Looks like you want to be fatter. Have fun with it.

Have you tried looking in the mirror? Maybe that will help.

Have you had binging problems before?

i

It's all about choices. I've got a 22 yr old daughter in drug rehab. Her
"recovery" has helped me enormously in dealing with my own overeating and
food addictions. It's my CHOICE to put the wrong food in my mouth -- no one
is holding a gun to my head or threatening my life or my family's life and
making me eat the wrong thing. It's my CHOICE to exercise or not, to eat my
veggies or not, to follow Atkins or not. It's your choice too. You are
choosing to eat those brownies, donuts, etc. No one if forcing you to!

If you WANT to get past the cravings, find alternatives that work for you --
ways to keep your hands and mind busy. For me, it's quilting or knitting or
reading. If I can take my mind off food for those few minutes, I can get
past the tough spots. It's all about choice.

Try and take it minute by minute, hour by hour. When your craving hits, set
a timer for 15 minutes and go do something you enjoy. You can do ANYTHING
for 15 minutes! And if you can get through that 15 minutes, try another 15
on the timer! Keep at it until that craving passes. Then PAT YOURSELF ON THE
BACK!

Take it one craving at a time, one minute at a time, one day at a time. You
can do this IF YOU WANT TO.

Good luck,
Joan J

Atkins since 01/24/04
250/221/???

Don't let the resident creeps get you down. Apparently, they are perfect and
never struggle.
After almost a yr and 70 lbs I got lost down the road of SF candy. Russell
Stovers SF toffee sticks. that combined with having to drive DH around for
almost 3 weeks (not having a license didn't stop him from working 50 hr
weeks) That helped me add a lovely 6 lbs. combine that with some Drinkypoo
(diet coke with Vanilla Absolute) (DH has terminal cancer, coping is easier
with the edge off) and those drinks are soooo yummy they must stir up a
sugar craving in me and no real exercise due to the fact that I was driving
all day and waiting in the van while he did bids etc.
I have stopped all SF candy, no coffee unless exercise first, Sf Jello and
SF popsicles if I really need something sweet. and back to Curves.  I have
about 2 more drinks in the freezer and then I put the booze away I plan on
having that off again in no time flat.
SO pick yourself up by the seat of your pants (while you still can) and
break those cravings again. You know how. You've done it before. Lesson
learned for both of us, I'd say.

I can't give you concrete advice on how to get back on board, but I *can*
tell you that I am, and have always been, addicted to cookies.  I don't
know what it is, but I just love cookies!  A couple days before re-starting
low-carb, I ate an entire 9x13" pan of brownies.  It wasn't worth it.

Please take a look at what happend to me when I let that addiction get the
better of me:
http://photos.yahoo.com/carol_arie

I hope that my miserable experience can inspire you to get back on track.

Best wishes!
Carol

I've never binged.  However, for me, the reduction of carbs to less than 50
or 20 per day for a month caused a reduction in desire for carb based foods
of all kinds.  My guess is that it was not just the brownie that caused your
cravings.  You may have been eating enough carbs to switch back to a carb
based metabolism and the carb cravings come with it.

Use FitDay to track your carbs.  I'll bet the brownies are not the only
problem.

Hypnosis is a very powerful technique.  The trick might be finding a
hypnotist who believes in low carb.

Cubit
308/263.5/165

Note: "BCD" is Binary Coded Decimal.

I think a good place to stop the brownie etc. problem would be *before* they
get in the door!

Avoid the grocery aisles where you buy these things  --  if they are not in
your house, you can't eat them.

Just a thought,

Anne Lurie

If it were me, I'd be looking at two weeks of induction.  That will
reduce the cravings once you're done, but you basically just have to
suffer through those two weeks to get to the point of brekaing the
addiciton again.

IMO, that's a great reason for not going off the wagon... I hate
suffering through those two weeks; easier to avoid it in the first
place.

butch up.

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You do not need hypnosis.  You simply need to want to be trim more than you
want to eat the sweets.

carla