I’m sad, sick, and seriously annoyed with my scale. I may have to chalk this Zero Carb Mini-Challenge up to a FAILURE.
Not a true fail, just a fail for ME – due to TERRIBLE timing.
Kind of like when I hosted the Kitchen Organization & Cleanup Event – and that’s the very week my plumbing went OUT. No way to wash down, clean up, and get things done – without water. 😛
Rah! I did my best anyway, but it was a lot more difficult and time consuming – using buckets of wash water, and dumping those outside, etc. Just NOT ideal. 😐
It’s Day 6 of my 8-day zero carb challenge.
I started on Sunday of this week (today is Friday). The day before, on Saturday, I couldn’t eat at all. I had no solid food that day. I just felt sick, had zero appetite, and didn’t want to force food when the thought of it repulsed me. Which is nuts, because I’m one of those people that LOVES food.
I thought it would pass. I thought maybe it was stress. As the week progressed I thought maybe I had a stomach flu or something. By yesterday I had such a bad bout (including sweats, shakes & IBS), that I thought maybe I even got food poisoning the day before – on top of whatever else has been going on.
But in the back of my mind, all week long I’ve wondered if it was REALLY something else causing all this trouble…
It’s time for a confession…
I’m so ashamed to admit this. I’m writing this through tears. 🙁
Last week I was doing great on the 3IMAX stretch of my challenge. I lost 4.2 pounds in the first 5 days. That was a week ago Wednesday. The scales didn’t move again, but that’s common. They usually “hold” for a bit after the initial weight loss.
I continued to eat healthy on Thursday and Friday. I was having a rough day on Friday – just stressed, sad, anxious. Sometimes those days come out of nowhere, for no apparent reason. Or for a lot of good reasons. I dealt with it. I forced down a healthy chicken & shrimp salad for dinner that night, when it was the LAST thing I wanted.
I was proud of myself for that. Every battle won is a HUGE victory for me, because even though I’ve lost a lot of weight… I still struggle with my food problems. HARD.
Then I tanked. Late that night (Friday night) I just totally gave in.
It was just meant to be a few bites of my favorite ice cream, just something to soothe the internal pain (bad, bad, bad). The store was out of those little pints I like.
The nice person that went to the store for me (because I couldn’t even go in and do it myself) got me the closest thing they could find – a FULL QUART of it, in “store brand”, which didn’t come in little pints.
I’m feeling SICK as I write this.
I thought, “I’ll just have a few bites.”
Famous last words – for a binge eater like me. I *almost* finished that quart. It wasn’t my usual brand, it wasn’t very good even, and there was something odd tasting about it – like a very strong salty taste. I didn’t even save what was left of it.
I threw it in the trash angrily, like a bad dress that made me look fat.
This happened after I wrote up my Food Journal post for that day that I shared with you here. I shamefully omitted it, instead of editing it in. I’m sorry for that. I thought I could easily overcome it. I thought I could get right back on track and beat it.
I was so incredibly embarrassed to admit it, even to myself…
I failed. It was only a 16 day challenge, dammit. And I FAILED.
I knew what to do. Eat super clean, super healthy, “lean & light” for the next few days. Get RIGHT back on track. Do NOT dwell on it. Yada, yada, yada.
Great advice of course, and that would have been all well and fine, except I woke up sick on Saturday. Go figure. 😛 😐 I’ve done this before though (I’m no stranger to binges), and it never affected me like that. But that day I couldn’t eat at all.
The thought of food completely repulsed me. Was it mental? Was I mad at myself? Was I punishing myself? Was it actually physical – was there something about that brand that made me sick… er, other than the 6 1/2 servings of it that I ate? Grr.
I’m so sick with myself right now, just having to relive the whole thing in words. I’ve tried so hard to forget (and ignore, even) that it ever happened. *sigh* 🙁
It was a week ago today. So why am I bringing it up now? Because I can’t get over being sick. Maybe it is a stomach flu. Maybe it IS just stress. Or maybe, just maybe, it was that quart. I thought it was fair to confess this to you, because it’s really been bothering me. WAS it the culprit? Or perhaps just the shock to my body? That could very well be the case. It’s not kind on your body to jerk yourself in and out of ketosis, or to shock your body with that amount of sugar. It does bad things to your body.
I continued on with the challenge. I ate healthy. I ate as much as I could even when I didn’t feel like eating. I started the second half of my challenge as intended – the Zero Carb Week. I’ve done GREAT ever since that horrible moment a week ago. I’ve put it far behind me, and just moved forward – which is the only thing you can do.
Even with going zero carb, some days super low calorie too, my scales haven’t moved since. They fluctuated a little here and there over the last 8 days, but that’s it.
For anyone that’s ever said you should have a “cheat” to make the scales move – that’s always been total BS, for me anyway. It’s never worked.
I hardly ate yesterday – again.
I forced myself to eat half an Arby’s roast beef sandwich (sans bun) for breakfast. I forced myself to eat the other half around 10pm last night. I had one cup of chicken broth somewhere in the middle of the day. And some coffee.
I also didn’t get a workout in either, but I was seriously sick and weak all day long: cold sweats, shakes, IBS with extreme lower abdominal cramping, etc. The HWC (heavy whipping cream) sent me straight back into cramping, so I switched back to my sugar free creamer just to get through the day.
582 calories. Wow…
I’m on my 3rd coffee this morning so far, but I still haven’t eaten yet.
I’m torn on what to do. Finish out the Zero Carb Challenge (only 3 more days to go!)… or go back to my usual ketogenic low carb diet of 20 net carbs a day. I want to feel better. I want to do what’s best for my health. I want to stop feeling so sick.
Right now I still don’t feel like eating at all. Blah.
The scales still haven’t moved, by the way. I am stuck at 152.8 pounds – for now. I’m sure they will when they’re ready, but I really hoped for a little “pick me up” there at least. Seeing that number stare back at me -AGAIN- this morning… blah. You know how that feels. I hopped over on my other scale to check my body fat. Nope, nothing there either. All numbers are “stuck”.
Eating hardly any carbs, and some days hardly any food and not near enough calories, all week long – and the scales have only moved .2 pounds (less than a quarter of a pound).
Am I completely hopeless?!
Giving up is not an option.
All that would do is make me FAT. And there’s NO way I’m starting over (again). So it’s onward and upward – er, downward on the scale. Eventually, lol.
I’m struggling. I’ve been crying a lot, having fitful sleep and nightmares, I’ve felt physically ill all week, I feel down – disappointed, discouraged, wondering if my body is just BROKEN… or if I’m ever going to overcome emotional binging. 🙁
Maybe I will eat today.
Maybe the scales will move sometime in the next few days.
Maybe I will feel better soon. “This too shall pass.” It always does. I think I’ve had enough punishment. Self-punishment included.
I’m sorry I’m not setting a better example.
I’m sorry I don’t have encouraging, exciting results to share with you.
I’m sorry I failed. Even sorrier that I was too ashamed to admit it.
If it were just me, quietly alone, I don’t think this would have hit me so hard. I would have just got back on track and went on about it. I feel a lot of pressure trying to set a good example and lead a healthy challenge for 16 short days.
I can’t imagine that something I ate (no matter the amount) a week ago is still making me THIS sick. So it HAS to be something else. Surely. Who knows. But I thought it fair to add it in there, since I haven’t gotten any better… like I expected I would.
On this topic…
When I read Kyndra Holley’s story last week… I cried all the way through it. 🙁 I just wanted to HUG her. She’s amazingly beautiful in every single one of her pictures – the before, during, after, and before again. The struggle is real, for so many of us.
I’m not sure what I’ll eat today.
Low carb, yes – but I’m not sure if I am going to try to finish out the Zero Carb Challenge or go back to my 3IMAX way of eating with 20 net carbs a day.
