Tweet
Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
Since night one of induction, almost every single night I have a dream that I cheated and ate something I should not have. As a result, I wake up in the morning feeling incredibly guilty, and then I finally realize it was just a dream and move on. Does anybody else have this same issue?
-
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
While I haven't had cheating dreams about food per se, I do have experience as a recovering alcoholic. Early in sobriety I had drinking dreams... I was told that it's normal, and that frequently it's a significant indicator of how serious I was about turning my life around. That was 26 years ago, so I would say I received good advice. I'll pass it on to you... Don't worry. The dreams just mean you're serious about staying true to your new way of eating and living.
Now if you wake up and say, "Oh what a great idea!" then go out for doughnuts and bagels, then yeah that could be a problem. LOL
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
OMG, I thought I was the only one this happened to!
At least several times a week, I have these dreams where I've just eaten an illegal food, not thinking about it, and then WHOA! I panic in the dream and then I wake up.
And after taking a few days off plan for T-day and paying the price for the last week (bad circulation made worse, heartburn, bloating, farts/burps galore and just feeling gross) I'm finally back on track.
Glad to know I'm not the only one with these dreams!
sigpic
HW: 356
SW: 334.9
CW: 280
GW: 150
Mini goals:
1: Under 300 lbs by 10/31/09 MET!!
2: At/under 265 by mom's 84th b-day 3/26/10
3: At/under 225 by 11th wedding anniv. 8/14/10
4: At/under 195 by Christmas 2010
5: At/under 160 by mom's 85th b-day 3/26/11Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
This is actually a fairly common dream experience!J.
"Your life will never change until you change your choices."
Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
I very rarely remember my dreams, but I do remember dreaming about cheating during induction
Can't remember the details anymore...
Julie__________________F/37/5'2"__________________Start April 15, 2009
Milestones:ozers6p4240 - University grad weight - Met July 29, 2009213 - 50% of the way to goal - Met October 21, 2009Onederland - Met December 23rd, 2009180 - High School grad weight - Met May 5, 2010163 - No longer obese______136 - No longer overweight (yes, I know this is lower than my goal weight)
Left-Apr/09 Right-Dec/09Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
Yep! I get 'em about once a week now. Even in my dream while I'm doing it, I'm sitting there going, "WTF am I eating this for!! Ptooey! Ptooey!" as I spit it out. Then I wake up thinking Oh no, I've TASTED it, I couldn't control myself and shoved it in my mouth! Then the realization of it being a dream washes over me, and I know I don't want to cheat, it's just one of those things because you know you're doing this, you know you don't want to, but you end up dreaming it for some reason or another. I like the idea that Suzanne gave - that we're just REALLY serious about this WOE from her previous experience.
Mini Goals:
Goal 1 - 10% (September 13th, 2009)
Goal 2 - Pre-Pregnancy Weight with 2nd Child (September 27th, 2009)
Goal 3 - 50 lbs down (December 1st, 2009)
Goal 4 - Highest Pregnancy Weight with 1st right before c-section (February 20, 2010)
Goal 5 - Lowest weight reached on WW after having 1st child
Goal 6 - 100 lbs down
Goal 7 - Pre-pregnancy weight with 1st
Goal 8 - Weight I met my husband
Goal 9 - 150 lbs down
Goal 10 - Weight in Grade 8
Goal 11 - Weight in Grade 6Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
I remember having those dream about smoking! Maybe it's just longing for the proverbial forbidden fruit that makes us dream of things we can't have.male/35/295/250/175? Weight loss is no longer my primary goal. Getting to the point where I no longer feel like h-e-doublehockeysticks is!
Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
This happens to me. After I wake up, I always feel relieved that I didn't actually eat whatever it was.Stats: 5'4" | HW: 218.5 | CW: 175 | GW: 170
Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
That's EXACTLY what happens to me! I wake up feeling guilty and a little angry, but when I realize it was all just a dream, I feel really relieved.Originally posted by ElizabethLC View Post
Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
I dreamt that I woke up and on the kitchen table there was this MASSIVE chocolate Pavlova/Merangue cake....with dark chocolate drizzle and a chocolate cream....and I dived straight into it....body and all
The weird thing is...Im not the fond of chocolate lolsNo pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit...Helen Keller
female 52 5'6"
mini goal 1 115kgs/253lbs....***113 today!! 2nd october 2009
mini goal 2 100kgs/220lbs
onederland! 90kgs/onederland
mini goal 3 80kgs/76lbs
ideal weight 70 kgs/154lbs
trying to stick to weighing only when I see my doctor once a month.
Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
i use to get them all the time its normal, just weird.
Start Date- May 15th 2009
Age- 17
Weight loss pictures are in this link http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...es-inside.htmlComment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
Gosh! I read this thread last week before I started and said to myself "I hope I don't have cheating dreams!!". Well, last night I had a dream that I ate a bowl of Froot Loops...LOL. It seemed sooo real too! I woke this morning questioning myself. Anyways, just thought I'd share my experience. It is kinda creepy, lol.
"Failure is NOT an option!"
Main Goal-
Mini Goals-
230- Met!-Jan. 14 '10
220-
210-
200-
Onederland![199]-Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
I had my first cheating dream last night, and it was like others where they took a bite of something then spit it out. For me I was dreaming all night I was cleaning and packing up my house for a move. At the end I was cleaning the kitchen and there was a Reese Peanut butter cup left over from Halloween so I opened it and put it in my mouth. I woke up coughing and trying to spit it out. Not a fun way to wake up.Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
lol I love my cheating dreams haha big cake one time! that is the only time I can stuff the cake and not gain a thing! I loveeeeeee sleeping
highest 230 ---- started atkins------current 175 lbs
July 2009 ---------12/20/2009 ---------03/18/2010
<------------------> 
I started atkins in late november but every other week just sort of fell off the wagon and was not working out..late december I started to really follow it and added the gym from november to december I only lost like 7 lbs not following it right..from december to march 18 I lost 50 lbs give or take depending what mood my scale is on lol.Comment
-
Re: Cheating dreams...anybody else have them?
LOL I think you should worry if you wake up and your husband has a bowl in his head, the milk is in the floor and there is a fruit loop attached to your forehead.Originally posted by ADreamComeTrue View Post
highest 230 ---- started atkins------current 175 lbs
July 2009 ---------12/20/2009 ---------03/18/2010
<------------------>
I started atkins in late november but every other week just sort of fell off the wagon and was not working out..late december I started to really follow it and added the gym from november to december I only lost like 7 lbs not following it right..from december to march 18 I lost 50 lbs give or take depending what mood my scale is on lol.Comment
Comment