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    Okay i am lookin' to the board now for some encouragement here!! I was doing great and then BAM the cravings hit and they were stronger than me that day! I gave in and here I am sick that I just can't get over that hurdle the same thing has gotten me time and time again..it seems by day 2 or 3 i am talking myself out of sticking to this WOE...i will tell myself you can't do this diet you like carbs too much or just eat whatever you want and start something else(another diet) tommorrow?? Sounds crazy i know ...i will then eat whatever i am craving and believe the lies i have once again told myself and bought! And actually bought into these lies for months and months now to be perfectly honest..i am so disapointed in myself and don't get why i do this to myself really every single week and never get anywhere :/ I know this is the route to go and this WOE works! This just (for lack of better terms) SUCKS
    START DATE: 02/15/2010 185/185/140
    170-
    160-
    150-
    140-GOAL!!!!

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    Re: Desperate for help with this

    Make the very next bite of food Atkins friendly and go on from there. I know the "2-3 day in" feeling... it's tough, but you can do it. Like pushing through the exhaustion point in exercise. After that, it gets easier.
    A tip is to always carry a high fat snack for when the cravings hit. Some cheese, olives, cold cuts... something that you like.
    When you start to crave something, focus on your goal and what it will feel like to be there as opposed to how you know you'll feel just a few minutes after having given in to your craving. Really imagine it and be strong with yourself... the more you do this, the easier it gets, believe me.

    Hang in there!
    Before and after:






    PLEDGING FLIGHTS
    Completed: 1st set of buildings and mountains (Everest,M.Blanc & Kilimanjaro, twice); Tower Masts & Chimneys; More virtual buildings; Challenger's Choice x 2 (volcanos and mountains on Mars). Currently climbing: Mount Snowdon again: 416/475

    Start 10 Jan 2005. Maintenance since Aug. 2005.
    F/56yrs/5'.4"
    SW:77.7 LW:56.5 CW:60.1 (kilos)

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    • #3
      Re: Desperate for help with this

      I agree with Sally - have plenty of 'allowed' highfat foods ready so you can eat those instead of what your sugar/carbs monster is ordering you to eat.
      Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
      Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



      Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!





      F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI )

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      • #4
        Re: Desperate for help with this

        i will tell myself you can't do this diet you like carbs too much or just eat whatever you want and start something else(another diet) tommorrow??
        You see, this is the dieting mentality. Going on... off... on... But when you decide to do Atkins, you are deciding to change your lifestyle and your way of eating for life, not to go on a diet. Try to think of it this way.

        Sounds crazy i know ...i will then eat whatever i am craving and believe the lies i have once again told myself and bought! And actually bought into these lies for months and months now to be perfectly honest..i am so disapointed in myself and don't get why i do this to myself really every single week and never get anywhere :/
        Maybe you need to reread that first part of DANDR? Dr. Atkins explains there why Atkins works and how it works. I know you know Atkins works, but seeing it written down, with proofs and all, might be more convincing.

        Originally posted by mom2jjl07 View Post
        I was doing great and then BAM the cravings hit and they were stronger than me that day!
        Could you post a few menus you had (on Induction, I assume), including amounts, net carbs and total calories? Some hidden ingredients or not enough food might have caused the cravings.
        "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

        -- Theodore Roosevelt

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        • #5
          Re: Desperate for help with this

          Load up the house with as much legal foods you like as you can afford! I get those shrimp here and there, and eat them while others are eating stuff I shouldn't. Yeah, your having that and I'm having a steak! It helps me feel like I'm the one with all the good stuff and sometimes I need that. The more you give your body low carb foods, the more it will actually crave them. I nibble on cheese, extra sharp cheddar or pepper jack, lot of flavor, little amounts. Its taken me longer because I've messed up and went off here and there and gained weight and had to loose it all over again. But here I am 85 pounds lighter because I kept coming back and got better at it. Don't wait until Sunday or Monday to start, restart right now today. Really, one bad thing isn't two bad things unless you make that way. We are talking about hours to use up the carby food instead of days to use up the carby food. No more I ate this, I just gotta have that now! Really, if you start rating those foods you think you gotta have after you taste them and are feeling like crap about eating them, they won't score that darn high. Its just junk! I buy goal pants one size too small, when I think I gotta have something I shouldn't, I cram my behind into them and pinch my belly roll and think about how if I don't have junk, I'll look good in those pants soon! And you just don't feel as hungry if you can barely breath in your pants....Where do you you want to be in a year, two years, five years? Really, you could live a long time so how do you want look while you are doing it?



          My starting weight was 235 lbs and I'm trying to get to 130 lbs.

          1st mini goal: 145! met 12/09
          2nd mini goal: 140!
          3rd mini goal:135!
          4th mini goal: 130!

          I drink coffee. I drink when I am thirsty. I am just a low carber. Not on Atkins at all!!! He has everything to do with my weightloss and nothing to do with it, depending on who you ask.

