i am a university student in the uk, living in halls of residence, because i live on my own i find i ok to stick with the atkins diet, however go home at weekends and i have a little brother who loves snaking on junk food and as a result have foung the house filled with high carb foods. for the past two wekends i have succumbed to temptation and come of the diet, always returning to it on monday morning. i am determined notto to come of it this weekend. anyone have any ideas to help me stick to it?

My only advice is to be prepared with your own LC snacks.

Just kidding! We all love to go home! I have my family members keep there high carb goodies out of my sight...or I move them for them! I have lots of LC goodies to choose from and I personally find that when I am well fed with good fats and proteins and good carbs...I don't want the high carb junk that makes me FEEL LIKE JUNK!

Don't let yourself get too hungry, keep yourself busy...boredom equates to hunger for lots of people...keep a water bottle in your most used hand...makes it awkward to reach for anything else!

Do whatever it takes to make it through...If you really want it, you will find a way to make your new WOE and WOL more important than all that junk!

Best of luck and determination to you!

Bsayne

bsayne,

that was realy encouraging and has given me more determination. thank you!

ive always been so preoccupied with the actual weight loss that the other benifits were always secondary to me and of not that much importance, but you have made me realise that if i value the health factores more ,then it wil give me more reason to stick to the diet.

thank you once again!