On the wagon, off the wagon, in the wagon, beside the wagon?

[misscreep]

When I started low carb in March, it took me just 3 months to lose 20 pounds and get me to my halfway mark. Since then, I've been wavering with cheats here and there, and short bursts of clean eating. My first excuse was that I was about to go on vacation, then it was that I was on vacation, and now that I'm back it's because of pretty much anything.

Thankfully, I have been successful at maintaining with this terribly lax way of eating I've gotten accustomed to. I have fluctuated between 182 and 189 pounds in the last month, but most mornings hover around 185. This gives me hope that once I'm at my goal weight that I don't have to be 100% restrictive to maintain.

What are my biggest cheats? Legumes. I love them. Especially the hummous. Even on my full on "cheat days" I rarely eat sugar, and never bread (except LC pita w/ only 4g carb per slice!). But I will gladly dip celery endlessly into a tub of hummous. "What it has carbs? At least it's not cake!"

I know I'm screwing up my metabolism, and yeah yeah yeah I know all about the carbohydrate ladder. Damned that ladder. I just need one more push to get me down the next half of my journey. Lend me your strength!

[Neverquit]

Have you ever tried babaganoush? It's another garlicky greek dip made from eggplant. I don't like eggplant, but I like babaganoush just fine. I bet you could add tahini (is that allowed?) and it would taste very much like hummus.

[imagood1]

You're going to have to find the reason you want to loose in your mind - put your mind to it and stay on track. Eat only foods in the correct amounts from the acceptable food list, start exercising, drink water, take vitamin supplements and keep going forward. Get rid of and stay away from anything not listed on the acceptable food list.

Once you get through induction move on to Rung 1 and add an additional 5 net carbs of veggies - that will help keep you full feeling and will keep you from cheating again.

We can't do this for you - we can be here when you need us but you are the one in charge --- how well you do depends on you.