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[Roxiebarr]

Hi Roxiebarr! :wave

I wasn't around the boards much yesterday, but I am here to report my progress.

The scale didn't budge, this time around. I am unsure as to if it is a stall, fluctuations or some other factor. I will be monitoring my weight, as well as measuring myself, for the next few days to see what happens. Also, I have reason to believe that I have another candida infection. :sadblinky So, I will be doing another candida cleanse starting Monday. So, back to whole foods I go!!! :joy

Hi Chynna! Good to hear from you - even though the scales didn't budge, I'm so glad to see your determination remains firm!

I look forward to seeing your progress - and I hope your infection clears up - soon!

Rachel :wave

[jenivieve74]

potassium

I got some vitamins and supplements today. I got Potassium because of leg cramps. It is only 3% of daily value. Does anyone know how many I should or can take each day?

[G-Mom]

Re: potassium

I got some vitamins and supplements today. I got Potassium because of leg cramps. It is only 3% of daily value. Does anyone know how many I should or can take each day?

Jenivieve, I, myself took up to 3, 90mg tablets of potassium per day when I had leg cramps. One at morning, one at noon and one at night. I had no ill effects, and my leg cramps went away within a couple days of this. I went down to one per day for a few days after that, then stopped taking them.

P.S. Just one more tip about your ticker. Since I was able to quote it, you didn't put it in your sig line. To put your Ticker in your sig line (so it will just show up each time you post), go to your Profile (top of page) and paste the code into the signature box, then go to the bottom of the page and enter it. Hope that helps. Sorry, if I am annoying you with these message board tips, but I would want to know.

[jenivieve74]

thanks for advice

Thank you so much for the advice on atkins and my postings. I was wondering how people got their pictures and stuff everytime they wrote. And I wondered how to post a little picture by my name. Do you know where to get the cute pictures with pounds around them. I saw some hello kitty and puppies on some peoples messages. I like them better than the ticker tapes. Well I updated my profile so lets see if it works. Thanks again! :wave

[jenivieve74]

gmom

sorry I had a few more questions for you or anyone that will answer. Hope I am annoying you with all of ?'s. I was reading online last night that it can take 14 1,000mg flaxseed oil pills to make up the value of 1 tsp. of flaxseed oil. Is this true? Do you take this supplement. SHould I realy take it if I don't have a problem with constipation? Thanks to having my gall bladdar removed 4 yrs. ago I pray for constipation. Anyway, I took just one pill yesterday and a few hours later I was running to the bathroom. Now, I don't know if it was the pill or something I ate. I guess I will find out when I take more and the same thing happens. I was just wondering. Does anyone recommend just the oil over taking the oil pills? Thanks for all the help. I tried atkins several times before and hardly made it through induction. Now that I found this board, it helps so much to have support!

[G-Mom]

Re: gmom

sorry I had a few more questions for you or anyone that will answer. Hope I am annoying you with all of ?'s. I was reading online last night that it can take 14 1,000mg flaxseed oil pills to make up the value of 1 tsp. of flaxseed oil. Is this true? Do you take this supplement. SHould I realy take it if I don't have a problem with constipation? Thanks to having my gall bladdar removed 4 yrs. ago I pray for constipation. Anyway, I took just one pill yesterday and a few hours later I was running to the bathroom. Now, I don't know if it was the pill or something I ate. I guess I will find out when I take more and the same thing happens. I was just wondering. Does anyone recommend just the oil over taking the oil pills? Thanks for all the help. I tried atkins several times before and hardly made it through induction. Now that I found this board, it helps so much to have support!

Hi again :wave Don't worry about questions, not a problem. Recently, I have been considering buying CLA pills. I hear this supplement is very good at helping get rid of fat. Maybe you should consider this instead. About your question about the flaxseed pills vs. flaxseed oil, yes, I have heard that you would need to take A LOT of pills to make a difference. If I were you, I would take the CLA.

[djdawg]

Day one of Induction!

Hi everyone!

