Need help from a backup [ketosis] [brownies]
Hey Everyone,
Well I was doing pretty well this week, I was in ketosis and eating good food and not crazy or anything with cheese. Then on Thursday I thought I blew it in the event of my business. I ate about five brownies! Since then I just can not start again, I feel now that I am in ketosis I will never return. What do you all do when you feel like you blew it? It is sooo hard for me to get through and start eating healthy again.
Reply:Good luck, Linny!
JoJo
Reply:Hey everyone!
Thanks for the support. I definitely needed it. I have had a so so weekend, but I'm not going to let it get me down, I think I was stressing myself out last week and that's when it went wrong. And thanks Carla for some good suggestions, I will try to take things one step at a time. Soooo happy it's Sunday, I think I will just go easy on myself and not worry so much about carbs and start back up tomorrow with a new fresh week.
Thanks again!
Linny
Reply:Let go of the off day and work on today. Write a plan for half the day. Then the other half, then tomorrow.
To break the spell I do something different even if it is to walk a different direction. Change more than just the pattern of your eating.
Carla
Reply:Hi guy!
Don't worry about 1 day!! Heck i have done alot worse!! You most likely didn't even gain an ounce. Anyways, we are all here to support you. Just tell yourself that 1 day is not the end of the world! You had already put in 1 whole week, you can do it again. count those brownies as a treat for doing so well the whole week before! Put a positive spin on it. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!:BOUNCING:
We are here for you. Don't you give up!
guy
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Reply:Hi :wave:
The trials and tribulations of diets and how to stick to them is hard. My advise would be to chuck the Atkins and go with a plan you can stick to. If you can't even go a full week without "blowing" a diet, it would be nearly impossible to go a lifetime on that eating plan. There are brownies around every corner to trip you up. 
Try counting calories. This gives you limitless possibilites on what you can eat. You can have a brownie now and then and not worry about it. You can eat all the food you love within reasonable amounts.
Eating less than you burn will work every time for every person.
When chosing an eating plan for life, be honest with yourself. How easy is the plan you choose going to be to stick to a month or year from now? You will have to limit what you eat for the rest of your life because if you are left up to your own devises, you will over-eat as you've always done and gain it all back.
To me, it sounds quite a bit better to eat what you like to eat within reason. A little self control with portions is all you'd need to do.
Don't give up on yourself or you'll just stay where you are or get bigger. Don't overwhelm yourself with rules right out of the gate. Too many "I can't haves" will doom any diet. Today do just one thing: start eating the serving size of every food you eat. Check the packages of food, serving sizes are listed on every package. Do this for awhile, see how it goes.
I lost 35 pounds by eating 1200 calories a day. I've been maintaining at right around 121-123 now for about 7 months. I think what I did was drastic. Looking back, I could have lost all the weight just by eating the serving size of every food. That is how I'm maintaining. Although I do still count calories, I can go for days and not count and not gain because I know that if I eat the serving size that it's nearly impossible to over-eat.
Whatever you decide to do. Good luck to you. Don't give up. Try looking at a long term goal. I lost the first 25 lbs in 5 months. By Christmas you could be down 25 lbs or more. It is within your reach.
Reply:Linny :wave:
Please don't be so hard on yourself!
WE ALL CHEAT and BLOW our diets once in a while.
It sounds like you were doing so good! SO just GET BACK on the right track. Start back doing exactly what you were doing. That's what I do. If I blow it at lunch, I just continue on with my dieting that same day. I don't get off of it just b/c I blow it!
Just b/c you eat something you shouldn't doesn't mean you should stop your diet!
If you would like, please join us on the summer challege board. I think its like 61 or 62 today..the number changes daily depending on how long it gets. There is a lot of GOOD support and they will all make you feel better. If it had not been for this board I probably would not be sticking with it!
