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Hello All,
First of all, please forgive me if this post is long. I am not an expert of Atkins or a veteran. I am an ordinary person trying to become healthy and change my lifestyle!
I need to tell you that at my highest weight I topped out at an unhealthy 274. I felt absolutely lousy on so many levels. I started seeing "spots" from time to time which probaly meant that my blood pressure was "through the roof"! I was majorly exhausted all day long...even after 10-12 hours of sleep the night before.
Here is the thing! I did not eat alot of food! I would skip breakfast because for some strange reason I thought that that was what thin people did! Mid moring, around 10:30 I would do what I thought was a healthy thing for my body and get maybe a large blueberry bran muffin (loaded with sugar mind you), Coffee (with sweet and low, cream and sugar). Also, I would get fruit like pineapples. By the time that lunch rolled around (1:30 for me) I would be absolutely starving again! At this time I worked out of my home and would grab the usual Hamburger and to be a good girl skip the fries and get a large icetea with sweet and low! Oh yes...since I was good, I would also get a cheesecake....okay...sometimes two cheesecakes. I would have another sugary snack or pretzels for my afternoon snack. By the time that I would get home from work, I would be starving and exhausted all over again. I would stop and get another fast-food something or other because I would be too darn tired to cook!. I would take a very quick shower at about 6:00 pm and go to bed for the night! I was simply miserable! I had no time for my Husband or Son because I had to preserve my energy for work the next day!
Eventually, my unhealthy lifestyle took it's toll on not only me, but my family to whom I love dearly! My son was doing terrible in school (6 years old) because I was too tired most of the time to help him with his school work. I asked my husband if I could just stay home and be a stay-at-home mom. We really could not afford it but managed to shift some things around and presto I quit my dead-end job, started a business, and work for a couple of companies at home! My son started improving immediately!
As for me, I immediately gained ohhh about 10 pounds right off of the top! Probably because I was not as active!
I am writing this because I have ALWAYS had a very very hard time losing weight! In my twenties, I dieted and exercised at least 4-6 times a week and I would feel drained! I would be lucky if I would loose 2 pounds in a 45 day period! At this time I was literally starving myself per I would eat one tiny meal at day! Usually at the end of the day!
A friend of mine started loosing a great amount of weight (10 years ago) on Atkins! I thought that she was absolutely crazy because she was eating cheese, bacon, salad dressing....and lots of it. She kept asking me to just try it. I would think to my self "no way Jose" It took me a lifetime to loose the little weight that I have lost!
Needless to say, over the next 10 years I tried every diet and exercise equipment known to mankind! The Cabbage Diet, Diet Pills(Metabolite), Taebo, Protein Shake Diet, ....you name it and I can guarantee you that I have "been there and done that!"
Last year as I lay in my bed...(no pun intended), and watched my active 6 year old play and talk to his self, I knew that I had hit "rock bottom". I had to do something. I was tired of being tired! I thought about how much my friend had lost on atkins and how often she ate throughout the day. I thought I was not eating and not loosing weight, and she was eating and loosing weight. So I decided to give Atkins a try.
The first day I lost 1 1/2 pounds! I remember vividly...I was standing on the scale at the gym and said to myself, "Heyyyy....this really works!" Now mind you...I can guarantee that of all the people on this board, I am the very worse case scenario when it comes to loosing weight! My metabolism WAS srewed up! Oh yeah...when I lost the initial 1 1/2 lbs, (because I was just plain lazy), I had not read the book. After the third week...I stopped doing Atkins.
I Just started back Jan 9, 2005. This time I bought the book but still did not read it! (Just plain lazy!!) I lost 7 lbs the first two weeks only because I managed to get enough info from this board to do somewhat of the plan correctly. Then I thought...hmmmmm....I wonder what would happen if I actually read the book that I am using as a paper weight! Finally, I took a day and read the book! HELLOOO....I am now educated on Atkins! I get it! I understand!
