I should have seen it coming a mile away. I think it all started with the coffee. I was two weeks into Atkins, feeling great with tons of energy and raving to all my friends about how wonderful this diet was. In my supreme confidence I decided that a cup of coffee in the mornings wouldn't really hurt.

A few days later I thought "a couple almonds" won't really hurt (see where this is going?). Then I went out of town at the end of week 3 and the sashimi I ordered arrived as rice covered maki and sushi instead and I didn't send it back. Then on Sunday's drive home there was the Wendy's salad with what turned out to be low fat dressing and I was starving. After that I arrived home and had a tiny sample pack of chips that was lying around for no good reason. After that I started "hearing the call of the doritos" (my biggest weakness).

The only thing I can respect myself for is that after finding myself in the convenience store I picked up two regular sized bags of doritos instead of the giant feedbag sized one that I really wanted.

When I woke up this morning I finally understood just how much eating crap will slow me down. Fortunately I somehow managed to drag myself out of the slump and get back in the game.

This is the price I pay for letting myself get a little too confident that I was "in control"

24 hours post-binge I can feel my energy returning. Won't be doing that again!

-Ashtaroth

Just realize it's an addictive reaction and move on. Meanwhile control the triggers and your environment. Sometimes if the feelings hit but there is nothing quick and illegal, the feelings pass.