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After 3 months on Atkins (I know that's not long) and recently a death in the family, I just wanted a break from Atkins. Yes, I know I'm going to get a reaction from some of you, but I was tired of thinking Atkins, planning my meals for the next day, being conscious of carb content all the time. I know Atkins is supposed to be a WOL and a WOE, but I felt that all these months, my whole focus has been on Atkins and I just couldn't cope thinking about it and trying to get through a grieving period
So I decided, just for one weekend I take a break from thinking Atkins.
Now the point of this post isn't to tell you about the break, but really what I found.
To my surprise, I found I didn't enjoy the foods I ate that weekend. I had a bowl of spaghetti for one meal, a bowl of rice with curry for another and some potatoes with my lamb steak. It wasn't because I felt guilty in any way, after all, I had allowed myself to break from how I was eating on Atkins. I just didn't enjoy like I thought I would, despite the occasional craving for it. Reality just didn't taste as good as what any of my cravings told me.
Luckily I hadn't put on weight as a result of the weekend. And I aso learnt that I didn't overeat, which was amazing. I found that eating a meal of refined carbs made me feel full for the rest of the day, and I didn't like that feeling. I liked feeling satisfied, not full, bloated or sleepy.
If I have another craving from now on, I know that if I give in, it won't taste that good... so I don't think I will have another craving, and for that matter, I don't think I would stray from Atkins again.
So now it's time to put my fears behind me, complete my 2-week induction after that "Atkins break" and move on to OWL
For all of you reading this and suffering massive cravings, if you have to, try this imposed "break" like I have, I found it worked for me, it made me realise life without Atkins just wasn't what my cravings told me it would be.
So I decided, just for one weekend I take a break from thinking Atkins.
Now the point of this post isn't to tell you about the break, but really what I found.
To my surprise, I found I didn't enjoy the foods I ate that weekend. I had a bowl of spaghetti for one meal, a bowl of rice with curry for another and some potatoes with my lamb steak. It wasn't because I felt guilty in any way, after all, I had allowed myself to break from how I was eating on Atkins. I just didn't enjoy like I thought I would, despite the occasional craving for it. Reality just didn't taste as good as what any of my cravings told me.
Luckily I hadn't put on weight as a result of the weekend. And I aso learnt that I didn't overeat, which was amazing. I found that eating a meal of refined carbs made me feel full for the rest of the day, and I didn't like that feeling. I liked feeling satisfied, not full, bloated or sleepy.
If I have another craving from now on, I know that if I give in, it won't taste that good... so I don't think I will have another craving, and for that matter, I don't think I would stray from Atkins again.
So now it's time to put my fears behind me, complete my 2-week induction after that "Atkins break" and move on to OWL
For all of you reading this and suffering massive cravings, if you have to, try this imposed "break" like I have, I found it worked for me, it made me realise life without Atkins just wasn't what my cravings told me it would be.
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