Feeling weak today

[runnwme]

I'm feeling rather weak today, like all i want to do is dive into something I haven't had in a while. I've been doing the candida cleanse diet for 1.5 weeks and I feel deprived, so maybe that's why. Last night, I cheated and had organic peanut butter on celery (even if i wasn't on the candida cleanse, i am only on rung 2). I got on the scale this moring and gained 2 pounds from yesterday. I was heartbroken and I guess that's why I'm feeling unmotivated too.

I sit there and watch my family eating all this food that I used to eat and have been so good not eating it and then to gain two pounds!! I know I had the peanut butter, but I was still under my carbs and it had no sugar.

So, I'm still in ketosis, still trying to stick to it, but feeling very frustrated and ticked about the two pounds! And we're going to Disney on Sunday for a week and I am trying to figure out how I am going to be able to stick to this and still lose while on vacation.

Any tips or words of encouragement??
Thanks everyone!!

[drosa75]

Re: Feeling weak today

You are almost done with induction. Def move up the rungs you will get a bigger variety. There is nothing off limits. I enjoy, on ocassion (brown rice, whole wheat pasta, lo carb pizza (homemade) in fact I have everyone in the house eating this way.

I know its tough and we can be our own worst enemy but thankfully you have posted here. as far as the two pds, it is normal for weight to flucuate a couple of pds..

You will be fine at disney, you can make almost every meal atkins friendly...

and always come here for support!

[ValidRouge]

Re: Feeling weak today

Nuts, particularly peanuts, are NOTORIOUS trigger foods. If I eat peanuts, I get the munchies then start getting blood sugar instability and mood swings and if I give in to it, it just keeps getting worse.

Being you had a two pound gain right after eating the peanut butter, and you are having these feelings today...I'd have to guess that you have a food intolerance/allergy to peanuts. I'd avoid them if I were you. I know you said it didn't have sugar added, but i want to point out that the issue is with the peanut. Add sugar to the mix and it gets even more volatile. Congratulations, you just identified one of your trigger foods.

Now, the trick is to figure out what trigger caused the craving for the peanuts to begin with. What did you eat AND DRINK that day?

[not2late]

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Valid makes, well, valid points.

[hopejoy]

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Wow! I learned something quite valid... thanks valid.
Keep up the WOE! don't let this discourage you... it is probably water, or muscle... hang in there! Sometimes our bodies are going through so much change we can't always see it on the scale.... but you will eventually... do your measurements! That is such a great way to validate your success besides the scale. very important!
liz

[runnwme]

Re: Feeling weak today

I was afraid I'd hear that about the beanut butter. Frankly, I had it just becasue I wanted something different that wasn't completely against the candida cleanse diet. I haven't had cheese, diary, sour cream, cream cheese, mayo, mustard, vinegar, salad dressings, etc... I was just so bored with the food I was eating. I got my head around the peanut butter and it wouldn't let go.

I only drank water yesterday, about 80 oz., and that peanut butter was my worst offense, so maybe its true, I have an aversion to peanuts (Bummer)

I AM feeling tired and kind of down today, so maybe it really is bad news for me. I had no idea that a food allergy/intolerance could make itself known so quickly either! Do all food intolerances affect people that quickly, so you could tell and quickly stop eating it?

[ValidRouge]

Re: Feeling weak today

Yes, they make themselves known very quickly. It's just that before, when you were eating so much crap...it would have been impossible to tell what caused it. Also, you (we) were probably feeling so bloated and horrible and irritable...ALL THE TIME that those feelings felt normal. Now that you are getting totally detoxed off the stuff, as soon as you add a food that you have an intolerance to it is incredibly OBVIOUS and pretty immediate.

That's the beauty of following Atkins to the letter. IF you do the induction phase and then move into OWL and start adding foods back, you'll learn which foods you are intolerant to and be able to avoid them. Here's some more food for thought....Dr. Atkins said that the foods we were most intolerant to, were the exact foods we were most addicted to. I do hate it that I have issues with the peanuts. I love them...but they do NOT love me. And, frankly, I don't want to give up all that I've gained from Atkins....but there are days that its a struggle.

[daniejim]

Re: Feeling weak today

you can do it girl!! Remember that the more you can stay cheat free. the closer to your goal. blessings.

[speedyturtle]

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Do you weigh every day? that can be discouraging. I do, and yesterday it said I was up 2 lbs andtoday it says I am back at 153. I keep track and then over a month average it out. The scale is evil I tell you.
Turtle Power!!

[runnwme]

Re: Feeling weak today

Thanks for all the encouragement! And thanks, Valid, for putting in the info from Dr. A. about the foods we are most addicted to are the foods we are most intolerant of. A little depressing , but makes sense actually!

I am a scale-a-holic! I admit it. I try try try to stay off, BUT it just calls my name and pulls me to it every morning. I will commit to stay OFF the scale until ummmm....Saturday. OMG,...I just said that out loud!