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    I need to confess

    Today I knocked myself out of ketosis, but I am ok so far. This morning I caved at the grocery store and had some chocolate. I knew what I was doing, I knew the concequences but I did it anyway. I enjoyed it but I haven't fallen off the wagon- I had one cheat and I am back to the induction menu. I realize that it will take my body a few days to get back into ketosis- but I knew it before i inhaled the chocolate, and i accept my mistake and have moved on.
    I just needed to confess to get it off my back and to move along.
    So... back to Induction...
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    Re: I need to confess

    As punishment you must reread chapter 11 of DANDR and say 10 Hail Atkins!


    >_>

    not funny?

    Ok. well just dust yourself off and get right back in this thing.

    And NO more chocolate!
    There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked." -Jerry Seinfeld

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    • #3
      Re: I need to confess

      You've got to be extra diligent from now on. The danger here is that if you do it once, you may get the attitude that 'hey, that wasn't bad..popped me out of ketosis for a while, but I'm back on track', and that's a slippery slippery slope to be on.

      Think about why you ate the chocolate. Were you hungry when you went out shopping? Next time make sure you eat before you go!
      Could you have bought some cheese or pepperoni rather than the chocolate and eaten a bite of that?
      Did you have your water bottle with you so you can take a big swig when you feel cravings hitting you?
      Was this a craving or a whim? If it was a craving, why do you think it hit you? If it was a whim, then this is a good learning experience to yourself to really listen to what your body is telling you, and take pro-active measures to take and keep control.

      It may seem that I''m over-reacting to one incident of cheating..and that I'm raking you over the coals...but I don't mean it that way at all.
      But one little cheat is how it all can start, you know? Especially with Christmas just around the corner "Just one bite won't hurt me!" can realllllllly hurt you, and I don't want to see you or anyone disappear off the boards only to reappear in January, upset because you went off plan.
      F 42 5' 194/142.5/125 My Progress


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      • #4
        Re: I need to confess

        I agree with Moochie. It may be one little cheat but for us who suffer from addictive behavior, you never know when you won't be able to stop yourself.

        This is what I used to do before I'd go shopping when I first began my new WOE.
        (1) Brushed my teeth before I went shopping (it kept me from wanting to eat anything)
        (2) Put a piece of cinnamon stick in my mouth to suck on while shopping (the cinnamon taste kept me from wanting any other food)
        (3) Wrote inspirational quotes and affirmations at the top of my grocery list. I also wrote my beginning weight and how much I'd lost at the top to remind myself that the foods on my grocery list where what helped me lose.

        These three things saved me from going nuts in the grocery store. They sound dumb, but I needed as much help as I could get to re-learn my way of eating. I was very weak when I began.
        Starting Date 3/12/04 285/165/145 - F



        Dedication gives wings to our dreams and keeps them in flight! In One Word...COMMITTMENT.

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        • #5
          Re: I need to confess

          thanks for the talk, i will definately re read chapter 10. As for the chocolate- it most definately was a whim, i am sure i wasn't craving it. i was in the grocery store here which is a huge monster superstore and i went to the xmas section to get something for my kids for St. Nicholas day on the 6th. It is the tradition that kids get toys and chocolate under their pillows- so i was in the chocolate isle- which is two huge isles and i picked up something for my girls and on a whim i grabbed something for myself.
          i have never had a problem so far with going there, i don't know why today was different.
          but i will have to say that i do recognize what i have done- i am not upset that i did it because i will remember how i felt and remember that i don't need to do it again and it ultimately could prevent me from achieving my goal.
          i posted something last week about a "free day". i was on the body for life program which allowed a free day- i think that probably has something to do with the whim- missing my chocolate on my free day. i know now at this momment in induction that i can't have it and i thought i talked myself down from that cliff, but i guess i miss it more than i realized.
          i ultimately am working towards something, weight loss, i am having good results so far. i will learn from this for sure- with the hopes of being able to go down the chocolate isle and not be tempted in any way.
          thanks for the advice.
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          • #6
            Re: I need to confess

            exactly how much choclate did you eat? one piece should mess your ketosis up for a few hours today and you will be right back in it, a whole box well that might take a day.

            Don't use induction as punishment for a cheat it isn't andthinking that way can lead to dangerous yoyo dieting.

            Make the rest of today your normal Atkins where you are eating unles you are havign wild blood sugar swings and/or cravings. if you feel you are out of ketosis tomorrow then do induction just to regain ketosis a day should do you and then back where you were in your phase of Atkins wiser for your experience and heading toward being a healthier smaller you!.
            by the book atkinseer

            started 6/1/02 at 313
            goalie 5/04 at 167 with under 15% body fat ADBB Presidents exercise Challenge


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            • #7
              Re: I need to confess

              Give yourself credit for admitting to yourself first and foremost that you got out of ketosis - and then put the whole episode away. Dwelling on something like this can be enough to get you into the habit of eating something you shouldn't - or that's how it can be for me at times.

              You'll be stronger in your Atkins having had this little slip and then analysed it. Now you know what NOT to do the next time the chocolate monster starts to flirt with you.


              Deborah
              female, 36 years old
              4'7"


              161/147.5/112ish





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              • #8
                Re: I need to confess

                I would be afraid to cheat and then have nothing bad happen. In my mind, it would set up a pattern of cheating and I know then that I would do it.

                This is no judgement on you, pipee pl, just my reaction to the comments.
                Sharron - Musical Theatre Geek! Female, age 49 -
                Second time arounder - started Atkins 2/2001 @440 lbs LOST 150 GAINED 110
                Restarted 6/1/05 for the FINAL TIME @ 431 lbs Lost 80 Atkins
                Came back 10/1 after losing 109 additional on Weight Watchers
                Weight on 9/30/07 239.8! Lowest EVER!
                If we aren't supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?

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