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I'm not really a STACer. I'm actually a TTACer! In an effort to NOT become a FTACer I tried to recall what screwed me up the 2nd time around. The first time around it was easy to figure out----I moved in and started cooking for my now-husband. When I lost my first 100 pounds on Atkins, I lived alone. That was so easy. Living with a carb eater was a whole new experience, and I didn't fare well. I went from 150 back to 250 pounds in about 4 years.
But by the time I gathered the steam for my second time around (after a few didn't-make-it-through-the-day half arsed attempts) I was ready to accept that I would cook the usual meat and vegetables, and I would have an additional salad as my husband had his potato, bread, pasta, whatever.
So what went wrong? Well, in an effort to find that answer, I went through my Fitday from Sept 2005-July 2006 (I have the home version)
A few things have changed. Looking at my fitday, I see that my appetite was much more frequently suppressed my 2nd time around. I might eat 2700 calories one day, but the next I'd have barely 800! And it seems right from the start, Sept 26, I never did a true(as currently prescribed) induction. I averaged 25-30 grams of net carbs a day, but ate from all levels (which makes sense-I was using a 1987 copy-no ladders in it). Within those specs, I was cheat free for 7- yes 7!!- months.
It seems the beginning of the end came on my birthday. No, it wasn't cake. It was fried clams and cocktails. Seems from that point on, I would have at least a weekly cheat, and then a whole weeks' cheat, and by July 22, I had stopped posting altogether.
I guess the point of this I sort of already knew, although having it in black and white reinforces it well. Once a carb addict, always a carb addict. Just like an alcoholic. There is no "just one".
Please stick this thread in my face as I approach my birthday!
But by the time I gathered the steam for my second time around (after a few didn't-make-it-through-the-day half arsed attempts) I was ready to accept that I would cook the usual meat and vegetables, and I would have an additional salad as my husband had his potato, bread, pasta, whatever.
So what went wrong? Well, in an effort to find that answer, I went through my Fitday from Sept 2005-July 2006 (I have the home version)
A few things have changed. Looking at my fitday, I see that my appetite was much more frequently suppressed my 2nd time around. I might eat 2700 calories one day, but the next I'd have barely 800! And it seems right from the start, Sept 26, I never did a true(as currently prescribed) induction. I averaged 25-30 grams of net carbs a day, but ate from all levels (which makes sense-I was using a 1987 copy-no ladders in it). Within those specs, I was cheat free for 7- yes 7!!- months.
It seems the beginning of the end came on my birthday. No, it wasn't cake. It was fried clams and cocktails. Seems from that point on, I would have at least a weekly cheat, and then a whole weeks' cheat, and by July 22, I had stopped posting altogether.
I guess the point of this I sort of already knew, although having it in black and white reinforces it well. Once a carb addict, always a carb addict. Just like an alcoholic. There is no "just one".
Please stick this thread in my face as I approach my birthday!
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