Doing Terrible! Please help!!

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Doing Terrible! Please help!!
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Sun, 11-16-2003 - 7:58pm
Let's see. . . ."technically" I have been on SB for a week. But let me tell you, I have been so discouraged! I have cheated mercilessly! I just can't seem to help myself! It's almost like there are too many choices with SB and so, maybe I don't feel like I am dieting??

Oh, I don't know!! I am post-Atkins and I did great with that! The only reason I switched is that I was bored with my food choices and having a lot of trouble digesting all that fat! I felt sick a lot of the time but, I was losing weight.

I am feeling sorry for myself and I need to just quit it and get back on the horse!

Thanks for letting me "cry".

~Amy~

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Registered: 06-02-2003
Sun, 11-16-2003 - 8:13pm
Well.. Sistah Im in the same boat as you are. Feeling a bit discouraged all week actually. But hey, I look what Im eating, and Im not doing anything "wrong". I think it's a mindset, Atkins vs. SBD. I guess the "allowable carbs" on SBD really have to be accepted as what they are. The slice of whole wheat bread is ok. The brown rice, the fruits, the veggies, etc.

I guess some of us just lose less quick then others and we just have to wait it out. I think if this board wasn't here for me to vent, I'd be in big trouble! lol

Good luck

Gretchen

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Sun, 11-16-2003 - 11:18pm

Amy,


Sorry to hear you're feeling discouraged.

 

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Mon, 11-17-2003 - 7:21am
Gretchen-

As sorry as I am we are in the same boat, I am glad to not be alone! ;)

I find myself starting out in the morning doing fine. . . and then by the end of the day, I have had sugar- in the form of cake or candy- or I have eaten a totally horrible carb- white bread- or something like that.

I am allowing other stressors in my life to provide excuses for not eating right!

~Amy~

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Mon, 11-17-2003 - 7:27am
Catherine~

Thank you for responding! I am in Phase 1 and I am going to stay here until I get it right! LOL

I am snacking on forbidden foods. OR eating something when we are out- like POTATOES. We do eat out a lot on the weekends. And while I am totally aware of my choices and that it can be done, I just don't want to! :(

OR I am so busy. . . I have 4 children. . . I grab 'n go. . . I always have. So, if there isn't something quick and uncomplicated to eat, either I don't eat or I eat something I shouldn't. AARRRR!! It just seems like a vicious cycle to me. I really want to do this. I have a lot of weight to lose but I have it broken down into baby steps. I went from 265 to 250 and that was my first goal but, I have 2 lbs that are "playing" with me. They go up and down. And I am certainly not helping things!!!

I feel like I am a "helpless" case!!

~Amy~

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Registered: 08-08-2003
Mon, 11-17-2003 - 10:49am

Hi Amy,


Sorry for your struggle!

Maggie  

"Success is a journey, not a destination"

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Mon, 11-17-2003 - 1:17pm
Hi Amy,

I feel your tears! I too have struggled, When I would start the SBD I'd get this horrible withdrawl headache & cravings, so I'd cheat and it would go away, then the next day, same thing, day after day. I kept thinking I could whin myself from the withdrawl & cravings, but it doesn't work that way. I had to go cold turkey. The first day my headache was terrble! But on the second day, the headache & cravings were gone! Now I feel great, No more temptations, I'm empowered! I'm like an alcoholic, if I fall off that wagon, I don't get right back on. So I have to never fall off that wagon. The longer I stay on it, the easier it is to stay on it.

Good Luck to you, Kelly

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Registered: 11-06-2003
Mon, 11-17-2003 - 11:28pm
Hi Amy,

I truly understand how hard it is. I have a husband who is not on the SBD with me and a little girl who loves her treats as well. On top of potlucks and my niece spending the night the other night and us baking choc. cookies! Ugh! Let me tell you, I slipped. I ate the cookies and I ate pizza that night as well! Not good. But you know what? I started right back up the next day. If it was sooo easy to not eat the tempting foods we wouldn't be on the diet to begin with! LOL! Just pick yourself back up and start fresh the next day. Don't beat yourself up too much. You'll convince yourself it's not worth it then. And you know it is. Also, if I can recommend that you take one day of the week and cut up fresh vegies and prepare most of your weeks meals ahead of time, it would really help with making better choices when your hungry. On Sundays, I cut up any fresh vegies I might want to snack on for the week and cook like green beans and cabbage (whole heads of it) ahead of time. I'll make several chicken breast or steaks and have them in the fridge. On top of my cheese sticks and low fat lunch meat. And I'll tell you what, it's much easier to reach for it when I'm hungry if it's right there and ready to eat or just microwave. I've noticed that if I skip or wait a long time to eat in between meals, I start thinking of all the wrong things. I still feel like I'm cheating because I eat a lot more than I ever did when I wasn't on this diet. But if your eating celery sticks and broccoli or cauliflower how bad can it be? Stick to it, you'll do fine!

Good Luck,

Haylomama

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Tue, 11-18-2003 - 7:31am
I really don't know what was different or why I could avoid potatoes and bread and do so well. Maybe the timing was just right (or wrong) for me to start cheating because I had been doing Atkins for a month and then, I started SB.

I am trying really hard to incorporate this with the family so I don't feel cheated and they don't know they are eating better!! LOL

~*Amy*~

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Tue, 11-18-2003 - 7:33am
That is terrible! I am so sorry you had such symptoms! I haven't had anything like that. I am just weak (emotionally right now) and I have ALWAYS used the wrong foods for comfort!!

~*Amy*~

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Tue, 11-18-2003 - 7:36am
You gave me some wonderful suggestions-thank you!

The weird thing about me is. . . I am not someone who used to eat large amounts of sweets. I have always preferred veggies and fruit (maybe that's part of it, too- missing the fruit) to cakes and cookies.

It is all about what is available to me. I will try some of what you are suggesting and just get tougher on myself!

Thanks!!

~*Amy*~

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