I've Been Thinking .....

....I've seen so many people starting and restarting... I was just wondering what people class as a restart?? Is it when you've had a slight blip and fallen off the wagon a bit... or is it when you've been off the diet for a while and starting back on it again.

Yep, I have got way too much time on my hands, but I got to thinking that how you approach restarts could have an effect on how successful you are with them.

I think (for me personally) if I considered it to be a restart everytime I fell off the wagon I'd become more and more disheartened with each so called restart. I tend to think of these 'restarts' as getting back on track...not restarts. That way I feel less like I've failed somehow and still positive.

Just a thought that might help put a more positive slant on things.

I agree with you on this one. I class my restarts as my being away from the diet for a prolonged period of time. I personally think consumption of food for more than one day or occasion etc then its a restart.
But then again i suppose for people who achieve ketosis more easily would maybe class this as a blip. Not sure if i got across what i wanted but thats basically my take

Same as above - I would class a restart as falling off the wagon more than a planned blip

my restarts were months after coming off cambridge

ive had bad weeks where ive eaten but ive classed this as a blip and given myself a stern talking to, if i started saying the blips were me being off the diet with a view to doing a restart then im sure i would go mad and eat everything in sight as i wouldnt be "on cambridge"
classifying a blip as just that.... ablip then im not giving myself permission to go and eat another single thing, its shakes or water and nothing else after a blip

sumayyah said:

my restarts were months after coming off cambridge

ive had bad weeks where ive eaten but ive classed this as a blip and given myself a stern talking to, if i started saying the blips were me being off the diet with a view to doing a restart then im sure i would go mad and eat everything in sight as i wouldnt be "on cambridge"
classifying a blip as just that.... ablip then im not giving myself permission to go and eat another single thing, its shakes or water and nothing else after a blip

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That's exactly my take on it too Sumayyah, it's actually what started me thinking about it in the first place, I had a planned day off for my goddaughters christening on sunday and put on 7lbs as a result, that knocked me for 6 but I thought of Monday as a restart, and actually struggled to get back on. I usually just carry on and forget about the blip or planned day off etc, but because this time I'd thought of it as RESTART, I struggled. Finally on Tuesday I got a grip and got back on track. It's taken me until today to get back into ketosis.

I was just thinking how your mind plays tricks on you like that.

I dunno bout this one, if i say to myself im not on it then the next time i start it is a restart.
i was off for few months and the kept trying a restart but failed so each time i started after failing was a restart but only because i hadn't "officially" done a restart....if that makes sense...

But i agree that if u blip rather than restart then it may help u stick to it more.

I don't think it hugely matters the terms as such


But identifying and learning control when you do 'come off' cambridge

Since may last year, I can't tell you how many times I've been 'off plan' but the thing is, I never ever once have beaten myself up about it. Always straight back into ss+ the following day

In my mind it's allowable diversions

won't work for probably majority of people, but did me

not advocating how I've lost my weight etc but I'm still at pretty much goal weight and I did it myyyyyyy way (lil song there )

long as the head issues of food are being sorted out while doing Cambridge, you should be on ya way to eating better... I think so anyway

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Well, for me, a 'restart' is when you have been away from the plan for a period of time - i.e, weeks/months (in my case, years!). A 'blip' is a 'falling off the wagon' thing in my mind - not a total end or (dare I say it...) failure!!
I achieved 37 days without succumbing to any temptation at all, 100% focussed and proud of it. Then yesterday, something in my mind went mad, and I knew that if I didn't eat then I would binge. So, went to Mcd's with hubby and son and ordered a veggie burger. So, I sat there eating it. Was it nice? Nope. Did I enjoy it? Nope. Am I glad I did it? HELL YES! If I hadn't done it, then I would still be wondering and wanting it. It's like I have scratched an itch, if that makes sense?
I'm not even disappointed in myself to be honest. In fact, I'm dead proud that I didn't kick the arse out of 'falling off the wagon'. I got home and roamed the kitchen cupboards looking for other things to eat and guess what I chose?
A strawberry tetra!
So, for the first time in over 5 weeks I fell off the wagon, but I didn't fail at anything, I didn't beat myself up over it and the world didn't end. I came home, had my tetra and some water and went to bed forgetting about it. I know that I won't do it again, and that's the end for me.

I too class a restart as when you've been away from the diet and come back, if i'm naughty then it's a blip.

Well done "Jabba" for not falling off the wagon after your "blip" at McD's and grabbing yourself a tetra instead!!

I class a "blip" as a restart and really struggle to stick to cd. maybe if I start calling them "getting back on track" I may find it easier , going to give it a go