Hellraiser
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Hi all just wanted to say that I like the Atkins forum and the people on it but that I am not officially on the Atkins Diet.
I have never even read the book fully, I understand the principles of not eating carbs, and I have used those in order to lose weight.
I would like to share with you all what has worked for me.
I think that the most important part of weight loss is feeling good, at the same time being realistic. For example, if you think eating 10 doughnuts makes you feel good then you might feel good for a while after eating them, but you won't lose weight, therefore the feel good factor is short-lived. I am talking about things like the fact, I enjoy taking milk in my tea, I am not prepared to stop doing that, all it would do is make me feel like I wanted it more, ending up in me thinking this diet is not for me and then stopping.
I have used several methods along the way that I feel might be of help to some of you, I am sharing them, not to look like a know it all, because honestly these are just my personal methods and it is quite possible they would do nothing at all for you.
I always have had a problem taking orders, it turns out that this extends even to orders that come from me. So If you feel like this, don’t be too strict on yourself, just do what you need to do to lose weight and feel happy, an example of this is that, I said from the start, if I want a bag of chips I’ll eat a bloody bag of chips, turns out I haven’t eaten a single bag in 4 months.
Another method is that I decided a while back that certain things were just off the menu, imagine one day you woke up to find out you were allergic to peanuts, if you loved peanuts you just wouldn’t be able to eat them anymore, I have just simply taken food with carbs off the menu and instead of thinking to myself I cannot eat those things, I concentrate on the things I can eat, I cannot even tell you how well this works, just try it, it works! The first time I did the Atkins there were so many days I said to myself, “I’d kill for a sandwich, I’d kill for some chips. This time however I thought to myself, “what can I have tonight, “steak?” oh I love steak more than bread anyway, can’t get any better than eating the food you love most and still losing weight.
Funnily enough at this moment I cannot think of anymore methods I’ve used but when I do I’ll post them, but the most important rule of all is, Just be honest with yourself, don’t beat yourself up when you make a mistake and be happy
I have never even read the book fully, I understand the principles of not eating carbs, and I have used those in order to lose weight.
I would like to share with you all what has worked for me.
I think that the most important part of weight loss is feeling good, at the same time being realistic. For example, if you think eating 10 doughnuts makes you feel good then you might feel good for a while after eating them, but you won't lose weight, therefore the feel good factor is short-lived. I am talking about things like the fact, I enjoy taking milk in my tea, I am not prepared to stop doing that, all it would do is make me feel like I wanted it more, ending up in me thinking this diet is not for me and then stopping.
I have used several methods along the way that I feel might be of help to some of you, I am sharing them, not to look like a know it all, because honestly these are just my personal methods and it is quite possible they would do nothing at all for you.
I always have had a problem taking orders, it turns out that this extends even to orders that come from me. So If you feel like this, don’t be too strict on yourself, just do what you need to do to lose weight and feel happy, an example of this is that, I said from the start, if I want a bag of chips I’ll eat a bloody bag of chips, turns out I haven’t eaten a single bag in 4 months.
Another method is that I decided a while back that certain things were just off the menu, imagine one day you woke up to find out you were allergic to peanuts, if you loved peanuts you just wouldn’t be able to eat them anymore, I have just simply taken food with carbs off the menu and instead of thinking to myself I cannot eat those things, I concentrate on the things I can eat, I cannot even tell you how well this works, just try it, it works! The first time I did the Atkins there were so many days I said to myself, “I’d kill for a sandwich, I’d kill for some chips. This time however I thought to myself, “what can I have tonight, “steak?” oh I love steak more than bread anyway, can’t get any better than eating the food you love most and still losing weight.
Funnily enough at this moment I cannot think of anymore methods I’ve used but when I do I’ll post them, but the most important rule of all is, Just be honest with yourself, don’t beat yourself up when you make a mistake and be happy
