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  • #46
    Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

    You did excellent!! You should be proud of yourself. Maintenance is always very hard work. I have been there before and was okay until I had a major car accident. I just started re-reading Dr. Atkins book and he says that. He says that the underlying disease is still there and our bodies will always want to return to place where it feels genetically comfortable so we cannot let up. I used to say that I am at war with my body and I refuse to lose!! Good Job!!

    Originally posted by martamarta
    I started LC-ing on June 16th, 2006 at 314 lbs and completely NOT in control over my eating and weight.. Fast forward a year and a month later and I am a much happier 156 lbs. and finally at a HEALTHY weight. It's amazing how much Atkins can do for us people who have never been able to lose weight any other way. I will admit, I am a carboholic and always will be. What can I say? I look forward to reading more about everyone and learning from each other.

    My before and now pics:

    http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/3580/33333po1.jpg


    ~Marta
    "Just a Friend"
    318/235/185
    WLS 2005, loss to 235
    Started Atkins 8/30/07

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    • #47
      Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

      My first thought was NO WAY!! lol How amazing! What a difference. How proud you must feel! Although you were really successful with your own low-carb diet, I'm sticking to Dr. Atkin's plan.
      Starting Weight: 248.5
      Current Weight: 246

      1st week of Induction
      Second Time Around

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      • #48
        Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

        WOW!!! Girl, you look incredible! Way to go!!!!!!!
        SW: (8/4/07) 165lbs.
        GW: 125lbs.



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        • #49
          Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

          wow what a difference!!!!!!!!GREAT JOB!!!!!
          Re-start weight 210.6------10/23/07
          Re-re-start again weight 215--3/02/08



          Was on atkins 1.5 years ago and went from 250-170!
          My mistake:catfight , not going through all phases here I am again 215 trying to do it rite this time!:walking





          mini goal---200--3/14/08
          first goal----192--3/24/08
          2nd goal----182--5/14/08
          3rd goal---172----6/14/08
          4th goal---162----7/14/08
          5th gaol---152----8/14/08
          final goal---145---9/14/08

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          • #50
            Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

            I am like you. I have to watch my calories and carbs. The mistake I made before was going strictly by the book and I gained 10 pounds. Unfortunatey some of us have unique needs. I can't eat cheese as well without gaining weight. I have tried it over and over and it just does me in. This time I modified my plan to watch my calories as well as my carbs and I have been losing. I am currently doing under 25 but I am still in induction. I hope to be able to get up to at least 40 and still lose. I was at 60 before coming back to induction and my hunger was out of control so I think 60 is to much for me. Some people don't have watch calories on Atkins to lose but there are a few of us that do. I keep my calorie intake to about 1200 as well.

            Originally posted by martamarta
            Thanks guys...


            I concocted my own version of low-carb after doing a month of strict induction. I started counting calories and capping them at 1200 a day in addition to keeping my carbs low.. less than 20 a day for a while and then allowing up to 30 or 40 or so off and on. I have had a cheat-free year and I think that helped also because a slip-up would have set me back I'm sure. I am now plateauing but as long as I don't gain, I am fine without losing another pound. Maintanance is A LOT more stressful than losing was, I don't know why! Anyone have any insight into this??
            "Just a Friend"
            318/235/185
            WLS 2005, loss to 235
            Started Atkins 8/30/07

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            • #51
              Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

              Originally posted by Just Friends
              I am like you. I have to watch my calories and carbs. The mistake I made before was going strictly by the book and I gained 10 pounds. Unfortunatey some of us have unique needs. I can't eat cheese as well without gaining weight. I have tried it over and over and it just does me in. This time I modified my plan to watch my calories as well as my carbs and I have been losing. I am currently doing under 25 but I am still in induction. I hope to be able to get up to at least 40 and still lose. I was at 60 before coming back to induction and my hunger was out of control so I think 60 is to much for me. Some people don't have watch calories on Atkins to lose but there are a few of us that do. I keep my calorie intake to about 1200 as well.
              I am glad you are trying to find out which foods your body can cope with by looking at how it responds to them and adapting accordingly. Other members have found cheese is a 'staller' for them too so eat none of it at all - luckily it is one of the foods we are 'allowed' to eat rather than one we 'must' eat - like the 3 cups of vegetables
              When you climb the carbohydrate ladder again, who knows you may find your CCLL is higher this time so you dont feel you have to restrict your calories as well as your carbs.
              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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              • #52
                Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

                That would be wonderful. I hope you are right. It may be a matter of me just getting rid of the foods that I am sensitive to. I am already going down everyday on the scale and this always seemed impossible for me before and I am not hardly starving. I am literally eating more than I was before but none of the foods that have been identified as possible problems for some people. My guess is that I will find that I need to keep some types of cheeses and all grains and yeast out of my diet and I will be okay. The products I made with almond meal have not caused weight stalls so I wonder if that means peanuts or peanut butter is okay for me or are almonds different from peanuts?
                "Just a Friend"
                318/235/185
                WLS 2005, loss to 235
                Started Atkins 8/30/07

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                • #53
                  Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

                  You are such an inspiration... Wow... Look at you. Thank you! Thank you for posting. Wow... There's hope for the rest of us I guess. Really... thank you. You are gorgeous!
                  Kara

                  9 days cheat free! I am not going to give up!

                  "Some people have photo albums; I have a scrapbook on hangers."


                  First mini goal: To fit in the airplane seat on October 19th! Pray for me!

                  sw269/cw239/gw125










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                  • #54
                    Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

                    WOW you are fantastic!!!!what a difference can't even tell it is you!!!
                    Re-start weight 210.6------10/23/07
                    Re-re-start again weight 215--3/02/08



                    Was on atkins 1.5 years ago and went from 250-170!
                    My mistake:catfight , not going through all phases here I am again 215 trying to do it rite this time!:walking





                    mini goal---200--3/14/08
                    first goal----192--3/24/08
                    2nd goal----182--5/14/08
                    3rd goal---172----6/14/08
                    4th goal---162----7/14/08
                    5th gaol---152----8/14/08
                    final goal---145---9/14/08

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                    • #55
                      Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

                      you look amazing! great job


                      27, F, 5'1
                      HW:224 : / CW: 222 / GW: 130

                      Restarting soon!
                      *I want to see the 100s again*
                      _________________________________


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                      • #56
                        Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

                        omg! what a transformation! your beautiful, i have got to get back on this diet and it's photos like yours that inspire me. once i fall off it is sooooo hard to get back on, arrrrggghhhhhh!

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                        • #57
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                          Job Well Done!!!
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                          Start Date: April 19, 2009
                          April 19 - 287
                          April goal - 272
                          May goal - 257
                          June goal - 242
                          July goal - 227
                          August goal - 212

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                          • #58
                            Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

                            Holy hotness girl! WTG!!!
                            "I REFUSE TO BE DEFEATED"

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                            • #59
                              Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

                              it might be a good time to point out, since this thread seems to keep popping up that martamarta, the op of the thread has not been ressponding to the posts made in her thread. it would also be a good time to remind our other members, again, that although marta did have success doing low carb, she was not doing Atkins by the book. #5
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                              4th STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

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                              • #60
                                Re: Low-Carb is the ONLY way to go!

                                I am amazed at the results!! You look great, way to go girl...such an inspiration On my 2nd day and I want to really stick with this program ...you are proof that it works.
                                start date: 9/24/07 (2nd time around)
                                33 yr old female
                                height: 5'5
                                starting weight: 230
                                goal weight: 150
                                mini goals for myself: 230/200/175/150







                                Looking for that healthy,sexy and slim woman inside

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