Jumping in with both feet....
I am going to quit smoking too. I figured if I am no longer going to allow myself to be ruled by food, why should I be ruled by cigarettes. I was a half hearted smoker anyway, so I am just going to be done with them.
This is day 9 of my Atkins induction. As I think I said before I have done Atkins in the past (also halfheartedly), but this time is different. I have NO appetite and NO cravings. People around me eating cake and ice cream...I don't care. French fries....I don't care. Such an odd feeling. I don't even care about eating one way or the other. I don't obsess about when the next time I eat will be, and I don't daydream about it. In fact I have to MAKE myself eat. I read the thread about starvation mode and it almost put me into a panic. I have been keeping track of what I have been putting into my mouth in fitday and saw that if I ate only when hungry and stopped when full that I hit about 800-1000 calories. So I have been trying to throw in a thing or two to bring the calories up enough. I have heard your not supposed to have the Atkins shakes on induction but it's the only thing I can get down my throat in the morning, so that is what I use for breakfast. The last thing I want to do is have my body think it is starving. I am glad that I am not the only one with the no appetite issue. It was starting to worry me. But I won't worry about it. I will just make myself eat three times a day. Cathy |
good for you! i need to quit smoking too, but was too scared to do both at once for fear of putting too much on my plate and failing because i was overwhelmed. so, that will have to wait a bit. i still daydream and obsess over food, im jealous of you in that category, but i guess its better that i daydream and obsess over veggies versus chips and french fries ;) you really sound like you're committed- thats GREAT. congrats, good luck, & welcome!!
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i quit smoking and then about two months later got into atkins hardcore. it was not possible for me to do both at the same time - i would have killed somebody. i will say, however, that quitting smoking showed me that i could do anything (like quitting the sugar and flour!)....best of luck to you!!
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On page 200 of the Atkins Essential book Day 9 of the induction twoweek meal plan there is Atkins Advantage Ready to Drink Chocolate Delight Shake listed for a snack. So whereever you heard you could not drink them on induction was wrong drink, and enjoy guilt free. Best wishes on all you are attemptoing to do.
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"I don't obsess about when the next time I eat will be, and I don't daydream about it. In fact I have to MAKE myself eat."
Good for you Cathy. I wish I could stop obsessing about the next time I eat...can't seem to stop yet. I don't have cravings anymore, but I just think about what I'm going to eat for lunch, dinner, snack, etc. :rolleyes: |
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Wow, I thought I was the weird one when it happened to me! Me? Give up a baked potato? french fries? birthday cake? buttered biscuits? Never! But it's true, I do it now and it doesn't even bother me. The one time since I went low carb that I said "oh what the heck" and took a bite out of a yeast roll at a restaurant, I discreetly got it out of my mouth and into a napkin. It tasted HORRIBLE!! Blyeck! I had to program my mind to see flour and sugar and potatoes and rice as deadly things to my body. And I honestly believe they would have been the death of me had I not stopped eating them like I used to. Good luck to you! |
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