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I'm still shaking my head. I am beside myself with amazement at how well this way of eating works. I can tell you that my success has come from doing something different than what I have done in the past. I followed the plan!
I never had an Atkins book in front of me when I wanted to follow a low carb diet. I hate the word diet, but that was all I had planned. Follow the diet, lose the weight, go back to eating 'normal' foods. I was setting myself up for failure before I even began. My 'diet' inconvenienced me at every turn because it got in the way of those situations where I wanted to eat what every else was eating. Friday is chinese food night in my house, and in my sisters' houses. I wasn't about to give that up....
It's been 6 or 7 years now of doing that type of behavior. At least 2 or 3 times, I tried to diet and failed. I even made an appt to go to a seminar on gastric bypass. My family pleaded with me not to do it. But I wanted what I thought was an 'easy' way out. I didn't want to do it myself, I wanted someone or something to do it for me. When I saw the documentaries on TLC about obese patients who had gastric bypass and still had to watch their calories and food, and they suffered from additional pains and problems, I knew it wasn't by any means, an 'easy way out'. I once again felt worn out from the thought of following another diet. Note to self:
You can never get away from the self-responsibility, no matter what you do.
I've been on Weight Watchers at least 3 times in my life, Nutrisystem, L.A. Weight Loss (cost me a few thousand dollars), Medifast, and a 'doctor's nutrition plan' outlined by the ADA. The feeling of deprivation was at times staggering. The low carb diets were the only ones that my body responded to. Even when I failed at the low carb diets, I know it was because I wasn't following any particular plan, and because I didn't have the mindset that I was going to change my habits for life.
Since starting the Atkins plan, following the book, I have not 'cheated'. That's the biggest factor I think in my weight loss. Not that I haven't been tempted. My slender husband loves potato chips. That is one of my downfalls. When I find myself fixating on it, I go to my bedroom and close the door and put in a DVD, or I do 10 minutes on the elliptical while listening to my favorite 80's music. I am satisfied with the food and the amounts. The plus is that my appetite is suppressed, which goes a long way in staying on track.
I know that I have a long road ahead and it won't be easy, and I may even slip up, but it won't be all or nothing as before. I am learning to recognize my trigger situations, and I am determined to get right back on the wagon if I fall off. I will not stay on the ground and roll around in the dirt!
I never had an Atkins book in front of me when I wanted to follow a low carb diet. I hate the word diet, but that was all I had planned. Follow the diet, lose the weight, go back to eating 'normal' foods. I was setting myself up for failure before I even began. My 'diet' inconvenienced me at every turn because it got in the way of those situations where I wanted to eat what every else was eating. Friday is chinese food night in my house, and in my sisters' houses. I wasn't about to give that up....
It's been 6 or 7 years now of doing that type of behavior. At least 2 or 3 times, I tried to diet and failed. I even made an appt to go to a seminar on gastric bypass. My family pleaded with me not to do it. But I wanted what I thought was an 'easy' way out. I didn't want to do it myself, I wanted someone or something to do it for me. When I saw the documentaries on TLC about obese patients who had gastric bypass and still had to watch their calories and food, and they suffered from additional pains and problems, I knew it wasn't by any means, an 'easy way out'. I once again felt worn out from the thought of following another diet. Note to self:
You can never get away from the self-responsibility, no matter what you do.
I've been on Weight Watchers at least 3 times in my life, Nutrisystem, L.A. Weight Loss (cost me a few thousand dollars), Medifast, and a 'doctor's nutrition plan' outlined by the ADA. The feeling of deprivation was at times staggering. The low carb diets were the only ones that my body responded to. Even when I failed at the low carb diets, I know it was because I wasn't following any particular plan, and because I didn't have the mindset that I was going to change my habits for life.
Since starting the Atkins plan, following the book, I have not 'cheated'. That's the biggest factor I think in my weight loss. Not that I haven't been tempted. My slender husband loves potato chips. That is one of my downfalls. When I find myself fixating on it, I go to my bedroom and close the door and put in a DVD, or I do 10 minutes on the elliptical while listening to my favorite 80's music. I am satisfied with the food and the amounts. The plus is that my appetite is suppressed, which goes a long way in staying on track.
I know that I have a long road ahead and it won't be easy, and I may even slip up, but it won't be all or nothing as before. I am learning to recognize my trigger situations, and I am determined to get right back on the wagon if I fall off. I will not stay on the ground and roll around in the dirt!
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