The last couple of weeks, I've struggled with getting back in the "zone". I was craving sugar and just couldn't seem to get back on track, and I was frustrated with myself. I started looking at what I'd done with success and what I was doing now and really didn't see any difference at first. Then I had a light bulb moment.
After Christmas, I'd went to one of the stores that sells the Skinny Syrups and at the time they didn't have any flavors I liked (mango...for coffee??? eww). I ended up buying two bottles of another brand that also had 0 calories and 0 carbs. I've been choking that coffee down ever since, because even the vanilla was just funky tasting.
I went back to that discount store this past week and they had Skinny Syrups in yummy flavors, so I brought home a vanilla and a salted caramel, but planned to hold those until I finished the other brands. Then I decided to compare the ingredients to see that the two off brands had a lot of malitol in them, which is a sugar alcohol. Malitol affects your blood sugar levels just like sugar, and is a huge no-no on keto.
Despite my frugal side, I poured both bottles down the sink and made a tasty cup of coffee with the vanilla Skinny Syrup. That's the only thing I did differently this week. The sugar cravings left, my mood improved and drum roll....I lost 3.2 pounds this week!
That brings me to a grand total of 49.8 pounds lost so far! Had I not made such a careless mistake I'd probably have hit my goal last week and then some. You live and learn, right?
How did everyone else do this week? What have you needed to tweak?
That is awesome!! Good catch on reading the ingredient labels... sometimes that bit of savings just isn't worth it.
ReplyDeleteYou're exactly right. Funny how those little things sneak up on us, isn't it?
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