I reasessed my menus incorporated SOME exercise(two 30 min sessions per week) and guess what I stalled for 8 weeks! Do not get me wrong I was loosing inches out of the wazoo! But that darn scale would not budge! It kept going up and down 5 pounds! What kept me was the encouraging posts from the veterans and people on this board! I kept reading do not give up! Also, a gentleman explained that your body may have been at a certain weight for a long time and will try and remain there a while. He said to keep pressing forward. You see this time around is my last chance to be healthy! Soooo.... I am sincerely giving this and myself 200%!
I then re- reasessed my menu and decided to give up splenda for a week and only have water as my beverage. I also did the unthinkable and increase my workout to 5 one hour and 45 minute sessions a week. 1 1/2 hours of cardio and 15 minutes of weight training! I worked out Sunday and Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday I had to take off because I had appointments! I Still lost weight! I noticed on Thursday that my energy was not as high. It took me a hour and a half to put on gym shorts and a T-shirt to go to the gym! I drug myself there and felt my energy come back as soon as I started to workout! One night (Tuesday) I was a little bit more hungry than usual around 7 pm. So guess what....I ate!! I ate brocolli and beef! About 1 cup of brocolli and lots of thin beef strips! I said to myself before I went to bed! Because I ate so late, I will definetly weigh more in the morning! I weighed the next morning and lost a pound over night! Go figure!
I started this last Sunday! I have lost 5 1/2 pounds this week alone! So I am reminding you what the kind folks on this board have said over and over. Press on! Fight for your lives! Do not give into the scale! She is very Evil!! Turn that EVIL around and LIVE! I am now down to about 241 pounds and I feel great! I can not wait to workout tonight! I am full and full of energy! I feel in control again as opposed to LOST! I have found myself again! I do not feel that I am imprisoned in my body anymore! I used to think of myself as two eyes looking out of a pressure of fat! I love my new me and say good things to myself everyday. I know my worth now!
Hope....is a beautiful thing! Now I have away off of this viscious cycle that I have been on! I have energy! I notice changes when I look in the mirror. I used to avoid all mirrors! Just too painful!
Take it from me and read the book from beginning to end! Remember your water! Remember to exercise! DO NOT LET THE SCALE BEAT YOU!!!!
I hope that this extremely long post reaches and helps at least one person!
Have a great day!
First of all, please forgive me if this post is long. I am not an expert of Atkins or a veteran. I am an ordinary person trying to become healthy and change my lifestyle!
I need to tell you that at my highest weight I topped out at an unhealthy 274. I felt absolutely lousy on so many levels. I started seeing "spots" from time to time which probaly meant that my blood pressure was "through the roof"! I was majorly exhausted all day long...even after 10-12 hours of sleep the night before.
Here is the thing! I did not eat alot of food! I would skip breakfast because for some strange reason I thought that that was what thin people did! Mid moring, around 10:30 I would do what I thought was a healthy thing for my body and get maybe a large blueberry bran muffin (loaded with sugar mind you), Coffee (with sweet and low, cream and sugar). Also, I would get fruit like pineapples. By the time that lunch rolled around (1:30 for me) I would be absolutely starving again! At this time I worked out of my home and would grab the usual Hamburger and to be a good girl skip the fries and get a large icetea with sweet and low! Oh yes...since I was good, I would also get a cheesecake....okay...sometimes two cheesecakes. I would have another sugary snack or pretzels for my afternoon snack. By the time that I would get home from work, I would be starving and exhausted all over again. I would stop and get another fast-food something or other because I would be too darn tired to cook!. I would take a very quick shower at about 6:00 pm and go to bed for the night! I was simply miserable! I had no time for my Husband or Son because I had to preserve my energy for work the next day!
Eventually, my unhealthy lifestyle took it's toll on not only me, but my family to whom I love dearly! My son was doing terrible in school (6 years old) because I was too tired most of the time to help him with his school work. I asked my husband if I could just stay home and be a stay-at-home mom. We really could not afford it but managed to shift some things around and presto I quit my dead-end job, started a business, and work for a couple of companies at home! My son started improving immediately!
As for me, I immediately gained ohhh about 10 pounds right off of the top! Probably because I was not as active!
I am writing this because I have ALWAYS had a very very hard time losing weight! In my twenties, I dieted and exercised at least 4-6 times a week and I would feel drained! I would be lucky if I would loose 2 pounds in a 45 day period! At this time I was literally starving myself per I would eat one tiny meal at day! Usually at the end of the day!
