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I made it to Day 7 with only a few bumps in the road!
Just wanted to post an update that today is my 7th day of induction! So far i've done pretty well considering my previous lifestyle, only running into two snags on the way. I don't think I would have made it this far if it weren't for finding this forum and seeing all of the wonderful pictures ya'll have in your sigs and in the before/after section. I want to be an Atkins success story, too! 
Yesterday night I treated myself to a 1/3 of an Atkins bar. It claims the whole bar is 3g of net carbs, but to be on the safe side I counted all the carbs minus the fiber. (comes up to 4.6g for 1/3 of a bar) Since I probably shouldn't have eaten it i'm counting this as snag one, even though I stayed below 20 carbs for the day and must admit to finding it empowering to section off a small piece of the bar and put the rest away. I'm normally the kind of person who would eat the whole thing.
Snag two is more important - It's my water intake. I've been drinking about 40oz which is too little... But so much plain water leaves me feeling bloated and uncomfortable. Do you think it would be ok for me to have the rest of my water as unsweetened decaf white or green tea? Or is there something in plain white or green tea that could stall my weight loss if I have too much of it? I know I should really just drink the water, but i'm trying to work up to having that much and am wondering if this is the second best way to stay hydrated in the meantime.
My scale hasn't budged since day four - in fact, it's gone up a few pounds. But I think i'm coming up on my TOM so i'm not too worried about it. My jeans already feel like they fit me better and the red stretch marks I was getting on my stomach from gaining back weight have started to fade to a pale pink. So even if I don't have any great lb losses to report I do feel like i'm making some progress. Better yet, since reading through this place, I feel like my whole attitude about weight loss has changed. I don't care if I takes me over a year to get to my goal because i'm confident it will be worth when I get there. I really cannot stress how much finding this board has helped me. Very, very, very - that's how much.
Yesterday night I treated myself to a 1/3 of an Atkins bar. It claims the whole bar is 3g of net carbs, but to be on the safe side I counted all the carbs minus the fiber. (comes up to 4.6g for 1/3 of a bar) Since I probably shouldn't have eaten it i'm counting this as snag one, even though I stayed below 20 carbs for the day and must admit to finding it empowering to section off a small piece of the bar and put the rest away. I'm normally the kind of person who would eat the whole thing.
Snag two is more important - It's my water intake. I've been drinking about 40oz which is too little... But so much plain water leaves me feeling bloated and uncomfortable. Do you think it would be ok for me to have the rest of my water as unsweetened decaf white or green tea? Or is there something in plain white or green tea that could stall my weight loss if I have too much of it? I know I should really just drink the water, but i'm trying to work up to having that much and am wondering if this is the second best way to stay hydrated in the meantime.
My scale hasn't budged since day four - in fact, it's gone up a few pounds. But I think i'm coming up on my TOM so i'm not too worried about it. My jeans already feel like they fit me better and the red stretch marks I was getting on my stomach from gaining back weight have started to fade to a pale pink. So even if I don't have any great lb losses to report I do feel like i'm making some progress. Better yet, since reading through this place, I feel like my whole attitude about weight loss has changed. I don't care if I takes me over a year to get to my goal because i'm confident it will be worth when I get there. I really cannot stress how much finding this board has helped me. Very, very, very - that's how much.
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