Damn cheating dreams are driving me nuts!

[n0matter]

At least 3 out of 7 days/week now I have a dream about cheating on my diet. This always occurs within the context of some convoluted story or plot, of course, but at some point during the show I end up gorging myself on cookies or cakes or other sugary type foods. Then I wake up all disoriented and craving what I thought I'd just eaten. Not only that but it takes me a good 5 or 10 minutes to realize that it was just a dream and for the horrible feelings of guilt to subside. Is this typical? I suppose it's somewhat entertaining but not when you wake up in the middle of the night half the time thinking that you've ruined everything and will have to basically lose all of the weight you've already lost all over again. *shudder*

[Rubysugar]

Re: Damn cheating dreams are driving me nuts!

I had cheating dreams as well when I first got into a good Atkins groove. I would wake up totally guilty. A girlfriend of mine had dreams of smoking when she had quit. She researched it and came up with a theory that it was a testament to how deeply commited you were to changing your habits. I took it as a good thing and enjoyed my ice cream while I slept

[Kate113]

Re: Damn cheating dreams are driving me nuts!

Every once in awhile I have those dreams and I feel so very bad when I wake up until I realize it was just a dream...and each time I tell myself that it's my mind's way of telling me not to give in to any temptations. I can enjoy it all I want to in my dreams as long as I stay away from it while awake.

Those dreams should decrease the longer you're on Atkins. They did for me.

[iPamela]

Re: Damn cheating dreams are driving me nuts!

I have had those dreams too - it's so funny because I will feel so bad about cheating when I wake up and then I realize that it was only a dream!