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The One-Shot Myth

It happens. Low Carb Losers often stray from the path even when they’ve experienced tremendous weight loss success. Whatever led them away from their low carb journey, what brings them back is always the desire to recapture the amazing benefits they experienced on the road to success. When they return, many as the same question: can it work as well the second time?

It’s easy to understand why someone would ask the question. Their first experience with low carb weight loss was so profound, they often fear the magic won’t happen again. That’s human. What is more difficult to understand are the bizarre and inaccurate answers provided by fellow low carb loser.

The answer, simply, is YES! Low carb eating can absolutely work as well, often better, the second time around. Your first experience was about learning. You learned the rules of the low carb lifestyle. You learned how your body reacted to low carb eating. You learned the tricks that make a low carb lifestyle both more convenient and more pleasant. So why do so many Low Carb Losers give just the opposite answer?

They’re not lying. Some people have a lot more difficulty losing weight the second time around. They don’t achieve the same results as quickly or easily as before. That’s the truth. The UN-truth comes when the blame for those disappointing results is misplaced.

Just as we learn to low carb better, we learn to low carb worse as well. When we first start a low carb weight loss plan, we stick to the rules. We don’t even know a lot of the risky cheats and modifications until we’ve had some time to network with long-time low carbers. These lessons in bad low carb eating are waiting for us, right next to the best of what we’ve learned, when we decide it’s time to continue our journey.

Many long-time or return Low Carb Losers are unaware or dishonest with themselves about their failure to recapture the magic. We make up theories about the body adjusting to low carb eating, or the metabolism refusing to cooperate the second time around. In fact, we are often simply unwilling or clueless about the low carb practices that sabotage our success.

The low carb lifestyle is not magic. It’s not a one-shot deal. You get the chance to try over and over. You can always climb back on the wagon and continue down the path to success. We simply must be honest with ourselves about our best and worst habits