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Good morning STACers...and Newbies! We check in each day and share how we are doing. I am doing very well.
This morning I was thinking about my mentality. When I first started Atkins, induction had so many challenges for me. One moment I was really excited to be getting free of carbs and the next minute I was so sad to not be able to "reach for anything" I wanted... restraint was irritating. But I would put on this mentality, "ok, you only have to do this for 2 weeks" if it was really a challening day I would say, "ok you only have to make it through today." (I used that one alot and still do sometimes)... As ketosis kicks in and the energy arrived and the food quieted down and my appetite surpressed itself, I no longer had to make those little statements about today or this week or next week. Slowly I started to tip my head up and see "the end of the month" the "end of the year", "next year"..."Day 100", "Day 200"...I started to think long-term...Then one day it slowly became evident I can't go back, or this will all unravel. I can only go forward with this lifestyle.
If I eat carbs today, I will get sick. Then I will eat more and have the terrrible headache. Then I will go out and head right back to my fast food places. Guilt will not stop me, but provoke more eating. Then the energy will completely evaporate and I will have no strength to exercise. I won't be drinking water, but every caffinated thing I can pump in to give me "fake energy". Then I will have real troubles and all the peaceful feelings i have, all the control I have will be gone. The terrible blood sugar irritable and unstablity will return. The weight will start coming back and the bloat will return. The lies will start right back up in my head, and the biggest LIE will HOLD ME CAPTIVE, "THIS DIET IS TOO HARD, I JUST CAN'T DO IT ANY MORE"...
Newbies are here to get rid of the terrible cycles they live in and the weight they have to carry around with them, and the shame and lack of confidence and esteem.
The rest of us have to keep a vigilant watch over ourselves so we don't slip back into the nightmare described above.
The word lifestyle is a word I use daily, I don't want to return to the nightmare, I want to continue into the dream land of health, and positive activity and lifestyle that has energy and confidence.
Well, time to get ready to exercise before this day takes off on me!
This morning I was thinking about my mentality. When I first started Atkins, induction had so many challenges for me. One moment I was really excited to be getting free of carbs and the next minute I was so sad to not be able to "reach for anything" I wanted... restraint was irritating. But I would put on this mentality, "ok, you only have to do this for 2 weeks" if it was really a challening day I would say, "ok you only have to make it through today." (I used that one alot and still do sometimes)... As ketosis kicks in and the energy arrived and the food quieted down and my appetite surpressed itself, I no longer had to make those little statements about today or this week or next week. Slowly I started to tip my head up and see "the end of the month" the "end of the year", "next year"..."Day 100", "Day 200"...I started to think long-term...Then one day it slowly became evident I can't go back, or this will all unravel. I can only go forward with this lifestyle.
If I eat carbs today, I will get sick. Then I will eat more and have the terrrible headache. Then I will go out and head right back to my fast food places. Guilt will not stop me, but provoke more eating. Then the energy will completely evaporate and I will have no strength to exercise. I won't be drinking water, but every caffinated thing I can pump in to give me "fake energy". Then I will have real troubles and all the peaceful feelings i have, all the control I have will be gone. The terrible blood sugar irritable and unstablity will return. The weight will start coming back and the bloat will return. The lies will start right back up in my head, and the biggest LIE will HOLD ME CAPTIVE, "THIS DIET IS TOO HARD, I JUST CAN'T DO IT ANY MORE"...
Newbies are here to get rid of the terrible cycles they live in and the weight they have to carry around with them, and the shame and lack of confidence and esteem.
The rest of us have to keep a vigilant watch over ourselves so we don't slip back into the nightmare described above.
The word lifestyle is a word I use daily, I don't want to return to the nightmare, I want to continue into the dream land of health, and positive activity and lifestyle that has energy and confidence.
Well, time to get ready to exercise before this day takes off on me!
22/F 
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