Sat, Nov-09-02, 10:45
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Posts: 2,337
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 196/179/150
BF:Ugh!
Progress: 37%
Location: Vacaville, California
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Hi Wanderer...
I've been doing Atkins since April - with lots of on and off reasons along the way. To date, I'm still going up and down with the same 10 pounds I lost on induction. It's frustrating.
But I keep re-starting again and again with wild anticipation of a "new beginning" and a "fresh discipline" and "new motivation" and I'll tell you...it's just easier to forget all of that and just plain continue to eat this way whether you're losing or not.
The reason is that you don't have to make a federal case out of Monday morning...it's emotionally exhausting, it calls to mind the failure of bingeing or whatever, and it's really not necessary.
We all have our moments, even our weekends...but whatever it takes, come BACK to the LC fold immediately before it gets out of your physical AND emotional control. Don't ride the waves of "I did good, I did bad" like I did for so long. Don't grade each day or each weigh-in as a success or failure...just make it a basic way of eating without any expectations. I was surprised at how this last week turned out when I wasn't really giving a damn.
It's kind of like those people who try and try to get pregnant...then they don't bother trying anymore, and whaddyaknow???
Good luck...hang in there!
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