I screwed up this weekend..what do i do?

[mislicious16]

Okay...Monday will be my 4 week mark. Ive been sooo proud of myself. Lost a total of 14lbs so far. And totally passing up some awesome food and behaving myself. Well Im off from work this weekend..and my husband bought a pizza last night. I totally screw up I had THREE pieces. Not one..not two...but THREE!! So then I just wanted to slapped myself afterwards for being soooo stupid!!! Well then about an hour ago. My husband comes home and said "come on everyone..lets go to Denny's"...so what do I do. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger w/fries. It wasnt even that good either. What was I thinking!!!!!????? I told my husband...this is it. NO MORE!!! Im not gonna screw up anymore.
Okay...I dont need any critizum (except for my spelling)...but I need to know what to do now. YES I know I messed up..BIG TIME. But what now..I cant take that back so. Is my body completly out of ketosis now? After 2 screw up meals??? I promise I wont do this again. JEEZ I feel like a druggie...going after its drugs and promising that I'll never use again. Now I know how they feel. They want it so bad..and then afterwards...it wasnt even that good..and now they feel like crap.
SOMEONE HELP ME AND TELL ME WHERE IM AT....AND WHAT TO DO!!!
THANKS!!!

[liv]

Re: I screwed up this weekend..what do i do?

Since you posted here in extended induction I am assuming you are still on induction food level. The thing to do is just to drink plenty of water and get back onto normal Atkins eating NOW. And that is it. You may gain some water weight, you may be out of ketosis but eating normal will take you back.

Another thing to do is to think about why you had this mishap. Think about what made you do it and how you can avoid it happening in the future. It sounds like you have plenty of will power to get back on it.

And lastly don't beat yourself up over it. Move on.

[mislicious16]

Re: I screwed up this weekend..what do i do?

Thanks for the positive message. I really appreciate that!!! Im putting some extra bottles of water in the fridge right now. And Im gonna drown myself in water!!!!

[OzLover]

Re: I screwed up this weekend..what do i do?

First thing is to stop beating yourself up & put it behind you. Stuff happens & chalk it up to a learning experience. Give it some deep thought as to why this may have happened & what you can do differently. I would stay at Induction until you are back in ketosis & then seriously consider moving up the ladder. More veggies will not slow down your progress & may in fact speed it up. Try some new recipes! You are doing great!!
Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Home

[IrishSarahHB]

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I couldnt imagine doing this without the support from my man .. i understand how that could be hard .. Try to talk to him and remind him that your food options are somewhat limited now .. Im sure its just that he forgets ya know ..

[Luckie Duckie]

Re: I screwed up this weekend..what do i do?

Okay...Monday will be my 4 week mark. Ive been sooo proud of myself. Lost a total of 14lbs so far. And totally passing up some awesome food and behaving myself. Well Im off from work this weekend..and my husband bought a pizza last night. I totally screw up I had THREE pieces. Not one..not two...but THREE!! So then I just wanted to slapped myself afterwards for being soooo stupid!!! Well then about an hour ago. My husband comes home and said "come on everyone..lets go to Denny's"...so what do I do. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger w/fries. It wasnt even that good either. What was I thinking!!!!!????? I told my husband...this is it. NO MORE!!! Im not gonna screw up anymore.
Okay...I dont need any critizum (except for my spelling)...but I need to know what to do now. YES I know I messed up..BIG TIME. But what now..I cant take that back so. Is my body completly out of ketosis now? After 2 screw up meals??? I promise I wont do this again. JEEZ I feel like a druggie...going after its drugs and promising that I'll never use again. Now I know how they feel. They want it so bad..and then afterwards...it wasnt even that good..and now they feel like crap.
SOMEONE HELP ME AND TELL ME WHERE IM AT....AND WHAT TO DO!!!
THANKS!!!

Sorry for posting in you alls thread but I just have a strong feeling here.

I fell off the wagon too today. I was across the street at IHOP - HAHAHAH! I posted about it in the Century Club thread so I won't go into it here but first stop beating yourself up. Then go and TT on one of those sticks to make sure you've fallen out of ketosis and then tomorrow jump back into the driver's seat and whip them horses into shape!

