help! I cheated last nite!!!

[mrsdmw]

ugh. I'm so disgusted with myself. as I made dinner for the family, I made myself a salad and some shrimp. when dinner was ready they took forever to come to eat so I sat alone eating at the table. across the table was their mac n cheese, salad, and beef roast type meat. b4 I knew it, I had dun scarfed down 3 tbspns mac n chez. :-( then later that nite I got hungry again n the quikest thing was cap'n crunch so I indulged!! I no, I no... violations big time. my question is...I've gone 3 days doing fine until last nite when I botched up...will last nite ruin my entire effort n I will be climbing uphill battle because of it for wks or do I just pick up wer I left off and will continue losing?

[guekjian]

Re: help! I cheated last nite!!!

It probably threw you out of ketosis, so you'll have to start induction again (or rather, just continue) and know that next time, start munching on your own food instead of theirs! To err is human ya know! we all learn from our mistakes...

[NoDef]

Re: help! I cheated last nite!!!

Just start back with the induction. The bad thing is the urge to cheat really lessens after 3 or 4 days, due to the fact that your body adjusts to the diet and you don't feel as hungry. Try really hard to make it past these next 3 or 4 days, because for most people it gets a whole lot easier to stay in control.

[blueberrylady]

Re: help! I cheated last nite!!!

Don't beat yourself up over it. Just get back on plan and you will be alright. It shouldn't take more than a couple of days to get over it so don't blow the whole system over one mistake. We have all done it at one time or another. This is a way of life and it will get easier as you go along. After a while, just the thought of Capt. Crunch will make you cringe!

[keriann_forgoodthistime]

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[quote=mrsdmw;1024679]ugh. I'm so disgusted with myself. as I made dinner for the family, I made myself a salad and some shrimp. when dinner was ready they took forever to come to eat so I sat alone eating at the table. across the table was their mac n cheese, salad, and beef roast type meat. b4 I knew it, I had dun scarfed down 3 tbspns mac n chez. :-( then later that nite I got hungry again n the quikest thing was cap'n crunch so I indulged!! I no, I no... violations big time. my question is...I've gone 3 days doing fine until last nite when I botched up...will last nite ruin my entire effort n I will be climbing uphill battle because of it for wks or do I just pick up wer I left off and will continue losing?[/quote]


That is exactly it. Pick yourself up and continue going.

My absolute most FAVORITE analogy is this:
You realize you got a flat tire on your car. Do you:
a. fix it and keep going
or
b. go out and take a knife to the other 3?

You know the answer. ONE bad day does NOT need to turn into TWO because two will turn into 3, 6, 9, you get the drift...

In fact - I've been doing this since January 3 - pretty much "cheat free" - with the only cheats i actually consider as "cheats" a few blueberries when i'm not on the berries rung yet - a few peaches (during the 2-week induction) - a few tbsp of sunflower seeds, again not being on the seeds rung yet...

But I didn't let those FEW "cheats" hurt me.

In fact, too - yesterday was an AWEFUL day for me, food wise. I ate 37.5 carbs and 10.5 of those carbs could and have totally SHOULD have been avoided. While I didn't eat any "bad / off limit" carbs - I had what I consider a "mini binge" where, when I got home from work, I just wanted to eat. So I made myself a flax seed bun and put 1 tbsp of natural peanut butter on it (again, i'm NOT on that rung) and some blueberries (not on that rung either, but i figured - in my head - blueberries were better than jelly) ...but that didn't satisfy me and I SOOOO wanted some milk - all we have is skim milk and I AM on the dairy rung, but I thought I'd try mozzarella cheese instead - then I saw the guacamole in the fridge and had that with some pork rinds.

Granted - all "legal" foods on atkins (one rung or another) - but I realized I should NOT have done it. I think I did it because TOM is here - but either way, I shouldn't have done it.

It made me sad, but today I looked back at yesterday and thought. "Ok. ONE bad day out of 40. I have a choice to make. I can let that RUIN everything I've done so far OR I can just pick myself up and keep going." I know which choice is the right one and honestly the ONLY choice for me. There's no question. I WANT to be healthy and I WANT to be thin. ONE day is NOT going to deter me from my goals. You look at it, learn from it, and promise yourself to try and never do it again and always look back on how that day made you feel when you ARE tempted again.

We are not perfect - and trying to constantly BE perfect (i myself AM a perfectionist) will just make things worse. When we have a "bad day" like that we need to LEARN from it and keep heading in the right direction instead of beating ourselves up.

Good luck and I KNOW you can do it!!!!!!!