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          • #6
            Re: Desperate for help with this

            I know the first days can be difficult, but I promise you after Day 3 it gets MUCH easier. You CAN do this! If I were you I'd sit down and plan a very simple, as close to nature as possible, menu for the week (including snacks). There are several sample menus on this site if you poke around, or use the list of acceptable foods and plan your own. It sounds like if you have legal snacks with you during the day, you will be able to overcome your cravings easier. I have always felt planning is key because you naturally do what is easiest. A donut may sound good, but if you have some crunchy, fresh veggies to nibble on or some cheese in arms reach it's easier to say, "I'll just munch on this for now." Before you know it, you'll feel satisfied, and as your body adjusts (rather quickly) to minimal carbs and no sugar you will NOT crave it anymore. If you do feel as though you will have these major cravings, maybe try to satify them with substitues. Mock danish is similar to a danish...Cream cheese buttons will satisfy an icecream craving...and oopsie rolls can be used like bread. Personally I try to eat as clean as possible in the beginning without a lot of recipes, but if this could be the difference for you then try it! Make a plan and stick to it...You have the power!




            Re-Start Date: October 11, 2009
            Age/ 26 Height/ 5' 5"

            HW/ 169.5
            SW/ 169.5
            CW/ 164.5
            Mini-Goal #1/ 159
            GW/ 128

            New as of 5/18/09
            Upper Arm: 12.5
            Thigh: 24.75
            Natural Waist: 31.5
            Pooch (dread): 36
            Hips: 40.75
            Butt: 42

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            • #7
              Re: Desperate for help with this

              Thanks everyone for all the great words of wisdom! Totally got me fired up and you know what I am doing something I have never done before....I am starting RIGHT NOW not Monday!! I am gonna make it different this time i have GOT to do this...my life is passing me by and for what!!?JUNK...my husband and daughter are at our HS football game right now and I didnt want to go because I am too ashamed of how I look now...this HAS to stop and its stopping now...there is a Halloween costume party tommorrow night and I am not going because of how I feel about myself....I am taking back my life and I am taking it back RIGHT NOW....feels so good to say things out LOUD that I think in my mind...no more lies...no more lying to myself...this is it...THIS IS IT
              Thanks for letting me vent on here and get out what i keep inside...i swear i am not crazy i have never admitted all that i have admitted in my last three posts...feels good and this is actually making me think this is a very big turning point for me
              START DATE: 02/15/2010 185/185/140
              170-
              160-
              150-
              140-GOAL!!!!

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              • #8
                Re: Desperate for help with this

                You have to give it two weeks. That's it. If after two weeks, you don't want to continue, then you can do anything you want.

                But you gotta give it two weeks.
                Name: Forrest
                Gender: Male
                Age: 43
                Height: 5' 11"
                Girth: 46"

                Start Date: April 6, 2009

                200 lbs or less... it's gonna happen

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                • #9
                  Re: Desperate for help with this

                  Originally posted by mom2jjl07 View Post
                  Thanks everyone for all the great words of wisdom! Totally got me fired up and you know what I am doing something I have never done before....I am starting RIGHT NOW not Monday!! I am gonna make it different this time i have GOT to do this...my life is passing me by and for what!!?JUNK...my husband and daughter are at our HS football game right now and I didnt want to go because I am too ashamed of how I look now...this HAS to stop and its stopping now...there is a Halloween costume party tommorrow night and I am not going because of how I feel about myself....I am taking back my life and I am taking it back RIGHT NOW....feels so good to say things out LOUD that I think in my mind...no more lies...no more lying to myself...this is it...THIS IS IT
                  Thanks for letting me vent on here and get out what i keep inside...i swear i am not crazy i have never admitted all that i have admitted in my last three posts...feels good and this is actually making me think this is a very big turning point for me
                  You sound so positive now... YAY for you! You can do this! Please do keep us posted.
                  Before and after:






                  PLEDGING FLIGHTS
                  Completed: 1st set of buildings and mountains (Everest,M.Blanc & Kilimanjaro, twice); Tower Masts & Chimneys; More virtual buildings; Challenger's Choice x 2 (volcanos and mountains on Mars). Currently climbing: Mount Snowdon again: 416/475

                  Start 10 Jan 2005. Maintenance since Aug. 2005.
                  F/56yrs/5'.4"
                  SW:77.7 LW:56.5 CW:60.1 (kilos)

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                  • #10
                    Re: Desperate for help with this

                    You can do anything for two weeks. Go meal by meal and minute by minute if you have to but get yourself through 2 clean weeks and you will have beaten the cravings and be ready to continue on to success.
                    JILL

                    HW 298
                    HW (this time) 248
                    GOAL ONE 228
                    (take 2)
                    GOAL TWO 213 (personal goal)
                    GOAL THREE 199 ONE-DERLAND
                    FINAL GOAL 165

                    It's not about the results. Its about the process.

                    "I've never come home after a workout and said, MAN, I wish I had NOT exercised today!"



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                    • #11
                      Re: Desperate for help with this

                      Y'all are the best!!!
                      START DATE: 02/15/2010 185/185/140
                      170-
                      160-
                      150-
                      140-GOAL!!!!

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