Falling off the Low Carb Wagon
ajmurray1234
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Hello Fellow Low Carbers,
So today I ate more carbs than I would have liked. UTZ potato chips to be exact. I'm wondering if anyone here has ever succumbed to temptation OR, faced temptation and won!
So today I ate more carbs than I would have liked. UTZ potato chips to be exact. I'm wondering if anyone here has ever succumbed to temptation OR, faced temptation and won!
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I faced it for the first time the other night when cooking my dinner and my skinny hubby dinner... I was having a steak salad but he was having bakery buttered herb bread fried fish sand which, now the fish wasn't the problem but that bread was screaming at me... do you hear me.... screaming at me. lmao I told myself ok I'm eating my salad and when i'm done if I want a bite I will have it. Guess what? After my salad i didnt want it so I WON!! Now i'm going to tell myself if I really really want it, I can have it after my meal and only a small portion of what I'm wanting "ag not the whole bag of chips" lol0
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ettaterrell wrote: »I faced it for the first time the other night when cooking my dinner and my skinny hubby dinner... I was having a steak salad but he was having bakery buttered herb bread fried fish sand which, now the fish wasn't the problem but that bread was screaming at me... do you hear me.... screaming at me. lmao I told myself ok I'm eating my salad and when i'm done if I want a bite I will have it. Guess what? After my salad i didnt want it so I WON!! Now i'm going to tell myself if I really really want it, I can have it after my meal and only a small portion of what I'm wanting "ag not the whole bag of chips" lol
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I succumbed last weekend, after being so good for 3 months! I had a half glass of wine, followed by crisps, chocolate, crackers and cheese plus icecream! all one day... I felt like I had a hangover the next day
Monday I did a water fast to 'restart'. The sad thing is only the icecream tasted really good and the rest was pretty ordinary but I ate it anyway.0 -
I had a rough day yesterday. I gave in and had a sliver of the apple pie the kids BEGGED me to make with them last weekend. Ordinarily that would be a one-time splurge but it really took over my appetite. I could have eaten the siding off the house I was so hungry all day. Today I was determined not to let Tuesday slide into Wednesday and let Wednesday become a whole weekend. So far, so good.0
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I just hit my first hurdle - two days of eating at someone else's house. They put so much effort into the meals, I did not want to offend and/or explain what I should be eating. I skipped some obvious things like potatoes, so it was not a disaster, but today I woke up with carb cravings and three pounds above where I should be.0
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Its honestly a minute to minute struggle for me. I am a carbaholic. Lately I've been going to bed right when the kids go to bed at 8 pm because the desire to binge on carbs is so bad. Ive had bumps in the road and I guess what keeps me here is looking at progress pictures and knowing that if I give in I'll end up as miserable as I was in my start pictures.0
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The first couple of months were the hardest. The cravings are real! Early on I was lucky to have wonderful people to follow here and after thanking one of them for their awesome support they told me how much they appreciated the comments but to remember that it was me making the decision to do it. That has stuck with me, and will forever I'm sure. I am making the decision to make the best choices for me. Has been a sort of mantra for me. Since about two months in I haven't experienced cravings and have been able to resist temptations, completely. I've even cut birthday cake three times without even wanting to lick my fingers! It's a place I never knew was possible!
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Many of us have been there. The trick is to pick yourself up, dust the carb dust off, and recommit to yourself. Lower your carbs more, stick to LCHF and the cravings will go away. If they come back, just repeat again and again.
I find that I feel so bad after indulging in those foods, that I don't want to do it again. Each time I fall off the wagon though, I don't fall as far or as low.....and it gets easier to get back to it.
There are so many awesome reasons to stick with this WOE........the way we feel, the way we look, how our skin glows with health, how much energy we have.....I could go on and on. Let's not jeopardize our health or our weight loss plans. The carbs are just not worth it.0 -
I say if your heathy eat more fat, I'm a fat eater and really 3 weeks in only one time of cravings and the last time I tried low carb I was starving then someone said up my fats and now I agree0
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I did well for about a month, caved once for birthday cake and have never truly gotten it back together since. Because I have only been half-hearted about it, I struggle with cravings regularly and lose.
Tomorrow is a new day and a new month and I'm committing to getting my fat back up and my carbs back down to get back in the game.0 -
Unless we break bones when we fall off the wagon we just get back on the wagon. 0
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GaleHawkins wrote: »Unless we break bones when we fall off the wagon we just get back on the wagon.
Well said Gale!
