"Angie" wrote:

Add another pound down for 6lbs this week. i have been on the diet for one
day. i started over because of my slip up on the weekend. so my offical
start date is March 19th. when i weighed myself at the beginning of the week
I was 137lbs my goal for the rest of the month is to get below 130lbs. At
this rate i'll be there in no time.

angie


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I wouldn't consider it a restart... You overate for a weekend. So
what, move on. If anything I think it important to document it's
occurence, what you ate, why you ate it. It may be important later on
to realize that certain situations or food are trouble spots for you.
You will slip up again, we all will. Looking at it as a complete
derailment is just bad for the ego. Just incorporate that into part of
learning how to eat for the rest of your life.

You have to remember that Atkin is not a one-size fits all. You have
to experiment to find out about your own eating and body. Certain odd
foods may trigger hunger, phsyiologically or psychologically. When my
sister first attempted to quit smoking she of course gained weight,
but she was also conscoius that everytime she drank coffee she wanted
a cigarette. Psychologically they were tied together. We have no idea
what association are wired into our brain. Or when a food will affect
our body. While at Induction levels Canteloupe put on a
disprportionate amount of water weight for me. I'm betting that in
later stages when I'm eating more carbs that won't be true--so for now
canteloupe, even 2-3 bite size chunks are out. Sauerkraut seemed to
egg on hunger too--that was a weird one. Yet, so far chocolate-flavors
aren't horrible triggers- and I AM a chocholic.

You've got to look at this more as learning and be willing to give up
and add things to learn their effects on you. Learn why the weekend
went astray, and what food you choose to overeat on. It may be a sign
that you have a food in your LC diet that is still triggering
cravings. Until you are willing to experiment and take that trigger
food out you are struggling against yourself. Artificially sweetened
products, alcohol, and others are suspect triggers. Medication can be
as well but there aren't always substitues for necessary ones.

Primarily, stop beating yourself up and start dissecting what you did,
you might notice a pattern or find a key to avoiding those binges.

DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)
350/315/Mar-315/200
Atkins since Jan 12, 2004
OWL-35 carbs/day (CCLL=?)