Not good about the headache! I hope it's not something in the S&S that you're sensitive to?
I've woken up thinking I too might stick with S&S til nearer my goal. Its so easy and yummy. well, easy until you have a social occasion! :-/
I checked this morning and I'm apparently still in ketosis, but I'm carrying on regardless, I know those stix aren't rated too highly for accuracy.
what date do you officially stop S&S LW? I stop on 7th May and resume again on 14th. Have a great day xxx
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Well DL a few things have happened in the last couple of hours to change my mind a bit too. I shall begin.. epic tale ahead, grab a coffee and sit comfortably LOL
I had wondered myself if the headache was related to S & S, I don't have any particular food allergies, so don't know what it could be, so I read up a bit on the interweb and apparently this headache could be related to a deepened state of ketosis which makes sense as painkillers are not helping it, this also fits with the not being hungry and generally feeling a bit more energy, so much better than exante there.
So this morning, actually after a coffee and a water I stepped on the old weighbridge and see I am down 3lbs and my official is not until tomorrow, I feel confident I will have 4lbs gone this week and I am very pleased with that because I haven't seen that coming off with Exante and I'm actually quite enjoying S & S, especially being able to sit down to dinner with Gerry in the evening and have our normal catch up over the dinner table. So big :checkmark green:
On seeing the results of the scales I thought hmmm, I wonder if the gorgeous cream crochet dress that my lovely step mum bought me (she got if for a pound from the M & Co clearance shop!!, but its so nice!!), might possibly be in the ball park for fitting me??? So I dug deep into the depths of my wardrobe and retrieved it, it's one of those 2 piece things which has a separate under dress type thing and then the crochet dress goes on top, tried on under dress bit....it fits, it fits well, so I think ok now for the crochet part, it's stretchy obviously but if it's stretched at all it pulls the pattern out of shape and looks too tight..........it fits, my god it fits!! Now I'm not sure it's the most flattering style for my shape, but it could actually be wearable!! Another massive :checkmark green:
My old dress that I've been trying to get back into fits me no problem now as well so I now have a possible choice of 2 outfits and Gerry had already said to get something new if I wanted so, from going from having zero, I might now have 3 options :checkmark green:
When we first started the challenge we said we'd go for a champagne brunch, usually an all in affair in a hotel bubbles and buffet, start at 12pm finish at 4pm is the norm, but we've both said now we want to stay off the bubbles, too many carbs for Gerry and like me we'd rather have a vodka blow out than start packing in carbs for no reason. So we've decided to go for a more romantic meal and a top notch place next Thursday evening where it will be entirely possible to keep off the carbs. Then we are meeting friends on Friday for what used to be our normal Friday happy hour (8 hours) pub session. Saturday will be spent dying on the couch with a hangover and probably a burger king, and then Sunday 6th, I'll be back on S & S yaaayy, decision made. :checkmark green: I just don't feel ready to move on to a food plan yet and I want to re asses my goals, I'm pretty much back to my normal weight now, anything in the 13's was pretty right for me, I should be there by next week, so it's time to think about taking it to the next level.
So tomorrow should hopefully be saying 25 days in and 18lbs lost.
Not sure what to do about next Thursday though, do I eat in the morning and knock myself out of ketosis in preparation for the drinks??
Any way thats my Ben Hur style epic saga over with for now, bet you are sorry you asked LOL
With regard to the ketostix, I find them quite reliable and as far as I know you don't get a false positive from them, I normally test 2 hours after my first shake of the day, as it is possible to have ketones in the morning that are being flushed from yesterday. If it's pink it's pink, you may well not have knocked yourself out depending on how tolerant you are of the carbs and you went straight back on the S & S so who knows!!
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