Gee, I'd have to say that alot of us here on this board (me)might not have been too in touch with our bodies. I can honestly admit that I am (was) more of an emotional eater. Now that I'm on Atkins, I think I'm more in tune to the physical sensations of hunger, so that when I eat, that is what I pay attention too. After a meal I feel satisfied, and I don't get the "rush" that carbs give you.
Hope this helps your curiosity.

I think that you are very much in touch, and aware of your body; which is great. But, you probably pay more attention the feelings after you eat because of the harm and deprivement that the water/juice fasts caused in your body. You sound like you may be shocked at how good it feels to eat normally and surprised at how it feels to digest food that taste good and is good for your body. Just relax and live in the realization that you are doing a good thing for yourself. Welcome to the wonderful world of Atkins!

I agree with Pookalee. Sometimes we live too much inside our own heads, if that makes any sense. If you can simply relax and know that you are giving your body exactly what it needs, you'll be much happier.

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My shrink says that I was under a HUGE amout of pressure while doing this fast, what happen is that on my 60 day into the fast I couldn’t breath well and the doctor who was directing this fast at the spa I was at, he said it was normal, but I knew different so I only stayed on the fast until my 70 dayand then broke the fast bymyself (going away from the spa) as I thought it was just wrong to stay there, I was enroll into the 90 day fast,can you imagine another month with all the side effects? and I just couldn’t continue with all the breathing problems (even do I was so thin, that wasn’t enough, my intuition told me better.

So I left the spa and broke the fast by myself (ohh god huge mistake) my intestines where simply not working and then a huge hunger took over and well I gain all the weight back and more, plus I was left all the days since then with a huge “fear” of having another of those episodes of “not being able to breath” of not digesting things, or depriving myself… since I was surrounded by people that where doing the same fast like me, I was getting all this info like… “is ok to pass thru all this side effects, they are call emotional detox”… emotional detox, wow, how could I agree on this statement.

Is a year from that, but all this year has been a huge transition of letting go my fears, repeating to myself that “now I am safe” etc.. so you all might be right, with time I might get more comfortable and stop focusing so much on my digestion, on my food.

My doc. Says that this diet will help me cure faster of my fears since I eat so much food, coming from animals, fats (totally the opposite of my last years where I was RawVegan)..

I never experienced eating a vegan lifestyle but I once felt that it was important to have one meatless meal/week I thought that I was doing my and my family's health a favor. I never ate the way I truly wanted to until I began Atkins. I do feel good, refreshed after eating a meal of steak, seasoned mashed cauliflower and mustard greens. We have been taught to fear what is good for us and gobble down foods that aren't. Eating is 90% mental. If it weren't 90% mental eating would be so much easier on us humans.

By the way.... I love your story thanks for sharing.

I never experienced eating a vegan lifestyle but I once felt that it was important to have one meatless meal/week I thought that I was doing my and my family's health a favor. I never ate the way I truly wanted to until I began Atkins. I do feel good, refreshed after eating a meal of steak, seasoned mashed cauliflower and mustard greens. We have been taught to fear what is good for us and gobble down foods that aren't. Eating is 90% mental. If it weren't 90% mental eating would be so much easier on us humans.

By the way.... I love your story thanks for sharing.

I used to feel a sort of rush (high blood sugar) after eating, with some digestive discomfort, and then a crash (low blood sugar) after about an hour, at which time I'd get very hungry again.

NOW I feel full and happy, and no roller coaster.

I am only on day 2 of induction, so I really won't be any help with your questions. I do however have an anxiety problem and I am on medication for it. I find that because of my anxiety, I am more aware of how my body reacts to everything. It sounds like you are experiencing anxiety over old feelings.
I hope the reasurrance that you have got from this board will help ease it. I am sure that I will be asking for reasurrance here as well at some point. It is hard to change your thinking and to accept that we can feel satisfied and still reach the goals we are looking for.
Thank you for shring your story!