Found My First REAL Trigger Food

Thanks for sharing your experience, Jo-Ann. I've been thinking about
treating myself to a very small piece of birthday cake for my birthday later
this month. Reading your post and the similar experiences of others, I'm
now thinking of foregoing said birthday cake.

I tried Homemade Brand Low Carb ice cream a few months ago. Didn't give me
any cravings, but the sugar alcohols in it really tore up my digestive
system. Don't think I'll be eating ANY low carb ice cream products anytime
soon.

--
Linda
296/192/160
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)

"Jo-Ann" <RiverRun@ mindspring.com> wrote in message
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Hi All,
I have been away on a long driving trip visiting my daughter and family,

and

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then my mom. My WOE remained fine and the only trouble I had was with my

mom

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who INSISTS I need to eat bread because it's "BRAIN" food!. I left N.C. at
150 and returned home 2 weeks later at the same weight. YEA!

I had not shopped for 2 weeks and when I did go last week, I bought Bryers
Carb Smart Ice Cream. This was the biggest mistake I have made in a while
(aside from the problem I have with nuts). This, for me, is the green

light

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to eat all and everything. I was ok with it for a few days, only having

1/2

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cup. (I'm on maintenance) Then, the proverbial substance hit the rotating
blades and I was eating the entire container. Thank goodness I did not

real

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harm weight wise, but I will NEVER buy that again. It's so delicious, that

I

Quoted message said:

could not stop eating it.

Well, live and learn I guess. It was not a planned cheat, but it was a

cheat

Quoted message said:

due to the amount I ate. Believe it or not, that gave me the courage I
needed to stay on this program to undo any damage done. My weight is back

to

Quoted message said:

150 (I'm 5 feet 10 inches tall) and I at least tasted the 'real' stuff for
the first time in 1 year and three months.

Thanks for listening.

Jo-Ann

Lady o' the house wrote:
|| Thanks for sharing your experience, Jo-Ann. I've been thinking about
|| treating myself to a very small piece of birthday cake for my
|| birthday later this month. Reading your post and the similar
|| experiences of others, I'm now thinking of foregoing said birthday
|| cake.

Pork Rind cake with cream cheese frosting. Yum. 🙂

||
|| I tried Homemade Brand Low Carb ice cream a few months ago. Didn't
|| give me any cravings, but the sugar alcohols in it really tore up my
|| digestive system. Don't think I'll be eating ANY low carb ice cream
|| products anytime soon.
||
|| --
|| Linda
|| 296/192/160
|| 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)
||
|| "Jo-Ann" <RiverRun@ mindspring.com> wrote in message
|| news:[email hidden]...
||| Hi All,
||| I have been away on a long driving trip visiting my daughter and
||| family, and then my mom. My WOE remained fine and the only trouble
||| I had was with my mom who INSISTS I need to eat bread because it's
||| "BRAIN" food!. I left N.C. at 150 and returned home 2 weeks later
||| at the same weight. YEA!
|||
||| I had not shopped for 2 weeks and when I did go last week, I bought
||| Bryers Carb Smart Ice Cream. This was the biggest mistake I have
||| made in a while (aside from the problem I have with nuts). This,
||| for me, is the green light to eat all and everything. I was ok with
||| it for a few days, only having 1/2 cup. (I'm on maintenance) Then,
||| the proverbial substance hit the rotating blades and I was eating
||| the entire container. Thank goodness I did not real harm weight
||| wise, but I will NEVER buy that again. It's so delicious, that I
||| could not stop eating it.
|||
||| Well, live and learn I guess. It was not a planned cheat, but it
||| was a cheat due to the amount I ate. Believe it or not, that gave
||| me the courage I needed to stay on this program to undo any damage
||| done. My weight is back to 150 (I'm 5 feet 10 inches tall) and I at
||| least tasted the 'real' stuff for the first time in 1 year and
||| three months.
|||
||| Thanks for listening.
|||
||| Jo-Ann

"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Thanks for sharing your experience, Jo-Ann. I've been thinking about
treating myself to a very small piece of birthday cake for my birthday
later
this month. Reading your post and the similar experiences of others, I'm
now thinking of foregoing said birthday cake.

Linda,

I made an almond cake for my sister's birthday - totally delicious and low
carb; I decorated it with whipped cream and strawberries. If you're not a
baker, I'm sure you could buy a flourless almond sponge.

The recipe I used is at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/orangeandalmondcake_72383.shtml

Nicky.

--
HbA1c 10.5/6.4/<6 Weight 95/82/72
1g Metformin, 75ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

Lady o' the house said:

Thanks for sharing your experience, Jo-Ann. I've been thinking about
treating myself to a very small piece of birthday cake for my birthday later
this month. Reading your post and the similar experiences of others, I'm
now thinking of foregoing said birthday cake.

I tried Homemade Brand Low Carb ice cream a few months ago. Didn't give me
any cravings, but the sugar alcohols in it really tore up my digestive
system. Don't think I'll be eating ANY low carb ice cream products anytime
soon.

