CCF-FREE is easy... it's the half closest to you.

As for an "Ice Cream Cake" ie: Baskin Robbins/Haggan Daz/Carvel... normal
sized slices fall under the original CCF-FREE study and can be consumed
with pleasure.

Hope that clears it up.

Lady o' the house said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH had
the stomach flu. Today, however, my family visited and, at my request, they
brought a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from the bakery. And,
yes, I had a small piece, though I couldn't finish it off. It tasted yummy,
but it was enough to satisfy me.

I don't plan to eat birthday cake again, at least until maybe next year. If
I stall, that's okay. I'm much further along than I thought I'd be, and I
haven't eaten much today anyway (just a plain hamburger patty) due to my
earlier foray into the wonderful world of maltitol-enhanced intestinal
distress.

I know what to expect as far as cravings, and I know how to deal with them.
I look at this as a rare experiment into how to deal with food once I reach
my goal.

I'll let you all know how I'm holding up.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

Happy 40th,,,,,,wishing you health, wealth and many birthdays more!
--
Started LC Sept 26/04
189/175/125
"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH had
the stomach flu. Today, however, my family visited and, at my request,
they
brought a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from the bakery. And,
yes, I had a small piece, though I couldn't finish it off. It tasted
yummy,
but it was enough to satisfy me.

I don't plan to eat birthday cake again, at least until maybe next year.
If
I stall, that's okay. I'm much further along than I thought I'd be, and I
haven't eaten much today anyway (just a plain hamburger patty) due to my
earlier foray into the wonderful world of maltitol-enhanced intestinal
distress.

I know what to expect as far as cravings, and I know how to deal with
them.
I look at this as a rare experiment into how to deal with food once I
reach
my goal.

I'll let you all know how I'm holding up.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH had
the stomach flu. Today, however, my family visited and, at my request,

they

Quoted message said:

brought a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from the bakery. And,
yes, I had a small piece, though I couldn't finish it off. It tasted

yummy,

Quoted message said:

but it was enough to satisfy me.

I don't plan to eat birthday cake again, at least until maybe next year.

If

Quoted message said:

I stall, that's okay. I'm much further along than I thought I'd be, and I
haven't eaten much today anyway (just a plain hamburger patty) due to my
earlier foray into the wonderful world of maltitol-enhanced intestinal
distress.

I know what to expect as far as cravings, and I know how to deal with

them.

Quoted message said:

I look at this as a rare experiment into how to deal with food once I

reach

Quoted message said:

my goal.

I'll let you all know how I'm holding up.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003

Congrats and happy b-day! I tell you something that's real, and pretty
gross at the same time. There's nothing better for losing weight quicker
than the stomach flu. So give DH a big wet one, and have a piece of cake!

--
JK Sinrod
Sinrod Stained Glass Studios
www.sinrodstudios.com
Coney Island Memories
www.sinrodstudios.com/coneymemories

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH had

A belated happy birthday! Welcome to the 40s!

--
Saffire
205/147/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Thanks for the well-wishes, everybody!

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)
"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH had
the stomach flu. Today, however, my family visited and, at my request,

they

Quoted message said:

brought a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from the bakery. And,
yes, I had a small piece, though I couldn't finish it off. It tasted

yummy,

Quoted message said:

but it was enough to satisfy me.

I don't plan to eat birthday cake again, at least until maybe next year.

If

Quoted message said:

I stall, that's okay. I'm much further along than I thought I'd be, and I
haven't eaten much today anyway (just a plain hamburger patty) due to my
earlier foray into the wonderful world of maltitol-enhanced intestinal
distress.

I know what to expect as far as cravings, and I know how to deal with

them.

Quoted message said:

I look at this as a rare experiment into how to deal with food once I

reach

Quoted message said:

my goal.

I'll let you all know how I'm holding up.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

It is possible to make very low carb frosting. The cake itself might be 50
carbs for a slice. I don't know how to make a lower carb cake, but I think
it can be done. By eliminating all other carbs for the day, one can still
be on program.

My solution is to skip the cake. A bowl of LC ice cream seems celebratory
enough.

"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH had
the stomach flu. Today, however, my family visited and, at my request,

they

Quoted message said:

brought a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from the bakery. And,
yes, I had a small piece, though I couldn't finish it off. It tasted

yummy,

Quoted message said:

but it was enough to satisfy me.

I don't plan to eat birthday cake again, at least until maybe next year.

If

Quoted message said:

I stall, that's okay. I'm much further along than I thought I'd be, and I
haven't eaten much today anyway (just a plain hamburger patty) due to my
earlier foray into the wonderful world of maltitol-enhanced intestinal
distress.

I know what to expect as far as cravings, and I know how to deal with

them.

Quoted message said:

I look at this as a rare experiment into how to deal with food once I

reach

Quoted message said:

my goal.

I'll let you all know how I'm holding up.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

Thanks, Cubit. But due to a bout of vomiting from stomach flu a few hours
later, I doubt that it made that much of a difference.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

"Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

It is possible to make very low carb frosting. The cake itself might be

50

Quoted message said:

carbs for a slice. I don't know how to make a lower carb cake, but I

think

Quoted message said:

it can be done. By eliminating all other carbs for the day, one can still
be on program.

My solution is to skip the cake. A bowl of LC ice cream seems celebratory
enough.

"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH

had

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the stomach flu. Today, however, my family visited and, at my request,

they

Quoted message said:

brought a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from the bakery.

