Danger Day

**Super Duper Matt** · February 24, 2006, 10:29 AM

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Dont go out tonight! That is the best way to remain in control is to stay at home and dont put your self into temptation until you are ready. Do you drink alone? Maybe you should stay in and watch a movie or read a book.

**ladyinred** · February 24, 2006, 10:34 AM

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Yup, do as Matt says. Put your feet up - in a nice warm bubble bath. Maybe bring your book in with you? Don't go out and don't buy any liquor or bad carbs to have in the house. Some people find that making a special legal treat (check the recipes thread) for the weekends helps keep them on track. Matt and I have both recently quit smoking. I don't know about him, but for me I have to avoid certain social situations for a while in order to keep myself out of danger. What we are suggesting is that you do the same, until you've got yourself more under control. Good luck! Stay strong - I know you can do it!

**fawn** · February 24, 2006, 02:15 PM

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If I read your post correctly, you are consuming 1000 cal a day with exercise 5x a week? I'd be spent too! I'd be eating the refrigerator handle! Why?? That's at least 500-800 below what you should be eating. Possibly more depending upon your physical output! You are very likely in starvation mode and will hold on to every little bit of fat. I'd say work on that!

**Savannah** · February 26, 2006, 06:30 AM

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My recommended calorie intake on fitday says i should eat around 1200 a day , im managing that easily on atkins. Im struggling to get the fat intake and not go over, im weary to eat 1500 calroies to be honest it just seems like your going to gain.

Thanks for the advice though, on atkins i cant do less than 1200 really if im doing it properly.

**ladyinred** · February 26, 2006, 06:32 AM

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So how's the weekend going? Did you make it through Danger Day successfully?

**loser4life** · February 26, 2006, 06:51 AM

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I know this may sound silly- but I am a big drinker when I go out. I haven't been going out as much, I also have been eating 1000-1100 caland exercising 5-6x per week. Last night I slept for 12 hours! eek! but thats ok... I also work 2 jobs and then have housework sundays!!! OL- anyway, back to my point. I have found I really like IBC Diet Root Beer. I have those as stress relieving treats at night, they just have replaced that drink that I used to have when I came home... When I have one of those, it si sooo refreshing I don't care if I don't have beer or wine!

Good Luck! How did it go so far?

**Savannah** · February 26, 2006, 09:34 AM

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Well i could lie and say i didnt cheat but i wont . But im proud of myself for not binging like i would on everyother weekend. My boyfriend got a very good job on saturday so he took me out to dinner to celebrate. I had one glass of wine and four chocolate champagne truffles. That could have ended up in me pigging and binging when i got home but i took my book to bed and thats was that.

This morning i felt like such failure for not making it through the whole weekend, but then i realise i did quite well considering what could have happened and that i managed to stop myself. I may have failed atkins this weekend but i feel like a got some where emotionally. I was gonna give up on the atkins , but when i woke up this morning i decided to start from scratch again, I had my eggs and smoked salmon- i have had no wine with my sunday footie match, instead i left my flatmates to watch the game with the copious bottles of vino and the bottomless mountain of chips and i went running. FABULOUS- it started to snow, i ran longer and harder than i have before and i thoroughly enjoyed it! Plus i dont have any guilt.

FEel bad for letting you guys down, but i feel more committed to reaching my goal of 124lbs by April 13 than ever before.

thanks for the support- and sorry

**sunflowergrl** · February 26, 2006, 10:03 AM

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Good for you!! You feel better emotionally, and that is important! Small steps, everything good thing takes time. Its also good to be honest, and you didn't hide from ADBB either. You didn't let us down, and didn't quit.

**fawn** · February 26, 2006, 04:40 PM

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And don't forget........you're doing this for yourself. Not us.

**Elizellen** · February 26, 2006, 04:41 PM

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Congratulations on managing not to binge after you got home

And you worked out a great strategy for avoiding the temptation of wine and chips too

Weigh to go with getting some running in too

**Analog6** · February 26, 2006, 09:43 PM

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You did well. If each weekend can be an improvement on the last, before you know it you'll be 'legal' all the time. It's that easy.

Ask yourself what you want to be for YOU! As I saw in someone' siggie here "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels"

**tabekat** · February 28, 2006, 03:22 PM

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This lack of self control is driving me to despair

I have some tough love for you.

I think it is possible you are being a real danger to yourself. You cannot count calories on Atkins as if it were a low fat calorie counting diet. In my opinion, it is best just to count the carbs until such a time that you learn how to keep the body full and still keep your carbs down.

Some of your comments are truly alarming - it doesn't sound like you understand the Atkins program. It also sounds like you are being a **** to yourself in ways that are not necessary.

The fact that you lack self control is telling you that you aren't eating enough. You could be so full all the time there is no room for cheats but you aren't staying full.

In order to stay in ketosis, you need to stick to the foods on the acceptable foods lists. You can't keep going on and off the program on a whim. It sounds like you have grasped a few basic principles but ignored the rest.

Everyone needs to get grounded the basics of the Atkins program. Please get a copy of the 2002 DANDR and read it. Please go to the induction forum and read all the stickys.

Your body deserves alot of good food. I'm especially concerned that your body is telling you it is hungry and you just keeping ignoring its pleas for sustenance. This is not healthy and it isn't the Atkins way.

You will lose more if you keep your body well fed. I'm concerned for you.

**2big4mysize** · February 28, 2006, 03:53 PM

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good for you practicing carb harm control ASAP when you did jump off.

Oh and that fitday thingie is based on high carb fueling not Atkins fueling it takes more energy to process fats from mouth to energy UNIT then it does carbs so you get more fuel used up just getting it processed 10 grams of fat uses one whole gram just to process the fat 10. whole grams of carbs uses less then 4/10th of a gram to process them. you can do this feed yur hunger and listen to your body ignore the artificial stop signs. Learn your hunger and use it as thebrakes to your eating not that artificial number.

**Savannah** · March 1, 2006, 10:09 AM

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Tabe CAt

I have read the book cover to cover and still read snipipts before bed everynight. I know the principles of the diet inside out, but, and this is something i truly believe, that this book was written primarily for those who have a lot of weight to lose. I enjoy this WOE becasue i know it works. I dont have alot to lose, possibly 10-15 pounds. ( this is alot to me) but not according to Dr Atkins. I have succedded on this diet once and failed twice before, i put that down to not watching my calories.

AS for slipping on and off the diet, thats not because i dont know that it will bash me out of ketosis, its simply a will power collapse. Pressure from Boyfriend who despises the diet, a social life that steams ahead regardless of diets, manic work life and stress! Life and my feeble will to resist are why i have strayed , but like i originally posted, not as bad as before.

I know that to do Atkins it takes 100% , and im trying to give that. Psychologically i need to conquer demons though in order to achieve that perfect committment, thats what this thread has been about. Conquering that need to binge and being able to go cheatfree. I think i have done that now and despite desperate house wife night on telly, a barbeque at a friends house, and a rough week i have avoided the "glass of wine and feet on the sofa" syndrome this week.

Im really chuffed with myself for that and looking forward to DANGER DAY casue i know that im ready for it this week.

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