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[lisadallasr]

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i would have to say my motivation is my children, I want to see them grow up and also would like to run around and have the energy that they do. Also i need to do this for myself, i hate what i see in the mirror so i need to change that.
lisa

[Momtofour]

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My motivator was definately health and my kids. I remember sitting in my living room crying last year because I didn't want to take my kids to a water park trip we had planned for June 05. That did it for me. My weight was taking over my life and that had to change. I started the next day. I was down 30 pounds by the time we went on that trip to the water park. I am now down 65 and feel better than I can ever remember as an adult.

[SkaPaladin]

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My motivation. That's a tough one.

When I was in the 8th grade, I was energetic, healthy, and relatively good looking, if I do say so myself.

Broke my ankle playing football. It healed up for the most part before my 9th grade year, but I wasn't able to participate in any sports because of it, so my gym coach (a real jerk that felt a dr's excuse isn't enough) made me walk around the track every day I had gym. 1.5 hours of walking on a semi fractured ankle. I went to my dr for a followup, and the fracture had opened up, and I had to get re-cast.

I got taken out of the gym class, and the coach didn't even get a slap on the wrist. I was put in choir, and that was fun.

But, the 6 weeks in the first cast, and the second set of 6 weeks was enough to get me into a different "caste". In high school, your first friends will make who you are. Instead of being the popular jock I was destined to be, I was the lazy punker.

I went to a new school my sophomore year, and that mindset had already taken effect, so I didn't even try to go back to who I was, and I became the moody, discontent teenager. Cutter, smoker, chips and coke everyday for lunch, sneaking out of class, yet very intellegent, as my grades had shown.

Now, after being that way for so long, and seeing that it has gotten me no further than I had been, I got sick of it. 8 weeks of induction later, I'm 42-45 pounds lighter (it fluctuates) working in a hectic environment, and already thinking about different career opportunities. And the confidence boost I gained is more than enough of a reason for me to stay on this WOL.

That, and the fact that I am a 25 yr old virgin, which is another reason for me to become a hottie. I have 25 years to make up for... Starting now!

[Miss Seaneen]

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My motivations are various- vanity is a big one. I want to be able to look into a mirror and feel okay, and want to stop pissing my boyfriend off with my response to him saying, "You're beautiful" being "I'm not!"

So, there's vanity, and PCOS. I really can't not eat low-carb, I gain weight, hair, my periods stop- Atkins is what ressurrected me in that sense and I want to get back to that- I want to have kids someday.

[Smallerizing]

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It was about 3 years ago when I was about to turn 49. I got to thinking, I'm almost OLD and I'm also poor and fat. I could not do anything about the age thing, scary as it was. I was broke from a really bad car accident, and not sure if that was going to be permanent (it's not). But the "fat" part of it, I thought maybe I could have some control over. My thinking was, I'm not going to be 50, broke, and fat by next year.


So I googled into this web site and borrowed the book. Having failed to lose on other diets, I resigned myself to not losing on Atkins, but knew from his research that the hypoglycemia I had been suffering with would be helped. So I have to say the motivation was my health, and I'm re-motivating myself now with that reminder.!!

I signed up here and said I would start after my 49th birthday in a few weeks. I took the time to read the book, collect stuff like macadamias, flax, pork rinds, and to clean out my pantry of all the carbalicious junk. Unfortunately, I cleaned it out by EATING IT. Up I went from 183 to 188. I always counted my lowest weight as my "official" weight and it's only recently I'm looking at the 188 as my high weight. Which means I lost not only 50 lbs by age 50, as was my goal, but a total of 61!!

Then lots of life happened and I kept going off and on for the past year and a half. I gained 2/3 of what was so hard to lose, and finally realized I'm getting FAT again!! (Yes, I should have known it as I kept getting the "fat" clothes out of the attic, but I felt I still looked good...)

I have finally decided that there is NO way I'm going to gain more, and if I can't lose any I will be satisfied with the good health I'm enjoying on this WOE. This mind set has helped tremendously in not using my current stressful situation as an excuse to eat carbs. Wish me luck!