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!!

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!!

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.

"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.

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!