Feeling fat, ugly and ashamed :(

[chinadoll]

Polly,
2 things-
1) get your hands dirty when you are bored. Do your nails so you can't eat. Take up painting or clay or something. Just leave the house and take a walk in the park even.

2)decide that Atkins is you life, not just a means to an end. This IS the way you eat forever. It won't always be quite so strict as now but you will always have to be on guard. If you didn't, you wouldn't be where you are now.

Finally, today is the bottom. From here it is all better. Just use today to really think about how you managed to slip and get back here. Was it boredom? Was it the "just one bite" creep that leads to bigger and bigger problems, whatever it is that caused you to abandon your success it is important to figure it out so you don't repeat the pattern.

[ldyj]

I understand your feelings, like others I've been there too! But those days are past now - forward to success!

[keriann_forgoodthistime]

Are you finished? I mean, really - are you done feeling sorry for yourself yet? If not - get it all out. Get out all of those feelings of self-doubt - self-hate and everything else. get it all out and then NEVER say them again.

I know I don't personally know you - but as someone who's had those feelings herself too many times - I can tell you how INCREDIBLE you are because you're here. You WANT to change. Remember how fabulous you felt at that "perfect" weight you were at a while back and realize you CAN and WILL be there again.

For me - I know I've finally found the way of eating that helps me stay thin and I actually don't WANT to go back to the way I used to eat because of how unhappy I was eating that way. I've been on atkins now for 6 months and couldn't be happier.

I finally know what works and I'm working the plan! Do I miss sugar? Do I miss pop tarts and oreos and french fries and diet dr pepper? You bet your butt I do. BUT - I refuse to go back to eating that junk because I've finally realized that I can NOT eat that kind of stuff if I want to be thin. And I want to be thin more than anything. Those foods are NOT worth it.
Plus - I also know the science behind it. Sugar makes my insulin raise and raised insulin is what keeps me fat. It's as simple as that.

You CAN do this. You've done it before. You WILL do it again. And you've come to an INCREDIBLE place for support.

I wish you ALL the luck and blessings.