Self-sabbotage after 6 clean days of induction!

[ren77]

Hi Everyone,

I've been on Atkins Induction for 6 days now until last night when I broke down and had some processed carbs (a lot)...I feel so ashamed that I couldn't make it through the first 2 weeks clean! Today I've been off-program and have been beating up on myself emotionally. Has anyone else done this and sabotaged their own results? How did you deal with it and prevent it from happening the next time?

The weird thing is that I wasn't really craving carbs last night but I wanted the action of eating. I was feeling totally satisfied with the Atkins program and had more energy too. Actually after I ate the processed carbs last night I woke up this morning with the worst stomach cramps! I guess my belly likes the atkins way of eating better too, it's just my emotional connection to the "comfort" carbs that's the problem. Should I start back right away on-program or should I start the whole 2 weeks over again? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Karen

[sjhatcu]

Karen,
You have NO CLUE how many times I have started and stopped this. Usually, all in the same day. But this board is awesome. I'm still only on my 3rd day clean Induction, but I am committed this time, and if I fall off, then I'm going to get back on. You cannot beat yourself up everytime you make a mistake - just learn from it.
This board is wonderful, and they will help you every step of the way!
Good Luck! :joy

[soliwit]

I think you should just get back on track right away, no waiting till tomorrow, no excuses, just do it, don't look back but look ahead, there is your goal, what is done is done.

[not2late]

Get back on the wagon with your very next meal.

Secondly, think about what lead to your carb binge yesterday. Were you stressed out? Did you have the proper foods around you? Think about it what they cause was. Then you can formulate strategies to prevent that from happening again.

[ren77]

This board is awesome! You guys are so helpful! Thank you! It's great to know that I'm not alone in this and that other people understand what I'm going through. Thanks for your encouraging words and the support to get right back on the horse! I'm not going to let this one mistake discourage me! I'm going to keep trying!

Thanks so much!

Karen

[290wannabe150onAtkins]

Hey. All I can say it get back on the ball. I am almost done with my two week initial induction. And yesturday was the first day I actually had somthing sweet. Granted, it was INDUCTION FRIENDLY. It was a piece of a pumpkin tort, with 5 net carbs per serving. And I have to say the Splenda, or just the sweet factor, gave me an instant headache. Yes it went away, but I would rather have that then binge and waste all of my hard work. My last day of induction is the 29th. I will weigh in on the 30th.

Hope you jump back on.

holly :wave

[Buddrfly]

Karen!

Karen,
I've read how several other board members like yourself gave in to the food.....it is okay! It's also over with, and now the best thing to do is get back to it. It's a lot harder to come back than it is to cheat. :hug

[tabekat]

my name is tabekat and I'm a former carb addict

Get back on track and stay for life. Guilt, shame, berating yourself - those negative emotions targeted at yourself will not empower you to change. It isn't you that is to blame anyway - it is the horribly addictive nature of over-processed high carb frankenfoods.

Before Atkins I used to pig out all the time.
When it came to my enormous appetite, I was completely out of control.

I would make something with pasta and eat the entire box by myself.
I could finish off a carton of ice cream in one day.
I would go to a buffet like Ponderosa and eat 10 rolls by myself.
It was not unusual for me to eat 4 - 5 desserts in a place like that.
I could never stop at one, or even one bag.

I raised 4 kids around the premise that eating is entertainment and the only pleasure we can afford. And even though the weight gain and the frustration of having no control over my appetite kept me in a constant state of shame and sorrow, I just couldn't change.

I am a former carb addict.

Before I committed my life to Atkins I thought I was weak and powerless. I surely didn't have a good esteem and I would not stand up for myself.

Then I found Atkins, gave up my carb addiction and discovered that everything I thought about myself simply wasn't true. It was the carbs!

Being addicted to carbs drapes your life in a dark filmy mist of deception.
You can't know who you really are when your behavior is dictated by a constant grab and run for more frankenfood.

I didn't know me.

But now I know that my previous binging behavior wasn't caused by me.

It was the sugar and it was the CARBAGE!

I couldn't think straight like that. I couldn't feel good like that.
Food controlled my every waking moment when I was addicted to carbage.

Now my head is clear. I no longer crave junk. I don't binge anymore. I don't have to EAT it all at once anymore.

It heals me to know that it never was me. It was the carbage.

I am a totally different person when I'm not addicted to sugar and carbs. I am sane. I am rational. I am not weak.

Everyday, my husband, who doesn't support Atkins, despite my positive results, brings home junk. Even my housekeeper brought junk.

The person that i used to be would cave right in and eat the junk. The person who is no longer addicted to carbs and sugar, doesn't even have to fight an urge to eat it.

There is no battle anymore. The frankenfood sits there on the table untouched. I don't want that crap anymore. It has no power over me.

I thought I was weak and I discovered I am strong.

There are so many beautiful things you will discover about you - if you allow yourself to be free of the high carb madness.

Thats why it is so important to embrace induction and stick to it.
Once you nail induction, you have a healthy foundation of the Atkins fundamentals that will carry you through the rest of your life.

You can do it. You did it for 6 days. Now it is time to complete the transformation. And now you know how one bite can undo you. So be strong and the day will come when it won't be hard to be strong anymore.

[lisaj]

Ren, there is excellent advice here. I cheated one time with cheese crackers/chex mix. After a month being cheat free. I also over endulged on low carb candy. I lost 11 pounds on induction for a month and am relosing five of those pounds. You will get to know your body. Those carbs made me very ill, and I will not need to relive a binge, it will get to be so not worth it. Someone already said, get right back on it, next time you eat. Don't allow a single occasion to turn into a binge, is what I learned. You also have to figure out what caused it. I know mine is stress and anxiety and boredom. I do great all week and weekends kill me. Weather permitting, I'm planning on gardening soon. Start a project that will relax you. HTH, Lisa