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We had bday lunch at work yesterday, I had to try a SMALL piece of my boss' sister's homemade Canoloni (sp?). Of course, that led to another piece, a breadstick, some cake, some ice cream, then pizza and a Twinkie for dinner. UGHHH! After 3 weeks of staying under 50 net g a day, I went crazy. My stomach is now bloated out 3 inches, I feel sick to my tummy and feel bone tired and dragging butt. Trying to drink as much water as possible today and start back at day 1. I completely lost control and I NOW know that the "hangover' is NOT worth the temporary bite of food..it didn't even TASTE that good..well nothing after that first piece of pasta tasted very good. Yep..agree with above..just get back on the wagon. Have a healthy and blessed week, y'all! 0
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Adding in some healthy fats can actually soothe the stomach some. A hard workout to burn some of those carbs might help too. Other than that, getting back on track and back to basics is key!0
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Must be something in the air. I gave in and got KFC last night. When things get bad in my life, I tend to eat carbs. I need to stop emotional eating.0
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Thanks, KnitOrMiss! I did add a little extra HWC to my BPC this morning, and have tracked cals like a ninja, and am at net 21 g carbs for the day. I remember reading on here about sweating out the extra stuff in your tummy (forgot the scientific jargon) now that you mention it. I might just have to dust off the elliptical tonight. Thanks! 0
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I've been a ' Hot Tamale candy' craving. Crazy! I never ate those before I started eating low carbs. Long story short. 100% blew today. 2 biquits for dinner, 1/2 box of Hot Tamales and 1/2 box of whoppers! What is wrong with me!!!!!I succumbed last weekend, after being so good for 3 months! I had a half glass of wine, followed by crisps, chocolate, crackers and cheese plus icecream! all one day... I felt like I had a hangover the next day
Monday I did a water fast to 'restart'. The sad thing is only the icecream tasted really good and the rest was pretty ordinary but I ate it anyway.
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I had a terrible day yesterday and the kids were determined to make me runaway. Instead of diving headfirst in their junk food, I chewed gum like an angry cow and brewed myself some Tension Tamer tea. I breathed and watched a show on Amazon.
I strengthened my "resistance" muscle last night.
But if you don't make it, it isn't the falling down that defines you. What MAKES you is you getting right back up. No guilt, but no excuses either. So you fell down? SO? Did you get right back up, or did you lay in the failure and wallow in it? In my old life, I did the latter. Now when I mess up, I immediately get back up, dust off, and get back to business. That is strength.
Fall down 7 times, get up 8.
Get up that extra time. That's winning. You only fail if you give up. 0 -
All so true @baconslave!!
Giving in to temptation due to stress, emotions...is giving your power over to whomever, or whatever, is creating the situation. I have given my power away too many times to count! Once I learned that I was doing that I have taken the power back, and choose to keep it everyday! It's a choice that's only you can make!0 -
baconslave wrote: »I had a terrible day yesterday and the kids were determined to make me runaway. Instead of diving headfirst in their junk food, I chewed gum like an angry cow and brewed myself some Tension Tamer tea. I breathed and watched a show on Amazon.
I strengthened my "resistance" muscle last night.
But if you don't make it, it isn't the falling down that defines you. What MAKES you is you getting right back up. No guilt, but no excuses either. So you fell down? SO? Did you get right back up, or did you lay in the failure and wallow in it? In my old life, I did the latter. Now when I mess up, I immediately get back up, dust off, and get back to business. That is strength.
Fall down 7 times, get up 8.
Get up that extra time. That's winning. You only fail if you give up.
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baconslave wrote: »I had a terrible day yesterday and the kids were determined to make me runaway. Instead of diving headfirst in their junk food, I chewed gum like an angry cow and brewed myself some Tension Tamer tea. I breathed and watched a show on Amazon.
I strengthened my "resistance" muscle last night.
But if you don't make it, it isn't the falling down that defines you. What MAKES you is you getting right back up. No guilt, but no excuses either. So you fell down? SO? Did you get right back up, or did you lay in the failure and wallow in it? In my old life, I did the latter. Now when I mess up, I immediately get back up, dust off, and get back to business. That is strength.
Fall down 7 times, get up 8.
Get up that extra time. That's winning. You only fail if you give up.