--
Linda

That's been exactly my experience - *Any* other brand gives me all kinds
of bad digestive side effects while Carb Smart Ice Cream doesn't, and I
end up with Jo-Ann's issue of not wanting to stop eating it in a big way.

Of course natural foods are the best, but for someone whose quite
intelligent in other areas of life, I've sure been a slow learner in
this department.

Barb

LOL! You keep posting this, and you'll give me ideas, Roger!

--
Linda
296/192/160
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)

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Lady o' the house wrote:
|| Thanks for sharing your experience, Jo-Ann. I've been thinking about
|| treating myself to a very small piece of birthday cake for my
|| birthday later this month. Reading your post and the similar
|| experiences of others, I'm now thinking of foregoing said birthday
|| cake.

Pork Rind cake with cream cheese frosting. Yum. 🙂

||
|| I tried Homemade Brand Low Carb ice cream a few months ago. Didn't
|| give me any cravings, but the sugar alcohols in it really tore up my
|| digestive system. Don't think I'll be eating ANY low carb ice cream
|| products anytime soon.
||
|| --
|| Linda
|| 296/192/160
|| 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)
||
|| "Jo-Ann" <RiverRun@ mindspring.com> wrote in message
|| news:[email hidden]...
||| Hi All,
||| I have been away on a long driving trip visiting my daughter and
||| family, and then my mom. My WOE remained fine and the only trouble
||| I had was with my mom who INSISTS I need to eat bread because it's
||| "BRAIN" food!. I left N.C. at 150 and returned home 2 weeks later
||| at the same weight. YEA!
|||
||| I had not shopped for 2 weeks and when I did go last week, I bought
||| Bryers Carb Smart Ice Cream. This was the biggest mistake I have
||| made in a while (aside from the problem I have with nuts). This,
||| for me, is the green light to eat all and everything. I was ok with
||| it for a few days, only having 1/2 cup. (I'm on maintenance) Then,
||| the proverbial substance hit the rotating blades and I was eating
||| the entire container. Thank goodness I did not real harm weight
||| wise, but I will NEVER buy that again. It's so delicious, that I
||| could not stop eating it.
|||
||| Well, live and learn I guess. It was not a planned cheat, but it
||| was a cheat due to the amount I ate. Believe it or not, that gave
||| me the courage I needed to stay on this program to undo any damage
||| done. My weight is back to 150 (I'm 5 feet 10 inches tall) and I at
||| least tasted the 'real' stuff for the first time in 1 year and
||| three months.
|||
||| Thanks for listening.
|||
||| Jo-Ann

Thanks for the recipe, Nicky. I am not totally inept when it comes to
baking (;-P), so I think I might give it a try.

--
Linda
296/192/160
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)

"Nicky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Thanks for sharing your experience, Jo-Ann. I've been thinking about
treating myself to a very small piece of birthday cake for my birthday
later
this month. Reading your post and the similar experiences of others,

I'm

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

now thinking of foregoing said birthday cake.

Linda,

I made an almond cake for my sister's birthday - totally delicious and low
carb; I decorated it with whipped cream and strawberries. If you're not a
baker, I'm sure you could buy a flourless almond sponge.

The recipe I used is at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/orangeandalmondcake_72383.shtml

Nicky.

--
HbA1c 10.5/6.4/<6 Weight 95/82/72
1g Metformin, 75ug Thyroxine
T2 DX 05/2004

Do they market the Carb Smart brand in, say, pint sizes? That might keep
one from overdoing it. At least it wouldn't be an entire half gallon.

--
Linda
296/192/160
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)

"Barb2" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Lady o' the house said:

Thanks for sharing your experience, Jo-Ann. I've been thinking about
treating myself to a very small piece of birthday cake for my birthday

later

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

this month. Reading your post and the similar experiences of others,

I'm

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

now thinking of foregoing said birthday cake.

I tried Homemade Brand Low Carb ice cream a few months ago. Didn't give

me

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

any cravings, but the sugar alcohols in it really tore up my digestive
system. Don't think I'll be eating ANY low carb ice cream products

anytime

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

soon.

--
Linda

That's been exactly my experience - *Any* other brand gives me all kinds
of bad digestive side effects while Carb Smart Ice Cream doesn't, and I
end up with Jo-Ann's issue of not wanting to stop eating it in a big way.

Of course natural foods are the best, but for someone whose quite
intelligent in other areas of life, I've sure been a slow learner in
this department.

Barb

"Lady o' the house" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Do they market the Carb Smart brand in, say, pint sizes? That might keep
one from overdoing it. At least it wouldn't be an entire half gallon.

I've only seen the half gallons. Too bad, I'd also prefer the pint. I didn't
have too bad a time with this, and no problem with the sugar alcohols. It's
also very good, better to my taste than many brands of "real" ice cream. But
it is tempting, and if I hit a weak patch I know I'd end up eating way too
much. So I haven't bought any in a few months now. Maybe for the holidays.

HG

Lady o' the house said:

LOL! You keep posting this, and you'll give me ideas, Roger!

