ladyfelsham
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Oh big hugs (((((((((((((((((Brennie)))))))))))))))) xxx
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Alpaca
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Group hug needed!!! Xxx
Can't wait to get home and scoff !!! I need a chicken breast mayo cucumber celery and prawns with maybe a smidge of iceberg lettuce!
So cross as I had a catch up with a potential client in a useless trendy place that only served pre made sandwiches or quiches and their lattes were made with sweetened soya... I couldn't refuse both food and drink so had the latte thinking it would be unsweetened ... Grrrrr... And ended up with nothing to eat again!! Lol
Anyway ... In future I must opt for herbal tea!! Lol
Never mind...
Can't wait to get home and scoff !!! I need a chicken breast mayo cucumber celery and prawns with maybe a smidge of iceberg lettuce!
So cross as I had a catch up with a potential client in a useless trendy place that only served pre made sandwiches or quiches and their lattes were made with sweetened soya... I couldn't refuse both food and drink so had the latte thinking it would be unsweetened ... Grrrrr... And ended up with nothing to eat again!! Lol
Anyway ... In future I must opt for herbal tea!! Lol
Never mind...
ladyfelsham
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Hope you're home soon love, it's cold out there! Am about to stick the heating on and have a couple of Toulouse sossies mmm 
Amazing how many places use sweetened soya - pointless, really!
Amazing how many places use sweetened soya - pointless, really!
Alpaca
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Had a good day then just blown it!! Eaten an entire herd of rhinoceros who happened to be playing in a shop laden with carbs!!
Now I feel stuffed and sick and really p*ssed off with myself !!!
Going for a bath soon ... just too angry ! My reactions to food when I'm presented with a trigger are just so similar to an alcoholic ... I must figure out what the trigger is and what I need to do to prevent it!
Now I feel stuffed and sick and really p*ssed off with myself !!!
Going for a bath soon ... just too angry ! My reactions to food when I'm presented with a trigger are just so similar to an alcoholic ... I must figure out what the trigger is and what I need to do to prevent it!
moonlights
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It's just one day, get back on track and you know it will clear out of your system. It is HARD to retrain yourself when you've taken a few little breaks but if anyone can do it you can. You must take plenty of food with you so you are never starving and always have something with you when the carbs call. Just leave today behind and keep going with your cleanliness and greenliness. Making yourself feel worse wont serve any good purpose xxx
Alpaca
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Thank you ML... I know it's just the day but I'm really disappointed in myself... You are SO right that having a break or several makes it so hard to get back on track... Weird isn't it?!
Draw a line and start again tomorrow... Fingers' crossed ...
My friend in the attic doesn't help as he has such a carb-tooth that there's stuff everywhere... I need to keep myself away from his influences!! Lol
Sending hugs to Brennie xxx sounds like you're needing them right now honey bunch xxx
Draw a line and start again tomorrow... Fingers' crossed ...
My friend in the attic doesn't help as he has such a carb-tooth that there's stuff everywhere... I need to keep myself away from his influences!! Lol
Sending hugs to Brennie xxx sounds like you're needing them right now honey bunch xxx
moonlights
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I think it's just that you get used to the convenience of carbs. When weighing the pros and cons of this diet, convenience is always the biggest con - its just so easy to pick up carby food and usually tricker and/or more expensive to find Atkins friendly fare. But that convenience is what helped us eat too much of it in the first place - or me at least. I always wanted to try a bit of everything.
You can make good substitutes for nealy anything on Atkins but they're not going to sell them at the local coffee shop.
Maybe you should try making some cocoa bark. It's induction friendly and the best chocolate alternative I can think of - its definitely stopped any choc cravings for me.
You can make good substitutes for nealy anything on Atkins but they're not going to sell them at the local coffee shop.
Maybe you should try making some cocoa bark. It's induction friendly and the best chocolate alternative I can think of - its definitely stopped any choc cravings for me.
Ange7367
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It's hard isn't ....I slipped up a bit yesterday and had far too much alcohol plus some illegal foods ....I find with me it either goes one way or the other ...I go on a binge and come off plan cos mentally you feel annoyed with yourself ...or you brush yourself down and put it down to a one off and get back on track ...in the last few years I've been bouncing around on plan/off plan getting me no where....so need forget yesterday and draw a line under it and go clean and green I'm with you today and not going to beat myself up over my slip up
I'm with you today and not going to beat myself up over my slip up
ladyfelsham
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Morning sweetie
ML is absolutely right, to avoid the carb trap you need to be prepared and have food with you - this is my major slip up area, I can go great guns on low carb - if I don't go outside! If I don't prepare, I just do not have the discipline to go and buy salami and chicken pieces, and instead I head for the nearest sandwich...
So - as you say, draw a line under it, don't dwell on it and certainly do NOT keep beating yourself up about it. I found the intro section of Dr Clarke's book really interesting, as he explains about carbs and insulin spikes (all of which we know) but from the point of view of how we cannot help but fail to lose weight if we eat lots of carbs, and he gets that we feel personally a failure if we slip up and so on - but has some good answers for why we shouldn't.
If I get time today, I'll retype the bits I especially like and will post them on a separate thread.
Sxxx
ML is absolutely right, to avoid the carb trap you need to be prepared and have food with you - this is my major slip up area, I can go great guns on low carb - if I don't go outside! If I don't prepare, I just do not have the discipline to go and buy salami and chicken pieces, and instead I head for the nearest sandwich...
