Hello, everyone I hope that this will be the appropritate place to keep a daily or frequent journal of my low carbing adventures. I have been slipping up abit and have been on the atkins diet for 2 months now and lost 20 lbs approx.
Bit somehow I still have seemed to loose my vigor and hard strictness that I had first had. I am sure that it happens to the best of us at times but it is abit discouraging. I have read throu and I am going to try the Fat Fast in the Atkins books for the week. I think that maybe it can get me back on track and who knows maybe it does work abit, and then I am going back on induction. I think that If I do this then maybe anyone else wondering if the Kelwick fast works so for the week I will be counting the cals not the carbs of the small list of acceptable items. So today being the first day of the "FAST" Here we go.....I must be crazy...........lol.

Day 1

1000-1100 cals
5 small feedings

7:30 am 2 oz reg. cream cheese with 3 tbsp sugar free jello--- 200cals
10:30am 1.5 oz of pecans---300 cals
1:30pm 1/4c tuna with 2 tbsp reg.mayo---200 cals
4:30pm 2oz reg.cream cheese in 1 stalk of celery---200 cals
7:00pm 1/4 c whipping cream--200 cals
Tons of Water

So far I feel pretty good, not too hungry but its a pain watching the clock. Seems like I don't get much to eat but we will see how it goes.Wish me luck....I bet induction will seem like a dream to me after a week of this.........lol

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Hope that today goes really well for you. I've never done the fat fast but I do eat at certain times of the day only. It seems like a tease to eat so little at time but most days I'm used to it .

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Ok so here was going to be day 2 of the fat fast, but after careful consideration and starving yesterday I think that I will take the advice of Goddess on the newbie forum where I posted my question of "Has anyone done the Fat fast"and I have taken the comment into consideration. I gues I was just thinkg irrationally since I did eat something that I shouldn't have and then I felt guilty. So instead of being smart and just going back to induction since I have been falling off the wagon latley I just let the panic set in and freaked out. So today when I woke up, rested and level headed I decided to just go on to induction and be a strict with it until I get rid of the cravings again and get back into ketosis. I mean I just need to calm down a think things through. I guess I just got scared of gaining it all back and then I would feel hopeless. I wanted to thank everyone for letting me post here and expressing my feelings....it does help alot and help is always nice it puts things in perspective. I will keep you posted...

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Hi, Phinixis. In the words of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - "DON'T PANIC!"

I've been intrigued by the fat fast, but never to the point of actually trying it. I think it took real guts to do it just one day! Induction is a much saner approach.

Keep up the good work, and you'll succeed.

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So today is much better, although I am feeling really stressed. I don't like getting so stressed out because it makes me want to eat bad things. I guess thats my whole probem is that I am an emotional eater and thats where half my problems come from. So I thought at least if I wrote it down on here that I would think twice about binging out on something stupid and end up feeling worse in the long run, especially since this is my first day back on induction. Well I will stay strong and pray my day at work is over soon, yep thats right I am at work and writting away......lol I need a break from the insanity every once in awhile. Well I feel better now that I wrote it down. Thanks for listening to me blab if you read this.

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It is great that you have identified yourself as an emotional eater. As you know admitting the problem is the first step . Now that you are journaling out your frustrations do you have other idea's to keep from eating? Right now I feel like eating because I wanted to go for a walk and it is raining so I'm going to enjoy water and take a bath .

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Ok so my weeks been pretty good at the end here. I am still fighting away the cravings that I have no one to blame but myself for.....lol. The last "Sunday Panzarotti Fiasco" Who knows still why I thought that was an okay Idea, Anyway I am back on track and doing alot better. I have still maintained writting down all my carbs in a day and drinking alot of water 1/2 gallon a day. I haven't made made the Gallon Challenge yet!! Besides that I am just working away today and I am going to start the exercise program again next week. I stopped this week because of the whole re adjusting and I thought It was better to concentrate on one thing at a time. Nice excuse I know.....lol. Anyway I hope you all have a good weekend and I will see you next week.

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Ok, so now its tuesday and let me tell you all about my sudden 5 lbs drop. Yep, thats right...and I have seen death and its name is roast beef. I got immense,extreme food poisioning from the vile beef on Sat afternoon which I then 4 hrs later became violently ill. Still i am pretty sick today and since I still cannot eat anything just drink water and fluids I am losing like you wouldn't believe. OF COURSE I am joking. I would rather have not wasted my whole weekend being sick, and feeling like I was going to die. I guess will start back when I feel up to it, untill then nothing but clear broth and fluids for me. Thought I would give you all my update, and hope for the best. Lol....whinning always makes it feel better doesn't it.........;o)

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So sorry you got sick. And, yes, whining ALWAYS makes you feel better!
Whine all you want, if it helps.

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Nita