oh lordy i've done messed up...i think

[ZOESMOM]

Just now my daughter was eating some honey biscuits and i almost lost total control. I was sooooooo tempted to take a bite. I ran away from the table, searched the refrigerator for anything that was induction safe that would distract me from the biscuit, no success while i didn't eat the stupid biscuit i ate a saltine cracker . It cured my desire for the biscuit but have i shot my induction i'm on day 10. I looked on fitday and saltines are 2.5 carbs and i've already had 4 carbs today which would put me at 6.5 still under my 20 but a saltine is not on the allowed list. What do I do now?

[not2late]

Re: oh lordy i've done messed up...i think

1. You pick up where you left off. Meaning, your next meal should be an Atkins one.

2. Keep Atkins friendly foods available at all times. So when similar situations arise, you'll be prepared. High fat foods, like cheese, help to allay food cravings. Also drinking water will sometimes do the trick.

3. Take this time to think to yourself: why was that biscuit tempting to you? Did you skip a meal? How was your physical state at the time: were you tired, sleepy, etc? How was your mental state at the time: were you bored, sad, depressed, etc. ? Or was it a carb craving thing?

[Elizellen]

Re: oh lordy i've done messed up...i think

I found that if I boiled half a dozen eggs and put them in the fridge I could always grab one if I felt tempted to eat off the programme. After a week or so I didnt need them so often.

[tabekat]

Re: oh lordy i've done messed up...i think

you might want to make a mock danish the next time you have a craving. put some butter on it and really taste it and enjoy the butter.

i realized over time that my craving for a biscuit, wasn't the biscuit. it was the butter. so now I save time and carbs and have the butter.

biscuits have no power over me anymore, and they won't have any power to tempt you either if you keep going.

I made the mock danish many many times in the beginning when I was doing induction. it was my cure all plug in for bread and desserts.

In my opinion, it isn't just a matter of counting the carbs but also learning to avoid foods that spike the blood sugar and give a temporary high followed by a crash. bread, biscuits and crackers are addictive because of those false highs.

my mock danish (there are many variations...)
1 egg
1 ounce of cream cheese
1 teaspoon of splenda
1/4 teaspoon of flavoring, such as vanilla, almond, cherry etc.
melt a tablespoon of butter on top

mix with blender, nuke in microwave - I personally like how it tastes at 135 secs -

[2big4mysize]

Re: oh lordy i've done messed up...i think

you just go forward with your Atkins from where you are. you can't stop and just redo your induction and your health would suffer if you quit so march forward and make the next and the next bite after that an Atkins induction friendly food. I found out it was the wanting of the forbidden food more then the joy of having it that made me think I wanted bread for the first 6 months i was doing Atkins.

Plan your atack stradegy now for the next time the high carb sireens call your name. Make an Atkins survival kit ususally your before pic and your goal pics to be are good enough to stop you. then think id you really want that biscuit or do you want to be the smaller healtheir person you are working hard to be? Drink some water and do something to distract yourself. it does work.

Happy low carbing

Happy low carbing