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    Official Induction Results - down 8.5

    Ok...so it's not as exciting and glamorous as most induction results. However...I attribute this to the fact that I didn't have near as much excess water to lose as others might simply because I already take a water pill. So...I'm taking my 8.5 and moving on to OWL.

    In the inches department...if I re-measured correctly, I've lost 8.5 (in the areas I'm choosing to measure...which probably differs person to person). Mostly from stomach, chest and hips. No changes in arms and legs...a little on right thigh but that might be a fluke.

    Key learnings for me in moving forward:
    • I'm not eating near enough veggies because I'm crunched for time most of the time. I need to find better ways to be prepared in this department. I think I'm feeling this in the form of rapidly fatiguing muscles.
    • I'm not finding time to exercise. Unfortunately, I'm at a critical time at work right now. I did manage to get up and be at work by 6 am almost ever day last week. If I can keep up that schedule but exchange working for an AM workout...I'll be set. I will try this after June 15th (when critical goes back to merely high pressure)...till then, I'll keep getting up early to go to work to get my body used to the scheduel. Now...just gotta work out when I get HOME AT NIGHT till then! That's been a struggle.
    • I'm feeling constrained in being creative with foods right now. I really think this is changing gradually and will get better after June 13 when my guest leaves.
    • My guest and my current bf like my dang cooking...eating my dang leftovers...making me not be prepared for work lunches with leftovers....dangit!!! I gotta work on that.
    • Water. I'm drinking at least 2 liters a day. Since I'm not working out hard yet one would think this is enough...but I feel dehydrated, so I know it's not. I need to work on drinking more.
    • Cooking less is OK...even though I may be starving when I'm cooking...I am filling up faster. I need to cook a little less food.
    What I love about Atkins Diet...all my life people have said "dieting is simple...just eat when your hungry"...but I was always hungry! When I'm low carb...I can ACTUALLY live by this principle without any struggle.

    I'm moving over to OWL...I think it's time.
    Thanks all!
    Becki


    Started: 3/2/09

    ~280~270~260~250~240~230~220~210~200~190

    Realistic Final Goal: 190
    Stretch Goal: 140


    Successfully did Atkins in 1998 using 1992 copy of the book...before it was "hip". Lost 60lbs, exercised daily, felt and looked great. And then I moved in with a junk-food loving man, my mom got sick and passed away, then I suffered a spinal cord injury, and junk-food dude left me...and now I weigh 292lbs. That's 22lbs MORE than I weighed the first time around. It's 10 years later...I know this will work for me again.
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  • #2
    Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

    Well done, Becki
    I love it that you have looked back and analysed how you need to change things in your life for the future too
    Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
    Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



    Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!





    F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI )

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    • #3
      Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

      Excellent post, reflections & results!! Good luck on your journey to OWL!
      "You always had it. You always had the power."~~ Glinda the Good Witch

      Glenda
      F/5'10/47
      261/xxx/???
      "Happiness is a habit~cultivate it." Elbert Hubbard
      "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." Albert Einstein

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      • #4
        Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

        That is a fantastic job on induction! I learned REAL QUICK not to look at other people's results as it only made me feel like I was failing in some way. I would be disappointed if I only lost "x" amount of weight when I should have been proud of every pound I lost. And, other than licking all your food, I don't know how you are going to get them to keep from eating it.

        On a serious not though, I had that problem too with my classmates and I had to have a talk with them...especially one girl because she would try to make me feel bad because I had such good food to eat. There was no way of getting around eating in class either because this one class was 5.5 hours long. It took me the whole semester to get it in their heads but now they understand I weigh/measure/count all my food that I have and they know not to ask. But, from my end, I did start making a few extra boiled eggs and taking them with me. Good luck.



