Starting Atkins

Hi everyone
I have been reading the posts on this site for a while but this is the first time I have posted. I am starting a low carb diet tomorrow and was wondering if anyone had any tips. About three years ago I lost 80lbs. but have gained 40 of them back. When I first lost the weight it was easy but now I can't seem to styick to a diet for more than a couple days. I think that maybe if there is a place I can go for support and an occasional butt kicking it may help. Any advice would be useful. Thanks.

what plan are you following - you didn't say? you can get lots of butt
kicking in here no worries. try not to get offended by JC's comments
but uses his words as butting kicking devices, which is what he
intended his words to be at most times. for tips stay tuned for daily
tips posted LC tips by Rudy (RRzRR) and Saffire's weekly tips. warm
welcome to you.

ada

Were you lo carbing, before? or low cal-ing?

If this will be your first experience with lo carbing---be prepared for
a surprise!

Like you, I couldnt make it a week, before, on any low-cal or low fat
regime. To my delight, Im in my secnd month of Atkins, now, with nary a
temptation to 'cheat"!
The food we get to eat is so fabulous....and within a day or two, your
cravings for bread, pasta, pastry, all those high-carb goodies, will
just...vanish It's a miracle. Im serious!

Jump on in--you're gonna love it!

LassChance



Start LC~5-16-05
202-?-165
(i'm scale phobic)

angie81 wrote:
Hi everyone
I have been reading the posts on this site for a while but this is the
first time I have posted. I am starting a low carb diet tomorrow and
was wondering if anyone had any tips. About three years ago I lost
80lbs. but have gained 40 of them back. When I first lost the weight it
was easy but now I can't seem to styick to a diet for more than a couple
days. I think that maybe if there is a place I can go for support and an
occasional butt kicking it may help. Any advice would be useful. Thanks.

Three bits of advice:

1) Really do an approach. Read the book or books to see what the
programs really are; don't try to make it up as you go and sorta do it.
Read the FAQ that Rudy puts up every day and spend some time wandering
around in it. It's an encyclopedia of information for you to mine as you
see fit.

2) Take everything you see here with extremely large grains of salt.
Lots of people, all with different viewpoints, some utter nonsense and
some smack-on. And everything in between. You'll be able to sort them
out after a pretty short time.

3) Eat (within the programs) to suit yourself. On one hand, it's a
chance to try new foods, if you're of that mind. On the other, you can
find many, many foods you already eat that can fit into any of the
low-carb approaches. From my viewpoint, having a bit of an adventurous
spirit is a good idea. You'll be introduced to huge numbers of foods
created or adapted for this approach, and they're yours to enjoy.

And relax. It's not world peace or man's inhumanity to man. It's only
your next meal and tomorrow's successes. Takes a little will power, but
so does getting out of bed in the morning. Don't make it into a bigger
deal than it is. And did I mention, relax...?

Pastorio

Lass Chance wrote:

If this will be your first experience with lo carbing---be prepared for
a surprise!

The food we get to eat is so fabulous....and within a day or two, your
cravings for bread, pasta, pastry, all those high-carb goodies, will
just...vanish It's a miracle. Im serious!

Jump on in--you're gonna love it!

Each person functions differently and comments like this set people up
for a fall if they don't react exactly the same way. Some people's old
ways never quite vanish.

Encouragement better consists of a more balanced and realistic perspective.

Pastorio

"AM" wrote in message
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what plan are you following - you didn't say?

Sure she did

you can get lots of butt
kicking in here no worries. try not to get offended by JC's comments
but uses his words as butting kicking devices, which is what he
intended his words to be at most times. for tips stay tuned for daily
tips posted LC tips by Rudy (RRzRR) and Saffire's weekly tips. warm
welcome to you.

ada

my eyes slipped.

In article ,
says...

Hi everyone
I have been reading the posts on this site for a while but this is the
first time I have posted. I am starting a low carb diet tomorrow and
was wondering if anyone had any tips. About three years ago I lost
80lbs. but have gained 40 of them back. When I first lost the weight it
was easy but now I can't seem to styick to a diet for more than a couple
days. I think that maybe if there is a place I can go for support and an
occasional butt kicking it may help. Any advice would be useful. Thanks.

Hi Angie, welcome to the group!

--
Saffire
205/137/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

"A_M" wrote in message
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my eyes slipped.


slip happens

nanner wrote:
"A_M" wrote in message
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my eyes slipped.


slip happens

:-)