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TRANSITION : Week 8 – Day 1

Balance, balance – the center, the equilibrium.

The new crown is settling in but still needed adjustment as I was still more in pains then not, still could not eat properly and drinking any diet coke over the milk days was impossible. Got an adjustment yesterday and I think this might now finally be it for that.

During the week my weight was continuing to climb. The 2 milk days brought me again down to almost where I was last week. But I am not fooled, my body weight has not yet reset. The body fat percentage has climbed 2.5% over the past few weeks. I am still not able not to fall into bingeing at times – Halloween and too much left over candies any one?

For this reason I announced to my Accu Diet counselor this morning on the phone that I intend of going back 2 steps and onto veggies and protein mainly and that I want to do that for 2 weeks and to get the weight settled around my end goal weight without having to have milk days in between. This did not fall onto happy ears, cutting back and having just veggies and protein yes, but not that I want to make it without any milk days.

The counselor even stated that 2 milk days are needed for the chemical balance and to flush the body of wastes from the former 5 days and that 1 milk day is not enough for that. This actually confused me, because I was told earlier, that once you are through transition you only do one or two milk days if you have gained during the week. But maybe this “has to be 2 days” approach is what you need and do during Transition?

I definitely want to get my weight truly locked in before Thanksgiving, actually even before the 22nd as then my dad will come visiting and by then I do not want to have myself on a too restrictive diet any longer but rather be in Maintenance mode.

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TRANSITION : Week 6 – Day 1

This was a difficult week for me.

After cracking and breaking one of my fillings in a tooth I first had a temporary filling to get me over the weekend when we were photographing a wedding in Minnesota. That week had been painful by itself, but not for the temporary filling but for my migraines coming back – which had been gone for months now.

Last week I received my temporary crown and ever since I’m really in pain. Avoiding medication where I can, I am not a happy camper to have Advil suddenly becoming part of my life and the only thing which allows me to get through a night or a day.

Weight wise I am trying to stabilize, but since I got the taste of sugar, wheat and oils last week I am having a very hard time getting back down to moderation. The weight shows it, I’m increasing, even with 2 milk days. And I have another out of town wedding to photograph this weekend. It should be less invasive on my weight, but I’m still worried.

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Don’t make the same mistake.

8 weeks of (sugarless) hard candies can take their toll on your teeth!

I had nothing get between me and my 6 per day allowance of candies. Those were what helped me through the evenings. I personally did not need any pepermint oil or Jello (ugh, I hated that!) and even the ice popsicles made of allowed Cristal Light stuff I did not care for. The Skinny Dippers were good, one a week on average was plenty. But not the candy. The candies I loved. Which is all fine as they are part of what you can do during protocol.

BUT DO NOT BITE THEM.

OF COURSE you know you should not bite them. So do I. But how often does one listen? I plain LOVE to bite my candies, I think I am not even able to suck them “normally”. YEARS of biting plus intense daily biting over the past 8 weeks now took their toll: it broke one of my old – 12 years or more – fillings and shoved 1/2 of it up and further in. It did not hurt. But last night I noticed with my tongue that the teeth were not even and today after lunch I suddenly felt a hole. EMERGENCY! I knew I could not leave it for our out-of-town trip, I definitely did not want to end up with some kind of infection or ridiculous pains. I was so, so lucky to find a dentist who could still fit me in! He said I got my money worth out of that filling, it’s not so unusual that they break because this was one, way too big for the tooth. This means, no re-filling but – ugh – my very first Porcelain CROWN. This makes me feel old. Oh well. If I would have resisted the urges to bite my candies, I am sure it would had lasted another 2 or 5 years. That’s an expensive biting treat! $1,200. Ouch. Lesson learned: you can find a dentist even in a clinch and:

DO NOT BITE YOUR HARD CANDIES !!!

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First time

Today was the first time since I began this program that I did not stick completely to the rules. Like, really not. The past 2 days – milk days – had been really hard for me, especially the second milk day. I really felt hungry. And my weight dropped even further down – below the healthy weight zone – not what I was aiming at. So, that was then my justification. I had too much fruit. Instead of 2 servings, I had something like… 5. And my body is barking at me for that: too much fruit sugar. Ugh. So tomorrow I need to clean that out again. The fruit was just so good. That was the second justification. Of course I am right now mad at myself. But on the other hand, it’s okay. I did it once, doesn’t mean I have to repeat it. Lesson learned: right now the focus is shifting from “wow, I can eat again, eat, eat, eat” to “eat only when and as much as needed to not be hungry“.

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Day THIRTY-EIGHT

Today is my last day on the basic program! !!

It could not be more fitting then the fact that today I weigh exactly my end goal weight! The past few days I had bounced around weight wise, gone even almost a pound below and then more than a pound above it. But now it seems to have come to it’s true finish line and it’s exactly what I wanted it to be at this point. Very, very happy about this. Not happy though that I woke up with a horrendous migraine, I barely know where I am.