Hello! My name is Nata :)

[Nata]

Hello everyone! I am very happy I have found this forum -- there's loads of information and support here! My name is Nata, I'm originally from Belarus (Eastern Europe), but moved to Danmark a couple of years ago. When I came here I quitted smoking and began eating instead ) But I thought ( and still do think) that it's better to have some extra weight than to smoke all the time. It was quite easy to quit smoking because there are many sweet things here in Danmark, that I could put into mouth and forget about a cigarette. And so I gained 10 kg ( about 22 lbs). There would not be a problem if I could just limit my intake of chokolate ans cookies, but I felt really really dependent on them and it scared me! Atkins diet is a really good way to get rid of cravings and also to reduce portion size I've never been on any diet before ... and I actually won't -- I experience atkins diet as a way to eating healthier and get food "independence"


I am 62 kg now ( 136,69 lbs)
my goal is 54 kg ( 119,05 lbs)
(I need 17,64 lbs off!)

[ttdriver]

Welcome to ha Nata!!

I experience atkins diet as a way to eating healthier and get food "independence"

You are exactly RIGHT!! Its gotta be for your HEALTH and freedom from the sugar DEMON that you do this way of eating for the rest of your life!!

Don't forget to take your vitamins, exercise and drink lots of water!!

You'll do great!!

Betty

[Nata]

Thank you very much, Betty!
I will try very hard to believe in myself and take it easy!
:icondance

[Laurenfra]

Hi and welcome. I am so glad you found us, you will love it here.

[Nata]

I already can't get enough !!! :joy
:geek

[tickletussler]

Re: Hello! My name is Nata

Hejsa Nata!

I think it's going to be difficult going low-carb in DK - so many delicious sweets (my fave is kransekage) and a lot of the foods have sugar, high carbs and flours in them (like frikadeller, guleærter, grønlangkål, lagkage, bixemad) :yummy
STILL there are Danes who do Atkins successfully!

I hope you do lose the 8kg you are striving for - I am 63-65kg at the moment, also 5'5 and my goal is the same as yours. I am finding it difficult to lose these last kg - very slow. But age is on your side for you! You are still young (not like us oldies whose metabolism slow down as we get older *hehe*) You do look pretty good in your photo though

Cheers

[Nata]

Re: Hello! My name is Nata

I think it's going to be difficult going low-carb in DK

it is already difficult! mostly because it impossible to find easy meat solutions! everything that is easy to buy ( slices of meat that are supposed to be used in sandwiches) is so salty ( from 2,2 % salt up to 3,6%!!! :anger ) that I have to drink water all the time not to kill my kidneys... :yes
But there's lots of tasty cheese and cheap chicken

tickletussler! have you been on atkins in Danmark?

[Nata]

Re: Hello! My name is Nata

I hope you do lose the 8kg you are striving for - I am 63-65kg at the moment, also 5'5 and my goal is the same as yours. I am finding it difficult to lose these last kg - very slow.

They say that Atkins is the best when one wants to get rid of the last kg's! so we are on the right way! :joy :joy

[dreamof145]

Hello Nata

Welcome to the ADBB website. Everyone here is fantastic for supporting each other as we lose weight and get healthy. There is information in the forums for everyone. If you haven't read the Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, edition 2002, that is the book that we base our way of eating on. It will answer lots of questions you may have.

Best wishes and please keep us posted on your progress. Congratulations on quitting smoking too. I know how hard that is to do also!!

[Nata]

I have just ordered this book at the library so I'll definitely read it this week. As far as I am concerned after 14-days induction I just have to start to add 5 more grams carbohydrates every week until I reach the point where my bodyweight doesn't change anymore and go on eating this way all my life... :tweety am I right?

[tickletussler]

Re: Hello! My name is Nata

Hi Nata,

No, I haven't been on Atkins in Denmark - I'm living in Australia but my fiance is Danish and I have been to DK a few times. My in-laws are coming over this Christmas and I am hoping I'll have reached GW by then, because I really cannot see myself eating any of my mother-in-law's cooking if I'm still trying to lose - she cooks everything in butter and put sugar/flour in just about everything! - brunkartoffler, frikadeller, hakkebøf, brunsovs, duck with prunes - like I mean everything!

As for the last few kgs - I think you've got the wrong end of the stick it becomes much harder to lose weight when you have less to lose ie the closer you are to goal, the harder it is! One Canadian Atkineer told me it took her 10 months to lose the last 10lbs (5kg)!

And yes, so many foods are preserved or smoked in DK AND I was surprised to find how expensive fresh veg & fruits cost to buy! Seems like the Danes have a fondness for many cured meats served over rye bread, topped with mayonnaise, remoulade or "sky", and all the wienerbrød! :no, it is going to be difficult for you.

HOWEVER like you said, the good side of DK is there are fantastic cheeses there and creams so rich you could die for

[tickletussler]

I have just ordered this book at the library so I'll definitely read it this week. As far as I am concerned after 14-days induction I just have to start to add 5 more grams carbohydrates every week until I reach the point where my bodyweight doesn't change anymore and go on eating this way all my life... :tweety am I right?

Yes pretty much, but get the book, it'll explain EVERYTHING you need to know and ADBB answers any questions you aren't clear on

[Nata]

Re: Hello! My name is Nata

As for the last few kgs - I think you've got the wrong end of the stick it becomes much harder to lose weight when you have less to lose ie the closer you are to goal, the harder it is!

About the last kgs -- you are 100% right. But when it comes to choosing the way to lose them forever -- atkins is the best. ( according to many of them who succeded and who I met online, so... maybe I'm mistaking ensive ).

And yes, so many foods are preserved or smoked in DK AND I was surprised to find how expensive fresh veg & fruits cost to buy! Seems like the Danes have a fondness for many cured meats served over rye bread, topped with mayonnaise, remoulade or "sky", and all the wienerbrød! :no, it is going to be difficult for you.

When I came to Denmark I was very surprized to see how expensive the gevetables and fruits are and how cheap chocolate and sweet things. It's the opposite in Belarus -- meat and veggies are cheaper than some sweets... :geek

[tickletussler]

Re: Hello! My name is Nata

:yes I do agree Nata that Atkins is the best and I am very likely to still eat the Atkins way once I reach goal weight. Even now, I just can't imagine going back to the way I used to eat and even when i do occasionally cheat, there's no way I've ever gone back to the amounts I used to eat. Somehow Atkins changes you ... physically and tastebuds - forever.

I know DK gets so many of its fruits and veg from Spain, so I can't understand why they are so expensive. For some reason, most of the veggies I find are bottled (like the red cabbage) and they are overcooked and soggy! Sweets are really cheap because one of DK's biggest produce is sugar beets, so sugar is produced in abundance unfortunately.

I hope it won't be too expensive for you to keep up with all your fruits and veggies on Atkins

[Nata]

It's funny they say that Atkins is an expensive diet: first -- meat is expensive, then -- you have to change your wardrobe

:wave