Journal of my experience when going on the Atkins diet to lose 20-30 pounds.
Published on December 31, 2003 By jim jones In Misc
Went to dinner tonight and thought about how dinners out would be different if I'm on the Atkins. We went to a TexMex place and I had chicken fajitas. I love the fajitas and knowing I won't be able to eat that kills me. I also love mashed potatoes and I won't be able to have them either. No beans or rice either...during dinner I decided we probably won't be going out for dinner much while I'm on the diet. It sort of takes the fun out of things when pretty much all I can have is meat, greens, cheese and diet Coke. I might as well eat at home and have a good grilled Tyson's chicken breast plus save the money.

The good news is that I saw a commercial for Subway. They'll be selling Atkins wrap sandwiches starting next week. Cool!
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on Dec 31, 2003
Oh horse maneure! You just can't eat of ton of it all the time ~grins~ You must occasionally feed the demon or else it consumes you and next thing you know you are feeling bad about yourself cause you just ravaged a whole package of Oreos, 1/4 gallon of ice cream and all the Peanut Butter Cookies. And then you just lose all hope ~sighs~ I know I have been there. I am still very heavy but I am learning how to dampen its power. Tonight I had a common portion of Spaghetti. Then I had a couple small cookies, a recess peanut butter cup and a small santa snickers bar. That is rare for me today, but I sure enjoyed it and so did my demon ~grins~ The absolute worse thing you can do is commit to memory that you will be deprived. It will do everything in its power to eat everything in sight if it believes it will be deprived, so I have been teaching my demon "gluttony" that he will still be fed his desires but on my terms ~grins~