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Any other mums out there trying to loose baby weight gain?
Hello. I am new to the boards. I have come here primarily to educate myself on how others are dealing with their Atkins diet. Since some ppl around me have learned that I am on this diet, I have gotten nothing but negative feedback. However, I believe the sole reason ppl fail at this diet is because after they loose the weight, they go back to their old eating habits, pure & simple.
After my son was born, I had 20 pounds to loose. Prior to pregnancy, I was an avid weight trainer and ate extremley well. During pregnancy, I stopped weight training, and picked up the habit of the dreaded "munchies".
Here I am, almost 2 years later and trying to loose the weight. I had done Atkins in the past, but did not make it past 1 week. Recently, I tried the "master cleanse" and lasted 4 days. After 4 days, I thought to myself, "If I can go 4 days without eating food, I certainly can go back on Atkins and skim back on carbs". So here I am. I've been on induction now for 12 days. After day 8, I was already down 12 pounds. Although my schedule does not allow for alot of excercise, I manage to get in walks. I go with baby for about 8 km a few times a week. I drink 2L of water a day. I eat mostly protein, and little by way of veggies. Although I love my brocolli/cheddar/curri bake! I usually have a couple of hard boiled eggs at breakfast, a can of tuna or salmon at lunch and some baked chicken with some veggies at dinner. A snack for me between meals is drinking flavoured (no sugar or caffeen) herbal tea. I allow myself more on the weekends, like baking chicken with a slice of delicious cheese melted over top, and some fresh chopped parsley (hey, is there a receipe exchange on these boards??).
Eventually, I will get back into the weight training, its tough right now with a child, but I will go. I still have my muscle mass from before. I seemed to have plato'd right now, the weight is not moving so much, but I am still shrinking as I can feel it in my clothing.
It's nice to have found this forum and see that so many of you are having such great success on this diet!
After my son was born, I had 20 pounds to loose. Prior to pregnancy, I was an avid weight trainer and ate extremley well. During pregnancy, I stopped weight training, and picked up the habit of the dreaded "munchies".
Here I am, almost 2 years later and trying to loose the weight. I had done Atkins in the past, but did not make it past 1 week. Recently, I tried the "master cleanse" and lasted 4 days. After 4 days, I thought to myself, "If I can go 4 days without eating food, I certainly can go back on Atkins and skim back on carbs". So here I am. I've been on induction now for 12 days. After day 8, I was already down 12 pounds. Although my schedule does not allow for alot of excercise, I manage to get in walks. I go with baby for about 8 km a few times a week. I drink 2L of water a day. I eat mostly protein, and little by way of veggies. Although I love my brocolli/cheddar/curri bake! I usually have a couple of hard boiled eggs at breakfast, a can of tuna or salmon at lunch and some baked chicken with some veggies at dinner. A snack for me between meals is drinking flavoured (no sugar or caffeen) herbal tea. I allow myself more on the weekends, like baking chicken with a slice of delicious cheese melted over top, and some fresh chopped parsley (hey, is there a receipe exchange on these boards??).
Eventually, I will get back into the weight training, its tough right now with a child, but I will go. I still have my muscle mass from before. I seemed to have plato'd right now, the weight is not moving so much, but I am still shrinking as I can feel it in my clothing.
It's nice to have found this forum and see that so many of you are having such great success on this diet!
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