Roll Call 8/27

[Outback Jess]

Good morning STAC...Monday is here, and how are your routines? How is your behavior with food going? I've been pondering that...When the weight is all but off your body, it's your behavior that really begins to make or break your success.
I've found through consistent failures that it's not wise to always seek the easy way...sometimes we need to dig a bit deeper into our behaviors towards food....behavior that undermines, as Dr. Atkins referes to it in ch 21 in DANDR. Sometimes we need to change.
The first yr. I changed alot and have been rewarded, now comes the deeper changes, little by little....that have to be acknowledged if I want what I want, which is to be here all year long. I've not arrived, I 've just begun!

I hope you all have a plan, and you stick to it! Creating a way of living day in and day out....It's gonna take a lot of time to redevelop your ways with food, but it can be done...too many people have done it. I want to be one of them!

[bykerdruid]

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Good morning STACers. Good morning Jess. Great new pictures, too. Need a full body shot to show off that athletic body! You've always been an inspiration.

I've got my routine planned. And the alterations/additions I will be making this week. I'm adding another abdominal exercise to my Monday routine and I will be adding two more days of cardio to my routine this week. I'm PUMPED! I'm SO excited about where this is taking me.

My scales continue to be my enemy, so I focus on how much more energy I have, how much straighter I walk and with more purpose, and how much more determination I have. I forgot just how much I loved this woe/wol. How great it made me feel. Once you fall off and let the food take control which puts you right back where you started, it's easy to forget all the great things you felt and did LAST time you were on Atkins. You CAN NOT let go of all the good things it has done for you. Keep it always on your mind so you will always say "I CAN do this!"

DRINK MORE WATER

[Sheepie]

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Good morning! I'll keep it short and sweet today!

[michigangirly]

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good morning! happy monday! i'm feeling kind of blah this morning. got some sort of a head cold or something. i am also feeling so sore from the gym this weekend. but yay for that! finally dragged my husband with me. i know that i have to live this lifetsyle and do this for ME but man..when the person you are married to just doesn't follow it at all..geez. honestly i think that is my weakness. it is so easy to get off track with him. food food food! we are too consumed with it. happy emotions=fast food, junk food.

but this weekend has been great. working out, eating right! hopefully things continue all week!

[BLAZING IN FL]

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Good morning everyone,

Jess, one of my biggest fears is once i get all this weight off me, I might gain it back like I did last time. I'm actually terrified of reaching goal now!!!!!!

I will stay focused and on plan this week....

Happy Monday.

[Lynsey]

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Good morning STACers! My plan at the moment is to take it one day at a time. I find when I look too far into the future, I revert to the old bad ways of thinking. So for now, I'm living and eating in the moment.

[MojosRising]

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Hey everybody! good morning

[mitzimarie]

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Greetings, Fellow STACer's

Jess, you've nailed it once again. Atkins is a lifestyle change. It's digging deep and deciding what is important. It's realizing that everything we do, every bite we put into our mouths, is a choice.

I see lots of posts by those who are coming back to Atkins after haven fallen off at some point and they are wondering if it will work this time around... if it is worth it. If I could only find the words to express how very possible this is! I have done so much better this time around in all aspects. Sure, I didn't lose as much on Induction as I did before, but over the last 6 months since my restart I have managed to lose the 32 pounds I had re-gained plus 12 pounds more. I feel absolutely awesome and can envision myself doing this for the rest of my life.

Remember this... the closer you follow Atkins to the letter, the better it works. If you work Atkins, Atkins will work for you. What kinds of choices will you be making today?

Have a fantastic Atkins day, All!

[Sweet Strudel]

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Morning Everyone

Its good to be home! I'm big on routine and when I'm away from home for such a short time I can't seem to develop a routine so I feel out of sorts.

I personally can't wait til I hit goal weight. It seems like such a long long ways away for me though and I can't think quite that far ahead. I know it will come off eventually, I know that I will be living this WOL so therefore it doesn't really matter how long it takes to reach my goal. BUT, I am impatient some days and just want to be there already. This weight didn't come on that fast so realistically its going to come off even slower.

Right now my focus is to make my LDC goal of losing 8 lbs. I have 1.5 lbs more to go. I am sure I can do it but TOM decided to come visit me on Saturday after an extended vacation away since mid May/07...GRRRR. So, I refuse to weigh now until he is gone.

Rather gloomy day here today but I have lots of housework and laundry to keep me busy plus I'll have my stability ball exercise to do and my C25K workout to do, that should keep me out of trouble!

Have a good one peoples!

[Evermind]

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Good morning!

My relationship to food is........interesting. But probably not unusual. Now that I have far less of an appetite, I have to be more careful about eating enough - and believe me, I am not as successful as I can be. I try to eat something every 2-3 hours. Sometimes I forget.

Now that I'm eating so many veggies and no breads, I have to really plan what I am going to eat. I'm doing very well there - keeping stuff stocked.

Now that I'm deeply into ketosis and feel so awesome, I no longer have weird cravings that are irresistable. I love that part, and am aware that I may have stronger cravings as I move up the OWL rungs, testing what I react to.

Now that I am eating healthy food, and nothing from a package, I have to spend a LOT more time preparing food. None of that "grab and go" thing. That actually gives me time to gage my hunger level and be mimdful about what I put into my mouth.