Stay tuned…
Best,
Lynn Terry,
aka @LowCarbTraveler
Sending you encouraging thoughts…remember this is a battle we are fighting and sometimes we get wounded and fall down. Self-forgiveness is the way we pick ourselves up and keep working towards the prize. (((hugs)))
dj
Thanks DJ. I think I’m just sick of being sick. I feel miserable – weak, shaky, still have a very sick stomach, etc. It’s really getting to me…
Thanks for sharing I was sure I was the only one who fell off the wagon
I did do well for 6 days
Back to 20 carbs
thanks again, sorry about you not feeling well
Lynn Terry, I truley believe if we don’t eat enough calorie/fat/carb/protein. OR we eat WAY too little we put our bodies into stavation mode. So sorry you got so sick and still sick as you posted. I have ate enough ice cream a quart at one sitting and ended up throwing up and being sick. I can relate to you. I personally believe it was the sugar content for me. After going through a 2.5 month overeating binge due to unfill of just 1cc, I gained from 234 upto 243 lbs. I started cleaning up my act, clean eating, and found your sight and started on this challenge. My point is, like last week, my body and mind has started sayinv NO to junk food of all types. There were times I went to grocery shop and had to leave store, nauseated. Currently, I have thought of cookie, pie, cake, but yesterday in store I was in bakery, junk food aisles etc. Bought none of it. This setback might put you in position I am in. I needed a new mind set. Thanks you help me so much.
I agree Donna – I think my body is “in shock” with all the craziness this week. I’m just riding it out, and giving it time to work itself out.
Eating a ketogenic low carb diet is a natural appetite suppressant, and it totally cures cravings. My problems are not physical cravings – the rare times I binge it’s all mental. It’s a head game.
That’s what I’m working on right now, getting to the root of THAT, and I’m making some progress on it in my journal.
From M.P. via email: “Hey- It happens!! QUIT BEING SO HARD ON YOURSELF!!! Tomorrow is a new day! Man, you are really too rough on yourself!! It sounds like you are talking about someone you hate! Don’t do that!!!! Hang in there!!!! ‘THIS TOO SHALL PASS’”
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Thank you M.P. I don’t feel like I’m being hard on myself. I’ve pushed forward and tried all week to eat well, and eat healthy. Unfortunately I am just SICK – whether it’s a stomach flu, my body rejecting the sugar, stress, or whatever it is. And it very well could just be stress. I’ve had a lot of that lately.
I’m simply talking openly about all the reasons I might be sick this week, since it’s been a problem with my Food Journals – and my progress – during this second half of the challenge.
I’m hanging in there. 🙂 Quite well, I think!
Well dang girl. I guess you are human after all 🙂 As you know, each and everyone of us are different. We have to experiment a little with our bodies. Guess the zero carb thing doesn’t work for your body. I don’t think it works for mine either. To much protein or nuts kills my kidneys and causes an infection. I really have to balance out everything I do. We are pretty much the same height and weight. I know you said you were hurting in your lower tummy are you hurting in your lower back also? If so you might want to get a urine test. I hope you get to feeling better real soon. Hugs!
Thank you Stacey. I think the timing was off for me to do the Zero Carb – with so much stress going on in my life, and with the day of NOT eating the day before I started it.
I am careful never to eat too high in protein, for those very reasons. I keep my fat/protein ratios at a good level – 75% fat / 20% protein are my goals.
And no back pain, no – this is gut wrenching IBS. 😐
So when I read this I knew I had to comment. I do read your blog everyday from the low carb challenge and kept thinking to myself, she’s over thinking all this and making herself sick. Then when I read about the ice cream (don’t beat yourself up! You do so well 99% of the time!) I thought it’s a combo of it all, you’re beating yourself up too much and making yourself sick along with the ice cream! You’re fighting against your own body! I did that as well, I started thinking way too much into everything and became incredibly hard on myself, I was getting nauseous, light headed and couldn’t sleep. When I released a lot of that and started to tell myself “trust yourself and the way you eat. You’re a really healthy eater.” Then it really started to help! You do a great job with this website but with the 3 max challenge and especially the zero carb I think it all became too much! My opinion and what I did as well, go back to your 20 carbs a day and take a deep breath
Yeah, I’ve been in a spin trying to figure out why I’m so sick this week. I never NOT eat. That’s just weird, and it’s just not ME, lol. I’m usually healthy, happy and doing just fine. This has been a VERY “off” week, and it’s really getting to me.
I think you’re right. Back off, take a break, relax, etc. I tried to do that earlier this week, and got messages from a variety of sources asking (“please!”) for an update, lol. I’m feeling a lot of pressure.
Fortunately I am traveling next week and spending time with some great girlfriends in Canada. That will be a great opportunity to unwind and get away from some of the stress and grief here at home.