So - as you say, draw a line under it, don't dwell on it and certainly do NOT keep beating yourself up about it. I found the intro section of Dr Clarke's book really interesting, as he explains about carbs and insulin spikes (all of which we know) but from the point of view of how we cannot help but fail to lose weight if we eat lots of carbs, and he gets that we feel personally a failure if we slip up and so on - but has some good answers for why we shouldn't.
If I get time today, I'll retype the bits I especially like and will post them on a separate thread.
Sxxx
Kat1e
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Morning Di :wavey:
Sorry to hear you are having a tough time getting head where you want it. Hope you can insist that carby things in house kept out of sight - we have one cupboard for DD so i dont have to look at it normally - has saved me many times!
Huge ((hugs)) and keep being nice to yourself - love ya xxx
Sorry to hear you are having a tough time getting head where you want it. Hope you can insist that carby things in house kept out of sight - we have one cupboard for DD so i dont have to look at it normally - has saved me many times!
Huge ((hugs)) and keep being nice to yourself - love ya xxx
stubbsey
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Hope your over the guilt and disappointment of your slip up. why do we beat ourselves up sooo much over what is, when all said and done, a pretty minor naughty! I do agree with the the girlies who said you should take more food with you, being in the low carb zone can leave us like that we are so used to not feeling hunger and everything being fine, but when it does strike and you are no prepared thats when its so tempting to reach for the evil carbs. i used to always keep a can of tuna in my locker at work, or a can of macerel fillets and i got into the habbit of taking more food than i needed just in case i was having a hungry night. it was easier on ww to do that when there are so many more things you can take in and fall back on. but we can do it, just need to be a bit more prepared with the treats we make like the bark, crisps and even some oopsie sandwiches.
its tempting to push yourself to go without during the day, i do it all the time i skip lunch and have an earlier dinner, but when you cant do that its such a long time to push yourself, and when u get strung out again those evil carbs take hold of us..
so, no more self bashing and tomorrow is a brand new day xxx sending luvs x
its tempting to push yourself to go without during the day, i do it all the time i skip lunch and have an earlier dinner, but when you cant do that its such a long time to push yourself, and when u get strung out again those evil carbs take hold of us..
so, no more self bashing and tomorrow is a brand new day xxx sending luvs x
Alpaca
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Thank you SO much for your wise and generous words!!! Have had a good day so far ... But just hope I get through the next few hours which seem to be the worst..
B - egg and mama lupe wrap
L - Mexican chilli chicken slices from m&s, 2 slices of 20g cheddar cheese, wafer thin chicken slices from m&s
D - not sure til I get home - currently on a train coming back from Huntingdon
Also did a 2 mile walk around half a lake today - very windy but very pleasant ! X
B - egg and mama lupe wrap
L - Mexican chilli chicken slices from m&s, 2 slices of 20g cheddar cheese, wafer thin chicken slices from m&s
D - not sure til I get home - currently on a train coming back from Huntingdon
Also did a 2 mile walk around half a lake today - very windy but very pleasant ! X
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Alpaca
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Moaning...
So, I had a Mama Lupe wrap yesterday and also one tescos own brand artificial sweetener (just one wee tab) - so one of those is a staller - my guess is the wrap as I think it stalled me before. The rest of the day was completely and utterly Atkins.
Annoyingly I'm having another wrap this morning with an egg and some butter. I must throw the packet away - can't be having anything in the house that works against me! lol
Oh well, my body is so sensitive to some things. I must avoid them! lol
So, I had a Mama Lupe wrap yesterday and also one tescos own brand artificial sweetener (just one wee tab) - so one of those is a staller - my guess is the wrap as I think it stalled me before. The rest of the day was completely and utterly Atkins.
Annoyingly I'm having another wrap this morning with an egg and some butter. I must throw the packet away - can't be having anything in the house that works against me! lol
Oh well, my body is so sensitive to some things. I must avoid them! lol
Ange7367
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Shut your eyes and throw them in the bin....I'm the same I don't have much in the house to lead me into temptation ...think family are getting fed up with the fridge full of veg, cream, mayonnaise, cheese and meat. But the way I look at it is that at least they have a proper meal every night all the other goodies/junk are not good for them so don't buy in the first place
moonlights
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Yes the wrap could be a staller - I noticed small gains when I had them and would only eat them and rolls etc in maintenance myself
But
If you're basing the idea that you've been stalled on not losing this morning, it's far more likely to be the belated after effects of your carby slip. Avoid the wraps for now but stick them in the freezer and try them again when you've been settled into Atkins for a few weeks xx
But
If you're basing the idea that you've been stalled on not losing this morning, it's far more likely to be the belated after effects of your carby slip. Avoid the wraps for now but stick them in the freezer and try them again when you've been settled into Atkins for a few weeks xx
Alpaca
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Morning! Thank you all so much for your help and support ...
Head isn't brilliant still but I'm ever hopeful !
B - egg scrambled with cheese and butter - coffee
Had bloody pressure taken yesterday it's at the top end of normal - but normal at any end is good lol ... Will get bloods done in a couple of weeks. Xx
Head isn't brilliant still but I'm ever hopeful !
B - egg scrambled with cheese and butter - coffee
Had bloody pressure taken yesterday it's at the top end of normal - but normal at any end is good lol ... Will get bloods done in a couple of weeks. Xx
ladyfelsham
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Morning sweetie - sounds like you are getting back into the groove.
Have a nice soothing day - I hope!
Have a nice soothing day - I hope!
moonlights
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I'd like to give your head a cuddle, I think it needs one.I hope today is a good one for you - one day at a time! And take snacks with you if you're out
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