Atkins Baker -- In NEED OF SERIOUS HELP.

[beautiful_days]

Like motivation or something!?!?! This sucks hardcore, cuz I"m going to school to be a pastry chef, and I'm trying to live a low carb life style. I've tried induction a couple of times, but it's so hard and I end up quitting because I have to taste my baked goods and I start to feel bad. Not only that, I have to try my darnedest not to eat the food I make after trying it and everything. AND I have friends cruelly tempting me to try stuff they make. I've been considering another diet plan to fit my lifestyle, but I really like Atkins!

Sorry for being a drama queen and all, but I'm going through a lot of crap right now (at home and stuffs), and nothing is going my way. I'd really like to get this diet right but I keep on messing up !!!! I'll try something at school, feel bad, start snacking on stuff at school, like croissants or a truffle, feel bad, eat more when I go home, wake up, eat some more stuff I shouldn't be eating and it keeps on keeping on. The more I mess up the more discouraged I get. I've gained a lot of weight these past couple of months due to a failed diet, and I really don't want it to happen again. I'm big enough, like for realz this time, lol.

I'm in deep need of some motivation and tips! I've read the book, and I know what's up. AND I KNOW I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EATING SWEETS DURING INDUCTION. But I need to at least get a little taste of what I'm making, cuz we do sell everything we make at school.

I don't know, I'm really stuck right now. I don't even know what I'm talking about anymore.

How do you guys deal with emotional eating? Being tempted? Anybody on Atkins that has had to work in a bakery? Any tips for me? Positive motivation? I'm really stuck and I need lots of help right now.


THANK YOU.

[stephbob]

Re: Atkins Baker -- In NEED OF SERIOUS HELP.

One way around it would be to get someone else to do the tasting for you. Is that a possibility?

[Georgiana]

Re: Atkins Baker -- In NEED OF SERIOUS HELP.

I've tried induction a couple of times, but it's so hard and I end up quitting because I have to taste my baked goods and I start to feel bad.

As Megs (not2late) more subtly pointed out in your other thread, a taste only needs to be a tiny bite. There are two ways to treat that tiny bite: accept it as part of your job or expand it into a binge. Many of us have/had an unhealthy relationship with food and use/used it as a treat, as a punishment, or as both. The fact that you have a bite of something does not motivate or excuse the cheats following it. You already know this. However, unless you change the way you see that one bite and stop feeling guilty about it, you will keep sabotaging yourself, and not only will you not be successful on Atkins, but you will not be successful on any other healthy WoE.

Not only that, I have to try my darnedest not to eat the food I make after trying it and everything.

I don't know how much of this caused by a blood sugar spike and how much by the guilt you feel for tasting your food. But to minimize the impact those carbs have on your blood glucose, have a high fat, moderate protein, low carbohydrate snack right after tasting. Would this work? Something like flax crackers? Or even cheese crackers?

AND I have friends cruelly tempting me to try stuff they make.

"Friends cruelly tempting you"? That's an oxymoron. If they are your friends, they should not tempt you. In the end, it is your choice whether you choose to taste their foods or not. Saying "no, thank you" once will make it easier to say it again, and again, and again. But the same holds if you say, "of course, I'll taste yours too!"; it will only make it easier to repeat that bad choice.

I'm going through a lot of crap right now (at home and stuffs), and nothing is going my way.

Yet, there are things that you can control. Food is one of them.

I'd really like to get this diet right but I keep on messing up !!!!

By "diet", I hope you mean "lifelong way of eating". That is what Atkins is. On regular diets, you can just go on and off... as you would on a bus, to use Dr. Atkins' analogy. The more you go on and off, the more difficult it will be to lose weight because you are screwing up your metabolism. The good news is that this does not happen on Atkins, because if you take the correct Atkins bus, it has no stops or end of line.

I've gained a lot of weight these past couple of months due to a failed diet, and I really don't want it to happen again.

It will not, as long as you do not go on another diet. You need to change your eating habits and the way you see food, for life, and Atkins can be your winning card. However, you still need to play it smart to win. Reading the book is a necessary step in the right direction, but it is not sufficient. Once you are determined to integrate those things you read into your lifestyle, tasting your foods will not leave you wandering in Carb Land and saying "no" to friends will be much easier.

[TogaGirl]

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I think you really need to sit down with yourself and put together your priorities and willingness to commit to this WOE. Till you are committed, this will not work... it is not a piecemeal plan. As far as motivation and support, you are in the right place. Read success stories, look at the before and after section (it's nice to find someone with similar stats to see the possibilities) and find a buddy to rant to for support. (this certainly helped me tons) You say, "I've been considering another diet plan to fit my lifestyle, but I really like Atkins!" but I think we all know Atkins or not, their are no weight loss "diets" that include croissants and truffles that will get you where you want to be. I hope you get to where you need to be and know that we all are rooting for you!

[beautiful_days]

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@georgiana, i looked at the way i looked at the food i had to try, and it went well! i also ran in the veggie walk in, and grabbed a little mozzerella to get the sweet taste out my mouth. and it worked!

@toga girl, yer so right. this is teh path i want to take, and i do look at the before and afters! I really love yours. you look so much more healthy now!

@stephbob, having osmeone else try is a possibility but not a good one. i need to taste it cuz i'm making it to my liking. my standards. but i think i got it under control now for the most part.

WOOT.
thanks guys.

[Georgiana]

Re: Atkins Baker -- In NEED OF SERIOUS HELP.

@georgiana, i looked at the way i looked at the food i had to try, and it went well! i also ran in the veggie walk in, and grabbed a little mozzerella to get the sweet taste out my mouth. and it worked!

You've done it! Congrats!