I can't believe I screwed up again

[lanmaam]

Here I am, starting over again. I was feeling great, so much energy, and had lost 20 pounds. Why I decided to cheat bigtime this weekend is beyond me. I feel like crap again, sluggish, and depressed. You figure I would have learned by now.

[amiee2006]

Hop back on the wagon We'll stop for ya...loving yourself means forgiving yourself!

<3

[lanmaam]

Thankd Amiee, I feel like crying. My menu affects me so much. I feel so much better on Atkins and hate that it will take 4 days for me to feel good again. Support from these boards is so helpful.

[julirama723]

It's good you admitted your mistake--now it's in the past, so learn from it, and focus on the future.

[not2late]

I think the most important thing to do is to sit down and figure out why you fell off. Then develop coping strategies.

[CarbaholicJoe]

I did that same weekend before last; dropped off hard for a wedding... was great whilst I was eating the stuff but I felt like a sloth the next day and it took me 4 days to get back in to ketosis. Great thing about atkins is you can pick your self up, brush your self off and start again

[lanmaam]

Thanks all. I think I fell off because of other factors going on in my life.

[cathyjobob]

Originally Posted by lanmaam

Here I am, starting over again. I was feeling great, so much energy, and had lost 20 pounds. Why I decided to cheat bigtime this weekend is beyond me. I feel like crap again, sluggish, and depressed. You figure I would have learned by now.

Don't beat yourself up about it That isn't going to do you any good (I had an incident this weekend myself)...You know how good it feels to follow properly and that's your incentive. Get back on that horse honey!

[not2late]

Originally Posted by CarbaholicJoe

I did that same weekend before last; dropped off hard for a wedding... was great whilst I was eating the stuff but I felt like a sloth the next day and it took me 4 days to get back in to ketosis. Great thing about atkins is you can pick your self up, brush your self off and start again

Dr. Atkins mentioned in the book that repeatedly falling off the diet might not be good for your metabolism

Chapter 17
It is likely that your metabolism will adapt at a certain point--in a sense, developing a tolerance.

and from the same chapter

In addition you may have overstimulated your insulin response, increasing the metabolic risk factors underlying your weight problem.

So the best thing to do after falling off is to figure out what caused it. Then develop strategies to cope with trigger events.

[CarbaholicJoe]

He also said you can eat bars