        41yo | F | 5'3" | HW: 250+ | CW: 188.4 | GW: 135

        1st Mini Goal Under 200: Met 2/29/08
        2nd Mini Goal Under 190: Met 5/5/08
        3rd Mini Goal 180: | 4th Mini Goal 170: | 4th Mini Goal 160: | 6th Mini Goal 150:

        I have a goal to be 150 by my birthday

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        • #5
          Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

          Congrats on the the loss! Good luck!
          SW: 205 / CW: 205 / GW: 120
          27 yrs. old, Female, 5'2''







          The Game Plan:
          Goal weight 120 lbs
          Mini goal #1-200 lbs -
          Mini goal #2-195 lbs -
          Mini goal #3-190 lbs -
          Mini goal #4-185 lbs -
          Mini goal #5-180 lbs -
          Mini goal #6-175 lbs
          Mini goal #7-170 lbs

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          • #6
            Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

            Way to go! Great post! I think it really important to reflect on what you're doing right and what your doing wrong so you can figure out what works for you. I've been on induction for a week and its definitely a learning process. Good luck with OWL!
            Vanessa
            28 F, 5'7"
            Start Date:             5-19-08
            SW:159/CW:153.4/GW:130
            Body Fat - 30.1%/Goal - 18%
            Inches lost: 23.25
             C25K - W2D2
             bicycle crunches: 200/2000
            squats: 40/500
            My Journal

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            • #7
              Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

              Congratulations! That's fantastic results
              ~Lisa~
              F, 37, 5' 7", Medium Frame
              I've been to the edge of 240something and I ain't going back!
              CW: 188
              GW: 165
              1st Goal: 180
              2nd Goal: 175
              3rd Goal: 170
              Final Goal: 165
              "You get what you put into it..."

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              • #8
                Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

                congrats!!! i am so glad i live with people that don't want my food, don't think i could deal with that
                ~Tif~ 7 LBS GONE!
                232/225/175
                6', Female, 27 yrs old
                Start Date: May 20, 2008

                Goals:
                210-workout clothes
                Onderland-new pumas
                190-a new pair of MEK or Big Stars:star:
                Final Goal-finish turning my tramp stamp into a backpiece:loveatfir

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                • #9
                  Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

                  congrats on your weight loss so far!!
                  Diana

                  :dancing1 :eek: :dancing1 :eek: :dancing1 :eek: :dancing1 :eek: :dancing1


                  285/274.4/155

                  25/f

                  Restart May 7/08

                  MG 1: 270
                  MG 2: 245
                  MG 3: 230
                  MG 4: 215
                  MG 5: 200
                  MG 6: 185
                  GOAL: 170


                  July 4th challenge!!
                  10/35 pounds lost 1325/1700 minutes of exercise

                  Turbo Jam / Bike Challenge
                  10/80 workouts

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                  • #10
                    Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

                    Whatdaya mean your results are not glamorous or exciting? Your results are fantablous! You need to tell those moochers that your food is 'diet' food and they won't like it! Nobody likes 'diet' food! At the very least, they need to learn to cook Atkins friendly food to share.

                    Sunny!
                    People who say it can't be done, should not interrupt those doing it.


                    "Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."
                    ~~Herodotus


                    Doin' the "Real Deal" Atkins 2002 since 9/15/2005
                    Sunny's Secrets: My Journal



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                    • #11
                      Re: Official Induction Results - down 8.5

                      Thanks everyone!

                      As for telling the moochers it's "diet food"...that's hard to do when it looks and tastes as good as it does. Last night...I again made steamed broccoli with chicken in a white cheese sauce. Who can resist that??? Or fresh bacon...or chicken baked in butter. Or Spinach stuffed chicken. My best bet is to eat red meat...lol...the guest hates red meat. My bf though...he's not picky at all. He even eats the stuff I don't like. That salmon I made but didn't like...he polished it off without flinching.

                      Anyway...I appreciate all the kind words.

                      I'm having issues with fatigue right now something fierce. I've gotta get it resolved so that I can work out. Then I know I'll see some better results!

                      Becki


                      Started: 3/2/09

                      ~280~270~260~250~240~230~220~210~200~190

                      Realistic Final Goal: 190
                      Stretch Goal: 140


                      Successfully did Atkins in 1998 using 1992 copy of the book...before it was "hip". Lost 60lbs, exercised daily, felt and looked great. And then I moved in with a junk-food loving man, my mom got sick and passed away, then I suffered a spinal cord injury, and junk-food dude left me...and now I weigh 292lbs. That's 22lbs MORE than I weighed the first time around. It's 10 years later...I know this will work for me again.

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