Ahhhhhhh Tink, I love you!!
You are right, once you fall off the wagon, getting back on is sooooooooooooo stinking hard. I have been very naughty this summer too. I totally understand about the stomach bug thing. The only thing that soothes mine is crackers and toast. I haven't out and out had any bread or a baked potatoe but its always a nibble of this and a nibble of that and before long I'm out of control eating cake at a family reunion like a crack-head junkie.
I would also like to confess that I ate black licorice last night. Yes, I know sugar+starch equals rat poison in my system. And I'm on my 3rd round of diflucan for a yeast infection. So obviously having a bad sugar/candida problem but not even an itchy hoo haw for 3 weeks is enough to keep my hand OUT OF THE LICORICE BAG!!!!! Dumbness abounds in my skull these days.
But today is a new day!!! A fresh batch of fluconozole to kill the Candida (this time pills) and I had eggs cooked in butter and a little salt for breakfast. And water. I'm going to be sooooooooooooo good and see just how good I can get feeling. My knees are feeling better already.
I hope it is okay to confess my dumbness on your post!!
Good luck. We can be strong together.
-Donette