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.

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.

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 !!!

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.

This day is not easy. Not only that it’s 4 weeks to the day that Tricky past away. But food wise. My second last milk day on the program. I’m not cheating, but boy, am I ready to. On the other hand it’s a feast as I know it is only one day more after this and then I am truly on the way back. I have already begun digging my head into what I could cook in the veggy departement, I want something different than the past few weeks to celebrate my first fish… and not having rice or such with it does seem kind of… lacking. So I’m looking around what really will make a perfect feast. Have a whole day left to find it!

Weight is beautifully dropping – almost 10 pounds since I began – but I still feel that I need to drink more. I do see the recommended amount rather as a minimum, the reason being that this is the same guideline I use for when I am not on a diet.

Today might be a bit of a challenge day as I’ve decided to face a get-together. But, even though I’ll have to skip on all of the good food and drink I am quite certain that I can overcome the cake and ice cream with one of these sweet Cherry Coke Zero’s.

Smells and pictures of delicous hot chocolate, Vermicelles with whipped cream (equivalent to the American Montebianco) are swirling through my head, and this is just the beginning.

I’m not hungry, but I surely could eat now. So… Diet Coke it is.

Feeling a tad weak. My sleeping times are not yet back to normal, too late to bed and too late up for my liking and I believe this has its influence. I have also not yet gone back to my normal treadmill workout routine which I am beginning to miss.

The tingling and numbness in my left arm have diminished, a back massage from my husband helped a lot, I do have a muscle clump between shoulder blades and the spine. Still working on improving this

I am still having these odd hot flashes – chill freeze spells. It appears that this is totally unusual. They have been less severe yesterday but are still ongoing today. This morning I noticed a bite on the side of  my body with some swelling and redness and pain in the surrounding area. Seeing it I remember that I got that on Saturday. Flashes of warnings like “deadly brown recluse bite” are dancing now in my head and I am following these alarm bells and investigating with a few Google searches to see if there is any warrant for being worried and if that might be the cause of the body flashes.