[irrehoobe]

I def had carb weaknesses! When I was at home alone (no H, no kids), I'd eat a pot full of cheese grits, or the entire daggone box of macaroni and cheese. Even if the kids were here (H travels a lot for work), I would get into bed and read or watch a movie or surf the net and eat candy (gummy bears, skittles, starburst, M&Ms, more gummy bears, and there was manna from heaven if I found a bag of hard, stale marshmallows hiding in the cabinet), and I would eat literally POUNDS of sugar in a month. Valentine's Day means those terrible chalky I Luv U heart candy, and Easter means PEEPS and Christmas means those mint nougats and fudge, and Halloween just mean gorgegorgegorge.

Then I stumbled across the hCG stuff, after I overheard an acquaintance ask a friend if I were pregnant. And I started to read. I read all about the candida overgrowth, and it made sense to me. I have no idea if I had a candida overgrowth, and honestly, it doesn't matter. You know when you boil a whole chicken, and you get that sickly white, sticky gross bubbles of fat and gunk floating all over the top of the pot? That is what I picture rolling around in my body. Big bubbles of greasy, sticky candida yeast roiling in my intestines.

Ew. Eat 2 pounds of gummys and feed that monster? No thanks.

This weekend I was around a sea of candy and teens. Every time I turned around, someone was handing me a Lifesaver or a mini Twix bar, or a bag of Doritoes. And while I knew that I liked the taste and that it would taste good, I was not tempted. I am looking forward to the days when I can eat moderate amounts of carbs, starches and sugars without re-creating and feeding that monster! A serving, or even a half serving - and walk away, happy and content! And SLIM!