STAC Roll Call ~ Check in Here!!!

[DragonflyMoon]

Second Time Around Club Roll Call

I think it might be nice for the STAC club to have a roll call space where we can post some information about ourselves, and whether or not we want to be checked up on (or even stalked, in some cases - LOL) if we go missing from our board here. Since we are Second Time Around Club members (or in many cases, more than second time!) it is extra important that we develop a strong network of friendship & support.

We all know how easy it is to slip up on this way of eating, since we've all been there before. In addition to the physical challenges we are faced with we are also learning about ourselves emotionally and our emotional responses towards food. I know for me personally, when i have slipped up previously, it was primarily due to emotional responses, rather than a physical craving.

And to clarify, when i am referring to *slip ups* i do not mean just *one mistake* that we pick ourselves up from, brush ourselves off, and jump right back on that low-carb horse. I mean the one *slip up* that turns into two, and into three, and then snowballs into a deep depression surrounding our *horrible mistake*, which leads to not coming to the board anymore due to shame or guilt or just plain denial... which leads to weeks or months of a willy-nilly carb bender that will be very, very difficult for us to come out of. And i know this because i have been there.

And i do not want to go there again! This board keeps me in check & in balance. The people here keep me motivated & inspired. This is an excellent community of people and i know that for me personally, i could not do this without you. This is why i call STAC my ADBB home.

If this ring true with you, then put in your name below. Or add your email address as an extra back-up safety, just to be sure you can be reached if necessary. Even personal information about you so that your STAC buddies will be able support you in the best way possible. We are all here for each other. We are in this together...

[DragonflyMoon]

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I'll start off ~

Sign-on Name: DragonflyMoon
Real life name: Jenna
Email address: jenna@theurbanmuse.com

Please feel free to email me or PM me if i go *missing* on the board. Stalk me if need be. I really need to stay on track and stay dedicated to myself, on this journey towards health. Feel free to contact me just to chat too!

For me personally, i need to stay strong and not get bored with my eating. I need to be reminded not to stay on extended induction for too long, or on any rung too long. I am an emotional eater and have been known to stray from my plan when i am depressed or stressed out. I may need extra help if a life situation occurs that causes me to be depressed or stressed out.

[RachelnLa]

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Sign on: RachelnLa
Name: Rachel
Email: RachelnLa@yahoo.com - yahoo messenger too.

I"ll try to remember to turn messenger on at night when I'm on. I check email when I can, it's faster to PM me thru the board.

I'm bound and determined to make this my WOE for life. I know it works. It can work for me too. One day at a time. Sometimes even one meal at a time. I'm a work in progress.

[beebparis]

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good idea i don't know everyone too well yet, but i'm still kind of new!

name: stephanie
adbb name (and aim screen name): beebparis
email: dancinghappily@hotmail.com

[Outback Jess]

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Outback Jess I am Jess or Jessica
jhduds@adelphia.net

I love this, I think this is a very good idea. I need the accountability because I will run this race as hard as I can and do everything, trying to make a lifestyle change, but one day I will wake up and can go no more. That's a long way off, but it might happen.
So this time I keep changing up the routine with exercise, avoiding ruts.
I keep working with new foods avoiding the rut
and I preplan for all my outings.
I am seeking balance and lifestyle. I know this works the very best for my body.
My body just works beautifully on Atkins...it always has. Emotionally I am totally different. I do need to loose weight, but that need is not half as important to the energy and emotionally needs that are met by Atkins.
I am thrilled we are doing this!
Jess

[cragsdale]

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username:cragsdale
Real name:Cassi
email: cragsdale@adelphia.net

This isn't my second time around, more like 5th or so....if I don't sign in anymore, someone needs to save me from myself. This board is my great motivational tool! Hunt me down! Thanks all, and good luck to everyone else!

[kkat55]

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I'll jump in here too because I want this to be my way of life. I not only want to do it for weight loss, but for health since there are many heart problems, diabetes, etc. that runs in my family; not to mention my PCOS that even puts me in at a greater risk.

