What keeps you from cheating?

[MotherOfGizmo]

Re: What keeps you from cheating?

" what keeps me from cheating?"

one word, HOPE!

[iyamamaschke]

Re: What keeps you from cheating?

Cheating = self-sabotage.

I am worth it!

Betty

AMEN to that I am WORTH it and I just never feel the need to destroy my efforts and also I ahve others who look up to me and that keeps me on the straight and narrow what kind of role model would I be to anyone if I sabotaged myself all the time. Well I'll put it this way I wouldn't be a roll model at all.

I DO THIS FOR ME and Only ME if I don't do it for anyone elese I want this more then anything I can tell you about I want to feel good feel special feel Beautifl and I am and I am finally LOVING Myself.

Sarah

[cruiser gal]

Re: What keeps you from cheating?

What keeps me from cheating is DETERMINATION, and my fat pictures. I never want to look like that again, or feel like I used to. Also the way my DH looks at me, in almost disbelief, as he married me a couple of years ago, 85 lbs heavier, and really didn't know what he was getting!

[Sheshy]

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I would add the word FEAR - fear of going back to that other person I was, that sad person...the same bad habits - eating and not moving my butt, not enjoying life, not doing the things I love to do!! I don't ever want to go back there again!

[ipopup]

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I am a diabetic if I cheat I could go blind.
BJ Webb

[soliwit]

Re: What keeps you from cheating?

The look of pride in my husbands eyes is what keeps me from cheating for sure!!
He knows I have a hard time sometimes (when TOM is there for example) but he always tries to motivate me by cheering me on.
Also this board helps me to keep from it, I just go on here and read some.

[loser4life]

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I agree- cheating only leads me to more cheating. I have the stinkin mentality that my whole day is blown then I cheat for the next adn the next, etc! It is an extremely viscious cycle for me!!!! Hence, me being cheat free for 44 days now!!! yeay! go me!

[Ninane]

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I'm 29, both my parents my sisters, and in-laws have been on "a diet" as long as I can remember. I don't want to try and fail to lose weight for the rest of my life! I don't want to live with the dissappointment of starting every year with negativity - I didn't loose the weight again - feeling. I know that every time you start again, it's harder to stay focused. I know that at some point in my life, I would have to accept myself and the way I look, so I can really start living and be happy. I want that. I want to stop delaying my life until I get thin.. or "one day I'll run and play with the kids when I'm thin" tick tock, they're growing up, I need to hurry if I want my kids to have those memories of mommy running and playing with them, instead of watching. I want to join in!
My husband said the nicest thing to me last night - he said that what he wishes the most, is for me to see myself the way that he does, and if weightloss will do that, he'll support me for as long as it takes! I do love that man...

[ttdriver]

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My husband said the nicest thing to me last night - he said that what he wishes the most, is for me to see myself the way that he does, and if weightloss will do that, he'll support me for as long as it takes!

THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT! You are blessed indeed!

Betty

[Kent]

Re: What keeps you from cheating?

Competitiveness and goal-focussed with both my brother's weight loss and my perception in my head how fast I should be losing. Cheating, like not exercising, would be just one more reason why I did not meet my goals. I also wore my Atkineer badge on my sleeve, and I was not going to be caught being "one of those who just couldn't hack it." If you don't trust your internals to keep you cheat-free, do it for others.

[JerseyGyrl]

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When I started Atkins, I was 245 lbs and was wearing a size 3X pants Currently, I am 165 lbs and I am wearing a size 12 I NEVER want to go back to where I was!!!

[rybread]

Re: What keeps you from cheating?

What keeps me cheat free... a couple things:

1) Pre-Atkins, I constantly had an upset stomach. Everything I ate made me sick. This way of eating has totally eliminated all of those problems - I haven't felt like that in over 7 months! The thought of eating something bad for me, and the feeling sick that would result, is enough to keep me far far away from that junk. I finally feel LIBERATED from my stomach issues - why would I ever want those CHAINS back?

2) There is no food or social pressure out there that is worth being fat again, to be blunt. Absolutely nothing is worth going back to where I was - miserable, low self-esteem, borderline diabetic. Absolutely nothing.

[Sirine]

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I would add the word FEAR - fear of going back to that other person I was, that sad person...the same bad habits - eating and not moving my butt, not enjoying life, not doing the things I love to do!! I don't ever want to go back there again!

Exactly what I would have said..plus water ...water helps me kick those cravings!

[Rooster for U]

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You must have the dream, the desire, a strong one too. Determination will follow. Here are some examples...

For me, the dream is a lot stronger to be under 200 once again than to eat the food I look at at times.

Desire?...I look at the food (excessive carbs) after time goes by on induction and understand more clearly what it truly beholds and it becomes my enemy.

Dream and desire? AND determination!?.. I smoked for 20 years and set them down one night and hated the fact that they got me all that time after time went by. I saw clearly after I quit them! The thing there was my 11 year old and first child Alina was about to be born and I feared that the selfishness of smoking would cost me a remark at my funeral like, "had my Daddy thought of us and not been so selfish we would have a Daddy today" as I am an older Dad! That thought alone was scary to say the least.

The dream and the desire to overcome there with smoking was present and alive, waiting to be exercised, waiting within me! Did you catch that? is this within you too? I have no regrets and will always remain a non smoker. The dream remains alive today !

Desire?...I cared so much for what my kids would do when they get older that I removed all Tatoos too. Did I have to? no! then why? desire is why!

Here's the thing with weight loss....It's not really weight loss alone, it's also caring for ourselves. Do we realize that slim health is mentally healthy for us as well? Ever think of that? People generally are not so caring and sorta mean to some of the ones they love the most and most of all, we are not very caring at all of ourselves cause we can learn to deal with it and no one ever says a word to us about how FAT we got lately not to mention it is all behind OUR closed door with a lock. We learn to live with it! we convince ourselves that "it's just the way I am".

This is where the self esteem begins to crumble and we say, "who cares"!

You must dig deep into your God given soul at this point and begin to recognize yourself and who YOU are.

You are an important person and and you must love you first! you must come first...then begin to love another.

You must have the desire to embrace the dream within you some how, it IS there, God gave it to you, you must protect it or the other guy will get it from ya, you know, the little red man with the horns. My decision was so emotional that when I looked in the mirror one night three weeks ago I looked into my eyes and starred. I asked my self while starring, "why won't you care Bob", "why", "what happened", "is this really you man", "is this how it is now", "overweight", "where is it for ya Bob", "is it still in there somewhere", "you know about the dream to overcome","you know you can do it" "what stopping ya Bob","you know how to CLAIM it!","when ya gonna"...then I cryed, literally! my decision became an emotional one, and a permanant one I will never regret or forget..I found it deep within my own soul search...will you now?

[Mary-chan]

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I figure... I've had 25 years to eat like that, and it has gotten me NOWHERE.... I tell myself.. "Once that food is gone, it's just going to be a memory anyway.. you only enjoy it for a few seconds and then it is over.. so let's just pretend I ate it already! Boy was that good.. ookay now time for some veggies!!"

I also find that as long as I'm not starving myself, I really don't crave things very often. if I'm craving something it means I am hungry, so I eat some nice yummy atkins food