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Hi all,
So I have lapsed in my atkins-ing. Not seriously- I haven't gained any weight back, but I'm definitely not losing either, and my mental state is just completely bewildered. Here's what happened: I did induction in early February and lost about 7 pounds. Then, instead of going to OWL, I extended induction for 2 weeks and lost nothing. Then I added veggies but also started cheating more by having more dairy, 1/2 and 1/2 in my coffee and these 'Pure Protein' bars and also the atkins bars- but I didn't lose or gain anything. So by then I was so bored and frustrated that I figured that as long as I wasn't losing either on induction or on cheating-induction, I'd rather have the variety of cheating induction! But then of course I started really cheating. I drank alcohol on a few occasions, had fruit, one time ate like two pieces of cake. But strangely, despite all those cheats, I didn't gain or lose anything. So now I'm just confused. I mean, I suppose I should go back and try to do a "clean" induction again, but I just don't think I have it in me, especially when I don't lose weight doing it (one of my problems is that I really don't like meat all that much, but gained weight like gangbusters when I tried a veggie diet). I've revised my current goal from 128 to 138 (I'm 148 right now) and I've started running sporadically. But what should I be eating?! I'm so sick of trying to pick what to eat that yesterday I subsisted almost entirely on blue cheese, lettuce, and coffee. Please help me! Any advice, and even scolding, would be welcome at this point. I am bound and determined to weigh 130 when I turn 30 in 7 months.
So I have lapsed in my atkins-ing. Not seriously- I haven't gained any weight back, but I'm definitely not losing either, and my mental state is just completely bewildered. Here's what happened: I did induction in early February and lost about 7 pounds. Then, instead of going to OWL, I extended induction for 2 weeks and lost nothing. Then I added veggies but also started cheating more by having more dairy, 1/2 and 1/2 in my coffee and these 'Pure Protein' bars and also the atkins bars- but I didn't lose or gain anything. So by then I was so bored and frustrated that I figured that as long as I wasn't losing either on induction or on cheating-induction, I'd rather have the variety of cheating induction! But then of course I started really cheating. I drank alcohol on a few occasions, had fruit, one time ate like two pieces of cake. But strangely, despite all those cheats, I didn't gain or lose anything. So now I'm just confused. I mean, I suppose I should go back and try to do a "clean" induction again, but I just don't think I have it in me, especially when I don't lose weight doing it (one of my problems is that I really don't like meat all that much, but gained weight like gangbusters when I tried a veggie diet). I've revised my current goal from 128 to 138 (I'm 148 right now) and I've started running sporadically. But what should I be eating?! I'm so sick of trying to pick what to eat that yesterday I subsisted almost entirely on blue cheese, lettuce, and coffee. Please help me! Any advice, and even scolding, would be welcome at this point. I am bound and determined to weigh 130 when I turn 30 in 7 months.
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