Hi, I'm new here! OK, not really, but I am starting over

[cruiser gal]

Jamie, You have been a inspiration to many people. I am a big fan of yours, and admire how well you've done and all the people you have helped on here. Stresses in life cause us to do things we would not normally do. To admit wrong doing, is half the battle. You're pictures tell the story, and will re-enforce the state of mind you have been in for the last year. Keep up the great work, your cheats are a thing of the past! :hug

[softnred]

This is sooooo ironic for me. I've been having a stressful past few weeks, with several major events going on (but nothing I'm ready to share yet). While I haven't jumped off the wagon, I haven't been eating my veggies or exercising or drinking all my water, and I keep finding myself peering over the edge of the wagon and thinking "wow...the ground looks mighty purdy there." I've actually been contemplating going off Atkins for several days. There's no good reason...just that I've been missing sugared frosting, french fries, filet-o-fishes and all the other stuff that's not good for me. I know that going off isn't a good thing, and I KNOW the slope is slippery and will probably cause me more problems....but hey, there's frosting to be eaten!!! This morning I actually caught myself justifying eating more carbs ("JoAnne, you've reached the size that was your original goal...").

My life will continue to be crazy for at least the rest of the month, with several trips out of town and whatnot. What will probably happen is that I'll just strive to not eat any no-no food, and maintain my current weight until the first of June. Then I'll get back down to business.

What is up with all of us having trouble?????

~JoAnne

ps.....Jamie, I send hugs and butt glue...but save some for me...

[maribelle]

JoAnne, you're anther one. When we look at your before and after picture, we see so much! Look at your after picture, the way you have you head held high! We can tell how proud you are of the battles you've won. Now, so close to winning the war, war weariness is bound to set in. Don't give in! You can do it! Those of us miles from our goals look up to people like you and Jamie. We want to hold our head's up like yours one day.

Besides, all the sugar just gives tummy troubles and bloating! Not worth the yummy taste. :nono

[2big4mysize]

okay CLea just look at waht you have posted I'm a cheater and a justifier and Am getting back on Atkins.

Well wake up Clea cause you are still a cheater and a justifier I'll kicj that Diet COke Just as soon as I..... how many times have you said that?

Atkins says no cafien period! as we tell those who don't exercise you are not doing Atkins you are doing the CLEO low carb plan and it works very well 100 pounds gone but it didn't work so well when real world stress got to you.

So stop justiying that DC I do know how hard induction is when you can't have the caffeine and you are not only a casrb addict you are a casfeine addict BUT to do Atkins you got to follow the rules and DC ain't on teh acceptable foos lists.

SO go pour every one of those DCs in the house down the drain stand outside in your swimsuit and shake them up and have an exploding party if you want but get rid of them. tell everybody you have given them up do cause being a closet quitter will bring on major stress when folk ofer you them or even worse buy you them.

Come on you can do it a little check and justifying friom the start lets you expans on it down the road. Yep I lost 1000 pounds and I had DC all the time so this ____ isn't going to harm me either cause I'm a special case and not all those things Dr Atkins told us apply to me!

If you are going to DC then you need to be posting your eating in the low casrb other then Atkins forums. Is that what you want to be doing the CLEO plan?

I'm sure you can do it if you really really apply your efforts and energies to this. Afterall you didn't let thoise bluiders cheat the zoning code one single bit with those housing developments they wanted did you? Why would you except less from yourself?

Happy Atkins Low carbing

[ztachick]

Cleo :hug
everyone has times that are hard, and you have done so great, you are such a huge inspiration to many on this board including me- i always look forward to your posts espesially in the challege forum, and your always such a positve, happy, and motivatiing person, and i want that person back- i too fell off the past 2 weeks, and started drinking cokes again too, but we both(and everyone that had feel off latley) we are better then that and we know that this woe works so just dust off and get back to the happy go lucky you and you will soon start to see the scale moving perfectly again.
and your not a hypocrite sweetie, sometimes after being good for so long its just a slip up that happens thatmakes us realize that we really still do want this

[Sarah_K]

Hey Jamie, take a deep breath. You can do this. You will do this. You will be successful at losing the weight and then maintaining the weight your body feels best at. This is a setback, but it's temporary and you can deal with it.