What you wrote is so encouraging. It really gets to the heart of the matter. We all are struggling with this. I know myself I have not been able to get on track for several months. I’m such a sugar addict. Keep up the good work. You are such an encouragement.
Thank you Paula. 🙂 I don’t feel very encouraging right now, lol. *sigh* I’ve done exceptionally well with “clean eating” all week – despite my issues, feeling sick etc. I’m just SO ready to be over it!
You always tell us to hang in there and I’m lobbing that ball back to you!
A week ago I had one of those “uh-oh” moments with chills and nausea…a ten second warning from my body! Whatever I had eaten left in a hurry and I felt better. The next day I was down several pounds…not a great way to break a stall, but…
I’ve since narrowed it down to the bag of pork rinds on top of my fridge. Now, I’ve eaten pork rinds off and on for years so it might be just that bag, which is now in the trash! I don’t dare even taste most ice creams since like you I have NO stop button.
Those “10 second warnings” are no fun. 😛 I’m surprised my own scales haven’t moved.
This particular number (152.8 pounds) is haunting me. I know this weight well. I’ve seen those numbers several times over the years – and they were always during very bad times in my life.
I think that association is part of 1) why I sabotaged it last week, and 2) why I’m struggling mentally with it so much all week this week. I’d give anything for it to move away from that number – even just a tenth of a pound. 🙁
Don’t continue to beat yourself up. My down fall would be an entire Sara Lee cheesecake, throwing away the evidence so my husband didn’t find out!
If I were you, I’d get back on keto as soon as you can . I don’t like are carbs. Meat and salad, light on the cheese. Remember, it’s a lifetime journey and you will get there.
I always hear you talk about your age and how it’s harder when you’re “older”. I’m 65 and it continues to get harder, but it’s better than the alternative– an older, sick, fat lady.
I hope this stomach flu or whatever passes soon. It sounds like that might have been the trigger.
Thank you Karen. I’ve been back on track since Saturday morning – almost a week now – and eating super clean. I’m just STILL sick. That’s the problem, and what is making it hard for me to get in enough calories and healthy foods…
I’ve been following your posts for a while now. At least a year I think. I’ve always wanted to write and just compliment you on your writing style in general. You seem so down to earth. Everything is easy to read. Easy to understand. Fun to read. You’re not a guru or a specialist. You’re just another one of ‘us’ trying to keep focused on this WOE journey.
Unfortunately I’ve never taken the time to write that compliment to you.
I feel compelled to write today after reading this post. Not to criticize how hard you’re being on yourself but to say THANK YOU….THANK YOU….THANK YOU!!!
I absolutely love your honesty and yes, even your confession. If anyone else is like me, we tend to measure ourselves against other people and often find ourselves coming up short in comparison. You stay on track so much of the time and I’ve been berating myself up about my inability to do so.
I can’t tell you how many times I go off track with my eating. Every day it happens. Every day I tell myself to start over. It’s just not happening. I don’t know what’s changed for me. I’ve lost over 200lbs so far and now just have 40ish left to go and I’ve been stuck for 2 years. Carbing it up like crazy. Can’t get past the low-carb flu after a day or two whenever I try to get back on track.
I wind up beating myself up about it. Why can’t I do it this time when I had so much success in the past. What’s changed? Who knows.
But I’ve always hung in there and enjoyed your posts. I get inspired by them and by you.
I think you are fantastic and have sooooo much admiration and respect for you after reading your confession even though I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been so sick afterwards.
I missed you when you came to Toronto because often I don’t read your emails every day but rather let them accumulate for a bit and then read a bunch all at once. So somehow I missed it when you announced ahead of time that you were coming here. If you ever do come again, please let me know. I’d love to give you a real hug but for now please accept a virtual one.
Keep writing and keep inspiring. There’s a lot of us out here who read and lurk but don’t reply and I’m sure we all love you.
Thank you so much, Kimme. 🙂 That’s a high compliment, and it’s very much appreciated! I’m feeling seriously emotional along with being sick, I assume because I’m physically weak at this point. Ugh. I’m on the edge of tears all day lately. 😛
I hate to hear you’re struggling to get back on track. Losing 200 pounds is an amazing accomplishment!!
