Carol H.

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consider yourself hugged! we all tend to binge for some reason or another on

something we shouldn't....i KNOW...last week i ate half of a coffee cake

before smothering it in the garbage can! don't be hard on yourself...let us

all help pick you up and dust ya off, and get back on plan!!!!

Com'on girlfriend....i'm cheerin' you on!

Sherry

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Hi Carol,

You've been on my mind all day, ever since I read your email this

morning.

Nope, not laughing, and not beating you up like you are yourself! Thank

you for telling us the story of what happened. I don't think you

" deserved " to gain 4.5 pounds. Atkins says that cheating on this diet

is the kiss of death. I don't know any of us that don't eventually

learn that the hard way. More like a natural consequence of your

actions.

After all, I know that I have cheated on a variety of diets and lost

weight. Why not this one? I know that all the other diets that I tried

were quantitative... count calories. If I cheat, just cut back at the

next meal, I'll be ok. This one is different... qualitative instead of

quantitative. If I'm hungry, I'm supposed to eat, but **what** I eat is

much more important than how much I eat. For me, I think that if I eat

the something illegal, it is best for me to keep eating the legal foods

and not try to cut back to " make up for the slip " .

Maybe some of the longtimers can explain it better than I can. There is

something about the fat/sugar combination and not putting them

together... it's like dynamite!

So, please, give yourself a hug and fix yourself a good, Atkins-friendly

supper!

I think you are really brave to share so much of yourself with us.

Thanks for listening to me ramble.

Lynn

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> I figure since I share my weight success with you all, that I should

> also share my failure.

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> Carol H.