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Howdy folks,
Thanks for having me as part of this group. A quick introduction:
I started induction on the 30th. So, I'm just starting day 6. Drained off a lot of water weight over the first few days, so I'm down 13 pounds at this point, which is great, but I know I'm not going to lose more than 2 pounds a day over the long haul, so I'm happy to have lost it, but realistic about the road ahead.
I had a hard time getting my membership verified here (either it didn't like my email address, or my email servers didn't like these email servers... I just couldn't get the confirmation email)... so I've been participating at another forum for a while. They've been very helpful, and are wonderful people, but the membership is pretty small, and I've been anxiously anticipating being able to become a member here.
While I've been dealing with the membership issue, I have managed to read a lot of the information here. GREAT STUFF! I think I actually found this place when I did a search on a specific question I had that was answered here in one of the numerous FAQs. I've learned a lot, on top of what I've already learned reading the book (DANDR - 2002).
I've been keeping very close track of everything that I've been eating over the past 5 days, and have been pretty much smack dab on the 20 net carb mark, with most of that coming from veggies. I'm lucky in that I've always been the cook and the shopper in our family, so I have control over that. I'm also fortunate in that I'm a fairly good cook, and definitely an innovative one, who likes to try mixing and matching. So, I've had a lot of variety, and enjoyed the process of both creating meals, cooking them, and certainly eating them.
I've also had a lot of experience with addiction, having participated in a quit smoking support forum for a number of years (beginning with my own quit). That experience has been invaluable in this pursuit for several reasons that I'll save for another post.
I look forward to participating here, and to having a group of people I can turn to that are more experienced at this than me, and on whom I can rely to point me in the right direction when I need it.
Happy New Year!
OBob
Thanks for having me as part of this group. A quick introduction:
I started induction on the 30th. So, I'm just starting day 6. Drained off a lot of water weight over the first few days, so I'm down 13 pounds at this point, which is great, but I know I'm not going to lose more than 2 pounds a day over the long haul, so I'm happy to have lost it, but realistic about the road ahead.
I had a hard time getting my membership verified here (either it didn't like my email address, or my email servers didn't like these email servers... I just couldn't get the confirmation email)... so I've been participating at another forum for a while. They've been very helpful, and are wonderful people, but the membership is pretty small, and I've been anxiously anticipating being able to become a member here.
While I've been dealing with the membership issue, I have managed to read a lot of the information here. GREAT STUFF! I think I actually found this place when I did a search on a specific question I had that was answered here in one of the numerous FAQs. I've learned a lot, on top of what I've already learned reading the book (DANDR - 2002).
I've been keeping very close track of everything that I've been eating over the past 5 days, and have been pretty much smack dab on the 20 net carb mark, with most of that coming from veggies. I'm lucky in that I've always been the cook and the shopper in our family, so I have control over that. I'm also fortunate in that I'm a fairly good cook, and definitely an innovative one, who likes to try mixing and matching. So, I've had a lot of variety, and enjoyed the process of both creating meals, cooking them, and certainly eating them.
I've also had a lot of experience with addiction, having participated in a quit smoking support forum for a number of years (beginning with my own quit). That experience has been invaluable in this pursuit for several reasons that I'll save for another post.
I look forward to participating here, and to having a group of people I can turn to that are more experienced at this than me, and on whom I can rely to point me in the right direction when I need it.
Happy New Year!
OBob
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