NEW TO THIS

[Buddrfly]

This of officially my 1st day of induction!! I previously lost 45lbs from Dec 04-Feb 05, but I still have a long way to go. My heaviest weight was 310. I decided I had to do something, so I started cutting down on carbs in early Feb. I never really fully started atkins, so I figure I'll give it a try and see if I can't reach my GW.

I you are new to this also, I would love to hear your story.

Wish me luck!

[cleochatra]

You are doing splendidly so far! You'll be surprised how wonderful, easy and rewarding this weight loss will be. I'm excited for you! :joy

[Vicky_Linn]

Hi and welcome to the board Iyshiaf!

Since you wanted to hear someone elses story I´ll tell you mine.

I´ve been overweight every since I was a child, I can remember being picked on in kindergarten and crying because I didn´t want to go there and face my bullies. Back then I was about 15 lbs overweight and I think I ate too much because I loved the taste of food, I´ve always loved candy(who doesn´t?) so I ate a lot of it.

For every year that´s gone by I´ve just got bigger and bigger and more miserable. My obesity ruined my childhood since I couldn´t do the same things as the other kids could, I was too big for the swing set, I never had a boyfriend when everyone else did for fun in first and second grade, I had few friends(since noone wanted to be seen with the fat kid) etc.

When I was in high school I remember sitting in class and just thinking: Who cares what the teacher´s say? All I want to do is to get home and eat something yummie because my life is so boring. The reason I thought my life was so dull was because I did my homework from the time I got home from school to the time I went to bed in order to get top grades which I did, but it left me feeling the only funny thing in my life was to eat. I didn´t go out partying with my friends or anything since I was too ashamed of myself. The few times I did go out it ended up with good looking guys hitting on my friends and some perverted guy hitting on me.

When I was 17 I weighed 331 lbs and just felt I´d had enough so I started doing Weight Watchers and lost about 70 lbs but couldn´t stick to it because I was always so hungry.

I´ve been on numerous of diets since I was nine years old. Amoung other things I´ve tried fasting, cambridge, WW, a sick diet called "Rikshospitaldieten" and eating nothing but fruits and vegetables. However, all of these diets have just left my starving and it has always ended with me more or less binging.

I just started doing Atkins a week and a half ago and this is the solution to my weight problems! I really hope I´ll lost a considerably amount of weight until this fall when I´m attending the university, I´ve always been the fat girl and I´m so sick of it. I hope it is the solution to your weight problems as well. Good luck!

[KRemo]

Hi Iyshiaf! I see you got everything in your profile down! WTG!

Well, I am not new to this game, but have recently come across some misconceptions that led me back. My story starts 5 years ago.

In March of 2000, I had a brain aneurysm. After being pretty athletic and fit all my life, it knocked me for a loop. I was no longer able to walk on my own, get dressed on my own or even bathe on my own. At 20 years old, I was rendered completely helpless. The following months I delved into depressions deeper than any I had ever known. And I turned to food & alcohol for comfort. I drank 2-3 bottles of champagne A DAY, coupled with a BRICK of cream cheese that I would put on A WHOLE BAG of pretzels. We're talking a LOT of calories. Every day.

In a year & a half, after much physical therapy and intensive rehab, I was almost back to normal. Even playing softball again. But it was too late. The weight had packed on and I had gone from an athletic & fit 135 pounds of muscle & fitness to 225 pounds of flab & laziness. :sadblinky

So, this was the end of 2001. And it has taken me this long to find the secret to PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS. 4 long hard years of yo yo diets, searching for a magic pill, potion, diet or workout that would help make it easy for me to return to the figure I had.

But there is none. There are 3 keys to a healthy lifestyle. Consistency, Dedication and Determination. These 3 things will keep you consistent in your healthy eating, dedicated to a healthy lifestyle, and determined to see it through. Now that I've found it, I'm on my way!

[Ante_up]

:wave Hey iyshiaf Welcome to the board :wave

Goodluck in your weightloss journey You will find alot of great advise and support here on this board (I know I have) :yes

[Isabeau]

Welcome aboard. You'll find this a very supportive place to be.

[ditien]

:wave :wave Welcome to this way of life and to ha .You will find alot of support here and we are glad to have you onboard with us.

I just started doing Atkins a week and a half ago and this is the solution to my weight problems! I really hope I´ll lost a considerably amount of weight until this fall when I´m attending the university, I´ve always been the fat girl and I´m so sick of it. I hope it is the solution to your weight problems as well

I totally agree with Vicky me being a fat gal all my life i was sick of it. I too hated going out my friends would get hit on by descent guys and i would be stuck with the left overs. I was tired of being second, if they cant get with my friend then they try me. Im tired of shopping in the plus size section and dressing over my age.

To be honest i was just plain tired i have never been thin and i want to know what it feels like i hate squashing myself into seats, i hate that i cant see my toes without sucking my belly, I want to be fit and thin for the rest of my life. This is not a temporary fix but a permanent one.

Good luck, exercise, drink your water and journal down all that you eat. Do read and Re read the DANDR(Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution) book.

And stock up with all the right things.

[tabekat]

Welcome

Hello - I'm fairly new - I joined on February 1st.
It has been an amazing journey and discovery.
There is no end to what you can learn here.
Lots of supportive people too. Good luck to you!

[Buddrfly]

Your stories....

Thank you for sharing your stories with me. I hope to continue to hear from all of you. Hopefully next time I will have some weight loss to report. ha

[SheHasTattoos]

Okay, I am just going to be frank with myself and all of you here. Never in a million years did I think I would be posting and reading on an Atkins board. But here I am. I am 5'3" and 215 pounds. Blah. I have a 7 month old that everyone is blaming for my weight gain but I don't buy it. So here I am, educating myself to start induction tomorrow. As a very Italian, very AVID pasta eater, wish me luck. This will probably be harder then I think. :help

[sweetpea1980]

Congrats on your loss so far and good luck! I am sure you will do great. I am starting tomorrow and hoping for a good loss in my future as well!