Screwed UP!! Holiday Weekend...(sad)

[Thinker]

Arggghhhh.....

For the last few months, I've been really struggling. Down a few, then back up. Down a few, then back up.

So I decided that I needed to change a few things. First was exercise (my weak point) I popped up on the treadmill and (in steps) added 30 - 45 mins of day of reasonably quick walking.

Second was Induction. I wanted throw myself back into Ketosis. Thanks to Walking above, I now turn the strips purple.

Lost 6 lbs in a hurry. Was staying off. Went to a 5 hour party today. did the "just one cookie" thing. Found my face in a mug of ice cream later. Of course, no Atkins friendly food around. It's my second screw up in 3 days. I've already handed my weight back.

Distressing....particularly since it was all comign together for the first time in a while.

-Thinker

[dotsamantha]

Re: Screwed UP!! Holiday Weekend...(sad)

Pick up from right now.

[tabekat]

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Just get back on induction with your next bite and resolve to bring Atkins friendly food with you next time. Waste no energy on guilt or sadness, just return to healthy eating.

Congratulations on adding an exercise routine, that will help tremendously.

[sallyseachange]

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I second that... no "tomorrow is another day" instead: "NOW is another moment" You can do this!

[Michelle DJ]

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Ok you wrote the thread because you feel....? guilty? upset? disappointed? let down?
Well Stop Feeling negative this is not the 'END' - once you have reached goal you will hardly remember this 'blip'.
Recognise that you made a mistake - take responsibility - you lifted that one cookie to your mouth consciously or subconsciously but you lifted it!
Start now , not tomorrow or Monday etc. Now . You know you want to feel good again, and you will.
Go for a walk now and think about why you are doing this, what the results will be and identify the reasons why you lifted that cookie!!!
Most importantly - Learn from it - Avoid those situations in future - recognise what tempts you and stay away
Phew... sorry for the rant - I just so hear me in your message...
You can do it get back to it

Good luck!

[choeve]

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Agree with everyone else. Today is a new day. Get back up, dust yourself off, and get back to it. All of life is a learning experence. Just chalk it up to learning from your mistakes. I had a bad day at a church picnic yesterday too but today I am back at it. I went to church after a bad night at home arguing with my husband and an even worse morning and hadn't eaten anything for dinner the night before and hadn't even had water that morning muchless breakfast. They were having a 4th picnic after church and by then I was famished so I just ate whatever they had which was very limited. Nothing but meat I could eat legally so I just ate. Even while I was doing it I knew what I had done wrong. I skipped meals, let my spouses grumpiness keep me from taking care of myself, and gone to a picnic totally unprepared to stick to my woe. I usually bring salads I can eat but I didn't have time to prepare anything so I didn't. And even while I was eating off plan I was telling myself just don't let it drag on and on get right back on as soon as you can. This morning we came to work 45 minutes later than normal so I used that time to prepare legal food for the day so I could get right back on. Yeah I probably still won't lose below 300 again this week, but like they say it isn't a race. For me this whole thing is a learning experience. I am learning how to eat better, and how to take care of me. Two things I have ignored my whole life. So I should not expect to be able to change a lifetime (44 years anyway) of bad habits in just a matter of months. I will probably spend the rest of my life learning to change those bad habits not just a few months. Things like this will most likely come up again so I am trying to just think of it as a bad day for a total failure on my part. Just a moment of weakness, but not a total loss. Definitley not a reason to give up totally. Ok I think I have sufficiently convinced myself. Hope it helps you too. LOL

[choeve]

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"for a total failure on my part." Oops I meant to type "NOT a total faluire on my part."

[Thinker]

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Agree with everyone else. Today is a new day. Get back up, dust yourself off, and get back to it. All of life is a learning experence. Just chalk it up to learning from your mistakes. I had a bad day at a church picnic yesterday too but today I am back at it. I went to church after a bad night at home arguing with my husband and an even worse morning and hadn't eaten anything for dinner the night before and hadn't even had water that morning muchless breakfast. They were having a 4th picnic after church and by then I was famished so I just ate whatever they had which was very limited. Nothing but meat I could eat legally so I just ate. Even while I was doing it I knew what I had done wrong. I skipped meals, let my spouses grumpiness keep me from taking care of myself, and gone to a picnic totally unprepared to stick to my woe. I usually bring salads I can eat but I didn't have time to prepare anything so I didn't. And even while I was eating off plan I was telling myself just don't let it drag on and on get right back on as soon as you can. This morning we came to work 45 minutes later than normal so I used that time to prepare legal food for the day so I could get right back on. Yeah I probably still won't lose below 300 again this week, but like they say it isn't a race. For me this whole thing is a learning experience. I am learning how to eat better, and how to take care of me. Two things I have ignored my whole life. So I should not expect to be able to change a lifetime (44 years anyway) of bad habits in just a matter of months. I will probably spend the rest of my life learning to change those bad habits not just a few months. Things like this will most likely come up again so I am trying to just think of it as a bad day for a total failure on my part. Just a moment of weakness, but not a total loss. Definitley not a reason to give up totally. Ok I think I have sufficiently convinced myself. Hope it helps you too. LOL