I’m curious – do you have any fears at all about reaching your goal weight, with this last 40 pounds? Even subconsciously? I ask because I think that’s one of the issues I’m dealing with now that I’m getting close to seeing that goal become a reality…
I hadn’t really thought about it. I suppose it’s a possibility but I don’t know what those fears might be. I think for me it’s honestly just an unwillingness to buckle down and do it. For whatever reason, when I first started this journey, I didn’t have the low carb flu and never experienced any of those horrible side affects. I know I keep reading from you that they are only temporary but I just haven’t been able to get through them. Either that or just the cravings in general.
But I do know that I can do it and that I will again. One of these days I’ll just reach a point where I decide no more of this and I’ll get it done!
That day WILL happen. And it’s always a GREAT day. 🙂 Keep me posted!! *cheers*
If you hadn’t mentioned Ice Cream, I wouldn’t have said anything, but since we’ve recently had the ice cream scare around here, where they took it off the shelves for listeria contamination, you might get in and see a Dr. I go see a young lady whom I call “My Little Holistic Gal” and she told me that ice cream always has some listeria contamination in it.
So maybe you should get that checked out.
Sorry you’re sick.
Here are the symptoms and the website to read.
Barbara
PS…don’t be so hard on yourself. I was doing so well, and last night I binged on candy corns. Ugh
http://www.medicinenet.com/listeria/article.htm
What are Listeria infection symptoms and signs?
•fever,
•nausea and vomiting,
•diarrhea,
•abdominal pain and cramping,
•back pain.
OH… AND THANK GOD!! YOU’RE HUMAN!
LOL thank you – and LOVELY. Wowsa. 😐
Off to read up on that…
We’re all human and make mistakes. The day before you started the zero carb challenge my husband took me to a new buffet. I did really good my first plate, then went back for 3 plates full of carbs. While I still didn’t touch the rice and pasta most of the meats had sauce, that I know put me over my carbs for the day. I wasn’t hunger but I wanted to try all of the delicious new food.
I really hope you feel better soon. Maybe you should go back to your 20 carbs a day until you feel better. You can always do another zero carb challenge later in the 90 day challenge.
Thank you Janet. I was reading up on the link Barbara shared above. I think Listeria poisoning is a possible culprit at this point. I just want to feel better. 😛
Hi Terry,
I just finished reading your last post, and I can see why you are discouraged, but one thing I have learned from Jimmy Moore was on one of his post he was interviewing someone can’t recall who and this person said that when you cut your carbs down to nothing, and eat fat you lose fast, but if you cut your carbs down to nothing and eat a lot of protein, the protein breaks down and acts just like you ate carbs. I have found this to be true.
I like to cut my carbs down to no more than 6 and eat lots of fat which for me is my ice coffee that I make myself with whipping cream and mct oil 1 tab. and coconut extract. yum that is my lunch , breakfast is 1 coffee 2 creams tablespoon of coconut oil.
Dinner, either have my breakfast coffee again or the ice coffee. I lose 1lb per day when I do this.
LJ
That’s exactly what I did LJ – my fat was super high. I’ve never eaten a “high protein” diet – though I always get an adequate amount of protein IN my diet. My fat ratios in my food journals all week have been very high.
I’m losing nothing, because my body is in shock about something. I hope it gets over it soon. 😛 lol.
Thank you for sharing that story about the ice cream. I only started following you two weeks ago, but have limited my carbs and have even started the 3IMAX challenge. Last night while fixing my husband’s favorite meal – spaghetti – I was eating a salad and all was well with the world. When the spaghetti was finished, I couldn’t resist. I ate a bite. What could one little bite hurt? Then I went ahead and got a plate because I couldn’t stop. I only put a little bit on the plate thinking that would satisfy me. Well, two plates later I finally quit eating. I too was almost crying last night because I had been doing so good and was so disappointed in myself for doing this. So, thanks for letting us know we are all human and there are little bumps in the road.
Hi Denise,
The best thing you can do is shake it off, and eat super clean for the next three days: only real food (nothing processed, no bars/shakes etc), super low carb, “lean & light”. Getting right back on track is the key. 🙂
That’s what I did. Unfortunately my body didn’t follow me this time – it’s off on another track or something. lol. This is a first for me, so just riding it out the best I can…
*cheers*
This does indeed sound like some sort of food poisoning. But you were having issues before the ice cream, if I read it correctly. If you have a history of IBS, that can certainly make you feel bad too. I know because I had that for years. Luckily, I found out by accident that wellbutrin can make IBS completely go away! It’s been 20 years of IBS freedom (of course, I am still on the wellbutrin, but the doctor is okay with that)! So it seems to be an off-label benefit of that drug that I have never heard anyone else mention, so who knows.
