Invention, meet thy mother: Necessity

I had a yuck week.

Actually - that's not true.  I had an awesome week.

Until I got on the scale - and then it became yuck.

no movement.  like - at all.

A plateau is a very boring place.  It's stationary and unmoving, like a flat-line.  blah.  and it can be very discouraging to look at that flat line for too long.

Charge!!! CLEAR!!!!

Ok reasons for my flatline.  cuz - i need reasons.  I must analyze and fix this situation!

last week we were out of town for a few wonderful days.  At home, food that is AOK is readily available  - and readily cookable!  and you get used to your surroundings and your diet and it's all good.

But - then.... you're away.  and the temptations.  oh the glorious temptations!!!!  I actually did pretty good dealing with the temptations - cuz i did not GAIN weight - and that's something, right? right??

But MAINTAINING your weight in a weight loss competition?????

Agree!

so.  today.  I wanted to drown my sorrows in chocolate cake.

and so i did!

Don't be silly.  Not NORMAL chocolate cake!! sheesh.  

I made a delicious KETO chocolate cake in a mug with almond flour - no sugar - and then - aghhhhhhh where the heck is my sugar-free icing?!?!?!
(New to the Keto club?  check out Craig's recipes on www.ruled.me You WON'T be sorry!)

i am capable of eating chocolate cake without icing.  

(ummmm. truth be told, i was prepared to eat it out of the mug with my fingers- if necessary )

but no icinggggg? sigh.  only if i have to.

peeked in the fridge.  sugar free raspberry jam - and sour cream.

go ahead and judge me!!!!  i don't care LOL it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!

seriously - i was shocked.  maybe i was just starving.  maybe i was happy that i didn't have to dive face-first into a bucket of ice cream.... or maybe - just maybe - it was an awesome alternative to a Ding-Dong.  ok??? (side note:  all those convenient store cupcakes and goodies used to be like a Siren's call to me:  eat me, eeeeeeat me. Leah!!!  but now?  I'm not joking.  The thought of all that sugar and processed junk seriously reminds me of sweetened plastic.  Totally not interested in THOSE old temptations.  There are plently of OTHER temptations that are alive and well - hahaha but so glad those other ones are dead and buried!!!)

so raspberry sour cream icing. LOLOL   Necessity really IS the mother of invention - and i have a new sugar free icing option that i WILL be using again.  oh yes.  i will.

as for my weight loss.  dagnabbit.  that 6% is so mine this week.  absolutely NO sugar is going into this body for the next 7 days.  

When you think about it like..... ughhhhh 7 days.... no sugar....  fully on track... NO deviation!!!

it just seems like - a week??  really?!?!  whine whine whine, pout, mope, complain.

That's like 168 freaking hours of torture!!! come on!!!!!!

but - i'm trying something new here.

21 meals.  That's it!  Just 21 meals until my next weigh in.  and i will be scratching off those meals mentally after every single one that I do.

Hey! Actually.... there are only 19 meals left. yeahhhhhhhh!  cuz its Saturday at 2 in the afternoon right now. so breakfast is scratched off...

and you know... i just had chocolate cake for lunch.  so.  hooray for good choices.  

Nevermind that.  honestly - it FEELS worse saying I had chocolate cake for lunch than it actually is.

i know the nutritional info on this recipe and it works!  and actually, after all that chocolatey-goodness, i'm really in the mood for a huge salad for dinner.  funny how that works!

I'm happy for my ups and downs.  I know that my downs connect with a lot of you.  I like that we're all in the same boat.  I like that there is a common struggle that we all collectively hate!  LOL  i mean - you know what i mean.

i wish it was easy.  but when it's hard - i'm glad i'm not alone!

love you guys!

P.S.  video this week? nah, why.  I look the same.  who wants to see that?