[mrsdmw]

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you know what guekjian, you are right. i didnt think of that but i did whip out my keto-stix and test my urine and sure enough....im as out as can be of ketosis. thanks for the advice. im gonna act right this time (or try harder at least)

[mrsdmw]

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thanks SO much keriann.
when i read your reply i literally said to myself..."oh, no you dont!!! one day is not gonna sabotage a lifetime, you have done WAY worse diets and fads and stuck to them for days upon days starving your butt off...at least with this, you can eat until satisfied everyday!" so i clicked back into gear. thank you SO much for the encouragement. i needed that more than you know.
for breakfast this morning i had 2 boiled eggs 3 strips of bacon and 1 oz of cheeze and i feel just fine. but you know what else i did that was different?
while in the kitchen, i went ahead and made me some backup/survival/success food. i fried up a few extra pieces of bacon for snacking purposes and for salad
i made a salad large enough for more than one setting so i can grab and go
i whipped up some tuna and put in fridge as well

so now...when i look in the fridge, i have like 3 different options of things that i like. and when the time comes that i want something...it wont take preparation!!! yay. if i keep hanging around with you guys, i think i might just succeed!!!!
i will keep you posted.
thanks a ton to all of you who replied. every bit helps.

[Reveal]

Re: help! I cheated last nite!!!

Hey, we've all been there, but just get right back on track, okay? Seriously, the first 3-5 days can be super hard, but I promise that if you stick to it it'll get easier. That doesn't mean you'll never eat bad carbs again, of course, but once you've got a few weeks of clean eating under your belt you'll realize that you desperately don't want to mess up all your hard work or start over. You really do gain momentum, but it means those first days (or week/s for some) are tough. Each day you eat on plan is like setting up a block. You're building the person you want to be--physically and emotionally--and a bite of Mac&Cheese is NOT worth a stall. Believe me. *g*

You can do this.

[keriann_forgoodthistime]

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[quote=mrsdmw;1024790]thanks SO much keriann.
when i read your reply i literally said to myself..."oh, no you dont!!! one day is not gonna sabotage a lifetime, you have done WAY worse diets and fads and stuck to them for days upon days starving your butt off...at least with this, you can eat until satisfied everyday!" so i clicked back into gear. thank you SO much for the encouragement. i needed that more than you know.[quote]

you are very welcome! i just want to add that i nowhere near consider myself someone who knows a TON about atkins as I've only been on atkins myself since the beginning of the year and I've never done it before. This is my first time.

however. i DO consider myself EXTREMELY knowledgeable about wanting to be healthy, doing the right things and - having lost 60 pounds on weight watchers about 5 years ago (and gaining it back slowly...) - i CAN tell you about yo-yo dieting...and I can also say that as many times as I stopped and started and stopped again CONSTANTLY trying to "get back on plan" with a low-fat/high carb diet...that atkins, in only 1 month of being on it - truly is the EASIEST plan to follow!!!!! granted, just like WW i am "counting" things - obviously I'm counting carbs - but what i LOVE is that since i HAVE cut out sugar, I'm NOT constantly starving anymore - and in turn I ONLY eat until I'm "satisfied" and I am ALWAYS pushing myself away from the table when I know that I am NOT hungry anymore.
I no longer feel the need to clean my plate. And, in turn, too - I don't worry about portion control too much (some things i still measure, but only like flax seed and things when i'm making a recipe) - but i don't OBSESS over chicken being so many ounces or my drink being exactly 8 ounces - I don't count out exactly so many pork rinds out of the bag like I used to do with baked potato chips.

Mentally (and physically) this is the BEST and EASIEST way of eating I've found that WORKS for my body that is getting rid of all the excess weight that my body doesn't need.

It really is one of the very first times in my life that I don't feel like I'm "dieting"! It's FABULOUS!!!!

Now, yes - I'm not saying it's not hard to stay away from sugar. I consider myself to be a carb-a-holic...it SUCKS when everyone around you is eating desserts and you can't have any - but i've also educated myself with a TON of low-carb podcasts and books to know WHY I shouldn't poision myself with that stuff. And I love feeling so much stronger knowing that I HAVE such a strong willpower by not giving in to temptations. And when I have days like i did yesterday - again, not the WORST i could have done, but i didn't like it either - i just brush myself off and keep going.

anyways, that is all. just wanted to add a bit more.

the fact that you came here and "confessed" just shows how bad you DO want this. If you didn't - you would have said "ah screw it" and not have said anything to anyone and would have continued down the spiral. Confessing it alone shows how strong you are and how bad you want to continue down the right path.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!