I'm not sure why I do this to myself, it took almost a month for me to lose 7lbs. spent 2 weeks on induction. I felt so good once I saw the little stick turn pink. Almost right after that I began eating like there was no tomorrow....nothing loaded with carbs, all legal foods but in enormaous amounts. I love the kinds of foods in this WOE, I feel unbelievable! I drink a gallon or more of water every day, take vitamins & minerals...have started cooking with Flax seeds and other healthy ingredients.

I think it is something I feel about losing weight, as if I tell myself "Heh, I lost a few lbs. now it's time to put it back on". (I have about 45 lbs. to lose) Has anyone else felt this way before? I'm very upset with myself, I feel like once again I have failed except this time I physically feel better.
I must say that if it as not been for this sight I would feel even worse, you guys are such great support....I even feel right now I have failed you!
I don't post a lot, but I'm here all the time. I guess I just needed to get that off my chest.
I would appreciate any input or ideas as to why I might be doing this.

Thank you all very much

I don't know how to celebrate anything without food. I would understand if something bad happened and I ate but losing weight and eating indicates that it's a celebratory feeling I am expressing. I need a new coping mechanism. Could you be like me that way?

Sus

450/387/200

7lbs in a month is fantastic. (Better than I did! LOL!) This is hardly a "failure." Many of us, once we figure out how many previously forbidden foods are acceptable in this way of eating, pig out on them a bit. So what?

Consider it a liberation celebration. In most cases, as time goes by, your new food choices will just become a part of your life, and no big deal.

I think as you settle in to this way of eating, and it becomes natural to you, you'll naturally arrive at a normal weight and be able to maintain it.

(Great water intake! Make sure you keep that up.)

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160)/Maintaining nicely (110) ~~ Redhead until further notice!

I know that I am a big stress eater.

While my cravings for sugary junk have almost totally disappeared I have found in the last 2 days that I am "craving" dessert type stuff. I just whipped up a batch of "Rice" pudding that is made with grated raw cauliflower.

I'm not sure how this stuff is gonna taste... it smells nasty. But maybe by the time it is cooled and ready to eat I will have "sat" with my feelings and won't be itching to stuff my face.

It is weird though, because I just celebrated yesterday that I have lost 2 pants sizes and can fit into a 16 now.... and then today I am trying to undo all that hard work???

What is up with that??? Fear? I don't know. I think I have some layer peeling to do emotionally and it needs to keep up consistently with the pounds.

Michelle -- 208/196/140
Started Atkins 9/03
On my way to finding the new me.... WATCH OUT WORLD!!

Michelle,

I'll tell you something I tripped over that reminds me A LOT of rice pudding. (I give you my exact instructions. LOL!) In a bowl that's bigger than you need, make a mock danish in the microwave, using 2 eggs, 3 oz cream cheese and DaVinci vanilla syrup (not the french vanilla) OR a combo of splenda and vanilla. Cook it until it's all fully puffed up and cooked through (which is not how I usually prefer it) - which is why I put it in the fridge and forget it until evening. Pour some heavy cream over it and, with a spoon, kind of slice/chop it up in the bowl. Sprinkle on some splenda and cinnamon.

Tell me what you think.

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160)/Maintaining nicely (110) ~~ Redhead until further notice!

Janet, you lost seven pounds. You should be happy about that. Don't beat yourself up over irrelevant things.

Rewarding yourself with bad food is BAD. But rewarding yourself with good food is GOOD. It reinforces good habits and lets you feel smug and happy about the way of life you've chosen. If you're hungry, even just a little bit, go ahead and eat.

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"Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door."

I've been stalled for about 2 months but have no desire to go off the rails... hesitant to increase my carbs but getting frustrated. I am menopausal, and on blood pressure tablets and my sin is one coffee in the morning. I switched to decaf but there was no difference.
On the positive side, just committing to go on the diet ( Atkins) seemed to open a whole floodgate of reality changes." Change your thought and you change your whole reality!"
The day after I started, two little dogs landed in my lap who give me so much love and constantly make me laugh; 10 days later I found a lover and awakened my sexuality which I thought had left town. A month later I bought a new car, a block of land and am now about to build my dream home. Last month I got a promotion and I now wake up and go "well spirit, what surprises are you sending me today?"
I feel & think thin and yet I'm still grossly overweight by the scales. I've been on induction for 6 months and just read in one of the other forums about upping the carbs
I love how I feel with so much more energy but am impatient to lose more weight. I suspect I am metabolically resistant because of menopause and the BP pills and don't know if upping the carbs is going to change that.

Has anyone got any other tricks to kickstart again