New and concerned

[aggie]

Hi. I'm new. I will have finished 2 week induction tomorrow and plan to continue induction phase until... well... i don't know. What I'm concerned about is reading about people who have gone off the woe and then returned. I'm wondering why people go off and whether this is going to happen to me... I don't want to be another statistic... another diet victim. Anyway... I've lost 7 lbs as of today. Tomorrow is the two week weigh in. Thank you all for being here. It will make it easier. It already has. Anyway hi everyone... Geez.. I wonder if this will work... never posted on a board anywhere before...

[Atkid]

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Welcome to the board! You will find great support here at at ADBB. I don't think anymore people fall off of this way of eating anymore than any other type diet there is out there. It just falls as circumstance that you get leewayed and then you have to make the commitment to jump right back on. I have been following Atkins for about 3 years, I fell off last October when hurricane Katrina hit and we were staying with other people for a month until we could return home and then we had people staying with us at our home. This is really no good excuse but at the time grocery stores were either packed or out of items I needed. To make food go further we did biscuits alot. That was my real downfall. But all that is neither here nor there, I am back now and don't intend to leave again. This is a great way of life and I think you willbe please. Continue to post with any questions you may have. Help is always available. Good luck reaching your goal.

[aggie]

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Hi Atkid... Thank you SO MUCH for replying. I was feeling lonely there... Geez.. do I need attention or what? I am determined. I will do this. I am so very sorry to hear you went through the horror of Katrina. I imagine you can't turn down whatever you're being fed or can find in a situation such as that. That would be categorized as a very good excuse! It is wonderful you are back and back on track. Thanks again.

[aggie]

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I forgot my details. I thought I put them in... Lost in cyberspace again I think...

Start date: lemmesee... two weeks ago... May 15, 2006

HW 264/ CW 247 / GW 165
F 5'6" Aged 47... sigh... I have a thyroid problem so I hope it doesn't affect this woe and my goals...

Do they sell Atkins type things in the Loblaws here in Canada?

[aggie]

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Well... I guess I'll sit here and talk to myself for awhile... something I do anyway. Today is my 14 day weigh in and I've lost 8 lbs. Now that is nice but even still I wonder why that isn't enough for me. Why do I always say it could be better? This is not a healthy approach. One day at a time. Patience is the hardest thing to learn. Anyway... I guess talking to myself is silly but I have to talk myself out of bad selftalk so in that way it works I think...

[jimmie 48]

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not to worry aggie. it's a holiday weekend and many folks are doing outdoor things. it is normally much quieter on the weekends than through the week and with it being a holiday, it's all the more calm around here.

in answer to one of your questions, why people fall away, i could say many different reasons. boredom, lack of committment, they did it as a lose weight quick diet, lack of committment. yes, i meant to say it twice some will state lack of support but this begins and ends with you. if you don't want to fail, then don't. take the steps you need to get to goal. it's like, how bad do you want it? if it's bad enouch then you will do what it takes.....you will stay committed!

congrats on the loss! 8 pounds during induction is a good loss!

i would suggest starting a journal in the journal chats forum. you want people to chat it up? that's the place! but remember, it''s a holiday and hardly anyone is around. tomorrow will be a whole new ball game!

[aggie]

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Okay then... continuing in my rambling way. Today's negative self talk is the voice that says "only eight pounds". I don't feel overjoyed. I don't feel happy. I just feel like it is a step on a long journey. Just one step. This is actually okay, she said to herself. It is actually not just one step. It is the "first step" and that is the hardest step of all. So there! Good for me.

[aggie]

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Oh jimmie thank you. I'll wander off and try and find the journal section since I obviously am a communicator raver type eh? You are right. I want this bad enough and I will do what it takes. I am amazed and inspired by your photos. You had what it took and continue to have what it takes. I'll pay close attention to your posts.

What I need now is to be better with technology... hmm.... journal section... off i go...

[Desertthorn]

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Well... I guess I'll sit here and talk to myself for awhile... something I do anyway. Today is my 14 day weigh in and I've lost 8 lbs. Now that is nice but even still I wonder why that isn't enough for me. Why do I always say it could be better? This is not a healthy approach. One day at a time. Patience is the hardest thing to learn. Anyway... I guess talking to myself is silly but I have to talk myself out of bad selftalk so in that way it works I think...