As for the weight loss, I was up 40 pounds when I started on low carb. I used a modified South Beach approach which helped me shed the pounds slowly over the course of a year. When I was close to my goal I started getting real strict, like extremely low carb. Then there was a big stall. I mean like a half year. Just recently I “discovered” resistant starches like cold potatoes, cold rice, cold lentils. i added those to my meat and veggie routine and bam the rest of the weight came off!. Plus I felt more full and thus no urge to cheat.
So, there’s my story for what it’s worth. I hope the food poisoning clears up quickly so that you can feel more like eating.
Actually, it started the morning after. Which is why I finally brought it up as a possible culprit…
Just an FYI since you mention Welbutrin… while it may be wonderful for some people it does NOT work the same for everyone. It’s supposed to be an antidepressant, right? Hah! I was prescribed that by my doctor some years ago… after taking it, I immediately *seriously* wanted to drive off a cliff. I couldn’t function the rest of that day simply because it took all my mental effort NOT to drive off the cliff. Please be careful should anyone be considering this or any other drug. Take care. Lynn, if you feel my comment is not appropriate feel free to delete it.
Hi Lynn, I’m so sorry you’re still sick. I know nothing about “listeria” but I was going to suggest as Barbara Stoltz did that you may want to see a Doctor. I don’t think you should still be sick even for all the reasons you’ve mentioned.
Hoping you feel back to normal very soon.
Thank you, Roye 🙂 I’ll feel it out and see how things go today. I’m attempting lunch now. That’ll be a good test…
Lynn, you’re always so upbeat and positive that it’s hard to hear you’re feeling sick, sad, tired, miserable, and ashamed. You help so many people and give so much of yourself to all of us. Sometimes the helper/giver needs to be helped and lifted up. We’re here for you. As you said, you’re already back on track. Do what you always tell us…forgive yourself, learn from the experience, and move on. We’re all in this together and none of us is perfect.
{{{{{Hugs!}}}}}
Cindi
Thank you Cindi. 🙂 I’ve taken all of my own advice, eaten super clean, taking care of my health first, doing all the right things… I’m just feeling weak and “sick of being sick” at this point. 😛 I hope today is the beginning of a turnaround after what has been a completely miserable week! Here’s hoping!! *cheers*
Thank you! I hope you feel better soon.
Onward and upward, hope you feel better! I have dealt with IBS issues over the years and it is just a horrible thing! (Interesting comment re. the Wellbutrin…) Take care of yourself, thanks for the honest approach…..it is actually quite refreshing!
Thank you, Jen. I’m just trying to work out what’s triggering all of this… so I can FEEL BETTER – and fast 😛 lol. Rah!
Hugs to you friend!!!! Im sooo sorry your still having stomach issues. Maybe it is the ice cream. Our Blue Bell ice cream shut down production here in Texas due to Listeria. I know yours was a different ice cream brand, but sounds like alot of the symptoms.
I think going back to your 20 net carb and sugar free creamer worked great for you :)) You encourage me so much with your blog and your daily Food logs. When I need inspiration to get back on track or when i’ve falling down, I think of you and I click over to see your food choices and you help me get back up, dust myself off and keep going.
I hope you have a great trip next week with your friends!!!
We love you girl♥
Thank so much Diana 🙂 I finally ate today – and added 1/4 cup pecans back into my tuna salad, and was able to eat most of it. That did help. I had to cut the HWC because it added to my tummy-aching, but I’m still cutting it half with the creamer.
Live and learn! It’s all a process, a journey. 🙂 *cheers*
Thank you – all of you – for always being here to eat with, cry with, celebrate with, and just TALK to!
Try digestive enzymes, probiotics and just forgiving yourself. My digestive tract hates me when I do something stupid, the above helps but it has taken me as much as a week to feel better. Hang in there.