Screen name: kkat55
Name: Kathleen "Kat"
Email: kkat55(at)ardmore.net (I put the @ sign like that because I hear about spammers picking up email addresses in forums...I'm not sure how it all works, just being cautious.)

I do the same thing as mentioned above. If I go off the program, I stop coming to the board because I feel guilty. Maybe if we pull each other back up, then the time off won't last as long and we truly will make this a way of life.

I'd like it to become so ingrained in me that it is habit and my normal way of eating.

Thanks, Jenna, for starting this group!!

[beccanae]

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username beccanae
name Becky
email beccanae (at) nexband.com

If I go longer than a week without checking in please come and find me too. I think this is a great idea.

[Weight be gone]

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Just checking in, it's great to be here!

user name: Weight be Gone
name: Arielle
email: onsafari (at) comcast.net

[cmooregreen]

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I'm in!
ADBB name: cmooregreen
Name: Cristi Green
From: Nashville, TN
Age: 32
Height: 5'9
Weight: 153 (as far as I know)

I am very newly married (1 month, second marriage). My husbands name is Danny. I have 2 children, Kyle 14, Allie 7. I have 1 step son, Trey 11. I work for the State of TN in the property tax department and have a part-time job in a pharmacy at Wal-Mart. Both of my parents are living and I am very close to them both (I am the baby of 3). I have 2 sisters, 2 nephews, 1 niece, and a cat named Callie Girl. My hobbies are reading and spending as much time as possible with my family and friends (difficult balance sometimes). I have blonde hair, green eyes and my son calls me a obsessive compulsive. I don't agree, however, I just like things to be in order (he's probably right)!

[Sarah1341]

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Well said Jenna and great idea!

Username: Sarah1341
Real name: Sarah
Email:cjasld@msn.com

I don't check in religiously over the weekends and I tend to stay a way or at least stay quiet when I'm not following this WOL very well.

[Desertthorn]

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LOL, I am the first Original member and still here. OMG

username: Desertthorn
Real Name: Lynne
email: lynnehammonds@earthlink.net

[ladysinger68]

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I too want to be counted in. I love to come and look. I think this is my 3rd time. This is the first time I made it past 6 weeks though. I find this woe to be rather expensive. All four of our family members, still at home, are on. This makes meal preperation easy to control, but expensive. Case- we dropped my son off at college for his freshman year on the 11th of this month. We made one too many trips to Wal Mart, in an attempt to get him all set up. We literally did not have enough money to eat our atkins for a week. We ate all the cheap high carb garb. We felt like, well..., crap. We are back on as of 8/20/06. Still going through a little flu, but am thankful to have good food back in the house. It is such a good feeling knowing that I am doing something good for my body. I don't really have that hard of a time staying on. My downfall is if I go too long without eating, I will get to the point that I just want food and don't really care what it is. I try to have the good stuff around at all times so that I don't get caught in that situation. Anyway, we are definately in this for life. I love the support that comes from the people here. Again, count me in.

[Sarah1341]

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Ladysinger - cost seems to be a major factor for us too! When things get tough, we go for the cheap stuff. I'm not a big fan of eggs or tuna and those are the cheapest food items - if you ask me of course. One thing I'm struggling to do is plan in advance so that I don't get in these ruts where we have ran out of atkins friendly foods.

[La_La]

Roll Call: Lala (((( HERE!)))))

Joining Roll call~

Sign-on Name: La~La
Real life name: Laura or Lala
Email address: christophersmom@ourgpkids.com
Yahoo IM: Goodgrl0327

Diddo to dragonfly, Please feel free to email me or PM me if i go *missing* on the board. Stalk me if need be. I really need to stay on track and stay dedicated to myself, on this journey towards health. Feel free to contact me just to chat too!

For me personally, i need to stay in contact with Atkiners it's so much easier when you get an email that says you can do this have a great day it gets you started in the right frame of mind.

I tend to stay quiet if not completly off the board when I am not on track ( too ashamed & I feel like I am wasting peoples time)

One Oops, leads to a whole week full of Oops... so I just want to stay on on track and be move involved with this board.

Kuddos to Dragonfly for starting this!!!