Well, as you can see by my subject line, I'm a newbie and day one is almost completed. My girlfriend (ijustm42) and I are doing this together and I'm sure you'll see her posting soon. We're excited about the next two weeks and think it's cool that there is a place where we can go to get encouragement and to give it!

We did all the measuring and taking pictures of our bodies (ugh!) yesterday and did all the shopping. (Wow! Nearly $200 later!) But it will be worth it. We'll let you know our progress...

[jenivieve74]

Re: Day one of Induction!

Hi everyone!

Well, as you can see by my subject line, I'm a newbie and day one is almost completed. My girlfriend (ijustm42) and I are doing this together and I'm sure you'll see her posting soon. We're excited about the next two weeks and think it's cool that there is a place where we can go to get encouragement and to give it!

We did all the measuring and taking pictures of our bodies (ugh!) yesterday and did all the shopping. (Wow! Nearly $200 later!) But it will be worth it. We'll let you know our progress...

welcome. my husband and I are doing this together too. You guys can do it. The first 3 days were the hardest for me. It was a little harder on my husband. Tomorrow is our 18th day & it has gotten a lot easier. How much weight do you guys want to lose?

[jenivieve74]

Re: Day one of Induction!

Hi everyone!

Well, as you can see by my subject line, I'm a newbie and day one is almost completed. My girlfriend (ijustm42) and I are doing this together and I'm sure you'll see her posting soon. We're excited about the next two weeks and think it's cool that there is a place where we can go to get encouragement and to give it!

We did all the measuring and taking pictures of our bodies (ugh!) yesterday and did all the shopping. (Wow! Nearly $200 later!) But it will be worth it. We'll let you know our progress...

welcome. my husband and I are doing this together too. You guys can do it. The first 3 days were the hardest for me. It was a little harder on my husband. Tomorrow is our 18th day & it has gotten a lot easier. How much weight do you guys want to lose?

[djdawg]

Thanks for your welcome! I want to lose 50lbs and she wants to lose 40.

[MzJackson]

Started Yesterday

Hello everyone. Just started Atkins yesterday. I'm here looking for support and advice from anyone willing to help. I'm 5'6 and my cw is 168. My mini-goal is 155 by Valentine's Day and my goal weight is 145 by the end of May. Any and all advice is welcome and appreciated.

Eve

[Chynna]

CALLING ALL NEWBIES AND MENTORS!

Hello and welcome to all our recent Newbies.

To Mentors who have posted, thank you for your posts in offering support and information.

I am currently trying to get a list together of all Newbies and Mentors who would like to participate in our upcoming "buddy-list" program. Lynne (Admin) has asked me to gather up our members who would like to participate in this program so that planning can begin on getting this to work.

Anyone interested should either post here or PM me.

Thanks for taking the time to read through this and I hope you will take joining in on the buddy-list into consideration!

[jenivieve74]

CLA

I ordered some CLA pills today. I did a lot of reading on them and they sound pretty good. I am going to make a dr. appt. soon and get some tests done. I want to check my cholesteral and all that good stuff. Any suggestions on what all tests I should have done while I am there?

[G-Mom]

Re: CLA

I ordered some CLA pills today. I did a lot of reading on them and they sound pretty good. I am going to make a dr. appt. soon and get some tests done. I want to check my cholesteral and all that good stuff. Any suggestions on what all tests I should have done while I am there?

Cool! You will have to let me know if you feel they are helping. When the doctor's office calls you with results make sure you get your triglycerides, LDL and HDL cholesterol numbers, as well as total cholesterol. Make sure you tell them you are on Atkins, because if they test for ketones, they might think you are diabetic!

P.S. In my last post to you, I forgot to tell you how to make that "I've lost 10 lbs!" graphic to show up in your sig line. You need to type the code just like this into your sig box in your profile: [img]your code here[/img] I can't type it exactly, otherwise the image will show up in my post, so just copy and paste your image code inbetween the image tags.

[jenivieve74]

thanks

Ok I am trying to see if I did it right. Where did you get your cute little picture of the lady with pounds around her? I would like to get something like that.