Let's see how many are restarting induction today or in the next couple of days?
 

Me! I gained 5 pounds since Christmas Eve. My fingers are all swollen (TOM or cheats who knows, does it matter it's still water retention either way)

Let's all get back on track and start the New Year off right!!!

I am staying on track till New Years and then thinking about starting strict induction again for at least 2 weeks. More water and exercise. Didn't do bad over Christmas, but I really want to go down a size in jeans.

I started yesterday. I even got my DH to join me. He had breakfast of bacon and eggs. I went for a walk (70 minutes), then had 2 16 ounce glasses of water and my now ready to have my egg salad and bacon for breakfast. DH is having egg salad with me. Then we are off to the grocery.

Good luck to all.

I didn't have a single cheat during the holidays or at any other time but can't seem to break my stall ..Well maybe not a stall really, I do see a size difference. But I been really tired lately,appetite has dropped, have to force myself to eat breakfast most days.Im thinking of going back to strict induction for a month and see what happens..When that TOM rolls around I see a huge water weight gain but when it's over Im right back to where I started.. No change..I know I could never handle a meat fast,lol, so I will give induction a go :)
Angel

cheated too
 

Oh boy did i ever cheat. I went on a glorious 4 day cheat. it started with loaves of homemade bread and ended with a box of chocolate and half a carrot cake. It's back to induction for me. I have avoided the scale don't need to see what I already know. I hope I can stay cheat free for a few months now.

Time to Shine aka Glimmer and I are challenging ourselves to 100 cheat free days. We both started induction again today. We started a day apart 1 month ago also. We are Adtwins, and keep each other grounded and motivated in our journals. We would gladly accept any others who want to join us!!!

I would love to join you. I restarted a few days ago. It has been tough and I need some company! You could put a post in the Buddies and Challenges Thread.
Nancy

I had actually been thinking of this today. . .thought. . .new year. . .reread and restart. . .did fine during the holidays. . .but I would love a kick start to the new year. . .plus I have a friend who has been trying to do it with me. . .she needs to go back on induction. . .so we will suffer together. redawn;)

I need to restart again!!!!
 

I am so frustrated with myself. I am trying to start up again but everytime I wake up in the morning, I cant seem to stop eating everything that is bad for me. Can anyone help???????? It is just so frustrating that I make my mind up then in the morning, bam there goes cereal or toast or donuts. I am gaining weight at a rapid pace eating all this stuff and I understand why but still cant stop. Looking for some moral support.

Mike

I just posted aoubt blowing it over Christmas and would love to be cheat free even for two weeks!! At this point THAT would be great.

I don't know why I can't seem to get going either. It really helps for me to know some others are doing it and plan to keep it up and challange each other![COLOR=Red]

Great!
 

I think i will be starting this with you guys as well...
Although I will not start til after New Years... I will be drinking myself into someplace unknown :) :lol:
I would suggest taking this thread to the buddies and Challenges.... Nursey.. all you need to do is ask one of the forum mod's to move it for you :)

Good Luck All!

Mike, I am very similar to you. I always start on the weekends so that I am away from the temptations at work. I think you have got to get rid of the donuts and cereal. Your health is important enough to get them out of the house at least for 5 days. After you get into ketosis you'll probably be able to resist but if there not there ever even better, for everyone. If you have kids maybe you can buy them cereal you don't like. I remember my mom going through a phase where she only bought shredded wheat.

Dr Atkins recommends L-Glutamine for cravings, maybe that will help.

Mike, NEVER say you are going to start dieting tomorrow. That never works, trust me.

What you need to do is tell yourself right this second you are taking responsibility for your eating.

If I were you here is what I would do right after reading this post.

1) Flush all food you can't eat down the toilet. This is a needed step to get started. With no temptations, you can actually get back on the wagon.
2) I would spend a long time thinking about the big picture after cleansing my cabinets. All big changes are comprised of nothing but a bunch of small changes. What you do right now absolutley affects your future. Stop thinking about it like a diet, or losing weight, tell yourself you are making a lifestyle change. A conscious decision to change the way you are living. Diets don't work, only conscious lifestyle changes do.

Good luck to you mike, but please remember the diet you start tomorrow is the one that never works.

lol Glim.. reminds me of a song---99 bottles of no cheating on the wall, 99 bottles of no cheat, etc etc.

