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If anxious is the right word... I'm feeling so many emotions right now I guess it's hard to pick one out of the bunch.
Anyway...
My name is Brandy and I've done the atkins diet before. It was last year from September till Christmas. I did great on it at the beginning. I struggled a bit over Thanksgiving but didn't cheat, did good again through December and then on Christmas Day I ate a small piece of my hubby's birthday cake and boom I was off the wagon and could not seem to jump back on it. Truth be told I only tried to get back on once and that was short lived. Maybe even less than 24 hours. I was stressed to the nth degree and ate myself back up the 33 pounds to adding on more.
Now my scale is showing EE which translates to: Too Fat For This Scale Try The Weigh In Stations On The Expressway. *argh*sigh*umph* and I seriously need to go back to the life that I had in those three months that wasn't easy but wasn't bad for me like the way I am living and eating now is.
For some strange reason I kept appeasing myself by telling myself that I was waiting for the stress level in my life to decrease. You know that thought pattern that says "once I get married/get that promotion/get that bill paid off/get this done/get that done everything will be easier and I can focus more on getting this weight off." That's what I was thinking. I got married, the sress level didn't decrease. I paid off some bills and more came after them. Now I'm realizing that the stress level isn't getting any better so I need to do it now while I'm still alive to lose the weight.
Also, I don't where my subconcious ever got the stupid idea that eating whatever I want is easier than eating right and dealing with problems the right way. Since when is being fat easy? What's easier is being able to walk without feeling like my body is going to colapse, fitting in a chair rather than having to find a big enough one, feeling alert and energetic rather than sluggish and needing self motivation to get off my couch and get something ten feet away.
Seems like my food choices isn't the only thing that needs to change. I need a new thought process as well.
I started induction yesterday and today I am feeling what I read described on here as the "induction flu". On the other hand though my spirit feels better. Is that weird? My body feels sickly but my spirit feels strangely "okay". I hope it's not just that "new" thing excitement feeling and part of this better eating having quick effects.
Anyway...
My name is Brandy and I've done the atkins diet before. It was last year from September till Christmas. I did great on it at the beginning. I struggled a bit over Thanksgiving but didn't cheat, did good again through December and then on Christmas Day I ate a small piece of my hubby's birthday cake and boom I was off the wagon and could not seem to jump back on it. Truth be told I only tried to get back on once and that was short lived. Maybe even less than 24 hours. I was stressed to the nth degree and ate myself back up the 33 pounds to adding on more.
Now my scale is showing EE which translates to: Too Fat For This Scale Try The Weigh In Stations On The Expressway. *argh*sigh*umph* and I seriously need to go back to the life that I had in those three months that wasn't easy but wasn't bad for me like the way I am living and eating now is.
For some strange reason I kept appeasing myself by telling myself that I was waiting for the stress level in my life to decrease. You know that thought pattern that says "once I get married/get that promotion/get that bill paid off/get this done/get that done everything will be easier and I can focus more on getting this weight off." That's what I was thinking. I got married, the sress level didn't decrease. I paid off some bills and more came after them. Now I'm realizing that the stress level isn't getting any better so I need to do it now while I'm still alive to lose the weight.
Also, I don't where my subconcious ever got the stupid idea that eating whatever I want is easier than eating right and dealing with problems the right way. Since when is being fat easy? What's easier is being able to walk without feeling like my body is going to colapse, fitting in a chair rather than having to find a big enough one, feeling alert and energetic rather than sluggish and needing self motivation to get off my couch and get something ten feet away.
Seems like my food choices isn't the only thing that needs to change. I need a new thought process as well.
I started induction yesterday and today I am feeling what I read described on here as the "induction flu". On the other hand though my spirit feels better. Is that weird? My body feels sickly but my spirit feels strangely "okay". I hope it's not just that "new" thing excitement feeling and part of this better eating having quick effects.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Glad you've decided to take charge and get healthy! We'll always have stressors in our lives. So if that's the reason to put off losing the weight it's never going to come off 
Good luck!
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