One HUGE thing I've noticed, that I had not experienced before, is a reduction in my sweet tooth. The other 2 times I did this woe, I would have a jello or one cloud, or something else sweet right before bed. Nowadays, it's a rarity for me to eat anything before bed.

For me, this week, starting tomorrow, is a key transition into the school year. Teachers report back tomorrow. I will be packing a lot of food. And on Mondays and Thursdays I have a masters level class in the evening, so I will be packing food for those, too (5:30 - 9 p.m.). And of course, next week will be the big transition. Up earlier, packing food, staying organized, fitting exercise into the day, etc.

So basically, I'm enjoying a new relationship to food, and staying very mindful about it. And I'm paying a lot of attention to how I maintain this relationship with food, as well.

But of course, this woe is about a lot more than food. It's about exercise, which is usually where I slip up first, so for me, that is where I need to focus my efforts at being consistent and not stopping. It's about the way we perceive ourselves in the world, and that is a real problem for me. I'm still shocked at how I look when I catch sight of myself in store windows, or have my picture taken. I do not love the way my body looks. But I am starting to love the way my body feels.

Jess - you continue to push me and make me think, and I thank you for that.

Byker - I couldn't have said it better myself! That's EXACTLY how I feel and what I have been thinking!

michigangirly - well, yeah, sharing a home with someone who can eat anything and everything is sort of a bummer. I'm a bit lucky - what my dh loves are foods I have never enjoyed. Except for fritos. And I'm happy just to smell them!

Blazing - I was just thinking the other day about whether my quitting the other two times had something to do with fear of success. I wasn't close to goal, but I was about 1/2 way there, and looking really good - I think perhaps I was rebelling at the thought of not being able to indulge in junk food ever again. So I sabotaged myself.

Lynsey - excellent method, that one day at a time thing. Stay in the now. It's where stuff is happening.

[AlaskaGirl]

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Good Morning STAC.

Great Post Again Jess

I am happy to report a 2# loss this am. I hadn't been on the scales in 3 days so it was nice. I was up several times last night to tinkle so I figured I was having a woosh.

I worry about the future a little, although I am sure I will worry more when I get closer to goal. I am still trying to get through this part of my new life- I need to eat to loose. Right now I am having a difficult time eating because I am not very hungry. I need to eat more vegi's and more fat. This is a goal of mine to incorporate into my WOL.

I need to start adding more exercize to my life. I am not ready for CT5K with my current schedule. I anticipate starting the 3 week of September. I want to add 2 days a week of weight lifting with my husband this week.

Have a Super Day

Julie

[Evermind]

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Alaska, I hear you about the not eating enough. It's been really hard during the last 10 days or so for me to eat enough, and I have failed more often than I have succeeded.

For some reason, not only do I have not much of an appetite, but I also don't feel like eating things that will increase my fitday carb and calorie counts. The veggies I want and love don't have enough, so I have to have a LOT of veggies just to stay on the first rung of OWL, and I can't choke down much meat these days, so that makes the protein/calorie count rough.

Thank God for pumpkin, eggs, and yellow squash. Thank God for sour cream.

[BLAZING IN FL]

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what kind of pumpkin do you eat...i have a hard time putting enough food in during the day also...it's hard.

[AlaskaGirl]

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Alaska, I hear you about the not eating enough. It's been really hard during the last 10 days or so for me to eat enough, and I have failed more often than I have succeeded.

For some reason, not only do I have not much of an appetite, but I also don't feel like eating things that will increase my fitday carb and calorie counts. The veggies I want and love don't have enough, so I have to have a LOT of veggies just to stay on the first rung of OWL, and I can't choke down much meat these days, so that makes the protein/calorie count rough.

Thank God for pumpkin, eggs, and yellow squash. Thank God for sour cream.

I don't think I have gotten the needed amount of vegi's for the vegi rung more than 1x in the last week. I love accorn squash (don't know about finding fresh pumkin here yet). I guess I forgot about the squash- I always associated it as a no no bc/ I used to sprinkle it with brown sugar and bake it with butter..... I can still make it- only using splenda this Hug is for Evermind. Thanks for reminding me of this in a round about way

I have a feeling I will be in the first rung for many weeks just trying to adjust to this. I think I read somewhere that it takes about 12 weeks to turn something like this into a habbit. Well I want the habbit of eating plenty of vegi's. I am gettiing ready to take a Vegan Cooking Class- Not that I am going vegan, but because a friend recomended it for getting more comfortable with vegi's.

Have a great day.

Julie

[Stefanie]

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Hi all, I'm here again.

Week #1 down and 6lbs down! This is the most I've ever lost in the first week, but as I said in another thread, this is the most I've weighed, too. Needless to say, I hope I lose at least 3 or 4lbs next week, but I'll take anything!

I've already noticed one great change: I'm craving water A LOT! My caffeine w/drawal headaches went away sometime last week, and I don't feel the need to reintroduce myself to caffinated pop or iced tea.

Also, of course, I have less of an appetite, which is awesome. I used to feel like I was hungry ALL THE TIME.

And my gas and heartburn are pretty much gone, too. All reasons to celebrate (but not with food, lol)!