Off The Wagon...and Off My head!!!!

[Forever_Autumn87]

Hi guys and girls,
this is confession time I am afraid to say, I have jumped off the wagon and been a really naughty girl, I don't really know what happened, as I have been so good lately, I have been losing weight on this woe but I guess I have been listenng to too many critics of the atkins diet.

Help me please!!!! I don't know what I should do now, my main problem was that I thought if I stayed on the extended induction it was the only way I was going to lose weight, so I stayed on it for over 6 weeks, and I was losing, however, I got bored eating the same things, and I was missing out on a little bit fruit...blah.de.blah.de.blah, you know the rest, so I was feeling sorry for myself.

What do I do now, do I need to complete the full induction again to go back into ketosis???

If I had stayed on track and came off the extended induction, and started adding back a little, this would not have happened, I know that now, but would I still lose weight? that was my worry.

Helen I am completely and utterly disgusted with myself.

Spoke to the Angels and have asked them for divine guidance here, and now I need you kind people in here. Please Help Me !!!!
Off the Wagon...and Off My Head !!!

[loo-see]

Re: Off The Wagon...and Off My head!!!!

I think that you have to be proud with 20 pounds loss !

It's very hard to give up ALL bad habits for good but I'm sure that somehow everyone can do that.

I don't want to diet Atkins but to live Atkins.

This is a great WOE, it works, we've seen it, BUT our wish for healthy and complete life must overcome every reason that made us fat.

I hope that you will find strenght NOT to give up.

[Fatalblue]

Re: Off The Wagon...and Off My head!!!!

I'd venture to say that 95% (or more) have fallen off the wagon at some point. Whether it's a small cheat or a week-long binge, we've all had little stumbles along the way. The best thing to do is just get right back on. Don't beat yourself up, we're only human. Like loo-see said, these are bad habits that we're battling. Habits are hard to break and sometimes we will have difficulty but we have to pick up and move on. If you're missing out on foods I'd suggest moving out of induction and onto the OWL rungs. It will provide you with great variety and it will become easier to stick with the plan. If you're worried about going onto OWL because you think you might not lose weight I'd say you have nothing to fear. Many people are nervous about it but when they move onto OWL they find that they're still losing while enjoying a variety of foods. I wish you great luck in your journey! You can do it!

[journey00]

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I know exactly how u feel. My sister n law (a professional cook) was here for 11 days, she left last Friday and by the time she left I had regained 5 lbs of the total 11 lbs I had lost since I started in May. I'm on extended induction. What I did is I restarted a clean Induction to the "T" with lots of water and exercise on my elliptical at least 10 min a day. Today, I finally lost those 5 lbs & my ketones stix are finally changing again. It took me 5 days to lose them. I'm gonna give it a few more days & then I'm moving on to OWL. I was getting very very bored with the same foods & fell into temptation. Someone on this board told me to restart "clean" Induction for a few day, I did it & it worked!! I hope this helps. Hang in there. I was feeling pretty desperate & hopeless but I came through & so will you.

[Tims]

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Hi Helen... this Saturday will be 1 week on Induction for me and i too cheated the other day at work... i kept dipping into the Peanut M&M's... i felt so bad... but after admitting my cheat, i decided to just keep going! its HARD for me too! i have ALWAYS eaten almost 99% carbs for ALL my meals... so living low carb is super duper new to me! but i really love it! i know that i am going to probably cheat again AND I ADMIT IT! but i know that im going to try really, really hard to eat 99% legal foods as much as i can! when i finish my Induction, im going to jump right into the next chapter... i dont think i can stand too much Induction... i too may become bored and really go overboard... i wish you the best of luck!!! just remember You Can Do This! just think how Great you will feel...! and how much better you will look...! Keep on Truckin!