screwed up big time today....

[Anna7494]

it was someone's birthday...and i ate a piece of cake...and smarfood popcorn...and a dorito...i don't know what came over me! i feel like crap now...

[Evermind]

Re: screwed up big time today....

Wow, what a way to be reminded to eat something fatty before you get NEAR a cake! Yikes!

Well, tomorrow is another day. Actually, the rest of today is still intact, so drink a ton of water and have some veggies and lots of fat, and you'll be fine.

[meena-beena]

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It's tough to be around cake during a b-day. Especially when it's all yummy, fluffy, frosted.......I'd better stop now, lol.

I have back to back b-days these two months--aug and sept. I treat myself with a no sugar ice cream bar and feel on top of the world. It's no fun celebrating without joining in but next time you know better. Chalk it up to a lesson learned. Now you know what to do next time.

Keep at it and don't give up!!!

[BabyGotBack]

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Don't let it get you down. It's over and done and now you need to get back on track and not let it send you into days of binging. One slice of cake isn't going to ruin you--it's the "I give up and I'm going to eat the rest of it too" that is.

[Anna7494]

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thanks guys...yeah i ended up eating some more crap today too...blach...i did too good this week to screw it up though...gonna take a long walk after the kids are asleep and hopefully get back on track tomorrow...

my sister in law had made this beautiful, intricate cake that looked like it took her hours to make...and i didn't want to offend her by not having a piece...so that's what set me off...that's not a good excuse though really...

i feel like i've gained my 4.5 lbs back in the course of a few hours lol

[meena-beena]

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oh I have a good one for those moments. Tell whoever is offering you that you have an intolerance to xyz ingredient. It works like a charm and gets you off the hook.

Also, you aren't technically lying so no biggie.

[Outback Jess]

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Anna, there is a chapter in DANDR, "Eating In The Real World" and there is a paragraph "When Bending Becomes a Binge"...you might want to go read that and refocus, my experience is you are at a cross roads, you either turn around and get back to eating the atkins way, or you will spiral back into feeling pretty awful physically and just putting up with it, so you can eat the sugars...You wont feel good either emotionally or physically....If you turn around, you might have a struggle on your hands, but HEY YOU ARE WORTH IT.

[Anna7494]

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thanks jess...i'm gonna go re-read that right now. Last night I did 40 minutes on the treadmill and some strength training. And this morning I had some eggs with cheese and some veggies....I feel like I'm back on track. And thankfully I am still the same weight I was yesterday morning. Also I tested for ketosis and my strip turned light pink believe it or not lol.

[Outback Jess]

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THAT'S GREAT NEWS... Refocus Anna, and try to keep this in mind...Remember how badly you felt, not how lucky you were...I use the negative feelings as a positive deterant for the future...You know when something goes wrong and we feel badly! Remembering the bad feelings really helps me from repeating things....