Breaking through the wall.........

[donkey23]

At what point do you believe that temptations no longer become temptations anymore? I am about a month in and nothing phases me anymore. This morning at breakfast with my parents I watched them woof down pancakes, hash browns, toast, and orange juice. The look or smell did not bother me one bit. I just sat there and ate my eggs and sausage calmly. I just watched the Florida/George Mason Final 4 game with friends as they ate pizza, chips, popcorn and drank beer. Once again nothing I just sat there drinking my water enjoying the game.

I really do believe that everyone gets to that point that we finally get over the hill and nothing is going to stop us from finishing what we started.

[Atkid]

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Isn't that a great feeling to actually have the control. Made a big pot of spaghetti for my family couple of days ago and before it would just be calling my name til I ate it and now it didn't faze me a bit.

[Desertthorn]

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Its great. Other plans you really miss real foods but on Atkins we don't have to be wanting.

[sunflowergrl]

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WTG Donkey!!! I watch my family eat all kinds of foods I used to find yummy, but no more!! For example, they had hotdogs with baked beans (and buns) with krinkle fries. I had stirfry. I kept telling them that my dinner tasted much better than theirs, but they wouldn't believe me.

[Moochiecat]

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I can't really pinpoint when that happened to me, but I do know that previous to that I did have a bit of a struggle.
Just one day I realized I had legal treats in my freezer and I had forgotten they were there, so they were freezer burnt....and that we had gone out for a birthday dinner for a friend and I was too busy talking to obsess over their desserts.
Also, last Christmas at a party bf had leftover dessert on his plate and it sat on our table for the whole evening (the venue was a little understaffed on waiters!) and instead of my eyes being riveted on it the whole night, I forgot it was there.

[Kiasmama]

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I was thinking about this the other day. Of the many times I started atkins....lol....this time its' different. I"m much more in tune with the food that is going in my body, I'm just to at ease with eating what I'm eating. Somewhere along the line for me..this time it just clicked that this is the WOE that I chose, and it's going to be like this forever. And I'm very happy about that!!! I can't really pinpoint it to anything, but I"m glad I had my epiphany.

[ttdriver]

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I knew I had hit the promised land when I could walk PAST donuts.

Betty

[not2late]

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I'm not a bread person, but early in my Atkins, the smell of bread would make my stomach growl. Also, I couldn't read a recipe that had "illegal" ingredients or be around people eating rice/potatoes and pasta because it would set my stomach growling.

One day I was in the supermarket and it was the same time the supermarket bakery set out the freshly baked rolls and breads. The smell filled the supermarket, but my stomach didn't growl. That was my "aha!" moment. Fresh bread aroma didn't phase me anymore, neither did seeing people eat pasta/rice/potatoes or reading about those ingredients in recipes.

When I began OWL, I decided I was going to skip the starchy veggie rung because potatoes was on it and I was only going to try out one or two grains during the grains rung. When I got to the starchy veg rung, I made the decision to try out 5 net carbs of potatoes and see what happens. I was a big potato addict pre-Atkins, and when I finally had that potato, it was like 'so what?'. It didn't taste as good as I remembered them and it wasn't worth it in terms of carbs per serving size.

[sombersusie]

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this may not make alot of sense... i haven't been tempted to cheat as much as i just 'think' about it, lol. This past friday was kind of awful. I had to cook at work all week and on friday, (they keep all the staff snacks in the kitchen) was a whole box of krispy creme donuts. Every time i turned around that jelly donut was looking me in the eye. And on top of that, the same lady brought a devil's food cake. And then on top of that the staff ordered out for lunch and my best friend thought she'd better eat her food on the other side of the table because she was having fries and i couldn't. lol. i told her it was fine i could handle it. after passing on the krispy cremes the fries had nothing on me.

[k5commando]

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I think it took me about 3 months before I truly realized that I had no more temptations, although I never strayed at all or even had the desire too. I tried little bites of things like soda pop or cake just ot see how I would react and sugar at the point had become overwhelming to taste. I've realized that it's my brain telling me it tastes good and the memory of how much I used to enjoy eating junk that tempted me, not an actual physical cravings. I remember how good pancakes were, now if we go out for breakfast and my daughter orders one giant, golden, fluffy, pancake I'll try a bite and it does nothing for me at all, but I remember I used to love it.

[donkey23]

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Today, I am golfing with my buddies and then having them over my house for the NCAA championship game for a cookout. They will not be able to tell I am eating differently from them. We all will be having steaks, I just won't eat a bag of chips with it like they will.

[Isabeau]

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I think it took me about three months which took me up to just before Christmas. The house was full of chocolate and I did all my regular Christmas baking and didn't even want to lick the spoon. Been that way ever since! Thank you Dr. Atkins.

[kkat55]

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Hey Donkey! I haven't seen you in a few months.

I think this thread is great! I'm afraid to say that I can resist (jinx myself) but I was happy that it didn't bother me at work Friday when they had donuts. I love donuts! Our boss also asked if we wanted ice cream a week or two earlier and I'm happy to say that I could say, "No, thank you" -- isn't that sweet!

I'm learning more and more as I go along and I think OWL is wonderful. I wish I would have done this a long time ago instead of staying on Induction for a month or two like I did in the past.

Anyway, I hope you come back and join us again.

[angelstar]

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I havent reached that point yet . I cant handle it when people eat things in front of me that I cant have. I rarely go out nowadays to eat dinner or go to the pub. Sad I know. However I have discovered that I can go to Harvester Restaurants which has made me happy. But I still have this issue of getting angry with myself when I see people eating things that I cant have.
Junk food and drinking is a social thing nowadays. I hope I get to this point at some stage where I can go out and enjoy my glass of water whilst watching everyone else getting drunk.

[Lyssie]

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This is a great thread - it's like, "when did you realize you broke the addiction?" where's the 12 steps thing when you need to associate it?