I've been terribly bad, please help me gain clarity.

You do what you already know how to do, only you can do it! Get back on with your next meal. You let it slide, you messed up, you can either let it continue or stop the slide, it's up to you. Live and learn from the experience. It's devastating to regain the weight but use it as learning experience for the future to make it different. Sit down right now and make a meal plan, get rid of the stuff you're eating and do what you already know how to do. It's not about us, stop letting yourself down physically and mentally. Cry if you need to then make a plan, set your sights on rectifying the situation

you are not a bad person. your eating choices maybe haven't been good lately, but that doesn't make you bad or a failure.

what's been the big stressor in your life that got your off track?

You aren't "bad." You just ate some junk food. It happens and it's not a moral issue. Take a deep breath, calm down, and once you're feeling more at peace you can sit down and figure out a plan to fix what went wrong in the future.

Fall down seven times, stand up eight. Far better that you be strong enough to ask for support, rather than just laying down and thinking you don't deserve it. You do.

for someone who has already been there done that (aka:you) its only a matter getting that first keto meal in your body and logging it, I promise you ,you won't look back.

Almost everyone here slips but the trick is to be cool ,get your keto meal ready for the next day/meal .We don't get a redo so lets do the next best thing ok,just take the lesson and leave behind the memory . big hugs..

Most importantly, stop beating yourself up. You are so much more than the number on a scale or the size of your pants or the food you put in your mouth. We are not our skin. You are a human being and human beings make mistakes, learn, change, grow. Treat yourself the way you would treat any other person that came back to this site looking for help.

You know all the tools, you just need to decide to rededicate yourself to the process. And I'll share a little about my journey. I realize that I don't have a healthy relationship with food. I would love to be one of those people that "eats to live" but I am a "live to eat" kind of girl. I know I can't do lazy keto and succeed. I have to be really militant with myself. I can't have a "cheat day" because it knocks me completely off the rails. And I know what my carb cravings are like and how hellish it is to do that sugar detox but I also know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

So come on back into the fold. You can do this. We all believe in you, now you just need to believe in yourself again.

(((((((hugs)))))))

I'm right there with you. This is a fight for health. You are worth fighting for. You are not perfect, all you can do is try your best, accept that mistakes happen and keep fighting.

We can do this, one bite of bacon at a time!

You feel like crap because you've been eating crap. I know that's how I react to carbs. The fog blunts the knowledge that those delicious carbs are eating at my psyche. Emotions start to well up and overwhelm me. Guilt. Anger. Depression. Anxiety. When I become overwhelmed by those emotions, I know that I've fucked up, that I slid too far. No matter what, I know I don't deserve to feel like that. So, I pick myself back up and follow keto. 3 days later and I am fine. You got this. You know how to do this. You are worth more than that god damned carb roller coaster. On keto, you will feel calm and focused. I keep myself accountable to my loved ones. I treated them like shit, and I didn't even know it. That scares me. Carbs make me lose control of myself. I can't do that to the people around me. Remember that keto isn't just about weight loss. Remember the thousand other benefits that come with this way of life. You got this.

It's okay to cry, you're upset. Now take action. As Joan Baez says on a tiny magnet on my fridge, 'Action is the antidote to despair.' Just remember why you want to be on the wagon and get back on. Keto seems like it's about losing weight but is it? Or is it about treating yourself correctly? You've let yourself down but you know what? You've got what it takes to pick yourself back up. I'm rooting for you!