21 days and eighteen (18) pounds lost ! WWWHHHOOOOSSHH!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS! I hope you're feeling better soon -- strep throat is NASTY!

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Saffire
205/178/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

In article ,
says...
marengo wrote in message ws.com...

Really great job, but...

Week 1: Very, very strict Atkins induction-type low carb. For breakfast:
just a handful or two of supplements (including a range of B vitamins,
time-release Niacin, Folic acid, antioxidant vitamins, grape seed extract,
garlic, flax oil, CoQ10, and more), flushed down with three large glasses of
water.

...is this really what's recommended by Atkins as a good breakfast?
I've never read the Atkins book (I'm doing another LC diet), but if
this is what's recommended, I don't have any interest in reading it

It is NOT what is recommended, it's just what Peter decided to do and it worked
for HIM. I wouldn't be able to do it, either, if only because all those
supplements on an empty stomach would make me nauseous :-)

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Saffire
205/178/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Good job Peter.

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who started to count calories too,
while low carbing.

BTW, Santa brought my wife a fancy new digital camera for Christmas, perhaps
I will have some pictures to post soon.

JJ.

marengo wrote in message
s.com...
Sorry if this is long, but I'm excited about this news and want to shout
it!

I had gotten a bit lax with my carbs in the past year or so and gained
back
a few pounds. But when my doctor diagnosed me three weeks ago with T2
diabetes, it was like getting hit with a two by four upside the head. She
told me I had to lose weight (no kidding), and she actually recommended a
low-carb diet. We set up an another appointment for one month later.
Since
I was both going on vacation AND with the Christmas Holiday coming up ,
she
recommended that I just try to maintain my weight for now -- no fast food
or
sugar --until my next visit to determine where to go from there.

Well, I went back to the Dr. today, a week early, because I have a strep
throat. When I got on the scales she couldn't believe it (neither could
I)! 18 pounds lost and documented in 21 days. And 8 pounds of the loss
was
over a two-week Holiday trip to visit relatives in New England with lots
of
food available with all the trimmings.

This is how I did it:

Because I've been basically a low-carber for about 4 years now, this time
I
knew exactly what I could and could not eat. I decided to break the mold
and, for my health's sake, *temporarily* cut both carbs *and* watch
calories. I didn't mess with keostix this time (don't need the
reinforcement), and was only weighed twice in the 3 weeks. I don't
recommend this for everyone or for long-term, but it sure worked in the
short term for me. This is what I ate:

Week 1: Very, very strict Atkins induction-type low carb. For breakfast:
just a handful or two of supplements (including a range of B vitamins,
time-release Niacin, Folic acid, antioxidant vitamins, grape seed extract,
garlic, flax oil, CoQ10, and more), flushed down with three large glasses
of
water. For lunch each day I ate 2 oz. of cheddar or muenster cheese and
10
small olives. (I had bought macadamias for snacks, but didn't get hungry
so
didn't eat them). Dinner each night was a modest portion of meat with
freshly cooked cauliflower, brocholli or spinach, and a medium salad
drizzled with a bit of olive oil. I Drank lots of water; eliminated all
sodium, and completely cut out all other beverages for this week. I
weighed
myself after the first week and had lost 10 pounds, much of it water
weight
I'm sure. I had no cravings or hunger whatsoever.

Week 2: (Start of 2-week vacation). This was a challenge. Traveling
with
my cousin, our first meal stop was on the NJ Turnpike. Try low-carbing at
one of *those* hyper-priced slop-pits! I ended up ordering a double
cheeseburger, plain, and threw away the bread. Drank water. Back in the
car
I ate a few macadamias. I followed this with another bottle of water.
(lots of pit stops!) The rest of this week was easier. We stayed in a
hotel
for the week in West Springfield, MA, and except for Christmas day ate our
meals out. Picking out lc foods on restaurant menus is second nature to
me
by now and I find it remarkably easy just about anywhere. Those of you in
the NorthEast U.S. know "Friendly's;" restaurant; there was one across
from
our hotel. They have a wonderful variety of filling salads (with chicken,
for instance), and the best burgers anywhere ... which they are happy to
accommodate by leaving the bread off and putting lettuce tomato and cole
slaw on the side. Again, I just drank water and really didn't give into
the
temptation of Friendly's awesome sundaes! On Christmas day at my Niece's
house, with a typical spread, I didn't deny myself. Instead, I took a
reasonably small portion of everything, ate that plate of food, and did
not
go back for more. I went and played with the kids while the other adults
were still eating and passing around the pies and coffee.

Week 3: Returned home to Gastonia, NC for my 2nd weekend of vacation with
lots of projects planned around the house. First day there I started to
get
sick (earache, fever) so I wet out and bought several cans of chicken
soup.
Rather than go on forever here, that is what I lived on for the rest of
the
week. Chicken soup. (Chunky style, low sodium). I was so sick that at
first I didn't care that there was rice or noodles in the soup. After I
read the labels, I really didn't care because 1 medium-large can of Healty
Choice chunky chicken with rice, low-sodium, has only 12g of carbs -- and
90
calories -- per serving, two servings per can. I literally ate a can of
this soup for lunch and dinner every day for the next 6 days. I did not
get
in the least bit hungry.

Yesterday, (Sunday) still feeling under the weather, I made the 300-mile
drive back to Emporia VA where I work (and live most of each month)
managing
a hotel. More soup last night, augmented with some cheddar cheese and a
few
olives.

So this morning when I went to the Doctor to get my throat and ear checked
out (I've now added Amoxicillin to my supplements list) , I climbed on her
scale and .. *eighteen* pounds dropped. No wonder I have to keep hiking
my
pants up!

Now I'm back on my regular low-carb, ongoing weight loss meals, but
decided
to continue to go lighter on calories than in the past -- for a while
anyway. As long as I can keep losing, knowing I'm in most likely in
ketosis
and my blood sugar is stabilizing, I'll keep it up.

Sorry about the book I just wrote; if it's helpful or inspirational to
even
one person, it was worth it.
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Peter
website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

Saffire wrote:

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| It is NOT what is recommended, it's just what Peter decided to do and it
| worked for HIM. I wouldn't be able to do it, either, if only because all
| those supplements on an empty stomach would make me nauseous :-)

Did I mention that hidden among all those pills is a Zantac?
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Peter
website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo