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

lol

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.

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.

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.

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.

GaleHawkins wrote: »

Unless we break bones when we fall off the wagon we just get back on the wagon.

Well said Gale!

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!

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!

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.