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[meka26]

Hello, everyone calls me meka, i'm a 20 year olf female soon to be 21 in april. My boyfriend is in iraq for a year , well 11 more months so i want to do this for myself while he's gone. plus i can't wait to see the look on his face when he comes back. Anyways i am 5'7 and i currently weigh 270lbs. i recently lost 7 lbs on a low calorie diet but i kinda got stuck. I hope to lose atleast 100-120 lbs. Although my boyfriend says he likes me the way i am, i don't feel good about myself and thats something i want to change ...so as of yesterday i started the induction phase of the atkins diet.

[wannabethintoo]

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Welcome Meka...glad you found us.

[Kate113]

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Hello and welcome! What a surprise that will be! All too often people don't think of what THEY want and I'm glad that you are doing this for you and nobody else. Keep us updated on your progress.

[kellygirl2]

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I also want to say welcome and glad you are here! You have found a great source of information and encouragement.

My thoughts will be with your fella as they are with all our military people serving in Iraq.

[babyski]

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Hi Meka, I am new to this website also. I've been on the atkins diet before and if you are true to it then you will see resaults! You will be very surprised to see the inches and lbs. just melt off and your energy will come out from no where. I also am 5'7" and have about 30 lbs to lose, I just started last Sunday and I've already lost 5 lbs, but not only that I've lost inches too. So whatever you do stick to the menu and you won't be disappointed, Now there will be times though that you'll feel discouraged because you are at a stand still with the weight loss, wich we call this a platau. But just keep comming on here for support and you'll get help at those times. Godd luck!
Missy

[cruiser gal]

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Welcome aboard Meka. You've come to the right place for encouragement, support and motivation. Looking forward to hearing about your successes in the near future.