And 2Big may be too too right about the dreaded, delightful Diet Coke. I had half a cup of regular coffee a couple of weeks back, and it inspired wicked mad cravings that had me crawling my cubicle walls the rest of the day. Yuck! If you cut out the caffeine (and take an Aleve or similar if you're prone to caffeine detox headaches), you might find you have more control over the other cravings.

Good luck, and keep posting!

[Buddrfly]

It's gonna be

It's gonna be okay Cleo! Just get back to what you know is right :hug

[love2beeamom]

I just wanted to add.. You CAN do it..get back on the wagon for good. Look at all the success you have had so far, you have come along way baby! Don't get discouraged, just look forward and not backward. :hug

[JulieMarie1]

I think it happens to alot of people from time to time, but the good thing is to catch yourself before you start to gain.
I just went off this woe for my birthday this past week, it was only supposed to be for the day but it ended up lasting a week. It is so hard once you give into temptation to get back on track. I had everything from Pizza hut to beer, cake,etc. I kept thinking to myself that I blew it and now my weights going to come back on, but then it hit me. I can stop it now before I regret it. The first time I did induction it took me about 2 weeks to get all the cravings out of my system, so now I've been good for the past 3 days in hopes to get threw these 2 weeks again so I can stop these craving. Summer is coming and I don't want to look back at this slip up and think 'if only I caught myself then"
I say keep telling yourself that you can have whatever you want in 2 weeks, then when your 2 weeks is up you most likely won't even want it.
Hope this helped.
You look great, you are a beautiful girl, just think of what motivates you.
Keep up the good work
Julie :hug

[dave318]

Cleo,
we all thought that all you Mods were infallible. Mods volunteer and help out because they have been successful and have a good knowledge of Atkins, so can help others to do their best on it.
But , I think we too often forget that you are prone to the same faults as the rest of us. There aren't many on this board who can claim not to have fallen off at some point.
Personally, I think I am in my 8th incarnation of Atkins. (Do we only have 9 lives). I have done Boot Camp, committed myself to continuing all the way to goal, and then, forget it. Why?
What we see is the success that you have had so far. We don't see the stresses, the cheats, the falls off the wagon. We see the 100 odd lbs that have vanished and think that you are superhuman.
Perhaps 2big is right. I thought she came across as a bit harsh, but a good kick in the @ss is sometimes what we need to see that what we do is right.
Personally, I think you are owed some pizza and diet coke, but that wouldn't be Atkins PC now, would it.
Get back on like the rest of us eventually do, and put it behind you.

david

[cleochatra]

Thanks so much for the positive words of wisdom and help, everyone!

I am proud to report that I'm back, bad, sassy and kicking carbs to the curb! I've been using FitDay and am feeling more determined than ever to get rid of these last 100 pounds!

I do feel a bit selfish starting a thread like this now, but really it's also to say, "I know I'm not perfect" and to show you that I need to be accountable for my actions.

Yes, while being a mod isn't all having green olives peeled for us by handsome young visages of Dr Atkins, it's something better than that... having the energy to peel my own olives!

Olive you all!

Now I'm back to business.

:joy

PS. Dave. I hear you, buddy! 2 big's a butt-kicking dominatrix of the ADBB set, which is one of the reasons I adore her. You can't hurt my feelings because when the words are spoken they cause introspection. And if a person can't look at themselves and think about what's being said objectively, then what's the point? If a person wants to hurt me, they'll say something which maligns my character or is a falsehood. If you say what needs to be said because it's truth, well, that's something else altogether. I can be mad about it for a nanosecond. Then I cope and move on. It's called getting my jumpwings!