I am on my 7th week of low carb eating. I am eating prepared foods from The Personal Trainer site. The last couple of days I have been craving carbs and hungrier than I have been since I started. In fact this is the first time in the 7 weeks that I have actually been hungry. The last time I did a low carb diet years ago, I lasted 2 months then suddenly wanted pure sugar and went on a bender that didn't quit and resulted in twice the re-gain of weight.
I am afraid I am approaching the same thing again. Next week I have to travel for work and will have to go off of my prepared foods. I am afraid I am going to cave in and start eating sugar again and will not be able to recover.
How can I stop the cravings? Am I psychologically sabotaging myself? or could the cravings be caused by the lack of sleep and stress I had this week?