It’ll be a full week in less than 12 hours – so I’m riding it out. I did eat good day before yesterday, and I’m working up the “want to” for my first meal today (12:30 here). I feel like NOT eating is worse on me than anything else right now. It’s making me wimpy. 😛
First: {{{Hugs}}} and feel better soon!
Also, it sounds like your body has gone into “shut down and conserve” mode, so maybe if you can get down some extra calories your body will get back into burn mode.
Do you use a water bottle or other refillable container? If so, I strongly suggest throwing it out; don’t even try to sanitize it. Get a brand new one. It’s worked for me when I had a mystery yuck lingering.
Thank you, Roey. That’s what I’m thinking too. It’ll work itself out as I get better. I had a decent lunch, and I have a solid dinner planned, so … * fingers crossed * 🙂
No, I use bottled water – and rarely use a bottle more than once, just now and then if I’m refilling it right away. Good tip, though!
Do you know I had to scroll and scroll and scroll just to get to this comment box? That’s how many people care about you and how many people you influence and keep on track.
But you know what? It’s good to know that even you have doubts and problems, it keeps this more real so that we can empathize with you and know that we’re not alone in this. There are times that we’re going to eat something we shouldn’t, we’re going to beat ourselves up and wants to just throw in the towel. But Low Carb Traveler doesn’t do it, so I won’t either.
Until you feel better physically and emotionally just place the zero carb challenge to the side. Just because you couldn’t complete it this time doesn’t mean you won’t be successful next time. Give it time and then do it again and next time I’ll join in with you!
Feel better Lynn and take care of yourself!
Thank you Alicia!
And yes, throwing in the towel is NOT an option. As slow as I lose… you should see how fast I can gain. 😛 lol… *cheers*
I’m sorry to hear you’re sick and sad – that’s no fun. 🙁 For me, reading about your ice cream binge made me realize that you are human after all! 🙂 And yes, you are very inspiring. Sharing your setbacks and then seeing you get right back on track again is VERY inspiring. So many of us have a setback and then think, ‘oh what the heck – I’ve blown it! There’s no point now.’ So yes, you continue to inspire! Sending healing vibes your way!
Thank you, Stephanie. I’ve been on some kind of emotional roller coaster lately. It’s really wearing me thin! But yes – right back on track – because when everything else feels a little nutty… food and my diet/health, that’s the one thing I *can* control.
Awww….I know this was really hard for you. Thank you so much for being honest and letting us all into your deep dark corners. I know that you usually eat a pretty clean diet, so I can’t help but wonder if your body isn’t reacting to the chemical stuff that was in the ice cream. I am sure that it will get better soon. I have also had a rough week, I have stayed on plan but have been stress eating and consuming WAY too much food. I am ashamed to say I have been eating even when not hungry.
Maybe our next challenge should be to eliminate stress and emotions and rough weeks. LOL. 😛 Wouldn’t THAT be nice?! 🙂 haha
We are learning about ourselves. I fail too. But we are unlearning behaviors as we go. I am so proud of you for being brave enough to post.
But you know deep inside that this time you are determined to win. And YOU WILL
It’s been an interesting journey for sure, with many positive health changes along the way. I started eating low carb *just* to lose weight, but so much more has unfolded since then – which is great!
Lynn, We have all had these days, so pull up your big girl panties and get back on the no carb is sometimes hard, but sorry I really like it, have cut down to 1 carb a day, and that is hard, but good for me.
If you do not feel better shortly, you should see a doctor, this is not normal, and sure you know that. The ice cream could affect you but not for that long. I know doctors are not our favorite people.
I agree , I am not really hungry, so cut down on eating, but that is okay , and will try and do more walking, but pain medicine also slows down metabolism, as does not eating, the body tries to protect us.
Good luck, and I know you can do it.
Thanks, Shirley. I think it’s just a case of food poisoning. That’s all I can figure – and it should pass. I do feel better today so far than I did yesterday, which is a good sign.
So when’s your doctor appointment??? My mom had these same symptoms. She let them go for 3 weeks. Found out she had an infection in her intestines. She had to have a colostomy. After a few months it was reversed, but the doctor said if she hadn’t waited so long, she wouldn’t have had it in the first place. Also she was diagnosed with diverticulitis. We are all worried. Please see the doctor! Hugs!