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"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Pork Rind cake with cream cheese frosting. Yum. 🙂

I didn't laugh, I winced. In moment of desperation a couple of years ago,
when I was really missing my morning cereal, I crumbled up some pork
rinds, sprinkled them with Splenda, and poured some Half & Half on them.
Do. Not. Try. This.

I haven't been able to face pork rinds in any form since.

Dan
325/197/190
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

Daniel Hoffmeister wrote:
|| Lady o' the house <[email hidden]> wrote:
||| LOL! You keep posting this, and you'll give me ideas, Roger!
||
||| "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
|||| Pork Rind cake with cream cheese frosting. Yum. 🙂
||
|| I didn't laugh, I winced. In moment of desperation a couple of
|| years ago, when I was really missing my morning cereal, I crumbled
|| up some pork rinds, sprinkled them with Splenda, and poured some
|| Half & Half on them. Do. Not. Try. This.
||
|| I haven't been able to face pork rinds in any form since.

Keep trying.

||
|| Dan
|| 325/197/190
|| Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
|| Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

Jo-Ann,

I have had similar problems with the Breyer's low carb ice cream and I no
longer eat it. I think it is because, for me, the sugar alcohols in it, for
some reason, trigger an intense hunger response way out of proportion to the
dosage.

If I eat ice cream now, I buy a kid's size cone of a regular ice cream at a
stand. I keep it out of the house as much as possible, and my Sweetie
usually buys flavors I hate if he feels a strong need to bring it home.

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 5 years. Below goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.7 .
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Jenny's new site: What they Don't Tell You About Diabetes
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"Jo-Ann" <RiverRun@ mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Hi All,
I have been away on a long driving trip visiting my daughter and family,

and

Quoted message said:

then my mom. My WOE remained fine and the only trouble I had was with my

mom

Quoted message said:

who INSISTS I need to eat bread because it's "BRAIN" food!. I left N.C. at
150 and returned home 2 weeks later at the same weight. YEA!

I had not shopped for 2 weeks and when I did go last week, I bought Bryers
Carb Smart Ice Cream. This was the biggest mistake I have made in a while
(aside from the problem I have with nuts). This, for me, is the green

light

Quoted message said:

to eat all and everything. I was ok with it for a few days, only having

1/2

Quoted message said:

cup. (I'm on maintenance) Then, the proverbial substance hit the rotating
blades and I was eating the entire container. Thank goodness I did not

real

Quoted message said:

harm weight wise, but I will NEVER buy that again. It's so delicious, that

I

Quoted message said:

could not stop eating it.

Well, live and learn I guess. It was not a planned cheat, but it was a

cheat

Quoted message said:

due to the amount I ate. Believe it or not, that gave me the courage I
needed to stay on this program to undo any damage done. My weight is back

to

Quoted message said:

150 (I'm 5 feet 10 inches tall) and I at least tasted the 'real' stuff for
the first time in 1 year and three months.

Thanks for listening.

Jo-Ann

Roger Zoul said:

Daniel Hoffmeister wrote:
|| Lady o' the house <[email hidden]> wrote:
||| LOL! You keep posting this, and you'll give me ideas, Roger!
||
||| "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
|||| Pork Rind cake with cream cheese frosting. Yum. 🙂
||
|| I didn't laugh, I winced. In moment of desperation a couple of
|| years ago, when I was really missing my morning cereal, I crumbled
|| up some pork rinds, sprinkled them with Splenda, and poured some
|| Half & Half on them. Do. Not. Try. This.
||
|| I haven't been able to face pork rinds in any form since.

Keep trying.

Roger, you're going to turn into either a giant pork rind or
an almond in the afterlife!

Marsha/Ohio

Marsha wrote:
|| Roger Zoul wrote:
||
||| Daniel Hoffmeister wrote:
||||| Lady o' the house <[email hidden]> wrote:
|||||| LOL! You keep posting this, and you'll give me ideas, Roger!
|||||
|||||| "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
||||||| Pork Rind cake with cream cheese frosting. Yum. 🙂
|||||
||||| I didn't laugh, I winced. In moment of desperation a couple of
||||| years ago, when I was really missing my morning cereal, I crumbled
||||| up some pork rinds, sprinkled them with Splenda, and poured some
||||| Half & Half on them. Do. Not. Try. This.
|||||
||||| I haven't been able to face pork rinds in any form since.
|||
||| Keep trying.
||
|| Roger, you're going to turn into either a giant pork rind or
|| an almond in the afterlife!

Well, I think I'm already a good mix of almond or pork rind, with some
cinnamon thrown in. 🙂

||
|| Marsha/Ohio

Quoted message said:

|| Roger, you're going to turn into either a giant pork rind or
|| an almond in the afterlife!

Well, I think I'm already a good mix of almond or pork rind, with some
cinnamon thrown in. 🙂

So you're nuts and a "little chunky" (not an insult) with
some sweetness. I'll buy that : ) What more could a woman
ask for?

Marsha/Ohio

Hmmmm?
I love the Bryers Low carb Chocolate Icecream. I eat it several times a
week. Only a serving size though. It does not increase my hunger. It is a
savior for me. It keeps me low carbing because it is a treat that does not
effect my progress.
Jennifer S.
206/154/135
19 more to go!