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Hi All,
I guess I'm back
its not that I ever left this WOE- I have just been horribly abusive to its principles for the last - well, the last year really. I believe I am only up 7 pounds- which is a testament to how great atkins really is. Honestly, if I had binging on the old foods like I have been binging on nuts and cheese and YES diabetic chocolates and low carb icecream- I'd be in really bad shape.
Here are the hard parts that I have to face- loosing wieght was painfully slow, although ultimately successful for me. Often a pound a month with the numbers going up and down with my TOM. SO I decided to stop weighing and measuring and just live the lifestyle with a trust in my new found habbits. It worked very well for many months. Unfortunately, my older habit of emotional eating fueled by a crazy sweets addiction led to the scale creeping back up. Complicated by my highly developed skill of looking at myself in the mirror in ways that reflect a fantasy version of whats really there. I wonder if I have a bit of that body sysmorphia in me. WHen I was down to my goal weight I honestly didnt feel any different- the only thing that changed in my life was the way that people reacted to me. Lately, no one has commented on how thin I look- so I had a clue about what was going on. Still, denial is a deep river.
ANyway- I'm gonna check in and keep it honest here.- I weighed 161at the doctors today- geez- its so hard admitting that! I know its high as it was a pm weigh ( for me that can be 3 lbs easily ), and I'm going to weigh in in two weeks as I expect a slow road.But really, I dont have nay other options- get fatter- or get with it!
Aloha, Karen
5'7" 168/ 150/161
I guess I'm back
its not that I ever left this WOE- I have just been horribly abusive to its principles for the last - well, the last year really. I believe I am only up 7 pounds- which is a testament to how great atkins really is. Honestly, if I had binging on the old foods like I have been binging on nuts and cheese and YES diabetic chocolates and low carb icecream- I'd be in really bad shape.
Here are the hard parts that I have to face- loosing wieght was painfully slow, although ultimately successful for me. Often a pound a month with the numbers going up and down with my TOM. SO I decided to stop weighing and measuring and just live the lifestyle with a trust in my new found habbits. It worked very well for many months. Unfortunately, my older habit of emotional eating fueled by a crazy sweets addiction led to the scale creeping back up. Complicated by my highly developed skill of looking at myself in the mirror in ways that reflect a fantasy version of whats really there. I wonder if I have a bit of that body sysmorphia in me. WHen I was down to my goal weight I honestly didnt feel any different- the only thing that changed in my life was the way that people reacted to me. Lately, no one has commented on how thin I look- so I had a clue about what was going on. Still, denial is a deep river.
ANyway- I'm gonna check in and keep it honest here.- I weighed 161at the doctors today- geez- its so hard admitting that! I know its high as it was a pm weigh ( for me that can be 3 lbs easily ), and I'm going to weigh in in two weeks as I expect a slow road.But really, I dont have nay other options- get fatter- or get with it!
Aloha, Karen
5'7" 168/ 150/161
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