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There is a good number of people who breeze through induction, reach their goal and live a happy life on the Atkins. I respect that. In my case, I've done induction a few times, successfully and unsuccessfully. For me, successfully completing induction and living on this way of eating is always a mental fight with me. My thoughts, especially during induction, can be the difference between continuing and giving up. Personally, I've identified a few KILLER THOUGHTS!. Thoughts that can derail me completely if those thoughts end up getting a hold of me. I hope people will share some of their killer thoughts and try to provide ways of overcoming those thoughts.
One of my Killer Thoughts:
This usually happens around day 3 or 4 when I'm feeling really crappy. I start to think that I could never live my whole life on a diet that is so restrictive of such a basic food group. This thought has made me jump off the wagon at least once. This basic thought usually will spiral out of control leading to doubt and coupled with the feeling of being crappy because of induction flu, I will just stop the diet completely. I will usually enforce the thought by complaining to someone I know about how I feel or something like this. After that, it's all down hill!!!
How I overcome this thought:
Well, luckily I've been able to overcome this thought by basically repeatedly telling myself that I'll be ok and that it's the carb addiction talking to me. I also re-read the atkins book on the later stages and think to myself, NO, I will eventually be able to eat more carbs. I try to also think that this will pass and it's just a phase.
I have other KILLER THOUGHTS but want to start by throwing out one of my own and see if anyone else is willing to post up. By recognizing some of the mental challenges, I think it's a good way to help new people realize that having KILLER THOUGHTS is normal and there are ways to overcome them.
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One of my Killer Thoughts:
This usually happens around day 3 or 4 when I'm feeling really crappy. I start to think that I could never live my whole life on a diet that is so restrictive of such a basic food group. This thought has made me jump off the wagon at least once. This basic thought usually will spiral out of control leading to doubt and coupled with the feeling of being crappy because of induction flu, I will just stop the diet completely. I will usually enforce the thought by complaining to someone I know about how I feel or something like this. After that, it's all down hill!!!
How I overcome this thought:
Well, luckily I've been able to overcome this thought by basically repeatedly telling myself that I'll be ok and that it's the carb addiction talking to me. I also re-read the atkins book on the later stages and think to myself, NO, I will eventually be able to eat more carbs. I try to also think that this will pass and it's just a phase.
I have other KILLER THOUGHTS but want to start by throwing out one of my own and see if anyone else is willing to post up. By recognizing some of the mental challenges, I think it's a good way to help new people realize that having KILLER THOUGHTS is normal and there are ways to overcome them.
grove.
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