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I have people PM me every now asking what a normal menu is or what my normal exercise is and then or see questions here and there and I thought I'd put down some of the responses I had.
Let me say first and foremost, I wouldn't be this far along without support from ADBB and the friends I've made as well as support from home.
I re-started Atkins on April 5th of this year. I had my 3rd and final child mid November and waited until the 'easy baby weight' came off. My heavy weight was 260+ (I stopped getting on the scale after that!).
The first thing I did was re-read the book I had gotten. Then, I started induction. Currently, I am STILL in extended induction. I go up to Rung 2 then come back down because I do rather well with the induction foods. Occasionally, I'll bounce into Rung 1 or 2, but my critical carb levels are very low. I have an exercise chart, I keep the business card sized acceptable foods list in my purse (from the ADBB), and I hold myself accountable.
I eat 5-6 meals a day. I get up around 6:30, eat about 2 scrambled eggs with bacon or sausage with peppers and onions diced in my eggs. Then, I go to work and eat a snack around 10 ish. Normally either a 1 ounce cheese stick or some cheese cubes. Sometimes, I'll eat homemade bacon bits. For lunch, I'll eat a small salad, no dressing, with either turkey, ham, or hamburger diced on it. Then, I eat a small snack around 3 ish. Then, I eat a dinner sized meal around 6 ish. Normally a cheeseburger salad, baked chicken salad, or some other concoction that I come up with off the recipe boards. I didn't find the recipe boards until I got bored with the same food. With Atkins, you don't have to get bored, especially with the recipe boards here.
I drink water ALL DAY LONG. I have to force it down sometimes when I don't want it.
I also did the boot camp that ADBB has. It really helps.
I exercise 45 minutes to 1 hour a day. I have 3 kids, a hubby, a house, a FT job, a PT job, and a life. I squeeze 15 minutes in the AM and 30-45 minutes after the kids are in bed and sometimes the Ab Lounger while dinner is cooking. I LOVE the ab lounger. I do that every day along with one of the following: Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds, Billy Blanks Taebo, (or some other tape out of my random exercise tape box) or stepper machine and treadmill I have.
Suggestions:
-Read the book.
-Pre-make snack baggies of food for you to munch on...it helps majorly during binge feelings (fry a burger, dice it up, put it in a baggie, precut cheese cubes, make heavy whipping cream with splenda as a 'sweet tooth snack'.)
-Use Fitday to measure your portions and make sure you reach your %ages suggested by Atkins. It makes a huge difference. At first, I was doing way to much cheese and not enough veggies. Once you follow the plan to the T, the weight drops off.
-Realize that if you cheat, it's just going to take longer to get where you want.
-Squeeze some exercise in. It's a MUST. I got tapes/equipment at yard sales and thrift shops to make myself a mini gym spread thru out my house. Ab Lounger and stepper in the kitchen, Treadmill in the laundry room, tapes in the living room. I don't have the luxury of being able to afford a gym membership. Also, try freecycle.org, or ask friends if they have anything you can borrow for exercising.
-Measure yourself and write down the measurements.
-Take a picture and tape it to the frig (BIG thing for me to see that old pic!! YUCK!!)
If you're going to do this, do it right. Commit yourself.
Start a journal in the journal chat section. Log your food, exercise, water, and goals for the day. People will pop in your journal and give you advice. I think the support helped me get the weight off quicker this time. The journal chat section is great. I don't think I'd have made it this far without that section. Thanks to all that have given me advice or cracked the whip on me.
I still have a long way to go. I go in others journals and try to find what is working for them. It helps to see what works for others.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone that might be struggling like I was in past years. Good luck! Heather
Do any other people want to include things that work for them? I know this is what works for me...this way, newbies (or others) might get the idea to try other options if their way isn't working for them.
Let me say first and foremost, I wouldn't be this far along without support from ADBB and the friends I've made as well as support from home.
I re-started Atkins on April 5th of this year. I had my 3rd and final child mid November and waited until the 'easy baby weight' came off. My heavy weight was 260+ (I stopped getting on the scale after that!).
The first thing I did was re-read the book I had gotten. Then, I started induction. Currently, I am STILL in extended induction. I go up to Rung 2 then come back down because I do rather well with the induction foods. Occasionally, I'll bounce into Rung 1 or 2, but my critical carb levels are very low. I have an exercise chart, I keep the business card sized acceptable foods list in my purse (from the ADBB), and I hold myself accountable.
I eat 5-6 meals a day. I get up around 6:30, eat about 2 scrambled eggs with bacon or sausage with peppers and onions diced in my eggs. Then, I go to work and eat a snack around 10 ish. Normally either a 1 ounce cheese stick or some cheese cubes. Sometimes, I'll eat homemade bacon bits. For lunch, I'll eat a small salad, no dressing, with either turkey, ham, or hamburger diced on it. Then, I eat a small snack around 3 ish. Then, I eat a dinner sized meal around 6 ish. Normally a cheeseburger salad, baked chicken salad, or some other concoction that I come up with off the recipe boards. I didn't find the recipe boards until I got bored with the same food. With Atkins, you don't have to get bored, especially with the recipe boards here.
I drink water ALL DAY LONG. I have to force it down sometimes when I don't want it.
I also did the boot camp that ADBB has. It really helps.
I exercise 45 minutes to 1 hour a day. I have 3 kids, a hubby, a house, a FT job, a PT job, and a life. I squeeze 15 minutes in the AM and 30-45 minutes after the kids are in bed and sometimes the Ab Lounger while dinner is cooking. I LOVE the ab lounger. I do that every day along with one of the following: Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds, Billy Blanks Taebo, (or some other tape out of my random exercise tape box) or stepper machine and treadmill I have.
Suggestions:
-Read the book.
-Pre-make snack baggies of food for you to munch on...it helps majorly during binge feelings (fry a burger, dice it up, put it in a baggie, precut cheese cubes, make heavy whipping cream with splenda as a 'sweet tooth snack'.)
-Use Fitday to measure your portions and make sure you reach your %ages suggested by Atkins. It makes a huge difference. At first, I was doing way to much cheese and not enough veggies. Once you follow the plan to the T, the weight drops off.
-Realize that if you cheat, it's just going to take longer to get where you want.
-Squeeze some exercise in. It's a MUST. I got tapes/equipment at yard sales and thrift shops to make myself a mini gym spread thru out my house. Ab Lounger and stepper in the kitchen, Treadmill in the laundry room, tapes in the living room. I don't have the luxury of being able to afford a gym membership. Also, try freecycle.org, or ask friends if they have anything you can borrow for exercising.
-Measure yourself and write down the measurements.
-Take a picture and tape it to the frig (BIG thing for me to see that old pic!! YUCK!!)
If you're going to do this, do it right. Commit yourself.
Start a journal in the journal chat section. Log your food, exercise, water, and goals for the day. People will pop in your journal and give you advice. I think the support helped me get the weight off quicker this time. The journal chat section is great. I don't think I'd have made it this far without that section. Thanks to all that have given me advice or cracked the whip on me.
I still have a long way to go. I go in others journals and try to find what is working for them. It helps to see what works for others.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone that might be struggling like I was in past years. Good luck! Heather
Do any other people want to include things that work for them? I know this is what works for me...this way, newbies (or others) might get the idea to try other options if their way isn't working for them.
, 5'9
TWICE!!!! (10/06 and 1/07!!!)
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