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My DH and my friends think i'm silly and overzealous, but atkins is a lifesaver for me! People ask me what it does to you, and when I rattle off all the great things that i've experienced they look at me like i'm making it up.
Of course there's the weight loss and the energy you get.
But my skin looks better not only better but perfect, my nails are stronger, I sleep perfectly and am not groggy in the morning, my mood is better, I can think clearer, the list goes on and on. I'm plagued with stomach problems and recently got off a VERY harsh antibiotic regimen for stomach ulcers (3 -thousand- mg a day for 2 weeks). I've been in the emergency room twice in 3 days because for 3 weeks I was unable to eat anything without being sick. On atkins i never once have a problem with my stomach, or my kidneys, or anything else thats in there somewhere. When you live with a chronic problem like that you dont know what good FEELS like, and now I really do feel good!! I'm not a grump anymore either, and i'm usually enthusiastic and in a good mood.
Needless to say, I was telling my DH this this morning and kind of venting, because my friend complains about feeling bad and not being able to sleep, and being very overweight etc. But she refuses to see the connection between changing your habits and how you feel. DH told me "hon atkins isn't a miracle cure, she needs to go to a doctor." PFFT I say. People dont know how much better you can feel by living a healthy lifestyle, they just want someone to give them pills to make it go away. bah. I was on Effexor for 3 months and told I'd have to be on them the rest of my life. I hated the way they made me feel and i've been off them for over a year and a half, and i'm doing just fine.
Anyway, I guess i just feel frustrated with them. Shes always telling me we should work out together and lose weight, but when it comes down to it it simply is too much work for her to want to do it. I feel like if -I- can do it, so can she, but she rationalizes by saying "I could never do atkins I cant give up BEER!" "I could never do atkins, i LOVE pasta" "I dont want to get up every 30 minutes and have to pee" Personally, if I let myself get overweight and unhappy because I was too lazy to get up and walk to the bathroom more than twice a day, that just sums it all up right there.
Does anyone else know people like this? They WANT to lose weight and stuff, but they don't want to follow through. she told me once she's only happy being unhappy and having something to complain about, do you think its a self confidence issue?
Of course there's the weight loss and the energy you get.
But my skin looks better not only better but perfect, my nails are stronger, I sleep perfectly and am not groggy in the morning, my mood is better, I can think clearer, the list goes on and on. I'm plagued with stomach problems and recently got off a VERY harsh antibiotic regimen for stomach ulcers (3 -thousand- mg a day for 2 weeks). I've been in the emergency room twice in 3 days because for 3 weeks I was unable to eat anything without being sick. On atkins i never once have a problem with my stomach, or my kidneys, or anything else thats in there somewhere. When you live with a chronic problem like that you dont know what good FEELS like, and now I really do feel good!! I'm not a grump anymore either, and i'm usually enthusiastic and in a good mood.
Needless to say, I was telling my DH this this morning and kind of venting, because my friend complains about feeling bad and not being able to sleep, and being very overweight etc. But she refuses to see the connection between changing your habits and how you feel. DH told me "hon atkins isn't a miracle cure, she needs to go to a doctor." PFFT I say. People dont know how much better you can feel by living a healthy lifestyle, they just want someone to give them pills to make it go away. bah. I was on Effexor for 3 months and told I'd have to be on them the rest of my life. I hated the way they made me feel and i've been off them for over a year and a half, and i'm doing just fine.
Anyway, I guess i just feel frustrated with them. Shes always telling me we should work out together and lose weight, but when it comes down to it it simply is too much work for her to want to do it. I feel like if -I- can do it, so can she, but she rationalizes by saying "I could never do atkins I cant give up BEER!" "I could never do atkins, i LOVE pasta" "I dont want to get up every 30 minutes and have to pee" Personally, if I let myself get overweight and unhappy because I was too lazy to get up and walk to the bathroom more than twice a day, that just sums it all up right there.
Does anyone else know people like this? They WANT to lose weight and stuff, but they don't want to follow through. she told me once she's only happy being unhappy and having something to complain about, do you think its a self confidence issue?
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