Thanks all. While cathartic - I really appreciated your help. Back in the saddle immediately. I think it is so hard to celebrate your successes and so easy to criticize your own failures.

[Heidi3]

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If I can do this ..anyone can ...I mean it ....I adore food I think you know that ...all kinds ..I think for people who do love food the mission here is to find and eat all the ones that do not make you mental!!! ...and none of those have sugar! seriously .....if you can just avoid the sugar demon...you are well on your way to getting it together ...if going back to induction is too severe then just find a rung you are comfortable on and visit there for a while ...

Thinker you are fine I know you love to eat great food ....so please do not deprive yourself ...that will sabotage your efforts every time....look for and eat what you love... that fits into this program buy the best you can and enjoy it....it really helps you avoid slip ups to have wonderful food in your life all the time ...

when I got crazy for sugar I would make an antipasto platter with all kinds of pickles and cheese and stuff ...then sit down at the and eat it as a meal...a lot of effort? YUP ..but that was a distractor for me and also it allowed me to have a beautiful plate that took time to make and enjoy ....

second always just take the time to go sit and eat something ...avoid snacking entirely if you want to eat have a meal and enjoy the entire thing ...

something about the actual preparation of food that gives satisfaction too

I am not trying to be bossy ...or maybe I am ..either way I know you can do this ...just keep trying!!!

good luck my dear! hang in!!!

[ttdriver]

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We don't learn much from our successes ...

YOU CAN DO THIS!

Betty

[Thinker]

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If I can do this ..anyone can ...I mean it ....I adore food I think you know that ...all kinds ..I think for people who do love food the mission here is to find and eat all the ones that do not make you mental!!! ...and none of those have sugar! ....

I am not trying to be bossy ...or maybe I am ..either way I know you can do this ...just keep trying!!!

good luck my dear! hang in!!!

Heidi! From the looks of your photo'ed mid-section, you can be bossy all you like! You've clearly got things down. You've got great advice. I read & re-read it. Have been back in the saddle again. I become discouraged when things have been going so well, but I hand back some of the ground I fought so hard for!

I've lately been on a kick trying to identify the things that throw me off.

Truthfully, I'm not a huge sugar person. I don't have much of a sweet tooth. I'm more a chips & dip kind of sufferer. What I'm finding, however, is that once I'm just a little off target, it becomes open season!

Thanks!

- Thinker

[Thinker]

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We don't learn much from our successes ...

YOU CAN DO THIS!

Betty

Thanks Betty! It's true, if we all learned only from our successes, we'd never learn anything new!

[Heidi3]

Re: Screwed UP!! Holiday Weekend...(sad)

Heidi! From the looks of your photo'ed mid-section, you can be bossy all you like! You've clearly got things down. You've got great advice. I read & re-read it. Have been back in the saddle again. I become discouraged when things have been going so well, but I hand back some of the ground I fought so hard for!

I've lately been on a kick trying to identify the things that throw me off.

Truthfully, I'm not a huge sugar person. I don't have much of a sweet tooth. I'm more a chips & dip kind of sufferer. What I'm finding, however, is that once I'm just a little off target, it becomes open season!

Thanks!

- Thinker

I just got excited reading that part you wrote that I highlighted and underlined above ..because you know what my man? that is the key to what will be your success

...I liked the part about my midsection as well but this is not about me now is it

[Thinker]

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I just got excited reading that part you wrote that I highlighted and underlined above ..because you know what my man? that is the key to what will be your success

...I liked the part about my midsection as well but this is not about me now is it

I was stunned to see that you failed to underline the truly exciting portion of my post, involving your abdomen!!

Thanks!!

Y'know - this has all been so easy until it is time to make progress again. The great thing that I really like about ATkins - and why it's been good so many years - is that you can actually guage - quickly - how you're doing. I can "feel" when I'm in fat burning mode long before the keto-sticks turn pink.

- Thinker

[Heidi3]

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I was trying to be modest but happy dancing behind the scenes trust me thank you!!!