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Hi my name is Brianna.. I joined today out of desperation (sigh) When I married my hubby 3 years ago i weighd 235 which was very over weight anyway for me but after bouts of depression after losing my mum I have soared to a whopping 291!!! I started Atkins again on Jan 1st and have lost 6 lbs. Also started excersizing today did 45 mins on the bike ..Hopefully this will work my down fall to reality came when I had to use an invalid cycle in a store shopping with my daughter I have never felt so fat ugly and nasty..I am hoping I can stick to it this time.
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Last edited by Gknight; January 6, 2006, 11:27 AM. -
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Welcome and good luck.Atkins didn't say 'Calories don't count',
he said, 'Don't count calories.'
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Male 6 ft 3in 60 years old. Married 28 years.
Began Atkins March 04 at 260lb, reduced to 203lb by April 07 and maintained.
Blood Pressure Mar 04 147/94 . Jun 04 121/74 . Dec 04 119/72 . Jan 06 126/71 . Dec 07 110/70
Atkins makes exercise mandatory - I took up cycling - see last pics at 203lb.
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Welcome Brianna! You have come to the right place for help and support to keep you on track, though you have to want it bad enough. I hope you have the Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution book from 2002 (I believe that is the correct year) and read it. It provides so much information that will be invaluable to you along the way. It will show you that this is a way of eating for the rest of your life and not just until you hit goal. It will teach you how to know what your body needs and how to get to where you want to be and stay there.
Exercising is a great way to make yourself feel better, just keep it up and before you know it, you won't know how you ever did without it. I'm so glad you started moving so soon, and you should be very proud of yourself.
Hang in there, the first few days are the worst, you need to not give up, eventually on induction the cravings will lessen and you will have more energy. You're worth it, tell yourself that and that you will do it every day, and take it one day at a time.
MY COMMITMENT 9/11/06
**May the Atkins be with you! 39 Female
(182/167/120)
(PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGE: 29,793/45,000) Bronze won, working for Silver!
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YES !! Brianna, you have certainly come to the right place!! If you need help with ANYTHING, just post it and there's always gonna be someone that can help you with it!! (there's a gazillion people on here, at least!) And some of them even know what they are talking about!!
Check out the before & after section - it's very inspiring!!
another piece of advice that I got (which was GREAT) is that you shouldn't weigh yourself too often... the scales are liars and won't always tell you what you want to hear. Take your measurements now, when you are first getting started - and in a couple of weeks -take them again - if you stick to the plan, you are almost assured a smaller measurement. Even if the scales aren't moving, chances are the tape measure is...
oh yeah, DRINK LOTS OF WATER!!
Okay... that said, good luck to you! We are here to help!!
Dianna----> Dianna <----
SW 210 / CW 205 / GW 160
34 F / 5' 8"
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Welcome, welcome welcome. You are doing great with the 6 pounds weight loss. Don't forget to measure yourself cause its fun to watch yourself melt away.
41 pounds down and counting
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else. - Yogi BerraComment
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Welcome gknight, to
and to Atkins!
Congrats on your loss so far and for getting moving, the biking is excellent!
If you can, check out the whole board, there are a lot of stickies and FAQs with tons of information! There as much support as you want, just pop in everyday and see!!!
If you like to journal, come and check out the Journal Chats and Journal Stats in the Miscellaneous Forum!
See you around the board!
Shelly
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