Count me in.

Its nice to know I am not the only one starting over after the holidays.

Why do we cheat during this time of year? Is it because we're not dedicated to Low carb WOL? makes me wonder sometimes

dc2

I'm definitely starting over!!!

Im starting sometimes in the new year, like most the the world(new years resolutions). :lol: but unlike some of them who will choose maybe a lowfat diet and then go off the diet due to feeling hungry constantly, I'll be on atkin's induction eating eggs, meat, veggies and FAT, without hunger.

madcabbit: I love the bunnies :)

I to will be going on induction but not until after New Year as I have a mountain of fruit that has to be eaten before I start. I was going well for 9 months during this time my Mother had brain surgery and lost part of her memory. I coped well and stayed on plan until my DH had a heart attack and it just slipped away so fast and the old habits returned. I had lost 11k in 9 months not fast but it had gone now in the past 2 months it is all back on. I am not beating myself up about this but I am disappointed that I could not control the stress better. As long as I have learned from it but hopefully there will never be that much stress at one time in my life again.
So as from the 1st January I will be back on induction and watch me go I have learnt a lot about this way of eating in the past year so I will be putting it to full use. I even realize where I had made some mistakes by reading and misunderstanding what was written. It is a learning process and re read the book over and over to pick up pieces you did not take in or forgot the first time you read it..
I wish you all the best for the losses you will see in 2004.
Delia

I think that I will start with you all too. It was a nice cheat of glorious sweets, however, I have been feeling horrible, no energy, terrible headaches, and incredibly lathargic. I too am back on track and would love to join you all.

I wasn't planning on cheating but lack of time to plan caused it... Christmas eve dinner was impossible since I was away from home and had no real choice but to eat, then Christmas day I had a few high sugar dessert items and sugar cured ham. Had some LC bread and a few other breaded items I don't normally have. Had a headache yesterday, so back to post induction for me. I don't wanna go back to stict induction because I don't wanna abuse it. I blame lack of planning, it was easier during Thanksgving, but Christmas is just too busy...

Count me in! I started induction today! After several days of cheating and no weight gain, I got on the scale this morning to find myself up 2 lbs. Luckily I was already planning to do induction again, that was just the added push!

I enjoyed myself, maybe a little too much, but I am glad to be getting back to this lifestyle. Even when I wasn't showing any weight gain on the scale over the last few days, I was definately feeling it! I just felt fluffy and my clothes were getting tighter!

Best of luck to everyone!

Count me in as well. I may wait until 1/1/04 since we still have 1 more Christmas today with my inlaws and a New Years party to go to. I've gained a couple pounds, but its hard to tell since my moms scale is different than the scale at home.

I have cheated, but all of my breakfsts have been LC. Its those darned meals out - especially pizza and deserts - that have been my downfall.

Me too....have been feeling "crappy" and will finish off all the "bad" foods in the house today! Back to KISS tomorrow am.

I'm in too. I planned to go off into the world of high carbs in Dec. but now I'm back. Starting today. I gained eight pounds in the last three weeks, but I'm confident it's mostly bloat. It better be dang it!

count me in. I planned this though. Its funny, I cannot wait to start low carbing tomorrow!

cool
 

Are we all going for 100 cheat free low-carb days then? :yay:

For anyone interested..you can snag the cheat free symbol and add it to your signature for this Challenge...and go for the 100 :D

The link for the cheat free symbol

That gives you the Cheatfree 1 day sign for the others just type in the appropriate number..ie. 2.gif 3.gif and so forth.

Groovejock I know whatcha mean...even while cheating over the holidays I was actually CRAVING my low-carb ways. Its good to be back! :D

Good luck to all of us. :cheer:

Hey Kathy .......are we all staying here or moving to the Challenge Buddy Board?
Do we stay here, move this entire thread over or choose to congregate under a
100 day Cheat Free Lowcarb Challenge over there?

Im on day 2...feeling kinda nauseous from the KISSing I think, otherwise doing peachay.

Ttyl all,
Glim.

I say lets start a new thread over in the challenges forum. I'll go start it now, come and join along!!!!

here's the link to the challenge!!!!

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...962#post1664962