And,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

yes, I had a small piece, though I couldn't finish it off. It tasted

yummy,

Quoted message said:

but it was enough to satisfy me.

I don't plan to eat birthday cake again, at least until maybe next year.

If

Quoted message said:

I stall, that's okay. I'm much further along than I thought I'd be, and

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

haven't eaten much today anyway (just a plain hamburger patty) due to my
earlier foray into the wonderful world of maltitol-enhanced intestinal
distress.

I know what to expect as far as cravings, and I know how to deal with

them.

Quoted message said:

I look at this as a rare experiment into how to deal with food once I

reach

Quoted message said:

my goal.

I'll let you all know how I'm holding up.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

Low carb frosting should be easy, just use cream cheese or whipping
cream/Heavy cream, with a sugar substitute. Stevia?

Also, falling off the low carb is very bad. It is hard to get back on
it. If it is working for you, do not think that it will be easy to
shake those pounds back off becasue it was easy the first time. The
body adjusts.

Also, you may get headaches that you can't seem to figure where they
come from. It is the sugar. Once your body has adjusted to the low
blood sugar and you start feeding it sugar again, then you get headaches
the next day. The only way I have found to stop the headaches, take
psyllium husks immediately after eating the sugar. That would be good
for those birthdays you keep getting each year.

Gary

Cubit said:

It is possible to make very low carb frosting. The cake itself might be 50
carbs for a slice. I don't know how to make a lower carb cake, but I think
it can be done. By eliminating all other carbs for the day, one can still
be on program.

My solution is to skip the cake. A bowl of LC ice cream seems celebratory
enough.

"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH had
the stomach flu. Today, however, my family visited and, at my request,

they

Quoted message said:

brought a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from the bakery. And,
yes, I had a small piece, though I couldn't finish it off. It tasted

yummy,

Quoted message said:

but it was enough to satisfy me.

I don't plan to eat birthday cake again, at least until maybe next year.

If

Quoted message said:

I stall, that's okay. I'm much further along than I thought I'd be, and I
haven't eaten much today anyway (just a plain hamburger patty) due to my
earlier foray into the wonderful world of maltitol-enhanced intestinal
distress.

I know what to expect as far as cravings, and I know how to deal with

them.

Quoted message said:

I look at this as a rare experiment into how to deal with food once I

reach

Quoted message said:

my goal.

I'll let you all know how I'm holding up.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

I'm almost jealous of someone who is 'off their feed'.

As to the stomach flu, I guess you have heard that there is no such
thing as stomach flu. I just heard it again several times in the
last month from the center for disease control so it must have some
basis.

Here is a pretty good explanation why doctors keep telling us that
"There is no such thing as stomach flu":

http://foodhaccp.com/msgboard.mv?parm_func=showmsg+parm_msgnum=1004440

Pj

Lady o' the house said:

Thanks, Cubit. But due to a bout of vomiting from stomach flu a few hours
later, I doubt that it made that much of a difference.

Thanks for the advice, Gary. I have already lost most of the weight that
accompanied my birthday indulgence. After experiencing that unpleasantness,
I doubt that I will be repeating the same mistake.

--
Linda
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
296/190/160
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)

"Gary Ludlum" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Low carb frosting should be easy, just use cream cheese or whipping
cream/Heavy cream, with a sugar substitute. Stevia?

Also, falling off the low carb is very bad. It is hard to get back on
it. If it is working for you, do not think that it will be easy to
shake those pounds back off becasue it was easy the first time. The
body adjusts.

Also, you may get headaches that you can't seem to figure where they
come from. It is the sugar. Once your body has adjusted to the low
blood sugar and you start feeding it sugar again, then you get headaches
the next day. The only way I have found to stop the headaches, take
psyllium husks immediately after eating the sugar. That would be good
for those birthdays you keep getting each year.

Gary

Cubit said:

It is possible to make very low carb frosting. The cake itself might be

50

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

carbs for a slice. I don't know how to make a lower carb cake, but I

think

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

it can be done. By eliminating all other carbs for the day, one can

still

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

be on program.

My solution is to skip the cake. A bowl of LC ice cream seems

celebratory

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

enough.

"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Tuesday was my 40th birthday, and we didn't really celebrate since DH

had

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the stomach flu. Today, however, my family visited and, at my request,

they

Quoted message said:

brought a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting from the bakery.

And,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

yes, I had a small piece, though I couldn't finish it off. It tasted

yummy,

Quoted message said:

but it was enough to satisfy me.

I don't plan to eat birthday cake again, at least until maybe next year.

If

Quoted message said:

I stall, that's okay. I'm much further along than I thought I'd be, and

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

haven't eaten much today anyway (just a plain hamburger patty) due to my
earlier foray into the wonderful world of maltitol-enhanced intestinal
distress.

I know what to expect as far as cravings, and I know how to deal with

them.

Quoted message said:

I look at this as a rare experiment into how to deal with food once I

reach

Quoted message said:

my goal.

I'll let you all know how I'm holding up.

--
Linda
296/187.4/160
LC since Oct. 13, 2003
Now a happy member of the '100lbs. Gone Club'!
http://home.att.net/~lewis_linda/index.html
http://community.webshots.com/user/mslewtoo

"Are you telling me there are dead people in my living room watching
videos?"--Nina (Truly, Madly, Deeply)