That sounds awful, Rebecca! I hope your mother fully recovered. I am feeling even better today than yesterday – so far. I have my fingers crossed it’s finally passed. I think I just had a case of food poisoning. No fun! 😛
Obviously I’m keeping an eye on it, and will definitely see a doctor if notice symptoms continuing – but the last thing I wanted to do is catch something while I’m down, if it was just a simple case of bad food that would run it’s course…
This probably has little or nothing to do with what you’re going through, but thought I’d mention it anyway… I started drinking black coffee to dump the carbs I was getting from the necessary sugar and HWC formula that I use. Well, my stomach hurt, and I felt some nausea every single day that I drank black coffee. Around day 5 I gave up and went back to sugar and HWC. I know you changed up your coffee, too, so thought it was worth mentioning. Personally, in your case, I think I’d seriously see a doctor about the listeria thing… it sure fits the symptoms… and omg Sam’s ice cream? No way I’d go near that stuff, sorry. Hope you feel better soon!
I’ll never go near it again. 😛
Interesting, Chris! I wonder that there weren’t a variety of culprits. Including introducing coconut oil and heavy cream back into my diet, eliminating a “usual set of chemicals” (the powdered creamer), obviously food poisoning on top of that around mid-week. Ack! lol…
Thanks for sharing. With a lot of medical issues, I have fought hard to hang in when the weight does not move. Yesterday I put on some slacks and they are loose on me. The scale still is not my friend, but inches are coming off.
That’s great, Sharon! Are you also exercising? I know inches lost vs weight lost is common when exercise is added in.
My own measurements haven’t changed in awhile. And I’m never 100% sure I’m measuring the exact same way I did last time – am I in the same spot? am I pulling it exactly as tight or loose? etc. lol.
I wanted to thank you for sharing this. I have given into temptation quite a few times and have felt the same exact way. Completely defeated and angry at myself. I tried the zero carb challenge a few months ago and made it 2 days. I was so disappointed. I am thanking you because you reminded me that I am not alone. This happens to the best of us and the best thing we can do is get back up and continue the lifestyle. Thank you for reminding me that I am not the only one who strays and tomorrow is another day. I absolutely love your blog and truly appreciate all the help and information that you offer.
Thank you Tina. 🙂 I really wouldn’t have taken it so hard if I’d had a few bites, and went right back to eating super clean & healthy the next day. It was the QUART thing that really haunted me. It forced me to deal with some pretty real issues, deep issues at that, and of course analyze the WHY – which was not a pleasant thought process either. 😛
But yes, it’s one thing to let it totally derail you – another to get right back on track and put it behind you. I’m at a point in my journey, close to my goal weight, where it’s time to REALLY address the problems – not just the pounds…
I have went through the exact same thing this week! I am also a emotional binge eater… unfortunately. My body does the same thing about feeling ill. I think mine is when I am really disappointing at myself though. I hope you start losing again!! P.S do you bloat really bad due to IBS? I have it too an was wondering if you had any tips. Thank You!! 🙂
I did bloat, yes – it’s totally miserable, isn’t it? 😛 The best thing to do is add some fiber back into your diet – or that’s what I’m testing at the moment.
I did have a lot of stress this week, on top of food poisoning and/or sugar shock. It could have just been a bad combination of everything together – but I’m quite sure the hamburger steak that wasn’t cooked enough on Wednesday night was what really sent me over the edge…
Lynn, Hope you are better this week now starting, and 3ml plan, that works so well for you. As you know the no carb works best for me.
Has the best trip ever and get lots of sunshine and fun, so life will be good for you.
Thank you Shirley – I’m really looking forward to that sunshine & girl time. 🙂 I’m feeling MUCH better, finally over the food poisoning (Ack!) and back on a good roll. 🙂 *cheers*
Lynn,
Thanks so much for being real, like you always are. 🙂
I battle IBS quite a lot, myself. Like many have stated, as I’ve scrolled down the comments, you have a lot of good friends (including me), that care. I’m so glad you are feeling better!
Don’t give up and keep at it; as you WILL get to your goal weight. <3
Thank you, Tammy 🙂 I really appreciate the kind words and encouragement!
It was really a rough week. Between not being able to eat, and being sick, I really tanked. 😛 I feel tons better now that I’m able to eat more…