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My 2 cents is 2 things. 1) Sometime eating off program actually fires up the metabolic furnace. Once you lose the water weight of the rich food, you may burn the rest off quite fast, and then some, once you are back on P1.
2. After being on a diet as restrictive as IP, it is a well-documented reaction to go off the rails when energy-dense food is available. It doesn't mean your old habits have returned. It's the hard wired survival instinct urging you to grab the quickest, richest energy you can in anticipation of the next 'famine'. You have built some solid habits in IP & your fat burning enzymes are still there.
Thanks for the thoughtful response, Mars -- as you say - the calories and carbs were not wasted on mediocre foods. And I do hope that this stokes my furnace a bit - I have been hovering within the same 5 lb range, up and down, for weeks. Maybe this will break the pattern. We'll have to wait and see.Originally Posted by mars735
Hi oneuh, hope you don't mind an outsider adding her 2cents...first thing is WOW you sure fought the good fight, and WOW your off program wasn't stale donuts, it was to-die-for food (I enjoyed every bite vicariously ). Good that you are ready to get back on track, too. Just go forward and don't worry about the trip now.My 2 cents is 2 things. 1) Sometime eating off program actually fires up the metabolic furnace. Once you lose the water weight of the rich food, you may burn the rest off quite fast, and then some, once you are back on P1.
2. After being on a diet as restrictive as IP, it is a well-documented reaction to go off the rails when energy-dense food is available. It doesn't mean your old habits have returned. It's the hard wired survival instinct urging you to grab the quickest, richest energy you can in anticipation of the next 'famine'. You have built some solid habits in IP & your fat burning enzymes are still there.