You really have some of the best words and perspective! I've strengthened this "muscle" too, but I hadn't determined how to quantify or describe it yet. You've done it perfectly. And Kudos to you for surviving the madness! 0 -
I "fall of the wagon" regularly. I just don't think of it that way. Most days I'll be in the very low carb range, then on weekends, and apparently if I'm not feeling well, I'll be in the higher carb range, though still around 100g a day. I tend not to feel bad or guilty or like I failed about it now. Its just part of how I do it. I always come back, usually those higher days have me feeling kinda sick digestively afterwards so its really easy to come back to low low carb. I just try to make sure its worth it when I do go for higher carbage. Just get back on track today, don't make it an every day thing, and you will do just fine.0
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elitedaily.com/life/culture/stop-self-sabotaging-hard-work/979211/
This is a struggle for most all mankind it seems. I am dealing with this in another area of life. This guy who has many talents is leading in a way (on the business side) that is guaranteed it will cause things will blow up. He then wants to blame others. It is hard to build a volunteer organization when the head is self sabotaging.
The article helped me see this morning how I do the same in many areas.0 -
Yes. But the important thing is not to let it derail you. Keep going. Over time, with consistency, you will see results, regardless of the occasional slip.0
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I feel like most cravings for "bad food" are just some misfiring of the brain telling you you're hungry. Before I make a bad decision, I usually crush a smoothie or any healthy food and then see if I still want that calzone... or was I just hungry for anything and calzone was the thing to represent that.0
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baconslave wrote: »I had a terrible day yesterday and the kids were determined to make me runaway. Instead of diving headfirst in their junk food, I chewed gum like an angry cow and brewed myself some Tension Tamer tea. I breathed and watched a show on Amazon.
I strengthened my "resistance" muscle last night.
But if you don't make it, it isn't the falling down that defines you. What MAKES you is you getting right back up. No guilt, but no excuses either. So you fell down? SO? Did you get right back up, or did you lay in the failure and wallow in it? In my old life, I did the latter. Now when I mess up, I immediately get back up, dust off, and get back to business. That is strength.
Fall down 7 times, get up 8.
Get up that extra time. That's winning. You only fail if you give up.
What a great and encouraging response!0 -
I really wanted to eat the birthday cake they had at work today for a co-worker, and am stressed out over lots of things, but I know where birthday cake leads me (craving more and more cake, more this and that, and pain in my joints and feeling terrible), so I had a protein smoothie instead, and now I am leaving work and going home to have dinner! I have a fun exercise session planned tomorrow and I know I won't go and feel terrible if I load up on the carbs! But it is a work in progress. I can go a month without feeling cravings and then they descend like a dark cloud. But giving in only makes it worse, and makes the cravings last longer (like 3 months instead of a few hours or at worst a few days!) I had a great exercise session this morning, wouldn't be able to do that if full of dumpy carbs!0
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »baconslave wrote: »I had a terrible day yesterday and the kids were determined to make me runaway. Instead of diving headfirst in their junk food, I chewed gum like an angry cow and brewed myself some Tension Tamer tea. I breathed and watched a show on Amazon.
I strengthened my "resistance" muscle last night.
But if you don't make it, it isn't the falling down that defines you. What MAKES you is you getting right back up. No guilt, but no excuses either. So you fell down? SO? Did you get right back up, or did you lay in the failure and wallow in it? In my old life, I did the latter. Now when I mess up, I immediately get back up, dust off, and get back to business. That is strength.
Fall down 7 times, get up 8.
Get up that extra time. That's winning. You only fail if you give up.
You really have some of the best words and perspective! I've strengthened this "muscle" too, but I hadn't determined how to quantify or describe it yet. You've done it perfectly. And Kudos to you for surviving the madness!
Them kids are trying to kill me.
The idea of a resistance muscle was introduced to me by the Beck Diet Solution. I never finished the book as at the time I wasn't ready. I hadn't stopped lying to myself that I needed to eat low-carb so I couldn't sustain the diet long enough to complete it. It's a good book though.
The rest is what I have learned and employed in the past year. Easy? Not remotely. I've had to fight myself constantly as even though I've resolved my emotional and psychological issues with food, the biological drive to binge and the random cravings, the body-driven stuff, aren't going away completely. Some things I have to keep an eye on for life. I could be overwhelmed and hopeless and give up. But I'm going to fight till I die, because I'm ornery like that.
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baconslave wrote: »The rest is what I have learned and employed in the past year. Easy? Not remotely. I've had to fight myself constantly as even though I've resolved my emotional and psychological issues with food, the biological drive to binge and the random cravings, the body-driven stuff, aren't going away completely. Some things I have to keep an eye on for life. I could be overwhelmed and hopeless and give up. But I'm going to fight till I die, because I'm ornery like that.
Do you mind if I ask how you resolved your emotional and psychological issues with food?0
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