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Allie,

To me it sounds like there are two problems here. Will you allow me to take a guess as to what they are? Forgive me for being so forward and direct but this is a public forum, so, I guess it's okay if I comment. I can only guess so confidently because I've been there a thousand times in the past... but no more!


FIRST: I can tell you have some cheat foods in the house. Get rid of them. You are using them CONSTANTLY. So much so that your cheat foods constitute your real diet and you are not actually on a low carb diet at all. Throw the junk food out. It's keeping you destabilized, and thus always in this miserable state of craving. You already know what the foods are, and you suspect they are causing the problem, but haven't gotten rid of them and keep buying more of whatever it is. Stop buying it and throw out what you have, right now.


SECOND: You are denying yourself something very important. Remember: This diet is about WHAT you eat.. not how much or how often, especially at the beginning. Not fully appreciating that is what's killing you now. Because you haven't fully appreciated that the diet is about what you eat (at first), you're denying the truth, which is that you DO want to eat, you want to gorge "free and easy" and you care more about that than losing weight... so the trick is: STOP KIDDING YOURSELF. EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. That's the fantastic thing about this diet!!!!

You don't have to deny yourself ANYTHING at first, so stop trying to. Eat whenever you want... just remember to eat the RIGHT FOODS... that makes the "struggle" more like a "hell of a good time". Imagine... you can literally eat a pound or two of meatballs (make your own with zero carbs) in alfredo sauce (make your own with zero carbs) if you want to... just skip the bread and pasta. Still hungry? Eat MORE. Eat until you DON'T WANT TO EAT anymore. Problem solved. Here's why:

It's true, at first you may eat more than ever, I know I did. But as your body adjusts to a new low level of carbs, it will adapt itself and you will feel LESS like eating. And when you go into ketosis and STAY IN KETOSIS for a week or so, you will start getting "high energy" rushes. When you start getting those rushes, you won't want to gorge like you do now. After you stop gorging and your metabolism goes up, your stomach will shrink. When your stomach shrinks, your binges will shrink. You'll see.

Simple as that.

I believe that for persons such as yourself (and me), Atkins recommended they stay away from sugar alcohols and booze, too, and take L-Glutamine. You may want to research that yourself.

Hope I didn't overstp my bounds too terribly... but I also hope I'm right because right now you are telling yourself there is no practical solution... BUT THERE IS.