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Okay, so I'm new here. Looked into Atkins about a year ago, and even checked out your board then. But I never got off the ground with it. Now I am getting off the ground -- day one, my kitchen is stocked, my friends are all ready for the changes, and I'm psyched. Can't wait to get involved with your discussions, everyone here seems supportive, productive, full of good information. So here's my first little contribution, as a first-time ever dieter:
The kind of change that feels really good is the kind of change you make when you're happy with yourself to begin with, in a way. Last year I wasn't ready, I needed to diet and to lose weight in order to feel anything good about myself at all. So as soon as I hit one little bump in the road, I stopped, I felt I couldn't do it, I wasn't strong enough, etc. But these days, I've moved to a city where I'm happy, I'm studying something I love, and I'm feeling better about myself in general. I'm changing my eating habits because I know I can do better, because I know I am capable of eating healthily and (as a byproduct) of settling into a healthy weight. I know that this time I will follow through because I know that that's the kind of person I am.
What always scared me about dieting was the desperation. I've seen it my whole life with my mother, who is beautiful, healthy and slender but constantly worried about her weight and appearance. It doesn't actually matter to her that she's gorgeous, she doesn't notice, she just feels inadequate. But I think there are two types of dieting: Dieting because you feel you are not beautiful, and dieting because you feel you are. With the one you have a high level of anxiety and fear of failure, and with the other you feel at peace at the start.
That said, I can't wait to see myself in jeans without the lovehandles!
Looking forward to getting to know everybody!
~Ladybug at Day 1
ha
The kind of change that feels really good is the kind of change you make when you're happy with yourself to begin with, in a way. Last year I wasn't ready, I needed to diet and to lose weight in order to feel anything good about myself at all. So as soon as I hit one little bump in the road, I stopped, I felt I couldn't do it, I wasn't strong enough, etc. But these days, I've moved to a city where I'm happy, I'm studying something I love, and I'm feeling better about myself in general. I'm changing my eating habits because I know I can do better, because I know I am capable of eating healthily and (as a byproduct) of settling into a healthy weight. I know that this time I will follow through because I know that that's the kind of person I am.
What always scared me about dieting was the desperation. I've seen it my whole life with my mother, who is beautiful, healthy and slender but constantly worried about her weight and appearance. It doesn't actually matter to her that she's gorgeous, she doesn't notice, she just feels inadequate. But I think there are two types of dieting: Dieting because you feel you are not beautiful, and dieting because you feel you are. With the one you have a high level of anxiety and fear of failure, and with the other you feel at peace at the start.
That said, I can't wait to see myself in jeans without the lovehandles!
Looking forward to getting to know everybody!
~Ladybug at Day 1
ha
My new home! Just moved from the US.)
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