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New to Atkins... my last "diet" ever, I hope!
I know, I know -- it's not a diet! My point exactly... no more diets for me. 
I'm so glad to have found this board. I'm on day 5 of induction and feeling very good. I had always heard people weren't hungry on Atkins, but thought it was just people who had drank the (sugar-free) Kool-Aid and BELIEVED they weren't hungry, when in actuality they were! But my gosh, it's really true!
I've been overweight my whole life, tried tons of diets. I just recently was my heaviest at 280
!! Started Atkins at 275 and am down about 5 lbs now. I am very much an "all or nothing" type of person, so this way of eating is perfect for me. And, I truly am amazed that my cravings for carbs and sugar have really subsided.
I'm a mom of 2 little ones, and both my husband and I are 100+ pounds overweight. My kids don't need that.... neither the baggage of "fat" parents nor, more importantly, the unhealthy eating and examples in our household.
Looking around on the site last night, I found someone who had posted photos of her bare stomach (I don't recall her name, but would like to reach out to her if anyone knows...?) -- and I saw my own!! First of all, how cool that she was brave enough to post it -- and it is even well before she has lost all she wants. It inspired me to take my own (very scary) photos this morning. I won't post quite yet.... but perhaps if (I mean, WHEN!) I have some progress to show in another month or so.
I do have a few of questions about induction:
Adena
Brief bio
Married
Kids: 3 and 4
Home: Atlanta, Ga.
Age: 33
Starting weight: 275
First mini goal: Below 250
I'm so glad to have found this board. I'm on day 5 of induction and feeling very good. I had always heard people weren't hungry on Atkins, but thought it was just people who had drank the (sugar-free) Kool-Aid and BELIEVED they weren't hungry, when in actuality they were! But my gosh, it's really true! I've been overweight my whole life, tried tons of diets. I just recently was my heaviest at 280
!! Started Atkins at 275 and am down about 5 lbs now. I am very much an "all or nothing" type of person, so this way of eating is perfect for me. And, I truly am amazed that my cravings for carbs and sugar have really subsided. I'm a mom of 2 little ones, and both my husband and I are 100+ pounds overweight. My kids don't need that.... neither the baggage of "fat" parents nor, more importantly, the unhealthy eating and examples in our household.
Looking around on the site last night, I found someone who had posted photos of her bare stomach (I don't recall her name, but would like to reach out to her if anyone knows...?) -- and I saw my own!! First of all, how cool that she was brave enough to post it -- and it is even well before she has lost all she wants. It inspired me to take my own (very scary) photos this morning. I won't post quite yet.... but perhaps if (I mean, WHEN!) I have some progress to show in another month or so.
I do have a few of questions about induction:
- I've read the allowed foods list. But, have also read we can eat anything with NO carbs or sugar. For example, pork skins aren't on the list (except as a salad topping) -- but they have no carbs. So, are they allowed or not? What about other things that have no carbs (or only one or two carbs) -- if you count them carefully and stay under 20, can you have them?
- Are you allowed to eat hotdogs, if you count the one gram of carbs each?
- When can I realisitically expect to see my keto stix turn purple? I checked yesterday, and they are changing colors for sure... sorta very light plum/lavendar now. But, when is realistic to experience/expect full ketosis?
Adena
Brief bio
Married
Kids: 3 and 4
Home: Atlanta, Ga.
Age: 33
Starting weight: 275
First mini goal: Below 250
) so I found I have to cut down on those. Every carb counts toward your daily total. 
205 / 190 / 120
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