Two Weeks back on it

So I am pretty sure I haven't cobbled together a two week stretch of tracking and low-carbin' since April.  In the past two weeks I've been averaging 28 net carbs and about 2000 calories daily, and I've been peeing a nice mauve on my ketostix if you're into that kind of thing. On the seventh day of my streak, Adam and I went away for as night and I ate 119 carbs; mostly thanks to the two beers I had at the Stone Brewery in Escondido. By the next night after a day of 15 net carbs I was back in keto and the rest of the week was solid.

Tomorrow I need to get on the scale. Last time I weighed in was in June and I was up 7 from my lowest weight in April. That 7 seemed like a minor miracle and I'm sure as of two weeks ago when I restarted I was up at least another 7-8 lbs. Tomorrow I'm going back to weighing myself every 10 days. I can't WAIT to begin seeing a pattern of loss again.

Meanwhile, here are some of the reasons why I went back to low carb in late September:

Pants, once loose, were removed from my Work Outfit Choices due to severe constriction

A few shirts, size 26/28 (yes the largest size at many plus size store) were in fact too tight to wear in public

The bottom of my face and the crest of my cleavage were becoming besties

My ring was making this mark on my finger:

 

Emotionally, it was killing me to feel out of control with food. I was sneaking food, eating enough calories between meals to equal two extra meals, and waking up every day craving something sugary/doughy.

In the past week I've been adding some sweet tastes back in- splenda in my coffee, a coke zero with lunch, etc. but I'm not going there with two many 'extras' and I feel balanced again.

There is a long road ahead, but I'm finally feeling like I belong on it again and deserve to be losing weight.