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I'm new to this board, but not to Atkins. I, like most here, have been on every diet known to mankind. I'm 41, 5'3" and right now I'm 142-144. At my highest (and not pregnant) I was about 160. I'd like to lose about 20 more pounds. After struggling to get under the 140 mark with a low fat diet, I decided about a month ago that I would try to limit my carbs. I did the South Beach Diet for a couple of weeks, and noticed after the first few yucky days, my brain fog started to clear and I had more energy. But I was still struggling with hunger and cravings. That's when I bought DANDR and read it with an open mind. I started to add more fat, and take away some of the carbs not allowed on induction. I noticed that the fat seemed to take care of my almost constant hunger.
I started induction after that, and have yet to succeed with a clean 2 weeks. The first time around I fell off the wagon after going too long without a meal or snack. Last week, I made it Sunday through Thursday clean, but then Friday hit and I lost it again. My cravings were pretty much gone, so I'm pretty sure it's the emotional eating that I'm dealing with right now. After eating a couple of days non low carb, I feel like total crap again....I would say worse than before I started. I was headachy and just feeling blah all day yesterday. I have decided to re-commit myself and really do a 2 week clean induction starting on Monday. I will shop today and plan to make sure I have everything I need and throw away any foods that are going to be too hard for me to resist.
Intellectually, I know that I feel better eating this way, but I can convince myself of anything when I want to 'cheat'. Somehow I have to overcome this, because it's my biggest obstacle.
I'm glad I found this board. I'm going to explore here a bit, but if anyone has any suggestions or tools that helped them through induction, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks!
Kathy
I'm new to this board, but not to Atkins. I, like most here, have been on every diet known to mankind. I'm 41, 5'3" and right now I'm 142-144. At my highest (and not pregnant) I was about 160. I'd like to lose about 20 more pounds. After struggling to get under the 140 mark with a low fat diet, I decided about a month ago that I would try to limit my carbs. I did the South Beach Diet for a couple of weeks, and noticed after the first few yucky days, my brain fog started to clear and I had more energy. But I was still struggling with hunger and cravings. That's when I bought DANDR and read it with an open mind. I started to add more fat, and take away some of the carbs not allowed on induction. I noticed that the fat seemed to take care of my almost constant hunger.
I started induction after that, and have yet to succeed with a clean 2 weeks. The first time around I fell off the wagon after going too long without a meal or snack. Last week, I made it Sunday through Thursday clean, but then Friday hit and I lost it again. My cravings were pretty much gone, so I'm pretty sure it's the emotional eating that I'm dealing with right now. After eating a couple of days non low carb, I feel like total crap again....I would say worse than before I started. I was headachy and just feeling blah all day yesterday. I have decided to re-commit myself and really do a 2 week clean induction starting on Monday. I will shop today and plan to make sure I have everything I need and throw away any foods that are going to be too hard for me to resist.
Intellectually, I know that I feel better eating this way, but I can convince myself of anything when I want to 'cheat'. Somehow I have to overcome this, because it's my biggest obstacle.
I'm glad I found this board. I'm going to explore here a bit, but if anyone has any suggestions or tools that helped them through induction, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks!
Kathy
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