This was my first foray out of Atkins since I started 8 or 9 days ago. But
I'm starting a challenge tomorrow and I feel absolutely positive that I'll be back into ketosis come Tuesday morning. I read that it'll take something like 48 hours for the body to burn it's stored glucose and then start burning fat. No biggie, I didn't get fat in 48 hours so I can wait for ketosis to set in again.

Mislicious, start thinking strategy - "If this"..."then that". Don't stop going to Denny's to eat just make better choices while you are there, and get your husband to bring home a salad with the pizza next time and eat the toppings off the pizza and leave the crust. Make some ice tea to go with that. Put sugar in theirs and Splenda in yours or everybody gets Splenda. Nine times out of ten they won't notice. Make a game out it and have some fun with it!

I'm looking forward to reading about your continuing success and I'm confident that you will be successful!

Love, Duckie

[mkline71]

Re: I screwed up this weekend..what do i do?

Mislicious, start thinking strategy - "If this"..."then that". Don't stop going to Denny's to eat just make better choices while you are there

I do the exact opposite now; I just don't go out to the restaurants anymore. It is hard for me watching everyone eat foods that I used to love and then I'm limited. I know some people can go out and be fine but I figure it is a sacrifice that I have to make because I'm also one that would have ordered the burger and fries.

Just do your best to get back on and know you will be back into ketosis by mid week.

[Luckie Duckie]

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I do the exact opposite now; I just don't go out to the restaurants anymore. It is hard for me watching everyone eat foods that I used to love and then I'm limited. I know some people can go out and be fine but I figure it is a sacrifice that I have to make because I'm also one that would have ordered the burger and fries.

Just do your best to get back on and know you will be back into ketosis by mid week.

Good Morning, Mkline71 - I know what you mean because this is how I felt the first time I did Atkins. But now that I'm an old lady I realize its the company I want more than the food. Don't get me wrong FOOD IS GOOD! I LIKE FOOD! but now being with my family and friends is priceless especially when we have a routine like on Fridays we always go out to Roadhouse to eat or something like that.

Anyway, I'm the weird one who would order the triple cheeseburger with extra mayo, mustard, lettuce and tomato,diet coke and an extra plate; get to the table, ditch the bread and eat the rest. People looked at me like I was stupid and I would just keep on socializing with no explanation. If they ask, my answer would be "I don't feel like bread today".

Sorry to go on like this, I just wanted to sympathize with you on this one Mkline! Have a Great Day!

[GonnaGetThin!]

Re: I screwed up this weekend..what do i do?

I do the exact opposite now; I just don't go out to the restaurants anymore. It is hard for me watching everyone eat foods that I used to love and then I'm limited. I know some people can go out and be fine but I figure it is a sacrifice that I have to make because I'm also one that would have ordered the burger and fries.

Just do your best to get back on and know you will be back into ketosis by mid week.

Don't avoid restaurants, just rethink what you order in them. My husband and I went out to dinner, and had a wonderful time! We didn't touch the bread basket, though we did take it home for our doggies. They really enjoyed the bread!

We ordered caesar salads, and for dinner we had steaks with grilled wild mushrooms and grilled asparagus. We were full afterwards, didn't feel deprived in the least, and no one looked at us like we were on some kind of wierd diet. We drank ice tea, and simply didn't add sugar like some do. I have always had mine unsweetened, so for me it wasn't anything different there. We could just as easily had salmon, or pork chops, or several of the other entrees on the menu.

When we change to OWL, we will be able to enjoy a glass of wine and other options in the menu we avoided for now, like french onion soup. Dessert can easily be a cheese assortment with wine or coffee, and some fresh berries and melon. Other appetizers could have been the scallops au gratin, smoked salmon, and grilled jumbo shrimp skewers wrapped in bacon.

The point I am trying to make is just that with a few simple shifts in what you order, you can have something that is a lot better than what you might have ordered prior to starting Atkins. I know I eat much better now, and fill up on less, before I might have ordered a pasta dish and gorged on the bread, and had a rich and sugarey dessert instead of something much more healthful but equally delicious. I can eat pizza later, when I am maintaining my weight loss, until then it really hasn't been hard to just avoid it.

This is the first diet that I have been able to stay on and not cheat at all, and more importantly, not feel that I am being deprived in the way that I did before that led to cheating and ulitmately abandoning previous diets. I love the fresh caesar salads that before were more of a treat than an everyday thing. I love that I don't feel hungry all the time, and no more watching the cllock for my next mealtime! I love not having the bloated feeling I used to have, and the sluggishness after mealtimes.