A friend of mine started loosing a great amount of weight (10 years ago) on Atkins! I thought that she was absolutely crazy because she was eating cheese, bacon, salad dressing....and lots of it. She kept asking me to just try it. I would think to my self "no way Jose" It took me a lifetime to loose the little weight that I have lost!
Needless to say, over the next 10 years I tried every diet and exercise equipment known to mankind! The Cabbage Diet, Diet Pills(Metabolite), Taebo, Protein Shake Diet, ....you name it and I can guarantee you that I have "been there and done that!"
Last year as I lay in my bed...(no pun intended), and watched my active 6 year old play and talk to his self, I knew that I had hit "rock bottom". I had to do something. I was tired of being tired! I thought about how much my friend had lost on atkins and how often she ate throughout the day. I thought I was not eating and not loosing weight, and she was eating and loosing weight. So I decided to give Atkins a try.
The first day I lost 1 1/2 pounds! I remember vividly...I was standing on the scale at the gym and said to myself, "Heyyyy....this really works!" Now mind you...I can guarantee that of all the people on this board, I am the very worse case scenario when it comes to loosing weight! My metabolism WAS srewed up! Oh yeah...when I lost the initial 1 1/2 lbs, (because I was just plain lazy), I had not read the book. After the third week...I stopped doing Atkins.
I Just started back Jan 9, 2005. This time I bought the book but still did not read it! (Just plain lazy!!) I lost 7 lbs the first two weeks only because I managed to get enough info from this board to do somewhat of the plan correctly. Then I thought...hmmmmm....I wonder what would happen if I actually read the book that I am using as a paper weight! Finally, I took a day and read the book! HELLOOO....I am now educated on Atkins! I get it! I understand!
I reasessed my menus incorporated SOME exercise(two 30 min sessions per week) and guess what I stalled for 8 weeks! Do not get me wrong I was loosing inches out of the wazoo! But that darn scale would not budge! It kept going up and down 5 pounds! What kept me was the encouraging posts from the veterans and people on this board! I kept reading do not give up! Also, a gentleman explained that your body may have been at a certain weight for a long time and will try and remain there a while. He said to keep pressing forward. You see this time around is my last chance to be healthy! Soooo.... I am sincerely giving this and myself 200%!
I then re- reasessed my menu and decided to give up splenda for a week and only have water as my beverage. I also did the unthinkable and increase my workout to 5 one hour and 45 minute sessions a week. 1 1/2 hours of cardio and 15 minutes of weight training! I worked out Sunday and Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday I had to take off because I had appointments! I Still lost weight! I noticed on Thursday that my energy was not as high. It took me a hour and a half to put on gym shorts and a T-shirt to go to the gym! I drug myself there and felt my energy come back as soon as I started to workout! One night (Tuesday) I was a little bit more hungry than usual around 7 pm. So guess what....I ate!! I ate brocolli and beef! About 1 cup of brocolli and lots of thin beef strips! I said to myself before I went to bed! Because I ate so late, I will definetly weigh more in the morning! I weighed the next morning and lost a pound over night! Go figure!
I started this last Sunday! I have lost 5 1/2 pounds this week alone! So I am reminding you what the kind folks on this board have said over and over. Press on! Fight for your lives! Do not give into the scale! She is very Evil!! Turn that EVIL around and LIVE! I am now down to about 241 pounds and I feel great! I can not wait to workout tonight! I am full and full of energy! I feel in control again as opposed to LOST! I have found myself again! I do not feel that I am imprisoned in my body anymore! I used to think of myself as two eyes looking out of a pressure of fat! I love my new me and say good things to myself everyday. I know my worth now!
Hope....is a beautiful thing! Now I have away off of this viscious cycle that I have been on! I have energy! I notice changes when I look in the mirror. I used to avoid all mirrors! Just too painful!
Take it from me and read the book from beginning to end! Remember your water! Remember to exercise! DO NOT LET THE SCALE BEAT YOU!!!!
I hope that this extremely long post reaches and helps at least one person!
Have a great day!
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