Help. withdrawals...

asheraa

asheraa

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I have been trying to detox, and eating healthy for about 4 days now. Trouble is that I have suddenly been hit with really bad withdrawals on day 4. I had to take today off work and finally gave in today and had fried chicken and gravy and twisties :mad:

I feel so guilty, and its worse because I was shaking like a junkie while I was eating it, but the symptoms that had me taking the day off work and considering going to the hospital disapeared strait after the first few mouthfulls.

I really want to get the crap out of my diet, but I can't work when I feel so ill. Anyone got any ideas which thing I should get rid of first to minimize the withdrawals.

My main problems are chocolate, diet coke, and chips. There are others there too, but they seem to be the problems aside from the smoking (I don't want to quit smoking untill I have some decent time off work though).

Help??
 
Take it one step at a time! Maybe detox isn't the best method for you if you're having such violent withdrawls. Rather than get rid of everything bad in your diet all at once, take it one step at a time. Get rid of the chips first, for example, and then once you have that under control, move on to the chocolate.

Also, it is not the worst thing in the world to give your self a tiny treat for doing so well. No more than a bite or two or a small handful, just enough to satisfy a craving.

Good luck, I know you can do it!
 
I think Beagle's definitely onto something--baby steps might be the way to go, rather than jumping right into a detox diet. When I lost the majority of my weight, I was following a plan that was healthy, but allowed a 250 calorie treat every day. That way the splurge is budgeted in and I didn't feel deprived.

How much were you eating when you were feeling shaky? Maybe it wasn't just the lack of junk food, but the lack of enough food at all?
 
Not eating enough... I thought I was but not really sure. The one treat a day thing may be a good idea too.

Just to get an idea, an average day is...

Breakfast: a banana or apple and half a serve of low fat yogurt

Morning snack: a sesame snack or half a sandwitch

Lunch: Half a sandwitch or a bagel with lowfat creamcheese

Afternoon snack: one dimsim or a piece of fruit or low fat muffin
Dinner: Weight watches meal or a cup of steamed veg or rice with a serve of meat

Snack: fruit or yogurt or low fat cheese and crackers

It looks like enough at the moment, I expected to have to eat more when I start my gym workouts, but maybe I need to put more in? I don't know.
 
Hey there sweetie... I'm not sure exactly how many calories each of those things are for you, but here is how I would break down calories:

Breakfast: (200) - so fruit and yogurt is good... maybe a whole yogurt would be better

Morning snack: (100 - 150) - looks good

Lunch: (350-400) - make sure you get enough here... have your half sandwich and add a bag of baked chips, or diet soda, or more fruit...

Afternoon snack: (100-150) - fruit or crackers or something would be good

Dinner: (300-350) make sure you get enough!

Snack: (100) looks good.

sticking with a plan like this would give you between 1150 and 1350 cals a day... I would heartily suggest not having less than 1200 calories - otherwise our bodies do rebel!!!

I think that you could definately have room for taking things one step at a time and slowly diminishing some of those bad foods... diet soda doesn't have any cals - so if you can't give it up all together then go slowly... replace one soda with a similiar size bottle of water each week. Get a bag of small pieces of dark chocolate (usually only 30 cals each) and have (only!) one with lunch and dinner... try the baked chips, or portion yourself only the recommended serving size (which is usually around 150 calories for like 15 chips)... You can do this without giving everything up!!! and it will be much easier =)
 
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