Help! I've fallen and can't get up

[its*time*in*2009]

Hello everyone!

I have completely fallen off. I need help getting back on track. It's to the point where i've gained like 5#'s back. What can i do to get my mind back on track? Please help me. Thanks everyone

[TogaGirl]

First off, you're at the right place! By posting here you are making yourself accountable, you are here asking for support rather than sitting on the couch getting "support" from a sandwich. SO GOOD FOR YOU I myself fell off at one point in my journey and used this board to get me back on track. Reading success stories and looking at after photos really helped me get recharged and back to being committed to this WOE. There is so much support here from wonderful people who want you to succeed; use it! The best advice I can give is to pick yourself up, NOW, not tomorrow. Get back on program and don't use the "well i've been off it this long, one more (insert carb laden food here) won't hurt". It is so very easy to make excuses for yourself.
For one, I believe in you just for the very fact that you came to this place! Don't beat yourself up, it happens! What matters most is what you do now.
Good luck!!

[mygarden]

Try baby steps. Think about what are you going to eat for breakfast, am snack, lunch, pm snack and dinner. Start cooking and prepare ahead. Measure out your salad, protein and oil and HAVE IT READY WHEN IT IS TIME TO EAT. Take it with you when you leave the house.
Other advise, journal and write everything down that you eat and are feeling.
Best of Luck!

[msanjelpie]

When you started Atkins for the very first time, what was your motivation? Is it gone now that you have lost 30 lbs? You have to mentally get back to where you were in the beginning and find that motivation again...

Lots of people will say start back right this minute... but that doesn't give you time to get geared up for the commitment that you have to make to this WOE. Pick a day on your calendar and say that's the day that you are going to start again... that will give you time to get your groceries, get rid of stuff that you shouldn't have, get your motivation back, and get mentally prepared to make it past one day...

You know you can do it (30 lbs down proves it)... now you just have to DO it again!

[atkinsgal08]

>>I need help getting back on track.>>

You just "do it".

You make the next bite Atkins. Then the next bite.

Repeat.

[bellajgw]

Julie, don't pick a day, believe me, just start today, with your next meal. Any time I've ever done one of those "well, I'll start Monday" missions I've always carbed up through Sunday and ate like I would never eat again. Then you've packed on yet another 5 pounds.

So, you already know HOW to eat on Atkins, you know what you can and can't, so just make your next meal Atkins-friendly, pick up groceries to get you started properly tomorrow morning and really refocus yourself tonight.

Definitely read the success stories, look at the pictures, maybe even keep a blog or journal on here.

You can do it! SO many of us have fallen off the wagon. You just have to dust yourself off and get right back on, or before you know it it will be May and you'll be 20 pounds heavier and facing another bathing suit season wondering "Why the heck didn't I just get back into it in September? I could be in a bikini now!" Oh wait, or maybe thats me. Well, learn from my example!!!

[iamran]

I have been where you are. It totally sucks. Knowing what you need to do but finding the motivation to do it. It's hard. I spent all summer off plan and it took me 3 trys to get back on plan. You have to make the decision that you are going to do this no matter what. It has to be your decision and you have to be really ready to do it. Then you just have to do it. Plan and cook your meals and snacks ahead of time so when you don't have time to prepare something, bingo, you already have it. When you have a craving or feel like eating something carby quickly grab a friend who supports you or log on to the ADBB and look at the before and after pics. Is is really worth stuffing the carbage in your mouth for instant gratification or would you rather stick to plan and work on becoming a healthier, thinner person? I deffinately think you will pick the healthier thinner person that you are going to become by following the plan. Just do it. You are worth it.

[RitaCeleste]

Get back on it now and the weight will come back off! Atkins isn't scary, there has got to be foods you look forward to having again. Hamburgers with cheese? Taco salads without the shells? Come on, this diet is the one that isn't torture. You don't feel too hungry on it, you get to eat really good stuff. I know it can be hard to remember it, but after a couple of days on it, you'll feel a lot better too.

[imagood1]

Just coming out of a "funk" where I gained some of my weight back....I had to give myself a pep talk and get my mind back on track because somewhere along the lines I lost track of what I was doing, where I wanted to be and why I wanted it so badly. Once I found my strength again I've been on track and happy once again.

Start today - make a meal plan out for today and tomorrow, that way you know what you're doing and what you're eating. Drink you water, go for a walk or do some sort of exercise. Be good to yourself, it doesn't do any good to be mad - that makes it worse. Good luck to you!

[its*time*in*2009]

You all are awsome!!!! Thank you for all your support and advise. I have somewhat gotten back on track I didn't stop working out or drinking my water its just the food. Again thank you all for you help!!!