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First, I'd like to thank everyone on ADBB for the words of encouragement - you're such a sweet bunch! Hopefully you aren't adding any carbs to my daily intake! 
Second, I'd like to issue a warning to my fellow inductionees regarding scales.
I woke up the other night (around 2 A.M.) and had to use the bathroom so I stepped on the scales. I had gained 4 lbs and was so darn disappointed. I went back to sleep feeling like I'd failed. Luckily it was night time and I wasn't in the mood to hit the fridge and binge. When I woke up in the morning, I went to take my shower and I got on the scales again - the 4 lbs were gone but I had went through the night feeling like I'd failed.
I've decided that I'm off the scales for a little while. I'll get back on the scales on Monday, September 11th. I was checking every single time I went in to use the bathroom and with my water intake, that was almost every hour.
Lesson learned: Stay off the scales!!!! They are not the measure of my success. Success should be measured by the way I'm feeling about myself and by the way my body is feeling. For Example: I have more energy, my skin looks so much better and I feel great!
Pledge to self: I will weigh myself every other Monday at the same time, wearing the same clothes (my birthday suit). I will fight my overwhelming urge to step on the scales every 10 minutes.
If you're like me, using the scales to measure your success, STOP! They can be the enemy unless they are used correctly. I went from one crutch to another and it could have undone all the good I've been doing. The scales could have been just another excuse to say that Atkins failed me so I might as well stop and just go back to eating the way I had been.
I'm not a quitter...... I'm a learner and I have learned these valuable lessons:
1. I didn't gain all this weight overnight and it's not going to come off overnight no matter how many times a day I step on the scales.
2. It's going to be harder to loose the weight than it was to gain it because I gained it by sitting in a chair and eating whatever I wanted to and I can't loose it that way... I will have to exercise. I will have to move.
3. I will have to change my eating habits not just for two weeks but for a life time.
4. I will have to fall down a couple of times to learn how to get back up.
5. If I make a mistake or I cheat - own it! I won't reach my goal by lying to myself or anyone else.
6. Realize that it's going to be hard work but also realize that I'm worth it!
Second, I'd like to issue a warning to my fellow inductionees regarding scales.
I woke up the other night (around 2 A.M.) and had to use the bathroom so I stepped on the scales. I had gained 4 lbs and was so darn disappointed. I went back to sleep feeling like I'd failed. Luckily it was night time and I wasn't in the mood to hit the fridge and binge. When I woke up in the morning, I went to take my shower and I got on the scales again - the 4 lbs were gone but I had went through the night feeling like I'd failed.
I've decided that I'm off the scales for a little while. I'll get back on the scales on Monday, September 11th. I was checking every single time I went in to use the bathroom and with my water intake, that was almost every hour.
Lesson learned: Stay off the scales!!!! They are not the measure of my success. Success should be measured by the way I'm feeling about myself and by the way my body is feeling. For Example: I have more energy, my skin looks so much better and I feel great!
Pledge to self: I will weigh myself every other Monday at the same time, wearing the same clothes (my birthday suit). I will fight my overwhelming urge to step on the scales every 10 minutes.
If you're like me, using the scales to measure your success, STOP! They can be the enemy unless they are used correctly. I went from one crutch to another and it could have undone all the good I've been doing. The scales could have been just another excuse to say that Atkins failed me so I might as well stop and just go back to eating the way I had been.
I'm not a quitter...... I'm a learner and I have learned these valuable lessons:
1. I didn't gain all this weight overnight and it's not going to come off overnight no matter how many times a day I step on the scales.
2. It's going to be harder to loose the weight than it was to gain it because I gained it by sitting in a chair and eating whatever I wanted to and I can't loose it that way... I will have to exercise. I will have to move.
3. I will have to change my eating habits not just for two weeks but for a life time.
4. I will have to fall down a couple of times to learn how to get back up.
5. If I make a mistake or I cheat - own it! I won't reach my goal by lying to myself or anyone else.
6. Realize that it's going to be hard work but also realize that I'm worth it!
Met on 24 Sept!!! :dancing: 
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