I am feeling a bit guilty over my apparent ability to eat carbs without consequences, in the light of so many posts from people here who document such difficulties. I finally dropped a lb after being stuck for years - even though this year I have been eating more sugar and being less strict than usual. I thought it would encourage me to be more strict with my diet, but it didn't. My apple tree is groaning with gorgeous crisp fruit, and I decided to make an apple dessert as a rare treat. (Nothing to do with my weight-loss - I just hate to see the apples going to waste.) My partner won't eat substitutes, so I had to make it with wheat and sugar, but promised myself I'd only have one small portion. I have a health/energy issue, so sadly, I didn't have the option of making a second, low-carb version for myself.
Yesterday, I ate three small (ish
) portions of that carby apple/wheat/sugar dessert smothered in heavy cream. I worked out today that a conservative estimate of the carbs involved is around 100-130g, not counting the cream. I never eat that many carbs normally! I'd only had a light lunch, and had no space for my evening meal, so I just had a tiny snack late at night. I weighed myself this morning, and I am still the same weight as yesterday. I read all the posts on this forum of people whose arthritis, skin, bowel, stomach or other trouble flare up because of wheat/carbs, or they gain several pounds after bouts of gluttony, or they are beset by terrible cravings, and I am beginning to feel guilty! Eating carbs on this occasion has led to no immediate consequence for me. No craving, no weight gain, no flare ups!
What's wrong with me???? Could I be diabetic? I included all the skins of the apples, and I'd had mushroom soup for lunch - did the fiber get digested more slowly, resulting in less of a sugar hit? Or did I just use up all the calories?