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I wanted to be accountable.   It has been a couple of weeks since I came back.   On a whole I have been successful of breaking the carb-grazing cycle.   The first few days were terrible.   But the cravings are much reduced.  

I had a bad week last week.   I went to the dentist for oral surgery a bit over a week ago.   For some reason he had a hard time getting the novacaine to numb the area where he wanted to work.   I've never had that problem before.   He wanted to give up and send me to someone else, but I talked him into waiting and trying again and it finally worked.  

I wish I'd counted the shots--I'm guessing 15-20.   The work proceeded fine without pain or problems.   He guessed that it might take a day for my mouth to wake up.   It took an hour and a half.   So, where did all that Novacaine go?   I suppose into my blood stream.    I felt very lightheaded and strange that day, but the odd thing was that apparently it triggered a major depression.   I cried for most of 3 days.   Everytime the thought came to mind "Why am I so emotional?", I would start crying again.   About 4-5 days later I came out of the fog and realized that the last clarity of thought I had had was before the trip to the dentist.   It had to be the drugs circulating in my head!

Well, during that bout, I did manage one binge on crackers, where I ate a whole sleeve of ritz crackers.   Aside from that I have done a reasonably good (but not perfect) job of sticking to meals only, and eating high protein foods.

I did have one surprise blood sugar/dumping related reaction to a snack.   I bought some no-sugar-added "Naked" juice and added it to a cup of low carb vanilla yogurt.   I thought that would be a healthy treat.   Well, I did not adequately look at the carb count on the juice, and I had a major sleepy reaction for the next hour!

Weight?   I think I have lost 2 lbs, but the biggest benefit is that I do not have the sluggish carb-laden feeling I had been living with.

Something else I did for me--I refilled my Vitamin D prescription and started back on them, after letting that lapse for a few months.   (Does it bother anyone else to pay $2.50 per pill for a vitamin???   And that is WITH insurance!)

I am on the countdown for my 4 week trip to Brazil.    I will try to post to my facebook page, so if you are interested, "friend me" there...

Let me hear how you are doing.   This is a safe place, whether you are doing well or not!

Joy