I just wish I had investigated this sooner, instead of thinking it was a fad type diet. All the other traditional ones, where I had to watch calories, practically avoid fats, etc... those just led me to failure but I was so sure it was the right way to eat because it seemed all the nutrition experts said it was so. Then when I couldn't stay with it, I felt guilty and ashamed because obviously it was me and my lack of self-control at fault here. I don't have that feeling now. And I can't even begin to tell you how happy that makes me feel.

[xmmwx]

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I agree with you! I know it's difficult. I have 5 children who like to have a treat of pizza from time to time. Know what I do? If I absolutely feel like I HAVE to have it. I eat the toppings. Just a bite. I don't recommend it as a rule. I think that Dr. Atkins said to be careful of processed meat. But, the pepperoni and some cheese isn't too bad. I do try to take some of the sauce off because it could have sugar on it. So, I may not lose any weight that day but, at least I didn't fall right over the ledge and completely off. Dieting on ANY diet is difficult. Eating in a restuarant when you are on any diet is hard. But, I find it easier with the Atkin's diet. Seriously...Just stick to the meat and green vegetables if you aren't sure what to do, or order a salad. Make sure you are armed with things that won't kill your diet.

I recently went to my 20 year reunion and I know the dinner was pre ordered. I KNEW they were having a big chocolate cake. First thing I did was eat something before I left just so I wouldn't be starving when we got there. I scraped off the breading from the chicken and gave my husband the potatoes. So, I had asparagus and the chicken with cheese. Then they brought out a big peice of chocolate cake. My kids thing I'm crazy when I do this, but I dipped my fork in (for some reason I always have to see if something is good or not..Trying to break that habit) and tasted it..barely..which I was mad at myself for. But, I brought along some sugar free candy because I knew there was going to be desert and quickly stuck a peice of it right into my mouth..guess what..the craving went away and I got through it. Just try to be prepared and by all means..if you totally crash..pick yourself up and keep going. The cravings do go away better if you do induction exactly to the T but, not everyone is able to do that. I will be honest and say that I am not always "good" but, I lost 100 lbs and the whole time, when I cheated I got back up again..

Alot of people panic when they cheat..Just remember, you won't gain the weight back in one night so go right back on it. It's when one opps turns into 2,3,4,5 and then before you know it..you've blown it completely.

[Beekel]

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It is so intresting to read this thread and see the different schools of thought. I can understand both of them. One is to avoid the restraunts and one is to modify the order. I aggree with both. Alot of it has to do with trusting myself and adjusting to fit that. For example I refuse to have anthing sweet low carb or not at this point being that if it triggers something I don't know if I can pull myself out of it. So no sweet low carb treats for now. I have lost alot of weight in a very short amount of time and I am trying to not think of the amount lost as important as the time applying the rules of the diet and following through. The weight loss is a huge bonus but time proving myself to myself is where I learn to live like this. So after all of my rambeling (and misspellings) I say work with your comfort zones as they come. At this point I just look at the salad part of the menu. No one has to know that as long as I enforce my boundries to myself. Maybe later I will get adventerous and get a burger and trust myself to remove the bun (being that that is the best part) Stay strong and be determined. I had to tell myself several times a day (out loud) "nothing will stop me" it is very powerful when you make your mind up and you feel so strong too.

[xmmwx]

Re: I screwed up this weekend..what do i do?

I'm glad somebody said it..You have to do what's right for your body. What's right for me isn't necessarily right for others. On the other website (and I won't say which ) I was raked over the coals for suggesting someone try some low carb cheesecake. That person was struggling with going out to dinner and we were talking about the Cheesecake Factory..I was merely telling them that they did have low carb cheesecake. If it's not for them..then they shouldn't eat it!!! Or even GO to that restuarant. I discovered the cheesecake because my husband was given a gift card from there when he was made employee of the month. I felt bad because I felt we should celebrate and go irregardless of my diet issues. SO, I went through the menu thoroughly before even going and had a plan set up before we even arrived about what I would order.. For me, it's all about planning and being prepared. I have some sugar free candy so that I am prepared for those days when my hormones are fluxuating and I have an obsession over chocolate..and that DOES happen to me no matter how well I stick to the plan.