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Hi everyone! My name is Audrey. 
I'm 19 years old and new to the board but this is my second time on Atkins. I started Induction on Thursday night and so far I am doing really well, eating nothing but approved fresh foods.
The first time I was on Atkins I was 17 years old and about 230lbs. A good friend of mine told me about the diet and how much success his mother's best friend had on it. At first I was skeptical because he has always been thin and what he told me seemed to go against what I had been told was "good eating" my whole life. However, since nothing else seemed to work for me, I decided to go ahead and read the book.
What Dr. Atkins said really made sense to me and a month into the diet I had already lost 10lbs. I kept on it for a bit longer than 5 months and was down to about 170lbs by the time I fell off. I'm still kicking myself for giving up when I did - The mistake that knocked me off track was going to concert hungry, caving and buying french fries. After that it was easy for me to justify a major cheat every here and there - It wasn't long before I fell right back into my old habits of eating junk several times a week and two years later I have gained back a lot of my weight. (I'm actually still 15lbs thinner than before the first time, so i'm not completely back to square one!)
I made the decision to go back on the diet for a second time on Thursday night. I was on the phone with my best friend and I found a picture of me at 170lbs. Now, I don't know why, but I was deluding myself into thinking that at 216lbs (my current weight - I am 5'7", for anyone curious) I looked basically the same as I had at 170lbs. WRONG! Finding that picture really woke me up to how much weight I had gained back and how good I looked two years ago. I've really let myself go.
Went from a size 12 to a tight 18.
I decided right then and there to start the diet. I know I was never "thin", but since I gained back 46lbs I have been very unmotivated, tired all the time, and most of all depressed. I looked the picture and asked myself if I would be happy looking the way I look now for the rest of my life and the honest answer is that I can not imagine always being this big. So it was time to stop talking about it and just act!
My male friends are all being very sweet and telling me that I look fine the way I am and that I don't need to diet, but none of them understand how much of a blow it can be to one's self esteem to gain 46lbs in two years. Not to mention the fact that when I exercise now I get so tired... The first time I was on Atkins I could run for an hour and feel great. I'm hoping to start spending more time exercising as well as dieting. More than anything else, i'm hoping I can make it back down to the size I was before and then take it even further - I'm hoping to get into the 135-140 range. I've never been that thin in my life and I can't imagine how great I would feel. (physically and mentally)
Sorry for the long introduction.
It just felt good to get all of this off my chest to people who will support me in my desire to lose weight. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone!
I'm 19 years old and new to the board but this is my second time on Atkins. I started Induction on Thursday night and so far I am doing really well, eating nothing but approved fresh foods.The first time I was on Atkins I was 17 years old and about 230lbs. A good friend of mine told me about the diet and how much success his mother's best friend had on it. At first I was skeptical because he has always been thin and what he told me seemed to go against what I had been told was "good eating" my whole life. However, since nothing else seemed to work for me, I decided to go ahead and read the book.
What Dr. Atkins said really made sense to me and a month into the diet I had already lost 10lbs. I kept on it for a bit longer than 5 months and was down to about 170lbs by the time I fell off. I'm still kicking myself for giving up when I did - The mistake that knocked me off track was going to concert hungry, caving and buying french fries. After that it was easy for me to justify a major cheat every here and there - It wasn't long before I fell right back into my old habits of eating junk several times a week and two years later I have gained back a lot of my weight. (I'm actually still 15lbs thinner than before the first time, so i'm not completely back to square one!)
I made the decision to go back on the diet for a second time on Thursday night. I was on the phone with my best friend and I found a picture of me at 170lbs. Now, I don't know why, but I was deluding myself into thinking that at 216lbs (my current weight - I am 5'7", for anyone curious) I looked basically the same as I had at 170lbs. WRONG! Finding that picture really woke me up to how much weight I had gained back and how good I looked two years ago. I've really let myself go.
Went from a size 12 to a tight 18.I decided right then and there to start the diet. I know I was never "thin", but since I gained back 46lbs I have been very unmotivated, tired all the time, and most of all depressed. I looked the picture and asked myself if I would be happy looking the way I look now for the rest of my life and the honest answer is that I can not imagine always being this big. So it was time to stop talking about it and just act!
My male friends are all being very sweet and telling me that I look fine the way I am and that I don't need to diet, but none of them understand how much of a blow it can be to one's self esteem to gain 46lbs in two years. Not to mention the fact that when I exercise now I get so tired... The first time I was on Atkins I could run for an hour and feel great. I'm hoping to start spending more time exercising as well as dieting. More than anything else, i'm hoping I can make it back down to the size I was before and then take it even further - I'm hoping to get into the 135-140 range. I've never been that thin in my life and I can't imagine how great I would feel. (physically and mentally)
Sorry for the long introduction.
It just felt good to get all of this off my chest to people who will support me in my desire to lose weight. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone!
Browsing the board, I was definitely impressed with the members here...They are all so nice and their before and after pictures look GREAT. Very inspiring.
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