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Hi there, just to introduce myself...!
Am back on atkins after spending a lot of time in Italy and being slowly fed to death!
Am a reasonable active 27yr old woman and kick started the year working in France and getting gastroenteritis and uncontrollably vomitting for 3days, ending up the skinniest I have ever been: 122lbs (on my 5'8'' fairly athletic frame, I looked pretty awful). Obviously it was never gonna stay at that level, but changes in the routine, moving back to UK (Gatwick belly!), then on to the land of 'eat tons of pasta and white bread or starve to death' where I was snowboarding everyday or it would have got even worse, and then again back to the UK, where I am now not even doing any exercise - just walking to the shops to pick up chocolate and space raider crisps. Since end of January, I have put on 33lbs
. Enough is enough - I've had my 'fun-time' with the pizza's, pastries and crisps.
I had every intention of getting back on the wagon again when I got back, but my willpower has just disappeared out the window
.
So am looking for support - have always dieted better when other people are in the same situation or when there's a weekly support group.
My boyfriend is doing a very relaxed version of the Atkins, so it will be interesting to see how we both do.
Was on Atkins a few times before and quite effortlessly lost 30lbs the first time. It did become harder the next couple of times for some reason, perhaps because I didn't have that 'new diet' zeal and maybe was not following it to the letter as I have before.
The main problem I have is breakfast: haven't got tons of money to be buying loads of smoked salmon every day, and I hate eggs. What do you guys end up doing?
Also, can you have peanut butter during induction? And what about skimmed milk in tea?
Also, does anyone have similar stats to mine? Would be good to have an example of how it's going...
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Am back on atkins after spending a lot of time in Italy and being slowly fed to death!
Am a reasonable active 27yr old woman and kick started the year working in France and getting gastroenteritis and uncontrollably vomitting for 3days, ending up the skinniest I have ever been: 122lbs (on my 5'8'' fairly athletic frame, I looked pretty awful). Obviously it was never gonna stay at that level, but changes in the routine, moving back to UK (Gatwick belly!), then on to the land of 'eat tons of pasta and white bread or starve to death' where I was snowboarding everyday or it would have got even worse, and then again back to the UK, where I am now not even doing any exercise - just walking to the shops to pick up chocolate and space raider crisps. Since end of January, I have put on 33lbs
. Enough is enough - I've had my 'fun-time' with the pizza's, pastries and crisps.I had every intention of getting back on the wagon again when I got back, but my willpower has just disappeared out the window
.So am looking for support - have always dieted better when other people are in the same situation or when there's a weekly support group.
My boyfriend is doing a very relaxed version of the Atkins, so it will be interesting to see how we both do.
Was on Atkins a few times before and quite effortlessly lost 30lbs the first time. It did become harder the next couple of times for some reason, perhaps because I didn't have that 'new diet' zeal and maybe was not following it to the letter as I have before.
The main problem I have is breakfast: haven't got tons of money to be buying loads of smoked salmon every day, and I hate eggs. What do you guys end up doing?
Also, can you have peanut butter during induction? And what about skimmed milk in tea?
Also, does anyone have similar stats to mine? Would be good to have an example of how it's going...
Thanks in advance for your advice!
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