Oh aggie, I know how your feeling. Have you started a journal yet. Its a great place to "talk to yourself". 8 pounds is really awesome and you should be so proud. Have you measured yourself yet. There are times when some of us stop losing for a day or even a week and its a good time to start measuring to see how many inches have fallen off.
Hang in there. Your in good company here, we all understand and have all gone thru the same thing.

[jimmie 48]

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in case you didn't find it...............
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...splay.php?f=31


look for other canadians to answer some of the questions you have.
sadie147
wannabethintoo

[SweetCher]

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Hi Aggie-

First, congratulations on your 8 pound weight loss. Your doing a great job. We all want it to do faster than it does,the, we turn around one day and all the weight is gone and we wonder how it happened so fast. All you need to do is commit.

I am one of those people who lost weight, kept it off for 4 years and then regained weight. I was 230 pounds, went down to 134/130 and then had some medical complications with major headaches and back pains. My doctor, thinking that my weight was too low prescribed 4 medications that were weight gaining medications (on purpose according to his medical records) and within 3 - 4 months I gained 50 pounds. I have been dealing with that for the past 5 - 6 months. I am working very hard (against all odds) to get that weight off now.

There are various reasons why people regain weight, it's not so much why it happens, and you don't really need to worry about that. Just focus on the fact that this is a way of eating that can work for life if you let it. That's what I have to focus on despite what happened. Re-focusing all of my energy on a positive attitude that will help you to achieve the goal that you want. You've lost 8 pounds That's really positive. Feel good about yourself! Feel Happy and keep going!

[dreamof145]

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Hello. Congratulations on your decision to get healthy and STAY THERE!! Your concern also haunts me every day! I live in constant fear that whatever it is that makes people quit will hit me. I've made it a daily effort to remind myself that this a PERMANENT WAY OF LIFE.

I wonder if some people who've never felt normal at their heavy weights start to feel like they are finally normal. They see others whom they consider normal eating and having carbs without concern...therefore, they risk behaving like them.

Another thought I've had is that although some people buckle down and lose the weight and make goal...they never mentally accepted this as a Life-style. They mistakenly think that once they reach goal...they will magically stay there.

All I can say is educate yourself. Learn from the unfortunate mistakes of people who come back to testify that this has to be a permanent life-style. Dr. Atkins knew that we couldn't stay restricted of carbs forever, that is why he devised the plan to gradually add certain food groups back into our WOE so that we could stay satisfied with the weight management and live forever healthy and maintain our goals.

We all walk the path of forbidden foods. We all have our temptations and have to make our own decisions. My hope is that everyone here learns from each other and tweeks their plan to keep them in the healthy zone.

[aggie]

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geez... i was just typing in a "war and peace" reply when I hit something wrong and lost it all... geez... Okay... here I am again. I wanted to say you must all think I'm rude because I didn't reply but its because I only just realized there is a page two to this thing! I thought I was all alone there for awhile when all of the sudden there is Atkid and of course Jimmie and Desertthorn telling me she has felt the way I feel. And dear Cher, you're amazing. I had both headaches and back pain. I just wish I had a doctor telling me I had to gain weight... Never happen! lol... Congratulations on getting back on the program. Dream of 145, you look wonderful. I know this fear we have of going off and gaining again. I always read the success stories and now maybe I'll read the stories of those who went off Atkins and what happened. It is important isn't it! I remember dieting and exercising and weighing 167 lbs. One day I was walking down the hallway of the local university and noticed people looking at me so I went into the bathroom to check to see if I had something on my face or something... nothing there. I told a friend about this and she gently said, "You're hot and you don't know it and you'd better get used to it!" What a shock! I had always defined myself by my brains and talent. What new thing was this? I wonder sometimes if this didn't cause me to self sabotage? Just because I was angry that I was somehow a better person just because I lost weight? I don't know. It is hard to understand. But a big part for me was having an undiagnosed thyroid condition so I'll blame that one, eh? Thank you all for replying. Looking forward to getting to know you all.