Atkins Diet Quick Hits: I Cheated, What do I do now?

In recognition that unfortunate events happen to many Atkins Dieters in which temptation or poor plotting caused terrible behavior, I made a video on what to do after one’s cheated. I intentionally did not address the plotted cheat days as those who plot for those days typically have a plot for afterwards as well. I am still very much a believer that it is realistic to not cheat on one’s diet if one is vigillant and accountable, but cheating does not have to be a death sentence to your weight loss. I separated the group of cheaters into two groups – those who failed to plot for a hard situation and simply have to get back on the wagon. They were in control and made the rational choice to hop off the diet. Their path back on the wagon is simply get the excess glucose and glycogen out of their system and resume the phase (IMO) where they were at. The group that succombed to cravings I thought about differently. These are more often less rational decisions and more often spur of the moment decisions. With these situations, I would encourage the person to examine what happened and how to prevent it from happening again, eg progress to OWL phase, diversions to the temptation, etc. I might encourage another 14 day Induction cycle if you feel out of control of your eating. I say this only because I want you guys to get to goal and stay there. This isn’t a race to goal. It’s a marathon or a journey, and I had to learn a lot of things along the way as well. I hope this helps …