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Hi everyone,
I know I've rarely posted here but I've read the forums throughout my journey on this way of eating and it's been so inspirational and invaluable, and the couple of times I did post for help the responses meant to much and really did help.
So I just wanted to share my experience now I feel like I've really *arrived* where I should be.
I started Atkins in April 2008 at 227lbs and hit my goal of 150lbs at the beginning of December. I've lost a tiny bit more since then, and seem to maintain around 147/148lbs fairly comfortably which I'm thrilled by - it's my lowest ever adult weight!
I was shocked at my starting weight and initially felt so down about it, it seemed like the hugest mountain to have to climb and I didn't know how I'd ever manage it, so I just focused on one pound at a time. After induction I'd lost 14lbs, I then stalled for a week (and promptly panicked!) but from that point one I lost 2lbs every single week until the final week when it went down to just 1lb.
I'm the first to admit I didn't do the final stage quite properly as my rate of loss was so fast I didn't want to do anything to halt it, which has made working out my carb limit for maintenance a bit tricky, but I'm experimenting and testing now and I know I'll figure it out.
It doesn't seem like it's going to be an awful lot higher than 50g which disapppoints me in one way but I don't really mind actually as knowing me if it was very much higher I'm sure I'd end up using the extra carbs on dark chocolate!
I tried low calorie diets before and I couldn't ever lose more than 7lbs. I wasn't eating more than 1000 calories and it just wouldn't come off, and I was starving constantly. It's no way to live. It really proves the difference between low calorie diets and low carbing though! Oh and my doctor is thrilled with my results and my blood pressure has come right down.
I can honestly say I never once cheated on the diet, and never felt tempted as the way I felt was so good & my results were too precious to risk. I did come off low-carbing twice after I'd already hit - once while I was in hospital where they didn't exactly serve up low carb food (just slop - ugh) and for two days over Christmas and I'm really glad for both times because it was SUCH an education! Yes high carb foods taste nice but the way they make me feel is awful - I got sluggish and bloated and my appetite immediately got crazy out of control. I was so relieved both times to hop back on the low carb wagon and it's proved to me that this is the right way for my body to eat, I feel so much better and under control, and 'normal'.
I can't tell you how much it's changed my life to lose the weight and get control of my eating like this. Everyone keeps saying I look like a different person which I find so strange as I look the same to me, which I guess shows we really have no true perspective on how we really appear. I didn't realise how big I'd become and now I truly don't see myself as slim even though I have no clothes that fit anymore and I have ribs starting to poke through so I know I must be!
I really wish everyone luck just starting with this and just wanted to thank everyone who posts here - you're truly inspiring and motivating people, even those who you don't see posting!
I know I've rarely posted here but I've read the forums throughout my journey on this way of eating and it's been so inspirational and invaluable, and the couple of times I did post for help the responses meant to much and really did help.
So I just wanted to share my experience now I feel like I've really *arrived* where I should be.
I started Atkins in April 2008 at 227lbs and hit my goal of 150lbs at the beginning of December. I've lost a tiny bit more since then, and seem to maintain around 147/148lbs fairly comfortably which I'm thrilled by - it's my lowest ever adult weight!
I was shocked at my starting weight and initially felt so down about it, it seemed like the hugest mountain to have to climb and I didn't know how I'd ever manage it, so I just focused on one pound at a time. After induction I'd lost 14lbs, I then stalled for a week (and promptly panicked!) but from that point one I lost 2lbs every single week until the final week when it went down to just 1lb.
I'm the first to admit I didn't do the final stage quite properly as my rate of loss was so fast I didn't want to do anything to halt it, which has made working out my carb limit for maintenance a bit tricky, but I'm experimenting and testing now and I know I'll figure it out.
It doesn't seem like it's going to be an awful lot higher than 50g which disapppoints me in one way but I don't really mind actually as knowing me if it was very much higher I'm sure I'd end up using the extra carbs on dark chocolate!
I tried low calorie diets before and I couldn't ever lose more than 7lbs. I wasn't eating more than 1000 calories and it just wouldn't come off, and I was starving constantly. It's no way to live. It really proves the difference between low calorie diets and low carbing though! Oh and my doctor is thrilled with my results and my blood pressure has come right down.
I can honestly say I never once cheated on the diet, and never felt tempted as the way I felt was so good & my results were too precious to risk. I did come off low-carbing twice after I'd already hit - once while I was in hospital where they didn't exactly serve up low carb food (just slop - ugh) and for two days over Christmas and I'm really glad for both times because it was SUCH an education! Yes high carb foods taste nice but the way they make me feel is awful - I got sluggish and bloated and my appetite immediately got crazy out of control. I was so relieved both times to hop back on the low carb wagon and it's proved to me that this is the right way for my body to eat, I feel so much better and under control, and 'normal'.
I can't tell you how much it's changed my life to lose the weight and get control of my eating like this. Everyone keeps saying I look like a different person which I find so strange as I look the same to me, which I guess shows we really have no true perspective on how we really appear. I didn't realise how big I'd become and now I truly don't see myself as slim even though I have no clothes that fit anymore and I have ribs starting to poke through so I know I must be!
I really wish everyone luck just starting with this and just wanted to thank everyone who posts here - you're truly inspiring and motivating people, even those who you don't see posting!
Thank you for sharing your amazing success story! 
X16 
I feel a bit bad answering your question because to be completely honest I didn't really work out a whole lot. 
I started out using the cross trainer a bit and I did go on walks here and there but truthfully it wasn't much.
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