Hi, need2lc,
Perhaps some of the posts in answer to "why do we backslide" will be of help to you.
http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=479875
For me, to stay on my food plan means I have to have a plan I can live with, day in and day out, and keep going.
It is vital, key, crucial to turn my thinking to doing things which help me, rather than putting my attention on what I don't have, can't have, what is difficult, etc.
One of the things I really appreciate about the online LC support forum, is that the support is for finding a way to live that is nourishing, and to keep on living in ways that are ever more nourishing and sustaining.
So, when those rotten thoughts pop in, or creep in, and they try to get me to be stuck in what isn't, I can come to the forum, and turn my attentiveness to what helps.
I also read lots about health and nutrition. Others like to find LC recipes, or enjoy talking with LCers about anything, just to be in the LC community helps.
We can't leave an empty space where the sabotage-thoughts can come in and take over. Success means filling up the spaces in our hearts and minds with what helps.
That's what comes to mind this morning. Others will post other facets.
I am sending you good thoughts and smiling at you.
I wish you happy successes!