Commited a BIG mistake and with the same food.

[gc1379]

I don't even know what to say...I'm speechless, and i feel so mad and frustrated with myself. I have been on atkins for a week (today was my one week anniversary) and i BLEW IT. What's worse is that i committed the same exact crime.

Cake!

A little boys birthday party with the same homemade cake, and i went all cakeavore on it. I didn't eat as much as before, but i did eat EAT. And i wish i could say it was one little crumb or at LEAST two little crumbs but NO. It was a slice or two. Plus a cracker, and a tiny piece of a corn bread. To make matters worse, when i was eating i kept thinking "well i've already started, might as well finish" I mean WHO in their right mind has those thoughts? A normal person would say, this is wrong stop now! not "you've already started, continue". MAN!...To top things off, i had weight myself about an hour before, and i had weight 118, but for whatever reason everytime i weight myself, its like 118-119-119-118-118. Its been like, and i felt proud that at least i was losing one pound, and i think when i weight myself today I saw a 117, i mean thats little pounds away from my goal, but my uncontrollable carb eating self, couldn't make it and couldn't do it. Now, i know that that glance at that 117, is definitely going to be a 119 (not even a 11. This just ruined it, i had lost a pound, and now im back to square one. Someone, please slap me! Then again, i think to myself and think, induction hasn't been bad, it was actually very rewarding, instead of depending on my mom to cook me some food, now i have actually learned how to cook. This was a new experience for me, and since i have committed this big mistake, instead of going for the last week, im going for 2 more weeks. Long-term induction here i come.

So, in a way im mad, but this is a good life style im choosing, and i'll benefit from it.

but...IM STILL MAD ABOUT THAT DARN CAKE! (I can't...ugh!!..man all that hard work...i mean i was ONE (ONE for crying out loud) week away!

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Commited a BIG mistake and with the same food.

First off, you didn't "blow it" ... you made a poor choice.

>>when i was eating i kept thinking "well i've already started, might as well finish" I mean WHO in their right mind has those thoughts?>>

That would be the "kiss of death" that Dr. Atkins refers to!

>>This just ruined it,>>

Only if you don't keep moving forward.

>>instead of depending on my mom to cook me some food, now i have actually learned how to cook.>>

How old are you?

[not2late]

Re: Commited a BIG mistake and with the same food.

The first step it to get back on track. The second step, and perhaps the most important one, is to sit down and figure out WHY cake is your trigger and what you can do the next time the situation comes up.

For example, were you hungry when you were at that party? Did you feel "pressured" to eat the cake when a slab was handed to you? Did you tell pull the hostess aside before the party and tell her you're on a diet and please don't serve me any cake?

If you were hungry at the party, then perhaps, the next time, eat a good Atkins meal before you go. That way, you'll be too full to eat anything not on plan. Or perhaps you can bring something Atkins -friendly along to share with the other guests?

If you felt pressured to eat that cake, then sit down and really be honest with yourself: is eating cake more important to you than losing weight and getting healthy? When I was losing weight, my extended family kept shoving plates of cake, pie, etc. into my hands because they thought it was "wrong" that I wasn't eating "normally" (that is, eating cakes, pies, etc. because isn't that what fat/overweight people do? Eat cakes, pies, etc.?) Even now, I still get the plate loaded with cake and ice cream shoved in front of me, because they expect me to eat it.

So think about it and find what's triggering your trigger, and develop strategies for the next time it happens.

[poobears1972]

Re: Commited a BIG mistake and with the same food.

Why are you even on induction with less than 10lbs to go? You need to work through the rungs. At 10lbs less you should be around premaintanence. 2 more weeks of induction may just set you up for another big cheat.